Some of us in the bangalore-fp group have decided to form a study group on SICP. The main reason behind study groups is that it is a great way to learn any new subject or a literary work. People share what they read, ask questions, have discussions around these questions they ask etc etc. Also [...]
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10-Mar-10Laptop Power Supply
06-Mar-10Common folklore (confirmed by some Norwegian friends) is that heat is not a friend of laptop batteries. The life of a laptop battery tend to reduce in Indian weather. One of the Dell Laptops I bought in early 2008 can now work barely 30 minutes with a fully charged battery. Linux kernel provides a wealth [...]
git – renaming branches
24-Jan-10I was working on a project recently, which involved cloning another git repository and adding my own changes into it. After I cloned it, I forgot to create and switch to the new branch and do my changes there. So all my changes were in the ‘master’ branch. I rather wanted to have my changes [...]
social networking
21-Jan-10The so called “social networking” websites seem to be the new craze (or is it already too old?). I used to have an account in facebook and orkut for more than 2 years and it was mainly used to connect back to classmates and the likes. But it turned out to be a distraction, atleast [...]
cell phone battery charger
11-Nov-09I misplaced my cell phone charger about 2 months ago and ever since, had been charging my cell phone with the micro USB cable connected to the laptop. So far, I have managed to charge the phone before it completely exhausted the power. Until yesterday. I thought it is just a matter of plugging in, [...]
Kernel and OSD2
27-Aug-09David Rowe tells me that my name is now in the linux kernel sources. I am glad I found a mention for a miniscule help done for David. His work with various projects are worth taking look at. Especially the Blackfin based Asterix port. There are very few people in the world who contributes to [...]
Meeting with RMS
22-Feb-09After long five years, I met RMS again today, this time, virtually through video conferencing, thanks to Olve. RMS is visiting our office in Norway and Olve arranged for a quick meeting through our video conferencing systems. It’s amazing that RMS remembered most stuff about our earlier meetings crystal clear.
Getting back into life
18-Dec-08After about 9 months of good and bad times, I am back in Bangalore and trying to get back into a normal life. It is a week since I am in Bangalore and am back to the “joyful” experience of driving around and getting things done in this awkward city, this time without any complaints. [...]
Books
17-Sep-08In the past few months, I read several books and several more are in the wishlist. I now use Flipkart to buy books and have never visited any book stores in the recent past. I would happily recommend Flipkart to any book buyer in India. I was waiting for such a service for a long [...]
comments
18-May-08Now you can comment on the blog posts on this website without too much of hastle.