Sunday, February 22, 2004

Delhi Metro's dream run

as always... proud of india...

Delhi Metro's dream run

finally - php/rss and new site design

i have finally found a good rss parser 'CaRP' that seems to be working like a charm - i have .php'd my index page and am in the process of generating my entire site via php - expect to find loads of dynamic content.

also to be updated are sections on general/linux utilities and further information on linux distro's and comparisions.

coming up is an entire new format for my website that i hope to upload tonight or mayb in a day or two...

will also be updating a few sections on general rss info and 'feed'ing rss information and news along with how-to's

keep sending your feedback!

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

knoppix - apt-get

finally... got the thing working - though not without help from friends and forums :-)

i was trying to get the thing to update the distro but it wouldnt do it coz i had configured HTTP_PROXY and FTP_PROXY instead of http_proxy and ftp_proxy!!!huh! big deal.

anyways... i'm updating now...

Monday, February 16, 2004

Macintosh. Twenty years later

mac's are 20 years old - or young should i say with the kind of technological refinements and showcases they are and have been since the moment Steve Jobs pulled the first Macintosh from a bag in 1984.

i myself, have worked on mac's for quite a few years now and own an old (very charming) LC 630 - and they have always been a source of pleasure

nothing has ever come close to the hearts of computer users as an apple mac
it's not a community - as they say - it's a cult

further reading...

Attached > �Macintosh. Twenty years later�

i'm back!!!

whew! it did take me a long time to come back... where was i, u ask?

well, out good ol' friend fixmbr and fixboot (yes, windows xp) had me fixed - in a fix, actually!

i was trying to get my windows bootloader back from the grub that i was using for suse and mandrake earlier and yes - the commands did exactly what they were supposed to do: fix'd it! i lost my booting abilities and also all my data until i sweated days and nights to get it back - yes did recover most of the stuff and also got knoppix working on the system. apart from this - everything was hunky-dory :-)

well, now that i am back - i'm not goin' anywhere due to data losses

also, i have updated almost all the pages to better content/looks

todo:
getting this blog's syndicating links up on the page and also to get some really-geeky inputs from feeds across the web page - let me know if you've got anything worth sharing - with/without RSS/ATOM

Monday, February 09, 2004

weekend

so... where have i been over the weekend - well doing nothing else except working and watching india go down to australia in a humiliating defeat that epitomizes the indian morale and australians' playing style - they are hitting like sri lanka were in their pre-world cup days, except that these guys put a lot of thought minus the emotions into winning matches. Australia finished with the exact total they made in the World Cup final against India at Johannesburg 359. India with all it's might could only manage a measly 151 - 208 short of victory - i am sure of those betting on australia couldn't have dreamed this big a win!!!

Saturday, February 07, 2004

New Maruti Zen - Business Standard Motoring

a worth read for any indian who'z been obsessed with cars and has lived during these years

New Maruti Zen - Business Standard Motoring

New Maruti Zen - Business Standard Motoring

a worth read for any indian who'z been obsessed with cars and has lived during these years

New Maruti Zen - Business Standard Motoring

Friday, February 06, 2004

S. Venkitaramanan - Business Line - NRI : Not Required in India?

This article by S. Venkitaramanan captures a large variety of views points relating to India's economy - both good and bad. Does seem like a big circle to me, will we ever be able to break out of it???????

Business Line NRI : Not Required in India?: "S. Venkitaramanan "

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

XML Joke

A good one that i picked from: XML Introduction - What is XML: "XML Joke
Question: When should I use XML?
Answer: When you need a buzzword in your resume."

Japan National Tourist Organization Website

no this blog isn't a place where i'm organizing my favourite's :-))

putting this up coz it seems interesting...

Japan National Tourist Organization Website

Greymatter - The Opensource Weblog/Journal Software

does sound interesting - however - i am sticking to blogger for the moment.

Greymatter - The Opensource Weblog/Journal Software

Tuesday, February 03, 2004

alternateplanet

alternateplanet - the name - (unless you read this very literally) - is an alternate planet in an alternate time - no this has nothing to do with time travel - this is the time that I currently reside in - this cannot be measured in days, weeks or months but is relative to how long i live and what fragment of my life the current time is, alternate planet resides somewhere in the vast jungle of grey matter

A S H I F I C A T I O N

Backtracking for Tuesday, January 27, 2004 by Aashish Chandorkar
A S H I F I C A T I O N

Life Is Beautiful

A post by Jayram Joshi - surely does trigger those nostalgic feelings
Life Is Beautiful

Monday, February 02, 2004

pressconnects.com | 02/02/04 | Opinion Story

pressconnects.com | 02/02/04 | Opinion Story

first

this is my first blog., one of the first few bytes that I would start my impressions with, part reason for putting this is to test how my pages display this text and also to celebrate the launch of my site alternateplanet.net, long thought about and long contemplated though that doesn't necessarily mean that this might turn into a very interesting column though it will surely be endeavoured for.

so keep tuned in for updates and hopefully a lot of fun! :-)