I have always fancied myself as a small-time free software contributor, fixing a line of code here, filing a useful bug report there, and occasionally jumping into discussions. But finally I got around to putting in a concrete contribution that is worth mentioning. The latest version of Dia is about …
Finally decided that I do need a notebook now. The correct segment for me seems to be ultra-thin notebooks, rather than a netbook. And just in time, here comes the HP DV2. The general opinion on the inter-tubes suggests that it's a good buy. It fulfills the following things that …
After I became a father, the one question that has been asked most frequently is, of course, "So, how does it feel to be a father?". It's impossible to describe that feeling in words, but here are a few things so you get the hint:
Seems that umbilical cord blood banking in India received some starry recognition recently. There's also a rather informative general discussion about it on Slashdot.
I haven't made up my mind about it yet, but I am pretty sure it's all a waste of money for the following reasons:
Ubuntu is playing with a new idea for desktop notifications ... you can watch a video on Mark Shuttleworth's blog. They are supposed to be ephemeral, non-actionable pop-ups that "are gone like a mystery girl on the bus you didn’t get on" :)
Saw the video, and I say desktop notifications …
I have submitted my thesis. And people are glad that it is over.
A long long time ago, I first saw a true Desktop for Linux when KDE was first announced. But later came GNU's response in the form of GNOME, with its radical focus on desktop usability. Once I switched to GNOME, I never felt like going back to KDE inspite of …