Three years ago when I switched to Linux, I didn’t even know that there is even a wallpaper on Linux! , moreover all the books that I got in Library had only CUI stuff and hyper geeky stuff .(I did not have a usable net connection that time) Luckily I got a new book called “Fedora Core 3 Bible” by Cristopher Negus which explained things in a very easy to use manner and how to do all the stuff in GUI rather than CUI (For all those who don’t know …

Came across this(http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet.html) nice link. It is basically a cheat sheet for google search. Using these nice tricks in your search queries you can get better and more relevant results.
Not only you can search for some text you can also use google as an advanced calculator, a dictionary, and units converter (eg. Km to miles, $ to Rs., etc.) for any type of quantity.
Also don’t forget to check the links in the above linked page.
Use these tricks and show-off to your friends

Just came across these acronyms … mostly names of open source softwares…but there’s something special in them … they are recursive !!! some famous recursive acronyms are
1. GNU - GNU is Not Unix. (Software collection)
2. Cygnus - Cygnus Your GNU Support. ( A Software company)
3. EINE - EINE Is Not EMACS. (A text editor)
4. ZWEI - ZWEI Was EINE Initially. (Another text editor)
5. LIAR - LIAR Imitates Apply Recursively. (A scheme compiler)
6. WINE - WINE Is Not Emulator. (A windows emulator(like) for Linux)
7. EMACS - EMACS Makes A …

Here’s the mail that Kevin Johnson, President Microsoft Platforms & Services Division sent out to his employees on the Yahoo deal.

From: Kevin Johnson
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:48 PM
To: Platforms & Services Division
Subject: Update on Yahoo! Proposal
I want to provide all employees in the Platforms & Services Division with an update on our February 1 proposal to combine with Yahoo!, and answer a few common questions that have been asked.
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1. The word algorithm comes from the name of the 9th century Persian mathematician Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi whose works introduced Indian numerals and algebraic concepts.
2. Brazil has the largest number of orkut users in the world followed by India.
3. The Graphical user interface and …

At least that is how it comes in the dreams of most webmasters

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next…
So true
This is my “Today’s fortune” on Orkut.

Was just going through Alan Kay’s quotes on Wikipedia. Found some interesting ones on Java.
Read on . . . I am sure, after reading these even you will say . . . So true!!!
* Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language, and I believe it was the Sun marketing people who rushed the thing out before it should have gotten out.
o Source: ACM Queue A Conversation with Alan Kay Vol. …

Apple launched Apple Air in India today. It is the thinnest Notebook on earth, so thin that Steve Jobs had introduced it by pulling it out from a standard envelope. Considering that Apple Air was launched in US in january only, that was quick.
The retail price in India is Rs 96,100 ($2,421). Apple Air sells for close to 75k Rs in US. So if you want to buy one, then it makes sense to get one from US.
You can read our initial review of Apple Air.

This post is not at all related to the MS-Yahoo deal. It’s just coming at the time.
Neither this post has to do any thing with “It is Different this time” post below.
Two days ago I had a chance to talk to a Stanford graduate who has been working with Sun in the U.S for about past eight years. He joined Sun at a time when Sun was at the top. After the 2001 bubble burst, Sun just came crashing down. There was a time when (like Google today) Sun …

The previous post talks about downloading yutube videos. I would like to give another option for firefox users. Get the unplug plug-in for firefox. It’s a video download tool that’s not just for youtube. It can download any embedded video on any webpage. It gives a list of all the videos embedded on a particular page.
It downloads from the original source of the video.
Try it . It’s great.

Bangalore blogger meet
16/02/2008 at 16:00

After weeks of reporting sad news, here is something that will cheer you up. Bloggers in Bangalore have planned a meeting on 16th Feb. And guess what? Microsoft has offered their conference room.
Unfortunately I shall not be able to attend as I am not in Mumbai.

Vineet’s post made me think about the logic behind microsoft, yahoo deal. If it is obvious to everyone that even a combined yahoo and microsoft can not beat google then why is microsoft paying so much of money to buy yahoo?
Because microsoft is getting yahoo damn cheap. Yahoo gets as much or more traffic than google. Google earns almost all of its earnings from advertisement. More than 80% of that earning comes from its partner network. Which means it earns 80% of the earning from advertisement on its pages. Now …

First of all I was thinking of a name for the MS Yahoo deal. Micro-ahoo doesn’t sound too good. Please suggest some creative names…Will be fun.
Anyways the Question is where does the deal lead us? How’s it gonna effect the today’s win-win situation of the Internet? Some say that MS has in a way accepted that it can’t beat Google on its own that’s why it needs Yahoo’s support. Now the question arises …even if MS accepts it’s defeat from Google, will it be able to defeat Google after the …