This evening, we finally got cable Internet at home. Just in time – I was about to explode after seeing my last phone bill – almost 9000 bucks! The process of getting hooked on was surprisingly painless – unlike the soddy providers who force you to use Windows-only mechanisms, my cable guy showed up at [...]

Well, my ongoing SciFi novella about Linux, OpenSource and other things just continued – with

This is so cool. Computers@Home has featured me and this site in their November 2002 issue as part of their article on web logs. This, like the recent

What can I say? I am in the mood for writing, and here are the results so far. Enjoy.

M$-India M$-Karnataka When a country, and a state, blindly tie up with an indicted, foreign monopolist to pay them for software to govern its citizens, without considering and exploring local, proven, affordable alternatives that generate employment for its people, promote national security and raise national pride, what is the first thing that comes to your [...]

OK, am back from Trivandrum, where I had a great time at the Workshop on Free and Open Software. Reached there on the 6th, after an uneventful flight (apart from some nailbiting during the halt at Cochin – I fully expected to see an incoming bazooka…..;) and settled into Hotel Horizon to get ready for [...]

Oh boy! This evening, I was searching for some stuff on homestudio recording, when Google spat up a *very* familiar name – DC, aka Dharmendra Chakrasali, aka Hari@CiX, aka Vulcan Haze. DC was the guy who taught me (years ago) the basics of using software like Cakewalk, which resulted in my article my BBS for [...]

Just spent the day at home, jamming, reading, listening, writing, debugging, creating…. Hey, I am bored! Everyone is busy with something or the other, or someone or the other (or a combination of both). And I sit here, gloomy, staring at the ceiling. Well, actually, I also read some 40-50 Batman and Superman comics – [...]

Woah! It’s been a while since I updated my diary, isn’t it? Well, I did warn everyone that I would be busy – as you can see on the left, I have seminars, workshops and national events coming up, and all this in addition to the raging battles on the work front. One month to [...]