Was looking for some Creative Commons licensed stuff using Yahoo’s Creative Commons search. Just for kicks, I typed in “bangalore” and was quite pleased with results. So then I did a search for “bangalore rock music group” and was *even* more thrilled.

Last year, I was subject to an irritating bout of solicitation by an organisation that wanted me to write articles for a publication they were launching. This campaign went on for three months, ending finally in August. Starting in June 2004, I received more than a dozen individually addressed emails and faxes (in this day [...]

“Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” The trick is, of course, to make the job more lovable. This involves talking to people, letting them know how you feel, and what you really want. If that does not achieve anything, then you know what to do, but it [...]

Been feeling a frog in my throat for the past couple of days. Woke up last night with raging fever and a violent throat-ache. Actually, a violent everything-ache, but the throat is prominent. I knew what was coming next, and sure enough woke up this morning with a laryngitis. Couldn’t get a single sound out. [...]

It appears that, after a short discussion on their internal mailing list, Phenom decided to take part in a rock competition at the IISc. Prelims were last Thursday, and they made it into the finals, which happened on Saturday. I don’t know how many people read one of my earliest diary entries here, but in [...]

Just a few days after opening FOSS./2005 Speaker Registration, we are already nearing the half century mark in terms of speakers registering. This is fairly astounding, given how long it took in previous years. However, while Indian industry (e.g. software companies) and international speakers are registering in great numbers, I am pained to see that [...]

Heads up, all @ Bangalore! The next BLUG meet is this Friday, the 30th of Sep (just in time to avoid becoming the October meet Details here. Come only if you enjoy meeting friends, eating good food and yacking about anything FOSS.

Heh – lots of stuff been happening over the weekend. The FOSS.IN/2005 Speaker Registration opened, and we already have 25 speakers signed up. And though I can’t yet tell you who they are, there are some really well-known names in that list. What we are waiting for now is for the Indian speakers to wake [...]

…people in glass houses should not throw stones. I will re-address the issue in the first week of December, but believe me – it will be an eye-opener for many of you. Have faith.

After much to and fro, the official Call for Participation has been released on the FOSS.IN website. This is it, folks. If you want to be a speaker at India’s biggest and most awaited Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) event, then it is time to move your Gluteus Maximus and submit your talk/workshop/tutorial/BoF/etc. proposal. [...]