Jailed in FreeBSD

Well, working on freeBSD right now some immediate learnings for most linux users Ports is as good as apt-get [and i would say much better, when i started installing stuff] You will need to start with installing vim and bash to make your life a lot easier So the target was to install python and nginx, both of which are very easy to install once you understand how the whole ports collection system works....

March 8, 2010 · 1 min · 174 words · Me

Dragflick gods : Abbas and Taekema

Now this Hockey world cup has one convert in me ! I saw what pakistan’s Sohail Abbas can do with his dragflicks … he is god when it comes to that skill. Taekema is as good, in the first Holland match it was fairly obvious why you need quality penalty corner players. I am surely not like to be the one who defends when either of them is taking a potshot at the net....

March 3, 2010 · 1 min · 88 words · Me

Technology driven MPD : Karthik calling karthik

So i watched this interesting hindi movie today Karthik calling karthik, which should also be be called the watered down Indian version of the cult book & movie ‘Fight club’. [Stop here if you don’t want to know what the movie is] Unlike say fight club where i would say that the plot was beyond most of us ! This movie tries to explain itself too much and loses out on what could have been too easily....

March 1, 2010 · 2 min · 336 words · Me

Formula 1: A season start preview

I realise that i am an extremely obsessive person ! So i ended up following formula 1 [the drama that it has become] over the last 2 months. A small recap for the uninitiated End of last season saw the exit of many engine manufacturers namely Toyota, BMW, & nearly Renault. So the engines on the grid are Ferrari, Mercedes, Cosworth[due to the new teams] & Renault. It would count as a huge loss, as most of the engines have very similar specs, though certain other things like reliability & fuel consumption are still going to be the game changers....

February 28, 2010 · 3 min · 538 words · Me

Skins season 4 : zero connectivity

Been watching skins for quite some time and i must admit that this current season is a let down from before ! Even the fat segal’s inital tune is all mumbled up, not that cool anymore. Some very easy reasons as to why this is not working for me Most of the episodes are very very disconnected, the notion of time that was so seamless in the earlier 3 seasons is completely missing....

February 28, 2010 · 2 min · 283 words · Me