Of Elven Forests and RTS gaming

I changed the theme on this page again. The new header image struck me distinctly and the first thoughts which flooded my mind reminded me of an Elven forest. Elves are my favorite creatures in The Lord of The Rings (LOTR). Yes the Hobits are merry making and peace loving, the Dwarves are stout and [...]

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Ubuntu 7.04 Launched

Momentous days like today deserve their share of space here. So here it is, Ubuntu 7.04, code named Feisty Fawn (very much in tune with the orangish brown of Ubuntu) is out. All those who already enjoy this wondrous distro can do a hassle-free update to this version. For others they could either download and [...]

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Confessions of an Urban Indian Youth

In one’s lifetime we meet only a few select people who make impressions on us, that instantly mould us. Mohit, my mentor at IIT in my first year, was one of those rare people I got to meet. A man of extraordinary brilliance, infinite humility and above all a vichardheen who keenly sought answers [...]

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Sage stylesheets – Sporty and Arty

I recently stumbled across ColourLovers and since then its been amazing to see the variety of perspectives available at the site. I just picked up two pallets off the hat, and decided to make Sage stylesheets using them. So here are my attempts :

Name
Pallet
Screenshot
CSS

Sporty
Tennis Court
Link
Link

Arty
Ary Gallery Exhibit
Link
Link

The css files are only available from a free [...]

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Of swopped colours and confused allegiances

The current Formula 1 season, looks like a very promising one. Especially so after what has happened in the first two races. Ferrari seemed to have the upper hand till today, but a McLaren 1-2 put a period to that. Exciting. Things always are so in the fast lane. But all this speed, I learn, [...]

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Search box keyword in Firefox

If you use firefox (read if you are sane), here is a nice way to make all your searches all the more faster. Yes Firefox lets you add search engines to its search bar at the right top corner of the browser but there is a faster (if you prefer to use the cranky keyboard) [...]

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Around the processor in 80 clocks

I have been wanting to write about this for quite sometime now, right since Intel announced that it had a beast of a processor rolling out, with a whopping 80 cores on the same die. It was also good to learn later that most of the grey cell twitching regarding the design of the processor [...]

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