Chamraj pet charls - Yellow fever

Got this stuff on youtube.. just too cool.

Defining moments..

Scientific Dosa

India is on the right path of globalization... A conservative society which once refused to give up its way of thinking and traditions is now changing its ways..

It’s not that we are giving up our traditions and adopting the western culture… It’s just that the existing practices and culture is being packaged into a glittering box which could be adopted globally.

If you feel that the above description is cryptic, Take a look at the below photograph…

I visited Kamat restaurant (Infosys Bangalore campus) a few days back and could not stop myself staring at this menu. “Neer Dosa” as we call it in kannada is a kind of delicacy which is very popular in Karnataka… the term “Neer” means water. As the vendors realized that it would be awkward mentioning “Water Dosa” for the benefit of non kannadigas, ended up coining a new word for the delicacy – H2O Dosa :)



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My experience of capturing a moon photograph..

It took me a lot of effort and a fair bit of embarrassment to capture the photo... A lot of effort because i had forgotten to take my tripod stand to the terrace... Embarrassment because half the population on the other buildings was staring at me as if I was a maniac starring at the empty sky...

I could see the kids calling their sari clad moms and sisters/brothers and point at me as if they have never seen a person shooting the moon :)

Cant blame them after all.. i was shooting the moon at around 12:30 PM :)
Camera: Canon powershot S5 IS

Well Timed!

posting this pic after a long long time..
ISO 80, 5 Sec Shutter speed

Sky with a golden tint

I hate rains... I don’t have a specific reason for that. Maybe because I hail from a costal belt which receives ample amount of rains, or maybe because my friends have created enough prejudice about it. The evening of March 24 was gloomy. You might have guessed it by now- Yes! It was raining...

As I came out of my building, i noticed something very special... something so mesmerizing… sky with a golden tint.


Well, I was wrong about the evening. It was not that bad after all!

Delicious Dhokla

Well, like all delicious dishes, the life of this dhokla was shortlived!

Born: 23-03-2008, 4.30 PM

Expired: 23-03-2008 4.45PM

can u smell it????

Solving a Rubik's cube in 2 simple steps!

rubik's cube is a nice thing to solve especially if u r as jobless as i was last week. well.. seemingly simple, one needs to put in a lot of hard work to solve! After a week of trial and error, i was finally able to solve it..

All u have to do is to remove the ****in screws out from the center pieces, align the other pieces correctly and fix the screws back!!!!! now hz that for "solve a rubik's cube in 2 simple steps"?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Installing UBUNTU 7.10 on a system with BIOSTAR GF7050-M7 motherboard

For long, I had a desire to install windows vista on my PC… my dream came true last month as I brought a new comp! Out of sheer excitement, I went on searching for a Linux flavor which could stand a chance to compete with vista graphics.. Especially the aero view.. Guess what, I found UBUNTU!!!!!
Do you want to know my real inspiration? check this video... :

What is ubuntu?

Ubuntu is an African word which means 'Humanity to others'. Technically speaking, Ubuntu is a free, Debian derived Linux-based operating system. one can either request for UBUNTU Free CD or download the ISO. refer to this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu for more info.

Unlike other operating systems, we dont need to install the OS to enjoy it. just burn the ISO on to a disk and boot through that CD. thats it!. u have the OS. if you feel that the OS is good enough and u need to install it on ur hard disk, click on the 'install' icon on the desktop and go thru the install process.

UBUNTU 7.10 on a system with BIOSTAR GF7050-M7 motherboard

Processor : Core 2 Duo 2.2 E4500
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7050 / Nvidia nForce 610i
Sound Card: Realtek ALC662 6-Channel HD Audio

i had a tough time installing ubuntu on my system as there was very less info available (drivers for soundcard, video card etc etc) over the net for my motherboard. i could boot thru the ubuntu CD and get a look and feel of the OS.. but ubuntu was unable to get the right driver for my soundcard or my graphics card. so here is what i did to fix the same:

1. Install ubuntu using the ubuntu CD. you will notice that when u boot, u will get a error message saying 'Ubuntu was unable to detect your graphics card' and 'ubuntu will now login with safe graphics mode'. Boot with 'safe graphics mode'

2. go to synaptic package manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager). synaptic package manager is like "add or remove windows components" in windows XP. uncheck the "nvida-glx" which is the default Nvidia driver shipped with ubuntu. and click on "apply".

3. in synaptic package manager, search for libc6-dev and install it.

4. download the latest nivida drivers. you can download it from this site: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_169.12.html. keep it on your desktop.

5. logout from ubuntu and press Ctrl+Alt+F1

• you may be prompted to enter your login name. just do it
• type "sudo killall gdm". This will kill any process w.r.t the GUI running in background
• Type "cd Desktop" to go to the desktop folder (if u r not already in)
• Type "sudo sh [driver name]". replace with the name of the driver that you have downloaded from the nvidia site.
• Type "sudo gdm" to start the graphical user interface. you will notice a nvidia pic when GUI starts.

Installing Sound card drivers

you can refer to this website: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto for steps. its a bit complicated. But its worth the effort.