Ramblings of a frustrated mind

The standard 12 exams began on Thursday. First, the Marathi paper..CONTROVERSY! Apparently, there was a passage about Sant Tukaram, which `hurt' some peoples' sentiments. Now, that's ok..if their sentiments are hurt, there are means to get them redressed. But what do some people do? They barge into the office of the head of the HSC board, and beat him and his peon up. And these are the `followers' of one of the most influential Marathi saints ever! Ridiculous!

UTLK 2.6

Got my hands on a copy of `Understanding the Linux kernel, 3e'. Problem is..it was in the compressed HTML format, which is proprietary. So, had to find a reader that does the job in GNU/Linux. Tried FBReader, but it didn't work. Then decided to try xCHM. Turns out..it requires wxWidgets! So..back to square one..download and compile wxWidgets. Then got xCHM to work. The interface is GTK+ based..but I guess I have to configure wxWidgets to work with Qt. But currently, it works. Funny thing was that after a long time I wished I was on Debian. Instead of all the compile stuff, would have done an apt-get install. Maybe..in a few months..after Kubuntu Dapper is out.

I'm back!

My internet connection was out over the weekend. :-( Finally up and working!

amaroK

Compiled amaroK today. Tried downloading the slack package, but somehow that didn't work. I liked the interface. Plus, it seems to be able to do a lot of cool stuff, like podcasts etc. The behaviour is still a little erratic on my box, but I should be able to iron that out. Had a bit of trouble getting the xine engine to play realmedia, but the solution turned out to be a simple symlink.

Will post more on amaroK when I get the time.

A great day!

All in all, today was a fantastic day! India kicked Pakistan's butt in the match! Bowled them over for a mere 161 and then knocked the runs over with ease!

Got my 3rd admit today, to the Colorado State Univ., after UTulsa and SUNY @ Binghamton! Yippee!

Nadya cracks UCLA!

Kaustubh Nadkarni, one of my friends, got admitted to the University of California at Los Angeles! Hooraay! Congo!

Ecstatic!

Taxi No. 9211

Listening to the music of Taxi No. 9211. The tunes are very nice, especially "Ek Nazar" and "Boombhai Nagariya". I've been humming them for quite a while now. Go and get it!

India - Pakistan Cricket Match

This is the big one! India will try to make it three in a row, to win the series!

College bunk! Will stay home and watch the match!

Me..a nerd god!

He he..Apparently I'm a nerd god!

A matter of faith

Was watching the news. Heard about the protests about those `blasphemic' cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. Got me thinking..why is people's faith in religion so fragile? How does it matter that one paper somewhere in the world printed some satire? I see no reason why streets half way across the world had to burn. Why? What does that brand of violence achieve?

Makes me glad that I'm secular (read:atheist).

Troubled!

Mutt rules

Just started using Mutt with my gmail account. Was extremely apprehensive about setting it up, but finally got it done, with thanks to Shantanoo . I have to say, mutt rules! Extremely cool, easy to use. And very very fast! Use it! Google for gmail + mutt. And check out dotfiles.com for some good .muttrc. Me? I just plagiarized Shantanoo's!

LOL!