Live Free. Live Happy.

Here is a little something for those new to the terms or those who are confused between these two terms.

For quite sometime, I had this simple idea:

Open Source - Software for which source is available
Free Software - Software for which we do not have to pay

I had recently been on a visit to Kolkata with my wife and I had to book a cab for a day. After searching for cab services in Kolkata, I came across http://kolkatacabs.com. The tariffs they offered seemed to be decent and we were able to book a cab (an Indigo) just one day before. But our experience with the driver was bad. He was not very responsive. But this is not my major complaint. He tried to cheat us.

I had recently been on a trip to Kolkatta, Darjeeling and Gangtok. Here are some points to keep in mind if you visit these places.

This article had appeared in the Aug 2009 issues of Reader's Digest (India). It was so humorous that I decided to look up for it in the Internet and link to it.

http://www.rd.com/clean-jokes-and-laughs/how-to-ruin-a-joke/article93758...

World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl said, 'NO!' And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.

The end

Below are a list of the software and utilities which I use and find very useful.

Internet

To all my blog readers and lovers, I am now leaving to Nellore for one of the most important occasions of my life - My marriage with Veena. The marriage is on 21st October, 2009 morning. This marks the end of my bachelor life :( and the beginning of my marital life :).

Today happens to be Dussehra. I was seriously working on something when my aunt called me and told me that I had gift from my grandfather. I didn't understand what she had meant as my grandfather had passed away in February. I thought that she meant my grandmother would be giving me the gift and it was supposed to be from both of them.

Below are the fines which are to paid if the traffic rules are violated. Be sure to take a printout and carry a copy of this with you so that you are not made to pay more than what you have to in case you violate a traffic rule. Click here for the full sized image which is much bigger and clearer.

About two years back my friend and IIIT classmate Swetha told me that she would like to gift me something. I told her that I'd let her know when I really need something. That is because then everytime I look at the gift I'll get reminded of her :). And now after two years, I finally asked her to gift me the linksys router WRT-610N. And all I can say is that it is an awesome gift. The Linksys WRT-610N is a high-end home router. In India it costs about Rs.10,500. It works out to be about 30% cheaper when purchased in US.