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For Those Who Are Married As Well As For Those Who Will Get Married
Sharing a few thoughts for Would be Grooms Rule No. 01 – Never compare your mamma’s cooking with your wife’s. There is no faster way to dig your own grave than that. Please understand that your mom’s cooking has the backing of 20 odd years of experience… don’t expect that from your wife whose hardly…
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Missing Husband
A woman went to police station to file a report for her missing husband: Woman: I lost my husband Inspector: What is his height Woman: I never noticed Inspector: Slim or healthy Woman: Not slim can be healthy Inspector: Color of eyes Woman: Never noticed Inspector: Color of hair Woman: Should be black Inspector: What…
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My Dad, The Hero Of The Day
If the title of this post is making you wonder about the extraordinary act which my dad has performed today to make him a hero, then STOP! This is not about something which he did overnight. This is something which he has been doing consistently over the past three decades – a very simple act…
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Now A Debian Maintainer
Update Sep 14, 2010 – Yipee !!! My packages python-twisted-calendarserver and calendarserver have been accepted into squeeze after some persuasion from Guido and myself to the release team ;). And this is my QA page. For more than a decade, I have been associated with free and open source software. I think I got introduced…
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What is Tension?
What is Tension? A beautiful girl asks lift from you. On the way she faints and you take her to hospital. Doctor says ‘Congrats. You are going to become a father.’ THAT’S IT. YOU GET TENSED. You say – ‘But that baby is not mine.’ Girl says – ‘he is only the father of my…
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Installing ZK Spreadsheet in Debian Lenny
ZK spreadsheet is an online spreadsheet which enables users to import and export excel files and edit excel files within the browser. This can be thought to be similar to Google Spreadsheet. Only that it is open source and can be installed on your own server. Another very similar open source product which I came…
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System Harware Information in Linux
All-In-One Tools Hardware Lister: Hardware Lister can be used for getting all the hardware information of a system. Some example usage are given below: # apt-get install lshw lshw-gtk # lshw (Displays detailed hardware information) # lshw-gtk (Gives a nice graphical view of the hardware information) # lshw -short (Lists hardware in a compact format)…
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Configuring OpenVPN Client in DD-WRT
After spending almost a day in trying to configuring my dd-wrt router as an OpenVPN client and reading many complicated guides, I found a really simple way to configure OpenVPN. It is necessary that you have optware set up on your router. For setting up Optware, kindly read Optware, The Right Way. This configuration has…
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Procedure For New Passport Or Reissue of Existing Passport
NOTE: The procedure for applying for a passport has changed considerably since writing this article. I encourage you to visit http://passportindia.gov.in to know the exact procedure. I’ve recently applied for reissue of my parents’ passports. While there is information available on the passport site http://passport.gov.in/cpv/obtain.htm, it is not very organized. Here I try to organize…
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Internet Radio Player
UPDATE: Nightangle is now available for download. Ubuntu PPA repo is available as well . See http://getnightingale.com/all-versions.php. UPDATE: Songbird linux builds are available through contributed builds – http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Contributed_Builds Long back, when I was in IIIT, I used a small player known as Nitin’s online radio player (runs only on Windows) which used to sit in…