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trash-cli
There is one feature I often missed in linux console – deleting to Trash. I often do a ‘rm -rf’ and then suddenly realize that I have accidentally deleted something which I shouldn’t have. From now on, I needn’t worry because I have started using trash-cli, a command line interface to the freedesktop.org trashcan. This…
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Washing Machine
I generally avoid hiring a maid and like to automate the daily chores to the maximum possible extent. The biggest investment in this direction was the washing machine. This was purchased with the marriage gift money given by my Aunt Suchitra (Mom’s elder sister). After reading several reviews and comparing the different models of washing…
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Moved To A New House
About two months back, Veena (my wife) and I moved to a new house. I’ve been thinking about blogging on this since then but just couldn’t take the time out. Anyway, here is my experience so far on moving out of my parents’ home.
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Maternal Grandmother Passes Away
On April 12, 2010 at around 14:20, my maternal grandmother, Thirumala Devi, aged 75, succumbed to a heart attack. Her health had deteriorated considerably during her last few days and she had been bed-ridden for almost a month. May her soul rest in peace.
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Obtaining a Marriage Certificate (Secunderabad, India)
Having applied for a marriage certificate today, I am documenting the procedure here so that it is useful for someone. I got married according to the Hindu Marriage Act and the details given here are mainly applicable for this Act. For the Special Marriage Act or further information on the Hindu Marriage Act, kindly visit:…
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BackupPC with Lighttpd in DD-WRT
This tutorial covers the necessary steps to get BackupPC up and running on any device (such as the Linksys router WRT 610N) which has DD-WRT firmware installed on it. In case there are any steps which I have missed, kindly mention them in the comments section, and I will update the main article accordingly. Installing…
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SFTP Console Client with Recursive Download/Upload Support
I often find it difficult to use ‘scp’ program because I don’t know the exact path to the directory in the destination server and I do not find ‘sftp’ program very useful because it does not support recursive downloads. Here are two programs which offer recursive downloads over sftp protocol: 1. psftp provided by package…
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Open Source And Free Software
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
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kolkatacabs.com (Kolkata Cabs) review
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.…