One benefit of being part of a forum, as most forum users would know, is that one gets exposed to a ton of information. Today […]
Controlling app initialization order
I’ve been running into a regular problem with Squid proxy – I have to restart Squid for it to work. After putting in some thought […]
Frequently Used Linux Tools (FULT)
I wanted to start by writing just about ssh – the tool to remote into another machine, but I figured why not just make a […]
To be or not to be… an ostrich?
I have only to pick up any daily in India and I find myself a host of things to fume about. Today it’s the shooting […]
Two views of Tibet
A while ago I came across the “Inspector Shan” series by Eliot Pattison, and I found them amazing reads – even the ones which seemed […]
Windows bootable USB
After wasting hours of my time getting this done through various oddball tools, I hit on one called Rufus. From that point on, it’s been […]
Changing the Oil
It was cold today! 14 degrees says the thermometer this morning. And after a rousing round of tennis, I decided to head over to Karol […]
The inaction of “good” men
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is when good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Regardless of whether this was Burke or […]
Protecting the kids from the Internet!
Teaching a kid science at Tara, I realized that they have little or no access to the internet. On asking I learnt that the problem […]