Exercise in futility … err … zenity
shashiThe other day, while working with some shell scripts I thought I could add some better usability into the mix – and hence whip up some dialogs using zenity (gdialog’s…
Redundancy and the Internet
In an interview with the Portfolio magazine, Nassim Nicholas Taleb says Do you realize that we don’t understand globalization? Globalization increases Extremistan. That’s one problem with this Tom Friedman guy—he…
All in a name!
In our company, we have this tradition of naming our computers (Linux desktops, servers, etc) on a particular theme. Now, our chosen theme is Captain Haddock‘s choicest swear words. So,…
Brownie Points
Britain’s Prime Minister understands the internet and the power it brings to the masses. So also do the Chinese
Media Cos Convergence
Over the last few days, several mergers and acquisitions took place. HP buying EDS was the hot news. But more interesting than that are the mergers happening in the internet…
Microsoft’s failed buyout bid for Yahoo! – Some musings
Was Microsoft really interested in buying Yahoo! ? Did Jerry Yang do the right thing by rebuffing Ballmer ? Will the Yahoo! investors remain quiet even after losing out on…
Introduction to Open Source
I was the keynote speaker at a local opensource fest. Here are the slides I’d prepared for the same. BTW, the video which may miss out is this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE
Note 29
Collecting thoughts.
Online annoyances
Back after a long hibernation!! Of late, lots of websites have started asking users to register on their websites even to view content or comment on other’s writeups. Though understandable,…
Winduhs Genuine (Dis)Advantage
Microsoft pulled out it’s stinking “getthefacts” campaign and replaced it with the equally ridiculous compare campaign. They needed to get back attention to their campaign. It was almost dying, and…