Using Airtel International calling card
I have been using Airtel International calling cards for a while. Rate to US is relatively cheaper compared to the full international calling rates. Only problem I had was the long dialing procedure...
View ArticleEye Safety During Solar Eclipse
We just viewed our first Solar Eclipse of the year 2010. As usual, there were many reports of losing the eye sight if you view the eclipse with a naked eye and ways of viewing the eclipse. I didn’t...
View ArticleACM India Launch
I was attending ACM India Launch at Taj Residency today. ACM India was formally announced today though ACM India was active for over 3 years now. The program started with a brief introduction by Dr....
View ArticleDid You Share Yourself Today?
I have been reading Times Life. The theme for today was sharing. A few of the captions particularly caught my attention as I myself believe in that. The author was trying to convey the message that...
View ArticleTechnical Writing and Cloud Computing
One of my technical writers asked me how they can leverage cloud computing. Interesting thought!!!. From a developers perspective, we have been talking about cloud as a development and testing...
View ArticleIntel Buys McAfee: Security in the chip vs. virtual environment
This was the big news I read yesterday. Everyone talked about the price Intel is paying – $48 per share – which is 60% premium over McAfee’s previous day close of $29.93. What is Intel going to get...
View ArticleMoved to our new house
It was a long journey that took close to 27months from here to here…. And still, a lot more to do…..
View ArticleIntroducing IWM at NMAMIT
NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte held an International Level Conference on “Computer Architecture, Networking and Applications” (IC-CANA 2011) at Mangalore on 7th and 8th January, in association...
View ArticleLinux Advanced Routing: Setting up a Mixed Public-Private Network
Recently I had a unique need to have a mix of public and private network on a particular server for some testing. A number of services were already configured for the public interface. I had to test a...
View ArticleNever Say Good Bye
We parted our ways yesterday He came to me 9 years back. He was a family since then. You were like this when I got you… He took me to places. We made our own roads. He saved me from road rages,...
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Introducing IWM at NMAMIT
NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte held an International Level Conference on “Computer Architecture, Networking and Applications” (IC-CANA 2011) at Mangalore on 7th and 8th January, in association...
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Linux Advanced Routing: Setting up a Mixed Public-Private Network
Recently I had a unique need to have a mix of public and private network on a particular server for some testing. A number of services were already configured for the public interface. I had to test a...
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Never Say Good Bye
We parted our ways yesterday He came to me 9 years back. He was a family since then. You were like this when I got you… He took me to places. We made our own roads. He saved me from road rages,...
View ArticleIts Been A While
I just noticed that my blog was dormant for a while. I’m not sure about the reasons. It could be that I moved to MBP and I was really missing Windows Live Writer. Oh!! Boy, I really fell in love with...
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Organizing a Hackathon
We are trying to organize a hackthon at office in this month. Thinking around this has been going on for a while and finally decided to pick a month where people will be available and release pressure...
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Blogo – Updated Blog Editor
I mentioned in my previous post that I’m waiting for a private beta invitation from Blogo, one of the blog editors on OSX. Well, as everyone complains, OSX is missing Windows Live Editor, one of my...
View ArticleExperimenting with Oracle Virtualbox
I have been using VMWare Fusion on my MBP for a while. I noticed significant performance issues after upgrading to Mavericks. That is when I decided to try out Oracle Virtualbox. More importantly...
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Working with Big Data
I must say that the title is a little deceiving if you are looking for a technical post on Hadoop and Pig. In the Making Sense of Data course, Google says that the data process consists of three steps...
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Elastic Map Reduce – A Practical Approach
Amazon just reminded me that my AWS free tier is getting over tomorrow. I’ve been wanting to write about my EMR experiments for some time. I worked on this a couple of months back when I got a chance...
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5 Must for a Cloud Computing Job
I was recently asked to list 5 must for a cloud computing job. It can greatly differ for roles and kind of industry that you work for. Innovation and rapid delivery is a must for a software developer...
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