Link listing keyboard shortcuts (yes, they are still faster and more efficient 🙂 ) for Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard
Just discovered that “ctrl + w” closes a tab window :).
Link listing keyboard shortcuts (yes, they are still faster and more efficient 🙂 ) for Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard
Just discovered that “ctrl + w” closes a tab window :).
Ever wanted a cool designer t-shirt, but didn’t want to shell out mucho dinerio ($$$$) for it.. check out Threadless at http://www.threadless.com/.
It is a Chicago based company, that seems to act as a collection spot for artists. I like the web site layout and the features. They also seem to be using flickr to store all their customers “in-action” shots. Very novel and clever way to use the web to your advantage :)..
I finally got off my lazy ^%$$ and cleaned up my baby. Here is the
and it’s
Some quick facts about this beast
Engine:
* Type: 1795cc liquid-cooled 52-degree V-twin
* Displacement: 1795cc
* Bore and Stroke: 101.0mm x 112.0mm
* Fuel System: Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI) with automatic choke
* Compression Ratio: 9.0:1
* MPG: NA
Drivetrain:
* Transmission: Five-speed
* Final Drive: Shaft
Brakes:
* Front: Dual 296mm discs with LBS three-piston calipers
* Rear: Single 316mm disc with LBS twin-piston caliper
Suspension:
* Front: 45mm inverted fork; 5.1-inch axle travel
* Rear: Dual shocks with five-position spring-preload adjustability; 3.9-inch travel
Wheels and Tires:
* Front: 130/70R-18 radial tire
* Rear: 180/70R-16 radial tire
Dimensions:
* Length: NA
* Seat Height: 27.3 in.
* Rake and Trail: 32.48 degrees / 5.7 inches
* Wheelbase: 67.6 in.
* Weight: 714 lbs. dry
* Fuel Capacity: 4.8 gals.
Just for comparision, this guy’s engine is more powerful than a Toyota Carolla (by 1 cc 🙂 ). Thats a lot of power sitting between your legs :). All I can say is that this guy is not for the faint hearted.
I have been in the Chicago area for ~6 years now and have never seen a hailstrom. Last week, on Thursday (5/17), I came home early and was caught up in a hailstrom. I was able to grab my camera and capture some quick shots of the strom from my backyard
My sister graduated with her Ph.D in Electrical engineering this Saturday. I flew to San Antonio to attend the graduation and it was a blast. We had tons of Mexican food and I got meet a bunch of nice folks. I think my sister will be really sad when she has to leave all her good friends in San Antonio and move to Rochester, NY to start teaching over there. She was the first student (and woman) to get a Ph.D from the school of engineering at the University of Texas, San Antonio. It was very cool to see her on stage and get a standing ovation from all the people who came to the graduation ceremony. Way to go sis!! :). We are very proud of you. Here are some links with more pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kudithipudi/tags/graduation/
http://www.sillymunky.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=dhireesha
Quick post (more to come later on) on how to install/configure VMWare Server on Ubuntu
1) Install Ubuntu in “server” config
2) Install X-Windows on Ubuntu by using
“sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop”
3) install smbmount/mount to access windows shares
“sudo apt-get install smbfs”
NOTE : To map a windows share.. try the following
“sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=WINDOWS_USERNAME,password=WINDOWS_PASSWORD //WINDOWS_SERVER_NAME/c$ /tmp/FOLDER_TO_MOUNT”
4) Install make by
“sudo apt-get install make”
5) To install a smp capable kernel,
a.Search for smp kernel images by using
“sudo apt-cache search smp”
b. Install the appropriate smp kernel from the list. In my case, it was
“sudo apt-get install linux-amd64-k8-smp”
6) Install 3.4 version of GCC so that VMWare can compile the kernel modules
a. sudo apt-get install build-essential
b. Install the kernerl headers for your kernel. To do this, first get the Kernel version by
sudo uname -r
I got “2.6.12-10-amd64-k8-smp”
then get the kernel headers by
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-‘kernel version’, in my case, it would be
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-amd64-k8-smp
c. Install 3.4 version of GCC by
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
d. Install the right g++ version by
sudo apt-get install g++-3.4
7) Install xinetd
“sudo apt-get install xinetd“
One of my friends pointed me to www.zillow.com when he came to know that I was looking into buying a house. Zillow is a great resource for anyone looking to buy/sell property. I was very impressed by the data that Zillow collects and the way it is presented. I checked out the management team for Zillow out of curiosity and looks like it was started by ex-expedia folks.
Zillastic!! 🙂
I ran across this link http://www.mtit.com/resources/teamblogs.htm wihle browsing the web. It has a list of Microsoft Team blogs, where teams from certain business areas in Microsoft write on certain applications or areas. One that I visit on a regular basis is the Exchange Team Blog at http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/. Lots of good material there..
Ran into a good case of Network troubleshooting today. We use the private 192.168.0.0/16 address range at work. All of a sudden, we had users calling us from a particular floor stating that they cannot access network resources. Here’s how the team solved the issue
1) Physical connectivity – Is the cable plugged into the workstation? Is there a green light on the NIC?
2) DNS Lookup – Open a command prompt and do a look up on a server in the network. In this case, one of our file servers. Users say that they are getting a “server inaccessible” error. Hmm.. Alright, so we have physical connectivity, but don’t have DNS resolution. Since the rest of the user population didn’t have any DNS resolution issues, the team dug deeper
3) IP Address Details – Open a command prompt and type in “ipconfig”. This showed that the affected users were getting a “172.16.0.x” address. This range does not exist in our user network segment. So looks like we have users getting an unqualified network. Since all users are configured to get their IP addresses through DHCP, the culprit might be DHCP.
4) DHCP Server : The Issue – Open a command prompt and type in “ipconfig /all”. This showed the following
Aha.. looks like there is a rouge DHCP server in our network. The team checked the LAN room on the floor and found the culprit server. Looks like the server was installed in it’s default state where it acted as a DHCP server.
Lesson learnt : DHCP broadcasts sent by the client are addressed by servers in the same broadcast (Layer 2) domain before being routed to other DHCP servers (IP Helper Addresses).