September, 2006
Today I read the Cathedral and Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond. It has nice quotes especially for open source programmers but equally holds true for closed source programmers also. Here are the quotes: 1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch. 2. Good programmers know what to write. Great ones [...]
The time I spend on distro watching (various linux distributions) has come down a lot after working on Ubuntu for last one year. But I use to revise my soft corner with Ubuntu by testing some other distro also. I am not a linux server guy. I am a programmer who needs good stable home [...]
If you are bored with Windows XP Luna theme (Blue/Silver/Olive), here is a nice looking theme available for download. Actually it is meant for Windows Media Center edition. But it looks awesome in Windows XP. Download here Install the downloaded theme. Then go to Desktop and right click for properties. In Themes tab, select "Royale" [...]
I have MA620 compatible ES620 IrDA adapter with Nokia 6610 GPRS enabled mobile phone. Here is a smal HOW-TO on connecting to internet with this setup. 1. Ensure that the following modules available and loaded. a. uhci_hcd b. ircomm-tty c. pl2303 d. ma600-sir e. irda f. irtty-sir 3. make as script called IrDA_Start.sh with the [...]