[rmenn@avini ~]

Gokarna [Part 2]

2010-02-02T10:15:00.001+05:30

No i Didnt have to jump in and save anyone this time around.

The Above Slideshow has a couple of Photos i clicked, and would love to hear back from you folks.

Binary Armageddon Day

2010-01-11T08:39:00.001+05:30

So now that this date has passed by i can talk about it, cause i didnt want any hype created and some director running about to make this into a Movie ( i wouldnt be able to take it, honest )

So what does Binary Armageddon day mean?

Jan. 10th, 2010, 10:10:00 GMT - Which in binary is 1010011010 kinda converts to '666'

The day includes only 1s n 0s other than the 2 in the year.

Well You all know that didnt happen. Lets see what other dates we can watch around for

Dec. 21, 2012 - The End of the Mayan Calendar

Jan. 19th 2038, 03:14:07 GMT - The end of the Unix epoch.

Dec. 31st 9999, 23:59:59 GMT - The end of 4 digit years.I aint gonna be around so im not worried about that

EDIT

Hehe even today is a Binary day but wouldnt translate to 666 :)

The Premium Taxi Service ( Shortly to be Owned by Kingfisher >_____< )

2010-01-06T14:36:00.000+05:30

So here is the Famous Ferrari Taxi thats been running around in Kerala.

You would think some mallu who is highly skilled in photoshop has made this with the sweat of one's brow. WRONG!

Head to the MVD website

And enter the cars registration number as you see it. "KL-01-Z-8575" in the field saying "Enter Reg Number". Now Read up. You shall see the Maker-Class.

End of Discussion.

Marriage for the Googler

2010-01-05T13:58:00.000+05:30

Fly You Fools - Indian Comics about Life.

Why i Love Linux

2009-12-23T12:18:00.000+05:30

So my Cousin send me the link to download Zero ( You gotta Listen to them ) which is
http://indianrockmp3.com/2009/02/20/download-zero-discography/ so i get on the page and see that the songs are download-able separately and i didnt want to do the clicking, so i worked it out on the shell

[root@avini rmenn]# curl http://indianrockmp3.com/2009/02/20/download-zero-discography/ > page.html
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 52026    0 52026    0     0  27050      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:-- 43788

[root@avini rmenn]# cat page.html | grep "http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/" | tr -s '"' '@' | cut -d "@" -f2
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/22943931/Not%2BMy%2BKind%2BOf%2BGirl.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/45155636/Found.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/50932531/Mama%2527s%2BCalling.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/45150947/Dear%2BJesus.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/1914501/Lucy.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/1914500/Christmas%2BIn%2BJuly.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/45163587/All%2BI%2BLost.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44371852/Her.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/57651638/Old%2BMan.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/15504086/Lost.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/56410885/Down%2B%2526%2BOut.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/56396125/Not%2BYet.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/18028719/Not%2BMy%2BKind%2BOf%2BGirl%2B%2528Reprise%2529.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/22943931/Not%2BMy%2BKind%2BOf%2BGirl.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/15504086/Lost.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/1914514/Spitleaf.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/26687526/PSP%2B12%2522.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/1914500/Christmas%2BIn%2BJuly.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/1914501/Lucy.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/19935095/Lijo.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/18028719/Not%2BMy%2BKind%2BOf%2BGirl%2B%2528Reprise%2529.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/26687526/PSP%2B12%2522.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44079908/Cry.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44659033/Old%2BMan%2BSitting%2BOn%2BThe%2BBack%2BPorch.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/43775867/I%2BAin%2527t%2BSatisfied.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/43776208/Ayaya.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/38303140/Mariachi.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/43794729/The%2BEveryday%2BLove%2BSong.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44371533/Hate%2BIn%2BE%2BMinor.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44371852/Her.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44372144/Stop.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44659049/Lullabye.mp3
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44372643/No%2BMore%2BMistook.mp3

[root@avini rmenn]# cat page.html | grep "http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/" | tr -s '"' '@' | cut -d "@" -f2 > links.txt

[root@audience rahul]# wget -r -i links.txt 
--01:29:16--  http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/22943931/Not%2BMy%2BKind%2BOf%2BGirl.mp3
           => `freedownloads.last.fm/download/22943931/Not+My+Kind+Of+Girl.mp3'
Resolving freedownloads.last.fm... 195.24.232.203
Connecting to freedownloads.last.fm|195.24.232.203|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,900,813 (3.7M) [audio/mpeg]

100%[===================================>] 3,900,813    245.94K/s    ETA 00:00
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[snip]
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--01:36:59--  http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/44372643/No%2BMore%2BMistook.mp3
           => `freedownloads.last.fm/download/44372643/No+More+Mistook.mp3'
Connecting to freedownloads.last.fm|195.24.232.203|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2,289,580 (2.2M) [audio/mpeg]

100%[===================================>] 2,289,580    116.90K/s    ETA 00:00

01:37:14 (151.68 KB/s) - `freedownloads.last.fm/download/44372643/No+More+Mistook.mp3' saved [2289580/2289580]


FINISHED --01:37:14--
Downloaded: 90,369,872 bytes in 23 files

I ran the wget and walked out came back in like 15 minutes and it was done. So :D

USB Handler

2009-10-13T05:23:00.001+05:30

Ajay Bhatt, Yes the Intel ad was made for him.

SO since you guys have all seen the Intel Rock Start AD. Featuring Ajay Bhatt. You Better watch this. Conan Takes a Crack at him.

Now tell me what you think of the ad.

Power Saving for the Office Worker

2009-10-13T02:52:00.001+05:30

So here is what i heard,
1 search query in google uses enough energy to light up a 60 Watt Bulb for 30 seconds.
The total searched done on google for 10 minutes could power up Las Vegas for 30 Minutes

Try using http://www.blackle.com/ it helps by changing the default layout to black, hence reducing the amount of power consumed by your monitor.
It displays below the amount of power you are saving.

Now as i say this you must be thinking if you switched off your machine at the office?? Come on shut it down. Powering it back up will take you 2 minutes. Umm im not sure what the time is if you are using windows but im sure it cant be more that 5.

Watch This!

Oh i was just notified, you dont have to shut down your comp at work but just put it onto Hibernate. You dont have to loose any work, boots up faster, saves you all the trouble but saves out some power.

Hey its either Turn off your comp at Work or Stop using Goole :P

Facebook Lite

2009-09-13T19:10:00.000+05:30

Facebook has come up with a LITE version for those of you on Slow connections. Works pretty well.. Try it out here

Zero For 0wned

2009-07-31T21:15:00.001+05:30

So hope you guys read about the white hat giants getting screwed over? I have so much to say about that but time does not permit. ( Been working like an ass )

So i will add once i get a chance to sit down and have a couple of beers but looks like that wont be anytime soon.

So why dont you folks see how exactly it happened.

Sorry folks, file is slightly big for paste bin. I have up'd it to hotfile and rapidshare. Let me know if you guys know where else i can paste this.

http://hotfile.com/dl/9621358/d2b5fdd/zf05.txt.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/263183415/zf05.txt

New Laptop

2009-07-13T15:49:00.000+05:30

So i picked up a new acer 5738 on the 6th of july 2009. The last one i picked up was in 24th of october 2004. So 5 years of awesome service and continuing, oh its an acer TM 4001 LMi.

Well here is the problem

--Comes with Windows Vista--

So i decided to throw in XP 64

So i grabbed myself a copy of windows xp 64 bit -- Yeah i got it with out SP1 or SP2

before i started on the install i made recovery cds for the system and the drivers, took 3 dvds

i popped it in and started the install

- come to formatting i was presented with 2 partitions one with the vista install and the other with the recovery patrtition. I decided to leave the recovery partition as is just in case. ( Yeah i made recovery cds and left the partition as well which is like 10gb)

So i deleted it and started the install and by god i had a fully installed system in the next 16 minutes.

So i have the system up. First thing i do is to install Firefox ( i hate ie )

Then i need an antivirus, thought of pushing in opensourse/freeware only, so i got the avast home free. No comments on it yet.

Next, i dont like the windows explorer so got free commander which is cool and gives me all the tools except 1 to do all i need.

the 1 function i needed was mass copier which was FAST!! again picked up Terracopy man it transfered 250 GB in 19 minutes and thats impressive.

Now that i had all the software i needed the drivers went on the acer website and got em all. All except 1 installs with the listings on the XP 32 bit. I still have not able to get the fingerprint reader to work, but i think i can live without it, but am gonna try and get it installed.

Downloaded RadarSync - its an automated driver updater. and updated all of it.

Onto Media, i need a pretty decent media player which can manage music, download artwork have a compatibility with ipods and get my podcasts. So as i had used this before i went with songbird with a couple of addons i was ready to go.

Hmm what do i do for video-- Ha vlc player they have come out with the latest version 1.0.0.0. Got it Installed it and associated all video files to it.

Okay now, Instant Messenger. My favorite as of now is digsby got it installed it and logged in had everything as is and i just clicked to login.

So this is what i had to do to get my new laptop upto speed and usable. Oh yeah i also imported my Bookmarks. Cant live without it.

Gokarna -- The drowning

2009-03-10T03:31:00.000+05:30

Place : Kudle Beach, Gokarna
Date : 4th October, 2008

It was about 6 pm on Saturday evening i was enjoying the last rays of the sun, chest deep in water when my friends call out to me and say that there is a rescue attempt going on. I step out of the water and start walking along the beach towards the scene of the rescue as i am walking and getting closer i see that no one seems to be getting into the water beyond a point and this young girl is being swept away my the seemingly calm arabian sea. I start getting worried. I start out into the water trying to get to her diagonally. I start out todwards her but i only the that she is being taken further and further away. I went as much as i could but she was still a good 20 feet away from me. Then an american, who i used to see on the beach with his small daughter and pergnant wife comes at me with a life jacket. He threw the life jacket but it landed a couple of feet away from me i swam towards it and got hold of it. I put on the life jacket and started going after her by this time she was a good 30 feet from where i was, this is when i realised that the under current was very strong and it took me to her in a hurry. After which i had to move to the beach but was unbeliveably tough as i had to fight the current dragging me to the sea and also movefoward with her. I started moving slowly but it was getting closer. i moved her a couple of meters when the american also caught hold of her and the fishemen also had come up with a long rope. I asked her to hold onto the rope and she was pulled in. Then i slowly moved to the beach and could barely walk just collapsed onto the sand where i lay. One of her friends came and said thank you but i could not think of an apt reply.

I do not know this girls name. I do not know where she came from. If anyone thinks that they know her please do let me know as i would like to get in touch with her.