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Install Packages in Linux without an Internet connection
01/05/09 21:21
Yup, you read it right. It’s possible to install various packages in Linux even when you don’t have an internet connection on the computer.
I had trashed my Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS and installed a fresh copy of 8.10 Intrepid Ibex over the same drive recently. But the following options helped me[...]
Creating Rememberable Passwords
01/03/09 11:21There are many sites available online where one needs to provide a password or passcode. With the advent of e-mail, passwords became an integral part of our e-life. They not only protect our privacy but also our identity on the internet. But with the evolution of security systems, we also see an increase in sophistication [...]
Promote Intrepid Ibex on your WordPress blog
11/01/08 19:10Hi and Happy Diwali to all!
It’s been a long time I posted on my blog. Have been a bit busy. Being an avid fan of Ubuntu, my comeback post is about the same. It’s on the same lines as my few previous posts.
Ubuntu has come up with a new version 8.10 Intrepid Ibex. More info [...]
Man vs. Machines
08/04/08 21:00Many among us have heard of Technological singularity. It’s been a prominent element in many books as well as movies. Theoretically, at the speed with which we are creating machines, this concept looks possible in the very near future. So, what’s really freaky about it? Read on…
In thousands of years of civilization, man has been [...]
WordPress Blog Random Post Button In Sidebar
07/21/08 19:47WordPress has a very cool feature which allows the author to showcase a random post on the blog. All one needs to do is add ?random to the end of the wordpress URL. Thus, for this site the link is
http://fasterthanlight.wordpress.com/?random
Putting the above url in the title bar will result in any random post being picked [...]
Create your own GRUB Splash Image
07/20/08 14:07In my last post, I’ve written a howto on beefing up your GRUB loader by using a splash image. But, you’re not restricted to just using the few images given in the packages or the ones available on other sites. You can infact create your own! First let’s see the few requirements for creating them. [...]
Beef up your Grub Loader
07/18/08 13:01
I’m currently dual booting Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Windows XP Professional from my computer. So, I’ve to use a multiboot loader like Grub. So, everytime I boot, a text based screen comes up asking me the operating system my computer should boot into. Works fine for me.
A couple of days ago, I met a friend [...]
Convert Photo into a Sketch
07/11/08 19:36From past many days, I’d been unsuccessfully trying to convert a few of my photos into sketches. I think sketches look real good and can be effectively used especially to beef up one’s profile in social networking sites! After a variety of attempts, I gave up & searched for external help. Google came up with many [...]
Install applications from Live CD
07/02/08 20:26I’ve been using Ubuntu as well as Kubuntu for quite some time now. The debate about using GNOME or KDE is a never ending one. Both the desktops have some pros and cons. GNOME gives you a super look with beautiful effects but KDE has the best set of applications. My choice is to use [...]
Mount Live CD in User Session
07/02/08 19:15I always wondered if it was possible to copy the contents of the Ubuntu Linux live cd filesystem without booting in it. A quick search and some playing with the system revealed that it is possible to do so using the following hack. Requirements for this hack. [...]
Get Creative Commons Widget with Image in Sidebar
06/20/08 11:31In my previous post Protect your WordPress Blog, I’ve dealt with methods of protecting your WebLog from Plagiarism. However I noticed that most people find trouble in uploading the Creative Commons image in the sidebar. One can use plugins, but it’s a paid service. So, I started looking for a way to get the creative [...]
Protect your WordPress Blog
06/19/08 12:44There are various sites which allow blog users to protect their blogs and protect them from plagiarism. They span from licensing services to just banners. But the ones I chose for my WebLog are Creative Commons and Copyscape.
To add Copyscape to your WordPress.com WebLog:
Copyscape site has a searchbar where one can search for copies of [...]
The Color Changing Car
04/20/08 19:09
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a car that can easily blend with its surroundings! We could shake off any pursuer and go anywhere undetected. Such a technology will give an edge in not only traveling anonymously, but also following others undetected (unless they are using it too). And what more, you can also [...]
The UAR (Underwater Assault Rifle)
03/05/08 21:37
‘The villain was unknowingly shadowed by our hero. The hero followed the villain to the end of the dock and saw him jumping into the water. Our hero did the same. But the villain was smarter than he thought. He pulled out a harpoon gun and aimed it at our hero. Our hero too gathered [...]
Expanding Universes
02/24/08 14:03
We all have heard that the universe is expanding. Also, there have been various theories associated with it. So, how can I be left behind? So, here’s a freaky theory concerning the expansion of universes. But first let’s perform an experiment. You can also read introductory articles on Wikipedia, sdss.org and at ncsa.uiuc.edu. And [...]
Fake Text Messages on Mobile Phones
02/19/08 20:35
Did you ever wonder how text messages are stored on mobile phones?
And what if someone could plant fake text messages on a mobile phone using a computer?
Wouldn’t it be great to play a prank on a friend if we could do the same?
So here I declare a way to import fake Short Messages on your [...]
Because Newton Said So!
02/17/08 19:20I was recently debating with my friends about the various laws of science (one of my favorite topics), when one of them quipped in “Every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force pointing along the line intersecting both points. The force is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional [...]
The Invisibility Cloak
02/13/08 14:54
One of the many fantasies of humans is to become invisible. We’ve seen it being portrayed in movies, books, sci-fi series on TV and even some technical papers. While I was surfing recently, I found out about Nader Engheta and Andrea Alu of the University of Pennsylvania who have submitted a scientific paper on how to [...]
Experiments
02/11/08 12:26
Recently while surfing some scientific web pages, I stumbled upon a very interesting story. It is about an American biologist named Craig Venter who has successfully ‘built’ a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals. He claims that soon we humans will be able to create an artificial life form in a laboratory. For more information about [...]
Color Blind?
02/09/08 11:57
The human eye is considered as the most important of the sensory organs. A blind person is deprived of a lot of pleasant as well as unpleasant sites. Most of the eye defects can now be cured by man. But remember that we can cure only what we detect. Let us see how the human [...]
Virtual Reality
02/05/08 11:17
What happens when we run our hand over something? We feel the texture, temperature and other physical conditions of the material. This various sets of information are transported from our receptors to the brain using the nervous system. These electronic impulses are received by the brain and voluntary or involuntary actions (rather reactions) are taken. [...]
Humans – The smartest race
02/04/08 13:53We humans have explored most of the parts of our planet and looked even in space in search of intelligent beings. But we haven’t found even one race whose intelligence can match with that of ours. So, at least for the time being we can say that humans are the smartest race we know.
Now, [...]
Integrated Universes
02/01/08 15:20Using this theory I am trying to induce a similarity between two accepted systems existing around us. Although this theory attempts to give a new direction to our thoughts about our universe, it also gives birth to questions many of which are unanswered.
We are all composed of matter and energy. The nuclear system is [...]
The Time Machine (possible or not?)
01/31/08 11:32For years people have written, told stories and even made films about time travel. It is man’s greatest fantasy to go back in time to change all his mistakes. Or peek into the future to know what’s about to happen to us. Wouldn’t it be great to know the next president or the no. [...]
