Linux And Friends

Stars – when I look at them, they reminds me of a nursery rhyme which I learned when I was young.  It goes something like this (If my memory is correct) ….. Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!

Trek bicycle corporation is United States largest bicycle manufacturer. It is known for its association with Lance Amstrong – the seven times winner of Tour de France. But Trek bicycles are also considered by many the world over, to be top notch in quality and design.

Editors used for editing text are dime a dozen. But if you are looking for a text editor which satisfies all your text editing needs, then you should give Scribes a serious try. Scribes is an open source, lightweight and sleek text editor which has a whole lot of features built-in. It is developed using [...]

This article explains how to change the default text editor in Linux. It also explains an easy method of changing it in Debian and Ubuntu.

This article describes the steps required to enable mod_rewrite in XAMPP.

BoyMongoose is an Indian Christmas pop star who specialises in comedic remakes of all the classic Christmas Carols. He takes pot shots at various aspects of the Indian community at large. Such as the dowry system, Internet dating, Bollywood craze, corruption and of course the IT skills for which India is known for. Check out [...]

Recently when I installed Arch Linux on my machine, I was on the lookout for a lightweight calculator to be used on my LXDE desktop. My search led me to SpeedCrunch. SpeedCrunch is a light weight, fast, precision scientific calculator released under GPL. The first time I ran this calculator on my machine, I found [...]

Since the day I bought a bicycle, I have been spending time on the saddle for atleast one hour every day. One thing I have noticed since then is that, prior to starting my cycling regimen, I used to have no problem attending to the call of nature.  But now a days even though I [...]

I came across this very interesting and inspiring article on the Bridgestone 1994 Catalog via the Sheldon Brown website. It provides tips to aspiring bicycle riders on how to truly enjoy their rides. Ride when you like. Don’t be a compulsive rider. Go slowly. To truly enjoy your bicycle ride, you should not be tempted [...]