Linux And Friends

If you send me a mail using the contact form on this site, the mail is not handled by my web hosting provider Bluehost. Rather, Google handles all my mail. Using Google Apps Standard Edition allows you to map certain Google services like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheet, and Google Calendar to your own domain.

It is possible to create beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, well structured resumes using LaTeX. Here I have collected a number of resources that offer LaTeX templates for creating structurally sound resumes.

WordPress has a well designed rich text editor for formating your posts. Did you know that you can also use keyboard shortcuts in the WordPress editor ? Yes you can!

Burj Dubai – the world’s tallest building is a gigantic man-made marvel. Towering high above the Dubai skyline, Burj Dubai, edges closer to completion as days go by. Here I have collected a few interesting facts about this man-made wonder.

This review of Jolicloud details my experience in running this Linux distribution on my Samsung NC 10 notebook. I am typing this in JoliCloud. It is a netbook centric OS based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. My search for a good operating system to run on a netbook started when I got a  Samsung NC 10 [...]

mod_rewrite is an Apache web server module which is used to rewrite a URL at the server level. This module has a variety of uses. But it is most frequently used to provide clean, search engine friendly URLs. This article explains how to enable Apache mod_rewrite in Ubuntu Linux.

A virtual credit card is a unique online payment solution that offers you complete security while shopping on the Internet. It is a one time use only card and once created is valid for only 24-48 hours from the time of its creation. What is more, you can decide the spending limit of your virtual [...]

The other day, I came across a website tool which tells you whether a particular website is inaccessible for everyone  or only you can’t access it. The website consists of a web page with a text field where you enter the web address you need to check and click on the “Or just me?” link. [...]

Recently, I happened to visit the Kerala Bamboo Fest 2009 conducted by the Kerala State Government in India. The bamboo festival (Exhibition) had numerous stalls showcasing bamboo and cane products from various states in India such as Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, and Kerala.