news
2008
- Football: ManU are the champions! Too tight at the end, but, a well deserved win. ManU shall finish things off with the Champions League at Luzhniki stadium.
[Posted Monday May 12 2008]
- PDS automation: from Indranil Das Gupta and Co.
[Posted Thursday May 8 2008]
- Kiwicon.
[Posted Sunday May 4 2008]
- Swecha.
[Posted Thursday May 1 2008]
- Football: An awful week of football. Ronaldos' over-confidence kills him, and the team. Rooney is a much better penalty-taker. A draw at Champions League, and a loss at Chelsea makes it a dreadful week. Bad timing. Lot of work to do for ManU. They have only themselves to blame.
[Posted Monday April 28 2008]
- Norway photos uploaded. There are four sub-albums, and more than 100 photos. Enjoy!
[Posted Wednesday April 23 2008]
- Updated matplotlib.
[Posted Tuesday April 22 2008]
- Updated /books.
[Posted Saturday April 19 2008]
- Football: Good win for ManU. Arsenal had plenty of chances in the first half to take the lead. They have consistently been inconsistent the last ten games. ManU were unsettled in the first half, but, pushed hard in the second half. Anderson and Hargreaves turning to become important players in the team. Excellent result.
[Posted Monday April 14 2008]
- Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide.
[Posted Sunday April 13 2008]
- The open letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS.
[Posted Saturday April 12 2008]
- PyCon2.
[Posted Wednesday April 9 2008]
- Football: Middlesbrough have always been the dark horse against ManU. It has just become a little tight with ManU having to play Arsenal, and finally Chelsea to become league champions.
[Posted Monday April 7 2008]
- I have now made available the /news archives for 2006 and 2007. The links are available from the top-right corner of the /news page.
[Posted Sunday April 6 2008]
- BLUG poster. Simple and effective.
[Posted Tuesday April 1 2008]
- /movies.
[Posted Monday March 31 2008]
- Football: Taylor gave an excellent start for Bolton, but, their defense has let them down again. Arsenal should not have won. ManU 4-0 scoreline was pretty lenient. It should have been 8-0. Overall, a happy weekend.
[Posted Sunday March 30 2008]
- OfLUG.
[Posted Saturday March 29 2008]
- Happy birthday shakthimaan.com! A wonderful third year of completion. Thanks to all shakthimaan.com readers! It has been a eventful year of ups and downs. We are going strong!
[Posted Wednesday March 26 2008]
- Football: Double bonanza this weekend. Good win for ManU. I hope Arsenal and Chelsea draw more matches in future.
[Posted Tuesday March 25 2008]
- KillerTux by Cenda!
[Posted Thursday March 20 2008]
- Football: Useful goal from Ronaldo. Arsenal have had lot of recent draws, and it looks like they will continue to do that. Hurray!
[Posted Monday March 17 2008]
- Football: There is simply no consistency with ManU, isn't it? They had so many shots at the goal, and yet the finish was just not there. Bad refereeing didn't help either! A very lousy FA cup game.
[Posted Monday March 10 2008]
- Go Open, April 8-9, 2008, Oslo.
[Posted Saturday March 8 2008]
- RMS.
[Posted Thursday March 6 2008]
- Football: Arsenal did not deserve the point. Easy win for ManU. They should have scored a fourth goal. Park's goal was the best.
[Posted Monday March 3 2008]
- collectd.
[Posted Thursday February 28 2008]
- I have been wanting to do this presentation/illustrative documentation for a very long time, and finally it is ready: "Call-de-stack" [pdf][odp].
[Posted Tuesday February 26 2008]
- Football: Newcastle United has a poor defence. But, ManU's goals were class! Why can't they play like this consistently? Their performance is like a sawtooth wave.
[Posted Monday February 25 2008]
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[Posted Saturday February 23 2008]
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[Posted Thursday February 21 2008]
- lodo2.
[Posted Sunday February 17 2008]
- The only property that I have owned is shakthimaan.com. So, I have been looking to invest in an apartment, and prices in Chennai are so damn expensive! I am not very rich, nor, was I born with a silver spoon. I didn't work in the US full-time, to earn lot of money and then returned to India. I returned as soon after I finished my Master's degree. Otherwise, I wouldn't have created shakthimaan.com, and you wouldn't be reading this! But, after being born and brought up in the city, it is quite sad that you cannot afford to buy any new property inside the city! If you know of any trusted owners who are willing to sell their apartments in Chennai (0-5 years old), or any trusted builders who are having new apartment construction projects (Chennai South), please let me know! Would appreciate it.
[Posted Saturday February 16 2008]
- eqonomize.
[Posted Thursday February 14 2008]
- gk2gk!.
[Posted Wednesday February 13 2008]
- Football: What a dismal performance by ManU. This season they haven't had good comebacks after the opposition scores first. There was no team play. Urgh!
[Posted Monday February 11 2008]
- Zex/OS.
[Posted Tuesday February 5 2008]
- Football: What a sloppy game by ManU. A very poor draw and result. This team might struggle to come back if the opponents' score first. Champions' League might be a tough draw for them.
[Posted Sunday February 3 2008]
- Down with chickenpox. It is the work of Satan in Hyderabad (it is a joke!). It has been a week since I could gain some strength, and refreshen up to be able to use the Internet. Been catching up with lot of e-mails. I will not be able to attend any of the upcoming FOSS conferences.
[Posted Tuesday January 29 2008]
- Having fever, sore throat, headache, fatigue, body ache. Under medication, and doesn't matter as I couldn't watch football, but, ManU won. Hurray!
[Posted Monday January 21 2008]
- cinelerra.
[Posted Wednesday January 16 2008]
- Football: The score-line is very harsh against Newcastle United, but, there were no blunders by Shay Given. He is one of the best, admired and respected goalkeepers in the EPL. Michael Owen's goal was not off-side. Why the heck can't they use replays and technology in Football? ManU have great passing and moves when scoring goals. Arsenal draw helps.
[Posted Sunday January 13 2008]
- Profoss.
[Posted Friday January 11 2008]
- Anjuta IDE now officially part of Gnome.
[Posted Thursday January 10 2008]
- elivecd.
[Posted Tuesday January 8 2008]
- dban.
[Posted Thursday January 3 2008]
- Happy New Year 2008! I am starting the New Year in grand style with severe cold, cough, fever, headache accompanied by sinus.
[Posted Tuesday January 1 2008]
- Football: What a lacklustre performance by ManU against West Ham United. Absolutely, no creativity or aggression. This is exclusively where Rooney gives them the edge. Ronaldo should never take penalties. Awful defending from set-pieces. Tottenham against Reading was a cracker of a game. Chelsea's second goal was a clear off-side. Newcaste United should have got a point.
[Posted Sunday December 30 2007]
- Football: A walk in the park for ManU. Chelsea versus Aston Villa was a cracker of a game. The best goal of the day was by Shevchenko. Arsenal draw helps.
[Posted Thursday December 27 2007]
- Football: Sloppy game by ManU. They lost possession cheaply. Penalty was a lucky break-through. Derby deserved to win. Really unfortunate for them to draw with Newcastle United.
[Posted Tuesday December 25 2007]
- Food: Haven't commented about food for quite some time. I am not fussy about food, but, like to try different cuisines. One of my favorite desserts in Hyderabad is this "Double ka meetha" which is made of bread and ghee. It is very delicious. A screenshot (err. image) is available in wikipedia.
[Posted Sunday December 23 2007]
- GtkDoc.
[Posted Saturday December 22 2007]
- Football: Good win for Manchester United against Liverpool. Rooney should have scored the second goal. Arsenal versus Chelsea was a scrappy game. I like the flair of Arsenal, but, the game was filled with losing possession very cheaply.
[Posted Monday December 17 2007]
- A VLSI FOSS session on December 15, 2007 conducted by Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradhesh, India. Some photos taken during the visit. The TWINCLING.org osru experience.
[Posted Saturday December 15 2007]
- FossConf.in: a new FOSS conference in Chennai, February 1-3, 2008.
[Posted Friday December 14 2007]
- eeedora: a custom spin of Fedora for the Asus Eee PC.
[Posted Thursday December 13 2007]
- The Koha!
[Posted Wednesday December 12 2007]
- Football: Good game for Manchester United against Derby. When you are already leading by 3-1, why does Cristiano Ronaldo have to simulate to get a penalty? When you are a good at playing football, there is no need for it. Anyways, he is not my favorite player in ManU. Arsenal's slump makes it a good weekend :)
[Posted Monday December 10 2007]
- Donate to FOSDEM 2008.
[Posted Tuesday December 4 2007]
- SpiceJet flight from Hyderabad to Chennai on Friday, November 30, 2007 was delayed by 6 hours! Yes, a domestic flight. I reached home at 0300 in the morning on Saturday! Atleast they had the courtesy to inform me in advance that it was getting delayed, for every two hours. Other airlines didn't inform their passengers on delays, and people were screaming at the airline staff. Off-late there has been lot of delays in domestic terminals. Plan your journey properly!
[Posted Monday December 3 2007]
- JHBuild: for building collection of source packages.
[Posted Tuesday November 27 2007]
- GPE-Contacts!: is a simple but flexible personal contacts manager.
[Posted Monday November 26 2007]
- Football: Manchester United pushed hard during the second half against Bolton, but, not good enough. Tevez should have scored from inside the six-yard area. Bad result.
[Posted Sunday November 25 2007]
- Hey Shakthimaan!: If you would like to work with me in doing Free Software projects, subscribe to hey-shakthimaan@googlegroups.com. This mailing list will be my channel of communication with people who are interested in doing projects with me.
[Posted Saturday November 24 2007]
- Preity-Plugin: beta-1 released! Anjuta IDE plugin for OpenMoko development. The docs/ folder has a .html documentation with illustrations. Check it out!
[Posted Thursday November 22 2007]
- HomeBank: Free, easy personal Free Software accounting for everyone.
[Posted Wednesday November 21 2007]
- Freedom-IT, North America, Lake Placid, NY, February 9-12, 2008.
[Posted Monday November 19 2007]
- Summary on Embedded/VLSI Free/Open Source workshop at BMS College of Engineering, Bengalooru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India on Saturday, November 17, 2007.
[Posted Sunday November 18 2007]
- Been very sick last few days. Bad cold. Sinusitis. Headache. Too much dust, pollution in this country. I have never fallen sick abroad.
[Posted Friday November 16 2007]
- I came to Chennai for this long weekend (Deepavazhi), and had lot of plans to finish work. I didn't even do one task! I just couldn't do anything. Been going out for lunch, dinner, meeting friends, bursting crackers, eating, eating, eating. It has been a feast! Hopefully, I can get to my speed early next week.
[Posted Sunday November 11 2007]
- BMSCE community wiki, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
[Posted Tuesday November 6 2007]
- Splint Manual.
[Posted Monday November 5 2007]
- LinkChecker: check websites and HTML documents for broken links.
[Posted Sunday November 4 2007]
- Anjuta: tasks and bounties.
[Posted Saturday November 3 2007]
- Apt-pinning (Debian) for beginners.
[Posted Friday November 2 2007]
- Piksel, November 15-18, 2007, Bergen, Norway.
[Posted Thursday November 1 2007]
- SLOCCount: counting sources lines of code.
[Posted Wednesday October 31 2007]
- RHCE Day, Singapore, 2007.
[Posted Tuesday October 30 2007]
- Conducted a one-day Free (/Open Source) workshop for University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli on Saturday, October 27, 2007. Field report is available. All presentations available under /downloads. Check it out!
[Posted Monday October 29 2007]
- I have uploaded three presentations, "GNU coding guidelines", "Free Software Communication Guidelines", and "i-want-2-do-project.tell-me-wat-2-do". Check under /downloads.
[Posted Friday October 26 2007]
- Mac4Lin screenshot.
[Posted Wednesday October 24 2007]
- Football: After many months, I got a chance to watch the English Premier League. Yes, sometimes I spend more time with Free Software and Food, compared to Football. Anyways, great game between Manchester United and Aston Villa. Aston Villa's defence was all over the place. Rooney should have scored the penalty, and got the hat-trick.
[Posted Monday October 22 2007]
- Rent-a-geek: Read this first!
[Posted Saturday October 20 2007]
- Project OSCAR: Free/Open Source courseware animation repository.
[Posted Thursday October 18 2007]
- Arduino.
[Posted Wednesday October 10 2007]
- Autoconf: Writing tests.
[Posted Sunday October 7 2007]
- Kdenlive: Free/Libre/Open Source Video editor.
[Posted Friday October 5 2007]
- Laika: IDE for Maemo development.Scratchbox
[Posted Thursday October 4 2007]
- I will be in Hyderabad, India for couple of months, atleast. Hope to do some Free Software workshops. If you would like me to conduct one, contact me at shakthimaan at gmail dot com.
[Posted Sunday September 29 2007]
- 1 GB, then and now?
[Posted Saturday September 29 2007]
- webi.org.
[Posted Wednesday September 26 2007]
- Fluttervoice: FOSS based e-mail invoice services.
[Posted Thursday September 20 2007]
- tomsrtbt: one-floppy GNU/Linux distro!
[Posted Wednesday September 19 2007]
- Juice Receiver: Cross-platform podcast receiver. GPL, of course.
[Posted Tuesday September 18 2007]
- Kindly fill the FOSS Questionnaire by Nordine Benkeltoum.
[Posted Monday September 17 2007]
- Speakers at freed.in, 2007.
[Posted Saturday September 15 2007]
- RSS is now made available for shakthimaan.com /news. Try it out, and let me know (shakthimaan at gmail dot com) RSS!
[Posted Wednesday September 12 2007]
- FYI, my LinkedIn ID is "Shakthi Kannan", Free Software Developer.
[Posted Thursday September 6 2007]
- Yay! We're back!. Someone linked my neo1973 (OpenMoko) photos and I got about 11000 hits. It was 4 times the allowed bandwidth. So, have had to wait end of August to get it reset. I am a poor guy, don't pay so much for hosting. If you would like to re-use my stuff, you are free to do so, just give credit saying it was taken from shakthimaan.com. Most of my stuff is under CC or GNU FDL. This has never happened before. Tough luck :(.
[Posted Sunday September 2 2007]
- The ordered, much awaited Neo1973 Advanced OpenMoko phone has arrived!. The photos are available.
[Posted Friday August 3 2007]
