Hindustan Visit
2008-02-18 14:35:00
Timeline: February 10 - February 18
Attended the ICANN and Open Source India Week... details later!
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Truly Madly Deeply
2008-04-08 19:47:51
I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need
I love you more with every breath, truly madly deeply do
I will be strong, I will be faithful, cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on meAnd when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky
I'll make a wish send it to heaven then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you
Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
Cause it's standi
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, Deeply
GP TV Ad Featuring DTers!
2008-03-31 10:10:00
GrameenPhone has used our Class 4's yearbook photo on their latest TV advertisement! How exciting!
I don't know how they managed to get this picture, but I'm glad they used it! Yay! :)
Higher resolution of this video in on my Facebook video page.
The original class photo can ve viewed from here (© RJ).
So I'm an ENTP!
2008-04-16 15:55:59
I took the personality test at MyPersonility, which categorised me as an ENTP. This test is based on Carl Jung's theory of psychological types and the personality research of Myers-Briggs. Here's how they describe it:
ENTPs are logical, innovative, curious and downright inventive. They see possibilities for improvement everywhere and possess the ability to understand complex concepts. ENTPs are introspective and carefree nonconformists. They often neglect the more common areas of life while pursuing new solutions. ENTPs can be good conversationalists and exciting company.
Here's what Sandra Krebs Hirsch and Jean Kummerow says:
ENTPs are known for their quest of the novel and complex. They have faith in their ability to improvise and to overcome any challenges that they face. They are
The Philosophy Behind Love and Marriage
2008-04-17 20:42:41
One day, Plato asked his teacher, What is love? How can I find it?
His teacher answered, There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love.
Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with empty hands, having picked nothing. His teacher asked, Why did you not pick any stalk? Plato answered, Because I could only pick once, and yet I could not turn back. I did find the most magnificent stalk, but did not know if there were any better ones ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked further, the stalks that I saw were not as good as the earlier one, so I did not pick any in the end.
His teacher then said, And that is love.
On another day, Plato asked his t
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After the Flame
2008-04-23 21:36:00
How many days since we've spoken
How many times have you tried
To mend the pieces of my broke-broken heart
Don't tell me everything's over
Don't take the sun from my eye
It's much too late to be alone
When our love grows old
And the flower gets cold
I will scream out, should I live
Til there is no room to die
When the colors fade, on the world we've made
I will keep on trying, long after the flame is dying
Too late, too long to mention
Too wide to keep it inside
This renovation of my wound-wounded soul
You are the wind of adventure
You are the sun in my eye
You are the one who keeps me whole
Flickr Pro Account, Yeah!
2008-05-07 11:03:00
I was looking forward to get myself a Flickr
Pro account for the last couple of weeks, and today Omi bhai gave me a pleasant surprise by gifting me one. :)
I can now store unlimited pictures, create unlimited sets and collections, archive high-resolution images, replace photos, access visitor statistics, and have much more fun! Woohoo!
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Fixing Delete Key Problem on Acer Extensa
2008-06-09 07:21:02
The delete key on my Acer Extensa 5620 wasn't working on Ubuntu 8.04 out of the box, and I experienced the same problem on Ubuntu 8.10. It's already filed as Bug 181057 and I hope it'll be fixed on the next release.
Anyway, here's how to fix this problem:
Open the following file as root: /etc/X11/xkb/keycodes/xfree86
Find the line <DELE> = 107
Replace it with <DELE> = 242
Find the lin
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Ubuntu Membership
2008-06-10 09:41:52
My Ubuntu
membership application has been approved today by the Asia and Oceania membership approval board by unanimous votes.
It is a recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to the Ubuntu community, and I'm glad to get the status. I hope to contribute more for this great project in the future.
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Top 5 Mistakes of My Life
2008-06-11 18:44:22
I'm an optimistic person and do I believe that what happens happen for good. But lately, I came to a conclusion that my life would been completely different (in a better way) if I didn't make the following mistakes:
Not attending Concord College.
Dating Farah.
Not being too tactful with Mike.
Studying computer engineering.
Not going to USA despite of so many chances.I can't change the past, but al
Ekushey Fonts for Ubuntu
2008-06-18 11:20:51
I've been using the Unicode based Bengali fonts of Ekushey for a long time, specially SolaimanLipi which I use almost everywhere. To make these fine fonts easily available on Ubuntu
, I've made a package of all of them called ttf-ekushey. Users of Ubuntu derivatives such as Linux Mint can use this package too.
Font list:SolaimanLipi
Rupali
Ekushey Lohit
Ekushey Sharifa
Ekushey Punarbhaba
Ekushey
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Firefox 3.0 Easter Eggs
2008-06-27 03:16:25
Type about:robots on Firefox
3.0 to get this easter egg:
Type about:mozilla to get this one:
Here, Mammon is Internet Explorer, which slept for the 5 years between releases. The beast reborn refers to Firefox, which gained supporters who self-organized through Spread Firefox, and undertook publicity for the browser, taking out an advertisement in The New York Times and making a crop circle
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Tomar Jonno
2008-06-24 04:59:02
Larger version of this picture is available here. If you want the original file without the text (3500 pixels width, 4 MB in size), then please let me know.
This picture was taken from this year's Plantation Fair where I went on Saturday. You can check out rest of the of flower and cactus pictures here.
Send Your Name to the Moon!
2008-06-22 11:25:00
Sign up to send your name to the moon! Names will be collected and placed onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft for its historic mission bringing NASA back to the moon. You will also receive a certificate showcasing your support of the mission.
The deadline is June 27, 2008 for the submission of names, so hurry!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the first mission in NASA's
New Hairstyle
2008-06-20 22:50:05
Long hair became my identity over the last two years. People used to recognise me as the computer guy with long hair. There were people who thought me as a poet, writer, singer, artist, photographer, and looked up at me with respect, while some gave weird looks and passed strange comments.
Anyhow, the big news is that my long hair is gone -- I got a haircut last week.
Now I do not have to tie my
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Samsung E250
2008-07-07 10:42:00
I needed a second set for myself, so bought a cheap one -- Samsung
E250. It comes with all the stuff that I need, such as Bluetooth, EDGE, MP3/AAC support, Java, FM radio, and most importantly good looks... well, it has got it all.
It has a sucky camera (VGA, 640x480 pixels), but I'll never need to use it. My Sony Ericsson comes with a very good camera but I've hardly taken any shots with it.
Earthquake in Dhaka!
2008-07-26 17:57:00
I was lying on my bed talking to a friend on the phone, and I suddenly felt that the bed was shaking. Within 3 seconds, it stopped. My first impression was that a cat got under my bed and it was shaking it, but then I realised that it's impossible as the bed is way too heavy. (Plus there was no cat, I checked!)
I quickly asked my friends on IRC, and they said they felt it too.
So it was an earth
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Addicted to Flickr
2008-07-31 21:19:31
I've been using Flickr
for one and half year, and right now I'm completely hooked to it. I had a hard time to get rid of my Facebook addiction, but seems like giving up Flickr wouldn't be easy. But hey, I don't need to do so, cause it's helping me to improve my photography skills and acquire more knowledge on photo-taking techniques by seeing the works for renowned photographers from around the wo
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Before and After
2008-08-17 19:26:05
Before - You take my breath away.
After - I feel like Im suffocating.
Before - Twice a night.
After - Twice a month.
Before - She loves the way I take control of a situation.
After - She called me a controlling, manipulative, egomaniac.
Before - He makes me feel like a million dollars.
After - If I had a dime for every stupid thing hes done
Before - Dont stop.
After - Dont start.
Be
Don't Quit
2008-08-16 11:04:13
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must,
But don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he
Are You On Twitter?
2008-08-29 16:08:56
You're no one if you're not on Twitter
And if you aren't there already you've missed it
If you haven't been bookmarked, retweeted and blogged
You might as well not have existed
In the old days it was all about achievements
Collecting all your trophies in a shrine
Then everybody came across the internet
And suddenly you had to be online
A home page was all you really needed
To seem like a succe
Nikki!
2008-09-13 11:56:00
My cousin Dan's first child was born today, which means I became an uncle!
It's a boy, and he was 4110 gram and 52 cm when born. Isn't he adorable?
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