http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else Fri, 09 May 2008 09:35:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are days when one takes a step back and thanks whosoever is watching above us for being generous, kind and making magic happen. Magic has been happening for a decade now :) http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/05/09/1010/ Generally I am the last one in the office to move to a new release of Fedora on the main box. I tend to move through stable -> rawhide / development -> newer release on the test box using a variety of combinations of desktop environments and applications. Since the ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/29/a-whole-lot-of-things-to-write-about/ and a report. Rest of the photos are here. http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/16/candlelight-vigil-against-the-use-of-proprietary-software/ Runa has gone to Kolkata for a few days. It isn't a jolly good time to be there, but I wait for the arrival of the goodies - the list of which I slipped in her bag :) The last blog entry has initiated an interesting round of comments and mails. ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/13/do-children-collaborate/ I don't recall why I looked up Pankaj Mullick, but once I did, I recalled one of my favorite songs. Admittedly not one of his best renditions but there was something about the LP that made it special. Please excuse the formatting.  ভুবনেশ্বর হে , মোচন কর' বন্ধন সব মোচন কর' হে ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/13/random-recollections/ There's a small sequence in the movie Taare Zameen Par where the mother gets busy at an unearthly hour making breakfast for the father, the kid and then of course the little one. And every time I recall those set of scenes I get a memory jog about what I ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/03/what-are-we-doing-with-to-our-kids/ We started a small concept called "RandomInk" a bit over 4 years ago. It wasn't meant to do anything more than provide like minded folks a place to swap ideas around a common platform. The planet came a bit later. It started small. In fact it started small enough for ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/02/it-is-a-start/ http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/04/01/shifting-shops/ In this season of GSoC related blog entries, I could not resist doing one myself. I signed up as a mentor again - 3rd time. I just love those T-Shirts. And in a pattern known for long to mentor organization administrators, as the last day for submission draws near - ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/03/27/surrendering-to-temptation-again/ I noticed (as did others as well) that in recent times I have been doing a whole lot of purchases online. I generally buy books and a little bit of music so I thought I can share some experiences with online retailing and a few retailers in India. In no ... http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/03/26/online-retail-in-india/