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Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 09:51 in tweaks, Linux, ubuntu, kubuntu, cool hacks
Yup, you read it right. It’s possible to install various packages in Linux even when you don’t have an internet connection on the computer. I had trashed my Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS and installed a fresh copy of 8.10 Intrepid Ibex over...
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Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 23:51 in tweaks, wacky inventions, the devil's workshop, cool hacks
There are many sites available online where one needs to provide a password or passcode. With the advent of e-mail, passwords became an integral part of our e-life. They not only protect our privacy but also our identity on the internet. But with the...
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Posted on Saturday November 1st, 2008 at 08:40 in tweaks, wordpress, Linux, ubuntu, kubuntu, cool hacks
Hi and Happy Diwali to all! It’s been a long time I posted on my blog. Have been a bit busy. Being an avid fan of Ubuntu, my comeback post is about the same. It’s on the same lines as my few previous posts. Ubuntu has come up with a new v...
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Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 10:30 in space time, freaky theories, my universes
Many among us have heard of Technological singularity. It’s been a prominent element in many books as well as movies. Theoretically, at the speed with which we are creating machines, this concept looks possible in the very near future. So, ...
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Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 09:17 in tweaks, cool hacks
WordPress has a very cool feature which allows the author to showcase a random post on the blog. All one needs to do is add ?random to the end of the wordpress URL. Thus, for this site the link is http://fasterthanlight.wordpress.com/?random Putting ...
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Posted on Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 03:37 in tweaks, Linux, ubuntu, gimp, kubuntu, cool hacks, graphics & animation
In my last post, I’ve written a howto on beefing up your GRUB loader by using a splash image. But, you’re not restricted to just using the few images given in the packages or the ones available on other sites. You can infact create your o...
Thanks for citing the quote by Robert A. Heinlein.
This American science-fiction Writer (1907-1988) has many such (unusual as well as) inspirational quotes. More of his quotes are at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/robert_a._heinlein/
Good job.
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