ajaypal.com - Announcements

99.9% Uptime for the Box

Sat, 30 May 2009 08:58:42 -0700

So this is how they keep the uptime of Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) at Indira Gandhi International Airport at 99.9%, a quick restore from a Notron Ghost image of a Windows XP install. Takes around 10-15 minutes if the technician is around. For 99.9% uptime you can afford approximately 8.8 Hours of downtime an year, i.e 35 reinstalls per year for a reinstall process of 15 minutes or one reinstall of Windows XP every 10 days, good enough, Windows XP can survive for atleast 10 days :-).

Another Server Switch this time to godaddy Shared Hosting

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:13:33 -0700

Finally another server for my old website, thanks to someone dear to me in UK. This time the hosting company is godaddy.com. And as I am using drupal as the CMS for my website, had a little nasty surprise on godaddy hosting. Clean URLs stopped working and server displayed a friendly 500 Internal Server Error with the following in the error log

mod_rewrite: maximum number of internal redirects reached. Assuming configuration error. Use 'RewriteOptions MaxRedirects' to increase the limit if neccessary.

It is Easier to Tell the Truth

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:19:11 -0700

The subject cited quote is easier said than done for various reasons. Maybe we believe others may not want to hear it, maybe we want to play it safe, maybe we fear rejection, maybe it is fear of being persecuted. We are afraid. We may not even fully understand the reason for our fear but we may think that it is easier to play it safe.

There is another way around "half-truth", we can dilute our words and not risk as much. But would that be truth? As Gandhi Ji once said, "What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the voice within tells you. How then, you ask, [do] different people think of different and contrary truths? Well, seeing that the human mind works through innumerable media and that the evolution of the human mind is not the same for all, it follows that what may be truth for one may be untruth for another…"

Goodbye BBSBEC

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:49:35 -0700

This friday 15th June 2007, was my last day at BBSBEC, farewell dear college. I have been at BBSBEC for more than 10 years, first as a student then as a faculty. But again it is not over I will always consider myself to be part of BBSBEC.

Now the new job from Monday 18th June 2007, hope it would be as much fun.

See Me Live

Wed, 02 May 2007 22:40:09 -0700

UPDATE: 18 May 2007, the camera is off-line now. See the last image from the camera below, before it was dismantled.

This is inside our RnD lab, you can see me and a number of other fellows here usually from 0830 to around 1800 Hrs IST Mon to Fri and sometimes on Saturday and Sunday also. This cam is available I don't know till when, so enjoy the show.

All hail the monstrous nerd

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:50:17 -0700

I am the supreme nerd GOD.

and this is what has been said for me

3% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
97% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!!!

Moving to a New Server

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:33:31 -0700

My homepage ajaypal.com has been moved, from my locally managed server (for the organisation where I am still working, maybe till next month) to a commercially managed server (some where in US I guess), with effect from 14th April 2007 00:00 Hours.

With the expected change in my job, in the coming days, I believe I won't be able to dedicate time for management of this server.

Greetings for the New Year 2007

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:31:01 -0700

My best wishes and greeting to you for the new year 2007. May this new year bring you happiness, joys and .... (the usual greetings follow). BTW do consider buying me one of these as a new year gift (In my own order of preference):

An Old and Inspiring Video on Unity

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:27:17 -0700

Ek Anek Aur Ekta (ऐक अनेक और ऐकता) a nice video, reminds me of old times.

Yahoo News! (India) Goofup

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:50:35 -0700

Hmmm... I guess the following pictures are worth my 50 (or so words). See and admire **Test** reporting on Yahoo News (India) with a request to "Please Ignore" as seen on Dec 10, 2004 8:20PM.

Interesting Links

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:39:30 -0700

Some really interesting projects using GNU/ Linux

From HFCL Connect to BSNL Dataone

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:47:31 -0700

Finally I switched over from HFCL Connect broadband to HFCL Connect Always On to BSNL Dataone broadband. It has been some journey, starting with some love and hate relationship with HFCL Connect over an online bill payment, that the company (HFCL) claims they dont know about, but my Credit Card company says otherwise, and then Consumer Forum coming to my rescue.

Never forget the Power Adapter

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:41:35 -0700

A laptop is convenient, but it can be a pain in the ***, sometimes, especially when you forget the power adapter (aka charger) in office. This is what I did today and now the laptop battery is dead, and I am back to my home dekstop with a sick harddisk.
NOTE to myself: I should get the Harddisk replaced as soon as possible with a healthy HDD.

My Name in Space

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:58:37 -0700

You can get your name on a chip that would be sent abord the Dawn spacecraft in the astroid belt. I have already submitted my name. Atleast my name can be in space if I cannot be :-)

Click here to submit your name.

Cartoon Heros

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:09:19 -0700

Just today I stumbled upon a website named International Heros, with a sense of nostalgia. There was a time when I used to read comics with the heros Chacha Chowdhary, Chaha Bhatija, Saabu, Super Commando Dhruv, Nagraj a lot of them. There was a time when I never missed a single issue but well not anymore, somehow I have grown out or maybe got into more interesting things. But I do miss the little fun things and the fantasy world these cartoon heros created for me.

But hey many of the super heros I liked to read about I can find on this website. Some of them are listed here Indian Comics Heros.

BTW from the above mentioned website I came across Dimond Comincs homepage www.diamondcomic.com
And Raj Comics is here www.rajcomics.com.

Nice.