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Watching humanity unfold

By aashiks On March 29 · 5 Comments · In Uncategorized
I am in one of my favorite places on the planet, sipping the expensive coffee that was the price for a seat and free wifi. I was in the exact same spot about two years ago, and now that I am back, it feels good. It is a well deserved break, moments of calm before [...]
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Malayalam fonts package for Arch Linux updated in AUR

By aashiks On March 16 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
SMC has updated their excellent font pack for Malayalam. Details are here. AUR link here  yaourt -S ttf-malayalam-fonts The above should update it on your Arch Linux system.
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Career: Level Up and Achievement Unlocked! moments

By aashiks On March 16 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized
Yup. This year I leveled up and unlocked an achievement i had pursued for a long time. The achievement is more important and the level up is nothing compared to it. The level up I had been developing software projects at different companies and have been lucky enough to have worked on a wider array of projects than a run [...]
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Software architecture

By aashiks On November 3 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
“Software Architecture: The art of decomposing solutions into components so that they communicate efficiently.” From a conversation with Praseed Pai
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Dennis Ritchie has passed on

By aashiks On October 13 · 3 Comments · In Uncategorized
A great man has passed on, leaving behind a brilliant legacy. Mourn Dennis Ritchie. People who use computers, turn on your Macs, GNU/Linux machines, *nix based operating systems, iPhone, Androids, and remember him., for what lies beneath it all, came from his mind. Programmers, remember the first time you met C. Remember the first time [...]
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Mark Pilgrim’s philosophy …Preserved

By aashiks On October 11 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
Stop buying stuff you don’t need Pay off all your credit cards Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit in your house/apartment (storage lockers, etc.) Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit on the first floor of your house (attic, garage, etc.) Get rid of all the stuff that doesn’t fit [...]
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രൂപായും…വൃത്തികെട്ട ടെക് റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടിങ്ങും…വീണ്ടും

By aashiks On July 21 · 1 Comment · In Community, Malayalam, Technology, Uncategorized, Web
The following is a result of thoughts I gathered from a conversation with Santhosh Thottingal. ശ്ശൊ ആ പാവം ഫൊറാഡിയാന്‍ ടീമിനെ പണ്ട് തെറി വിളിച്ച് എഴുതിയ ഒരു പോസ്റ്റുണ്ട്. ഞാന്‍ അന്നേ പറഞ്ഞതാ മണ്ടത്തരം പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കരുത് എന്ന്. മൂക്ക് കൊണ്ട്  W വരക്കേണ്ടിവരും എന്നും. ദേ ഇപ്പോ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ പോകുന്നത് കണ്ടിട്ട്  W പോയിട്ട് ക്ഷത്രജ്ഞ മുഴുവന്‍ എഴുതിയാലും തീരാത്ത പ്രശ്നങ്ങളാ വരുന്നത്.  കണ്ടവന്‍ കണ്ടവന്‍ രൂപാ ചിഹ്നം എളുപ്പത്തില്‍ [...]
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Android apps – MPD Client for Android

By aashiks On July 10 · Add Comment · In Arch Linux, FOSS, Gnu/Linux
I am a big fan of the “Music Playing Daemon”.  Its small, uses way less resources than  equivalents, say Amarok, and is very fast. Since its a daemon, CLI and GUI clients can be used to connect to it, but I prefere a CLI app called NCMPC. A desktop user’s review can be found here. [...]
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Arch Linux – the distro that teaches you to fish

By aashiks On May 12 · 2 Comments · In Arch Linux, FOSS, Gnu/Linux
I installed Arch Linux for the first time on January 5th, 2009.  From that time till now, apart from a very brief stint with Debian for a few weeks, Arch has been my primary operating system. I have re-installed it only once – after i wiped Debian. The rolling release system has kept my system [...]
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The Silpa Dictionary client for Android

By aashiks On March 19 · 2 Comments · In FOSS, Malayalam, Uncategorized, Web
The News Rajiv wrote an Android 2.2 client for looking up meaning of words using Silpa dictionary service. It currently supports only the English-Malayalam and English-Hindi dictionaries though, but works well enough for daily usage. Yes – you can read the meanings in Malayalam even though Android 2.2 doesn’t support Malayalam rendering. Screenies:   Install [...]
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