I tried the setup on these two monitors, but did not like it because of small 17″ Campaq monitor. Then I took the 22″ Dell Widescreen monitor from one of my team mates who is on vacation (ofcourse, with her permission) and had setup the Dual Monitor with the two 22″ widescreen monitors for Linux Box. Found a cool wallpaper at this link when I googled for dual monitor wallpapers. Now its just looking amazing. Check the below image and screenshots. I will enjoy this awesome setup atleast till my team mate comes back from vacation
I installed Windows Vista on my Home PC when I bought it last year. It was running fine on my PC but it could be because of high-end configuration of my system (Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB Graphics card).
But couple of weeks back, I asked myself “Am I depending more on Microsoft?”. Being Microsoft hater, I decided to completely remove vista and install Linux. Then I installed Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) 64bit edition. But I could not completely avoid using Windows because of some windows-only software. So, I installed Windows XP using VMware.
Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE) is the best User-Friendly Linux distribution available for PCs. I feel even linux newbies can start using it right away very easily. Kubuntu 8.10 came with KDE 4.1 and I upgraded it to KDE 4.2. It has cool Plasma effects (similar to Aero in Vista).
I am not new to linux, but its the first time I’m using it for everything (almost ;).. Check out few screenshots of rocking combination Kubuntu 8.10 and KDE 4.2 on my Home PC.
Desktop with Transparent Terminal
Watching TV and Running Windows XP
Doing Office Work using Remote Desktop and Watching Movie
Few days back, I came to know that we can change the alignment of this monitor and make it vertical. At home, I have Viewsonic 19″ Widescreen LCD monitor but it cannot be rotated physically.
Yesterday I tried to turn my office monitor’s display vertical. And guess what, it was superb. I need not scroll much to view web pages or to view the code. And then I have set “Aishwarya Rai’s Jodhaa” wallpaper which made it look more beautiful. I may revert it back after few days, but for now.. I’m loving it
Check out the pic of the my monitor and few screenshots of the desktop…
My brother-in-law stays in Vijayawada and he had been asking us, relatives in Hyderabad, to visit his place. My mom arranged the event and finally last week, on 25th December 2008, we went to Vijayawada.
It was just one day trip and we were 26 people (22 Adults and 4 Children). We could not manage to get Railway reservations as it was planned in last minute. So, we went there in 25 seater minibus. Don’t ask me how was the journey
I carried my new Digi cam along with me, but could not manage to take great snaps. Anyway, sharing some of them.
You might have noticed my dream camera in my Wish List. Its Olympus E520 DSLR and its cost (along with extra lens) is around $650 (Rs. 32,000). Its the cheapest DSLR available, but still its little bit costly for me. And I knew that it would take some time for me to save money to buy it.
But till then, I can not depend on my mobile phone as it does not have a great camera. So, I finally decided to buy a decent point-and-shoot camera.
I searched for some models and gave some links to my brother Vasu for his opinion. He replied back with link to Samsung S760 and told me that he would buy it. We received it from Sify last saturday, just a day before he returned from Sweden.
It costed us Rs. 4890 along with 1GB memory card. Haven’t used it much in this one week, but will sure share my experiences with it in future. If you are looking for complete details and review about this camera, then check here.
Aamir Khan.. also called as Mr. Perfectionist in Bollywood.. Prepared killer body for this new movie Ghajini (Remake of Tamil movie Ghajini.. which again got inspired from Hollywood movie Memento).
Watch below video to know how he achieved that great body. He worked out for 10 months, 3hrs per day. Its really great inspiration for people who want to lose fat and gain muscle.
Being a very very very lazy guy, I used to wake up at around 7 or 8 AM in the Morning. But three months back, I decided to wake up early and bought traditional Alarm Clock.
The alarm clock idea was successful for 2 months and I was getting up early. But the problem was with the annoying and irritating sound it makes. I used to feel like breaking the clock in to pieces.. Actually I did that a month back, but not intentionally, when I woke from deep sleep at 5′o Clock in the morning. After that, I was back to normal timings (7 to 8 AM). I did not buy new clock as I was happy with out that annoying sound.
Last week, I got an idea and searched google for alarm softwares. First result was Citrus Alarm Clock and I immediately downloaded it. And as expected, it has feature to set a song/mp3 as alarm notification. Only issue with this software is, its 30 day trial version. I might try some other software after it expires.
I have configured it to play “Nanani Neevani” song from Kotha Bagaru Lokam. Its really nice waking up listening to sweet music. Am loving it
Update: Couple of my friends asked me whether I will keep my system ON whole night. FYI: My system would be running 24×7 downloading Movies, Games and/or Software and I have BSNL Dataone Home 1350 Unlimited 512/256 kbps internet connection
4th December was my friend Srikanth’s Birthday and he promised to treat me and our friend Poornima with Movie and Food. So, today we went to the movie Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Oye Lucky.. Lucky Oye..
It was Poornima’s choice to go to this movie. So, I had booked tickets in Prasadz Screen 5. I was under impression that movie would be average, specially after reading Jeevi’s Review in Idlebrain.
But I was wrong. Or may be its because I had no expectations. The movie was excellent. I enjoyed every minute of the movie. Nice comedy. Abhay Deol was great. Neetu Chandra was cute. I recommend this movie for everyone who loves decent comedy movies. Go and Watch.
2009
You might have noticed my dream camera in my Wish List. Its 
