Praveen's Blog

An Eternal Quest for Incremental Improvement

After a long search, my house hunt came to an end. I found a house at BTM II stage. The rent of the house is INR. 5,500. Actually the owner said that the rent was INR. 6,000 and I had to negotiate on that. The deposit being INR ...


If you are looking for additional RPMs that are not included by default in the distribution, please visit Pascal Bleser's page. A lot of essential RPMs are available here.


One of the forward that I got today! Sounds crazy; but interesting.

Trying Something New Everyday

Change is good. Change invites us to grow, encouraging us to experience new things, welcome new people into our lives, and ultimately change frees us from the mundane.

Many people are not comfortable with ...


Andy Kessler's new book "How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets" is available for free download. This book is an interesting reading. It touches from the historical scientific events to the latest markets.


Update: I have mispelt Ubuntu in the title as "Ubutu" which made this page to appear as a first hit in the google search for the work "Ubutu". I am changing the title now. I will no more have google's first hit privilege for "Ubutu" :-)

I have been an ...


Some months back, I have seen "Naadi Jothidam" for me at Tambaram. They told me that I should visit three temples; Shivan Kovil at Trisulam, Eswaran Kovil at Pozhichalur and Eswaran Kovil at Triplicane; all in and around Chennai for getting rid of effects of the sins that I did ...


I have come across this in Rediff's astrology page. This is about the romance of Scorpios.

You are among the best lovers, instinctively knowing what your partner wants. You are intense and passionate and none of your lovers will ever forget you. You will sweep many off with your ...

Indian stock market witnessed a horrible crash today on profit booking. The BSE SENSEX closed at 6,248 (down 220 points) and the NSE NIFTY closed at 1,954 (down 72 points). The downside was seen across all sectors however the Software sector witnessed a big downside. The crash was ...


How about a conversation between Laloo and Gates. Can't resist the temptation. Isn't it? Here we go...

Gates:Hi! you must have heard of Windows.

Laloo: Oh yes! We have the concept of single window clearance in almost all our offices.

Gates: Do you have Windows installed at ...


Today is "World Health Day". I am planning to quit smoking from tomorrow (8 Apr 2005) again. I am also trying to get in Vijay, Ezhil, RP and KK into the show. Let me see if they are willing to join. If anybody wants to join this campaign, register yourself ...