Avinash Joshi
♫ अविनाश जोशी >> Indian Patriot
-
TOEFL Introduction
I started attending the TOEFL classes . . . Thought it would be useful and helpful for others who are interested in writing TOEFL if I shared my experiences and materials. To begin with, let us understand what TOEFL is all about. TOEFL (Test Of English as Foreign Language) evaluates the ability of an... Read→
-
Tab completion with ‘sudo’ in Bash
A few days back, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and had this strange problem which i never faced before! When i opened the terminal to install a few softwares like vlc and ubuntu-restricted-extras, like always I typed: sudo apt-g<TAB> But to my surprise, the auto complete option did not... Read→
-
Nokia N900 Maemo Arrives in India Officially
Finally, the much-awaited Nokia’s first phone running on Linux Maemo operating system, N900 has finally made its debut in the Indian market. Today Nokia officially launched the much awaited Nokia N900 in India. The dream geek device will finally be available, but at a price of Rs. 30,639. I have... Read→
-
GRE
Recently, I have started attending GRE classes. I had two choices: Study on my own – Self Study Go through a GRE coaching - Guided/Tutored Study It was really tough to make the choice. I knew that I will be putting my full effort in GRE preparation. But still I feared that somewhere I might... Read→
-
An intelligent person responds; a fool reacts
A very nice article. Got an email from my Dad. Many of us have also reacted ‘instantly’ without really taking time to think over. Read on, its a very nice article. Rightly titled “CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE” Choose Your Response: An Intelligent Person Responds; A Fool Reacts [ Click to see... Read→
-
Father of PC passes away
Microsoft founders lead tributes to ‘father of the PC’ Dr Roberts died after a long bout of pneumonia The “father of the personal computer” who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68. Dr Henry Edward... Read→
-
Why do we say shaanti thrice?
Shaanti, meaning “peace”, is a natural state of being. Disturbances are created either by others or us. For example, peace already exists in a place until someone makes noise. Therefore, peace underlies all our agitations. When agitations end, peace is naturally experienced since it was already... Read→
-
Red Ribbon Express
The Red Ribbon Express organised by NACO – National AIDS Control Organization – will aim at spreading awareness about HIV, promoting safe behavioural practises and fighting the stigma and discrimination against AIDS. Emphasising on the urgent need of fighting social discrimination against... Read→
-
InCTF – India’s first CTF style Hacking Contest
Amrita University & TIFAC CORE in association with VeriSign proudly present InCTF’10, India’s First National Level “Capture the Flag” Style Ethical HACKING contest. InCTF’10 is from February to March 2010 and is focused exclusively on the student community. You can participate... Read→
-
Democratic Journey – Our Republic turns 60
How has the nation fared since we gave ourselves the gift of democracy? Vikram Raghavan, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Gyan Prakash,Nandini Sundar and Pamela Philipose look back at the Republic’s often-troubled journey…. Photo: The Hindu Photo Archives Momentous:The first President of... Read→
welcome to my Blog
Howdy, Readers
Thank you for visiting my blog today. Hope you like atleast some or most of my posts. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. Please do send me your valuable feedbacks either directly to my mail id or via the contact form.
Happy Reading.
Recent from Blog
-
TOEFL Speaking
The Speaking section measures your ability to speak in English about a variety of topics. There are six questions or tasks (2 independent and 4 dependent) and and would take about 20 minutes. Please note: You will hear each conversation and lecture only once. You may take notes while you listen. You may use your cotes to help you answer the question :) Tasks 1 and 2 are independent in which you will be asked to speak about familiar topics. Your responses will be scored on your ability to speak clearly... Read→
-
TOEFL Introduction
I started attending the TOEFL classes . . . Thought it would be useful and helpful for others who are interested in writing TOEFL if I shared my experiences and materials. To begin with, let us understand what TOEFL is all about. TOEFL (Test Of English as Foreign Language) evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic setting. The TOEFL test is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and is administered worldwide. The TOEFL test is offered... Read→
-
Tab completion with ‘sudo’ in Bash
A few days back, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and had this strange problem which i never faced before! When i opened the terminal to install a few softwares like vlc and ubuntu-restricted-extras, like always I typed: sudo apt-g<TAB> But to my surprise, the auto complete option did not work at all! On pressing the TAB button once, i should have got: sudo apt-get Now I had to check the issue because the auto completion is important to me! On searching, found out that, you got to install... Read→
-
Nokia N900 Maemo Arrives in India Officially
Finally, the much-awaited Nokia’s first phone running on Linux Maemo operating system, N900 has finally made its debut in the Indian market. Today Nokia officially launched the much awaited Nokia N900 in India. The dream geek device will finally be available, but at a price of Rs. 30,639. I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on the Nokia N900. Mainly because it is powered by Maemo, a debian based distribution for mobile platform. N900 is a favorite of the geeks, and the reasons... Read→
-
GRE
Recently, I have started attending GRE classes. I had two choices: Study on my own – Self Study Go through a GRE coaching - Guided/Tutored Study It was really tough to make the choice. I knew that I will be putting my full effort in GRE preparation. But still I feared that somewhere I might loose my focus and a proper GRE coaching will channelize and guide me. My parents also thought it right for me to attend coaching. So, here I am traveling all the way from Yelahanka to Jayanagar for... Read→
-
An intelligent person responds; a fool reacts
A very nice article. Got an email from my Dad. Many of us have also reacted ‘instantly’ without really taking time to think over. Read on, its a very nice article. Rightly titled “CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE” Choose Your Response: An Intelligent Person Responds; A Fool Reacts [ Click to see the full image ] Read More →
-
Father of PC passes away
Microsoft founders lead tributes to ‘father of the PC’ Dr Roberts died after a long bout of pneumonia The “father of the personal computer” who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68. Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked the home computer era. Gates and Allen contacted Dr Roberts after seeing the machine on the front cover of a magazine and offered... Read→
-
Why do we say shaanti thrice?
Shaanti, meaning “peace”, is a natural state of being. Disturbances are created either by others or us. For example, peace already exists in a place until someone makes noise. Therefore, peace underlies all our agitations. When agitations end, peace is naturally experienced since it was already there. Where there is peace, there is happiness. Therefore, every one without exception desires peace in his/her life. However, peace within or without seems very hard to attain because it is covered... Read→
-
Red Ribbon Express
The Red Ribbon Express organised by NACO – National AIDS Control Organization – will aim at spreading awareness about HIV, promoting safe behavioural practises and fighting the stigma and discrimination against AIDS. Emphasising on the urgent need of fighting social discrimination against those affected with AIDS, Gandhi said, “It is a battle which can and must be won”. This project will help in bringing to the mainstream the fight against the disease, she added. “It... Read→
-
Holi – Festival of Colours
“Dipped in hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi. ” March winds are coming in and winter begins to bow out. Holi is the festival that carries the country into the bright days of summer… Holi – the festival of colors – is undoubtedly the most fun-filled and boisterous of Hindu festival. It’s an occasion that brings in unadulterated joy and mirth, fun and play, music and dance, and, of course, lots of bright colors! Holi – the festival of color... Read→
-
InCTF – India’s first CTF style Hacking Contest
Amrita University & TIFAC CORE in association with VeriSign proudly present InCTF’10, India’s First National Level “Capture the Flag” Style Ethical HACKING contest. InCTF’10 is from February to March 2010 and is focused exclusively on the student community. You can participate from your own university and no travel is required. No prior exposure or experience in cyber security needed to participate. Prerequisite to participate is familiarity with any programming language.... Read→
-
Drupal Wins GRAMMY.com
Personally, I am a Durpal fan. It is, according to me one of the most powerful Content Management System. Here is yet another break through (grammy.com) for Drupal after the White House website (http://www.whitehouse.gov/). Lullabot is a team that focuses on providing Drupal videos, tutorials, training, consulting, and guidance… Now, read on to know how Lullabot actually implemented Drupal on grammy.com. You can also check out the great work that Lullabot has done here: http://www.lullabot.com/work Lullabot... Read→
-
Democratic Journey – Our Republic turns 60
How has the nation fared since we gave ourselves the gift of democracy? Vikram Raghavan, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Gyan Prakash,Nandini Sundar and Pamela Philipose look back at the Republic’s often-troubled journey…. Photo: The Hindu Photo Archives Momentous:The first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, signing the calligraphic copy of the constitution. On a cold winter’s morning 60 years ago today, 271 men and women huddled together in New Delhi’s Legislative Building.... Read→
-
Why do we apply the holy ash?
The ash of any burnt object is not regarded as holy ash. Bhasma (the holy ash) is the ash from the homa (sacrificial fire) where special wood along with ghee and other herbs is offered as worship of the Lord. Or the deity is worshipped by pouring ash as abhisheka and is then distributed as bhasma Bhasma is generally applied on the forehead. Some apply it on certain parts of the body like the upper arms, chest etc. Some ascetics rub it all over the body. Many consume a pinch of it each time they receive... Read→
-
FOSSTER ’10 – Feb 20 & 21
After the Success of FOSSTER ’09 that was conducted on 28th and 29th of March, 2009; FOSSTER ’10, the National Level FOSS Conference at Amritapuri Campus is back. It will be held on 20th and 21st of February, 2010. FOSSTER now has an official website http://fosster.co.in [we we not able to reserve fosster.in - which is really sad :( ] Keep yourself updated. Follow us: Twitter: amritafoss Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/fosster.co.in Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67901011425 Web:... Read→
-
Google Could Double Web Speeds With SPDY Protocol
Slowly but surely, we’re getting an idea of what Google’s Chrome OS will look like. We know that it will be Linux-based and that the primary interface will likely be the Chrome browser. Still, the search giant was not content to simply turn a Web browser into an operating system. Soon Google was launching a new programing language, called Go, that would allow programmers to build faster and more efficient applications. Then it announced Native Client, a feature built into Chrome (both... Read→
-
Sun Microsystems in a nut shell
This is a nice video that I found today. Explains Sun in a nutshell. Read More →
-
Deepavali – the Festival of Lights
India is a land of festivals where you will see at least one major festival each month. Deepavali (or Diwali) which literally means “rows of lamps” is one of the four main festivals of India. Throughout the world all Hindus celebrate Deepavali or Diwali with great pomp and enthusiasm. The celebration of Diwali lasts six days, beginning on the 12th day of the month of Kartik (as per the North Indian lunar calendar). The day before Diwali, in order to evoke the grace of God, women fast.... Read→
-
The Meaning of Namaste
Indians greet each other with namaste. The two palms are placed together in front of the chest and the head bows whilst saying the word namaste. This greeting is for all – people younger than us, of our own age, those older than friends, even strangers and us. There are five forms of formal traditional greeting enjoined in the shaastras of which namaskaram is one. This is understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage as we do today when we greet each other with a namaste. Namaste... Read→
-
Creating a progress bar in C
I have been thinking about this for a long time… I always ask and wonder for myself, “How do I get a fancy progress bar in the terminal (i.e., using C/C++ code)???” I got this thought when I was coding for my huffman lab program. I was thinking “If we input a large file > 200 kb, It would take a long time to encode. So instead of giving the user a thought that the program has “hung”, we can have a progress bar!! :)” So, with this thought in mind,... Read→
SITE SEARCH
Subscribe via email
Featured Posts
Tab completion with ‘sudo’ in Bash
A few days back, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and had this strange problem which i never faced before! When i opened the terminal to install a few softwares like vlc and ubuntu-restricted-extras, like always I typed: sudo apt-g<TAB> But... Read→
Tab completion with ‘sudo’ in Bash
A few days back, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and had this strange problem which i never faced before! When i opened the terminal to install a few softwares like vlc and ubuntu-restricted-extras, like always I typed: sudo apt-g<TAB> But... Read→
An intelligent person responds; a fool reacts
A very nice article. Got an email from my Dad. Many of us have also reacted ‘instantly’ without really taking time to think over. Read on, its a very nice article. Rightly titled “CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE” Choose Your Response: An Intelligent... Read→
Read On
This is my personal and technical blog. This is the place where I will be sharing my views, comments and articles on various technical, non-technical, samskriti and India... So, read on..
You will find all the posts/articles at this link: http://avinashjoshi.co.in/archives/
Support
Please do support and help this site to keep it alive! :D
Keep reading and visiting this site, Subscribe to my posts and share it with others.
Subscribe & Share
You can subscribe to my posts by submitting your email address at the text box given above in this page.
