BeleniX.org - Now Powered by Drupal December 30, 2006
Posted by Ananth in Open Source, Solaris.6 comments
I’ve been putting this off for a long time. But I didn’t want this to end up as one of my new year resolutions. I did a complete revamp of www.belenix.org. Its now powered by Drupal. Take a look at the new site. Feedback much appreciated 
Errr.. What is Programmer Friendly ? December 20, 2006
Posted by Ananth in Computer Science, General, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Programming, Solaris.4 comments
Every conversation with geeks not working in Sun this week has been about ZFS and ZFS making it to Mac OS X - Leopard. I get thoroughly drilled on Sun’s financial strategy and how we plan to make money rather than being asked about instantaneous snapshots and self-healing capabilities of ZFS. Thats one of the disadvantages of working for a “Non-Profit Organization” (of which we are very proud, anyway) 
The Prestige December 10, 2006
Posted by Ananth in General.4 comments
Christopher Nolan is my favorite director after Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock. He has an amazing talent for storytelling and direction.
Opus Rocks ! December 8, 2006
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Of all the public houses in Bangalore, Opus is undoubtedly one of the best. The music today was mind-boggling to say the least. German Band Wolfgang Haffner Quartet and the Indian troupe led by Dr Suma Sudhindra who had never met each other before, combined to unleash Karnatic, Fusion and Western upon our senses, second after second in extra-ordinary style. To add to the fun we have a G.K quiz on Thursdays ranging on subjects from Nuclear Physics to Rock And if you end up with the most questions right, all your booze is on the House. Consolation prizes include a pack of Beers. Despite having no affinity for liquids other than H2O, I had an awesome time. Head over to Opus if you have nothing better to do in Bangalore.
Barcamp December 2, 2006
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I attended Barcamp Bangalore today. Was there to rant (as usual) on OpenSolaris. Barcamp is supposed to be a Web 2.0 ish place and you find a lot of doods who talk about RoR, Agile, Xtreme Programming, Springs, JUnit and such. It is a world far far far removed from my own domain of Operating Systems where I am still confused about a few AMD instructions and libc bindings. Nevertheless, Web 2.0 is one of the areas where OpenSolaris can have a really strong presence. Companies like Joyent have proved just that. So that was my excuse to spend the weekend at BarCamp.
FOSS.IN Report December 1, 2006
Posted by Ananth in Linux, Open Source, Programming, Solaris.1 comment so far
