Installed OpenSolaris build-72 on my new system. A 100GB partition is used for this. Installation is very smooth. No issues with network cards, graphics, etc. Also works fine with my 19″ LCD monitor. I haven’t installed any build after Build65 in the past, but the new build 72 is much smoother than any of the …
Monthly Archive: September 2007
Sep 30 2007
Got a new system
Got a new system for my home use last night. I went to the hardware vendor and handpicked a few components and got it assembled. The priorities are to have good amount of RAM, diskspace and an nVidia graphics card. Here are the final specifications I ended up with: AMD 64 X2 4000+ Dual Core …
Sep 29 2007
Cholesterol levels down
Just compared my last week’s medical records with those in January 2006. In these 20 months, most of the readings remained the same, but the cholesterol levels came down from 148 mg/dL to 128 mg/dL. This is a good sign. Now I need to put some efforts on reducing my weight.
Sep 29 2007
Back online, partly.
Well, this happened faster than I thought. Didn’t want to touch kids’ game system (Intel Dual Core, runs with Windows) for my activities, so I thought I need to wait till I purchase a system next week. This morning, I remembered this system I assembled myself in 2001: An AMD Athlon 900MHz system which is …
Sep 27 2007
Separating with Sun
This news may surprise many of you who know about my passion for the company and its technologies. I joined Sun as a consultant in 1995 and took a full time position in 1997. Relocated to India in 2001, but stayed with Sun. It is not easy leaving a company where I learned a lot …
Sep 27 2007
Medical Evaluations
Sun is conducting medical evaluations for all the employees in India, in collaboration with the insurance company and Sagar Hospitals. I am glad to see lot of employees are taking this opportunity and sparing time to get themselves evaluated. I went thru these tests on Monday and the reports came on Wednesday. All the reports …
Sep 24 2007
India wins Twenty20 World Cup!
What a thrilling finale it is! India won a final match after a long time, that too against a relatively friendly Pak. The victory oscillated between the teams with increasing amplitude closer to the end of the game. India, after a considerable time, bowled out opposition to win a match. I think the last few …
Sep 24 2007
Corrected a few blog entries
Last week, some of my readers complained that they couldn’t see my blog entries in full. Some entries are truncated right after the entry title. So I started debugging the issue. I booted up Windows Vista and started Firefox 2, Safari and IE7. The first two browsers showed every entry fine, but IE7 has problems …
Sep 24 2007
Cricket: First Twenty20 match
Watched first ever twenty20 match played by India on Saturday. I was in US while the other matches are played, so couldn’t watch any of the previous matches. Couldn’t watch most of the Australian innings though, due to bursts of sleep after the journey. Good to see India win, lot better to see the aggression …
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