TreeHugger

TreeHugger is a website that talks about the environment: what’s good, what’s bad and so on. I came across this website via slashdot. They also have nice videos on environmental issues, how to throw an eco party and so on. Nice resource. <div class="blogger-post-footer"> <p>This is a post from http://log.amitshah.net/,...

Chennai

The city of Chennai in the South-Indian state of Tamil Nadu is considered to be a Tamil-only speaking city, with people being at their unhelpful best towards anyone who doesn’t speak Tamil. Even if they understand Hindi or what we’re asking for, they’ll act as if they don’t understand. They’ll...

Street dog advertisement

Really nice ad showing why killing street dogs won’t help fix the rabies problem. And it comes from the government! Good, real good. <div class="blogger-post-footer"> <p>This is a post from http://log.amitshah.net/, licensed CC BY-SA. </div>

Quote: Change things about you

“Unless you have the passion, unless you hate the current state of things so much, you won’t do something different” – Amit Shah </span></span></span></span> <div style="text-align: left;">This came off when discussing a new idea and when I was asked to tone down my comments made on the existing state of...

Free Linux Driver Development

Greg Kroah-Hartman has sent an email to the LKML mentioning the Linux kernel community’s offering to write drivers for any devices manufacturers come up with. They just have to send out the specs. And, if possible, the device. Were companies holding back releasing drivers for Linux because they didn’t get...

Awe-Inspiring Apple, iPhone, UI rants

I’ve always been a huge critic for bad UI designs. I always like my experience of using anything to be simple, straightforward and without any surprises. Things should work and I should find things in the easiest of ways. If I spend my time figuring out how to do things...

Postfix send error: queue file write error

Long time no technical post; here’s a solution to a small but frustrating error I saw today. I got this while sending a mail with a huge attachment: postdrop: warning: uid=1000: Illegal seeksendmail: fatal: amit(1000): queue file write error Now this is because postfix (according to their man page) defaults...

Winding up the year

It wouldn’t have been nice to end the month without any blog post. December has been really busy, personally as well as professionally. On the personal front, Vikram got married and I had to travel to Pune and Ahmedabad for the functions. The rest of the month was spent in...

Quote on Advice

While talking to a friend, I came up with this: “It’s advice; if you take it, you’ll be better off. If you don’t, I’ll pray for you.” – Amit Shah <div class="blogger-post-footer"> <p>This is a post from http://log.amitshah.net/, licensed CC BY-SA. </div>

Nostalgia and Photography

Atul mentions of the view he missed from the terrace of my new home… and regrets the pics aren’t public yet. Well, I’ve just made the pics where I try my hand at photography of the view outside the terrace… the sunrise, the sunset, greenery and a few birds public....