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End of life

ranjansimon — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:02:12 +0000

When I stand before God at the end of my life , I would hope that I would not have a single talent left, and could say, ‘ I used everything you gave me.’

~ Erma Bombeck

Install Sun Java in Ubuntu 10.10

ranjansimon — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:00:16 +0000

Install Sun Java 6 in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

1) Add PPA repository for Sun Java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
Output : Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7E38C0AE69286BF825C037D8D8D75E403EBCE749 gpg: requesting key 3EBCE749 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key 3EBCE749: public key "Launchpad PPA for Community Team to provide regular Sun Java Updates" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

2) Update repos
sudo apt-get update

3) Install Java6 JRE and Plugin for browser
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

Output :Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gsfonts-x11 java-common odbcinst odbcinst1debian1 sun-java6-bin unixodbc Suggested packages: default-jre equivs binfmt-support sun-java6-plugin ia32-sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-arphic-uming libmyodbc odbc-postgresql tdsodbc unixodbc-bin The following NEW packages will be installed: gsfonts-x11 java-common odbcinst odbcinst1debian1 sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre unixodbc 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded. Need to get 36.5MB of archives. After this operation, 105MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

Enjoy.

Folder lock in Ubuntu

ranjansimon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:23 +0000

Cryptkeeper is a GNOME applet for managing EncFS encrypted folders. To install it, make sure the Universe Repository is enabled and install it with Synaptic. Alternatively, install it from the command line with:

sudo apt-get install cryptkeeper

The installation should have added your userid to the fuse group. If it didn’t, you can add it with: sudo addgroup userid fuse where userid is your log in ID. Because your group settings have changed, you need to log out and log back in. Once you are logged back in, you can start Cryptkeeper from the menu with Applications->System Tools->Cryptkeeper.

You should see an icon in your System Tray that looks like a pair of keys. This can vary a bit based on your current icon theme. This is the Cryptkeeper icon.

1. Click mouse button 1 on the Cryptkeeper icon and select New encrypted folder.

2. Enter a name for your new folder and select a location for it. I’m calling mine safe and putting it in my home folder.

3. Click the Forward button.

4. In the next screen, enter a password twice and click Forward.

5. Click OK in the last screen. Depending on your Gnome settings, a Nautilus File Manager window may have popped up for your new encrypted folder. Cryptkeeper actually creates a small encrypted folder that it mounts as an encrypted drive. Create a basic text file in your new encrypted folder to try it out. To hide your encrypted folder, click the Cryptkeeper icon and uncheck the box next to it. To reopen your encrypted folder, just click on the Cryptkeeper icon and check the box next to it. Enter your encryption password at the prompt, and you’re in

Geany perl compile error

ranjansimon — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:14:04 +0000

Playing around with Geany on Jaunty…found this error in compiling

Can’t locate B/Bytecode.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5….blah blah.

Jaunty distributes perl 5.10 which has a couple of changes 5.9.4.. removal of B::Bytecode module was one of them due to its unreliability.

to correct this in geany, goto Build->Set Includes and arguments

change perl -MO=Bytecode,-H,-o”%f”c “%f” to

simply this perl -c “%f” ..

Things that feel good

ranjansimon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:11:26 +0000

Falling in love.
Laughing so hard your face hurts.
A hot shower.
No lines at the supermarket
Getting mail
Taking a drive on a pretty road.
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
A long distance phone call.
A good conversation.
The beach
Finding a Rs. 500 note in your coat from last winter.
Laughing at yourself.
Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
Having someone tell you that you’re beautiful.
Friends
Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep…
The first kiss
Playing with a new puppy.
Having someone play with your hair.
Sweet dreams.
Swinging on swings.
Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.
Spending time with close friends.
Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends.
Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
Watching the expression on someone’s face as they open a much desired present from you.
Watching the sunrise.
Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.
many more …….
Watching The wife constantly giggling while talking about the day
watching her sleep like a baby

Things I intend to do

ranjansimon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:04:48 +0000

1. Stop watching television.
2. Stop eating fast food.
3. Stop eating pizza and fried foods.
4. Stop driving places that you could easily walk to.
5. Read at least 1 book a month.
6. Take classes in what interests you or your vocation.
7. Work enough to support yourself, and if needed get a new job or second job to make enough to support yourself. Never stick with a job that doesn’t pay enough to support yourself no matter how much you work.
8. Pay off your debts and don’t go in debt (My MD also says so). You can pay off your debts if you avoid needless expenses, such as cable, overpriced clothes, impractical decorations, unhealthy snacks, jewelry, etcetera.
9. Don’t buy a car on finance, and don’t buy an expensive car if a cheaper one that works is available.
10. Wake up early, and get all your work done as quickly as possible. That includes household chores, as well as your employment.
11. Drink alcohol less or quit.
12. Do drugs less or quit.
13. Don’t smoke cigarettes.
14. Don’t eat foods with high fructose corn syrup.
15. Don’t drink soda.
16. Don’t eat sugary foods at all.
17. Don’t drink more than 1 glass of juice per day.
18. Stand up straight and have good posture.
19. Look people in the eyes when you talk to them.
20. Smile.
21. Be polite.
22. Keep your promises.
23. Wear a watch, if you can afford it.
24. Eat breakfast.
25. If you eat cereal at any time, choose your cereal based on healthiness not tastiness.
26. Exercise at least 3 days per week.
27. Walk often.
28. Always write with correct spelling and grammar.
29. Never speak worse about a person behind their back than you do to their face. (Feel free to say nicer things about a person behind their back than to their face.)
30. Don’t gossip and don’t have a big mouth.
31. Never judge other people harsher than you judge yourself.
32. Make New Years resolutions, but make one every day instead of every year.
33. Volunteer.
34. Forgive, but never forget.
35. Don’t have skeletons in your closet.
36. Keep as few secrets as reasonably possible.
37. Despite the rule before this one, keep your friends’ secrets.
38. Politely tell people that you will not betray your friends’ trust, when you are asked about their secrets and such.
39. Volunteering (i.e. activism) is more important than voting. If you can do both, good for you. If you only have time for one, volunteer instead of voting. It makes more of a difference.
40. Privately question your own values.
41. Avoid questioning other people’s values, especially in public.
42. Listen more than you talk.
43. Use a journal to count how many calories you consume per day.
44. Use a journal to count how many calories you burn per day.
45. If you want to lose weight, burn slightly more than you consume. If you want to gain weight, consume slightly more than you burn. If you are happy with your weight, try to burn the same amount as you consume.
46. Weigh yourself daily at the same time(s).
47. Write your daily weight down in a journal.
48. Never allow the police to search you, your car, or your belongings if you do not have something to hide.
49. Never tell other people that you think they or something they are doing is immoral or sinful.
50. Keep your moral values and religion to yourself. Use them to direct your own actions.
51. Ask people how they are often and listen to their answer.
52. Laugh at other people’s jokes, but not your own.
53. Shower at least once per day.
54. Wash your hands, even if you aren’t an employee.
55. Take care of the elderly, which includes spending time with them and talking to them.
56. Avoid going places where you need to be waited on.
57. Wait on yourself wherever possible.
58. Make your friends look good.
59. Avoid lying.
60. Don’t pretend to be better than you are. Don’t pretend to be more successful, popular, etcetera.
61. Treat other people as if they are better than they are. Treat them as if they are more successful, popular, etcetera.
62. Don’t brag about your talents. Instead, surprise people with them when they just happen to be called upon.
63. Sit up straight.
64. Keep your house clean.
65. If you have either of them, keep your car and office clean.
66. Stretch daily.
67. Dance.
68. Take dancing lessons if you could use improvement.
69. Ask other people (e.g. your friends, your co-workers, your boss, etc.) what their favorite book is, and read it.
70. Ask their favorite song or band, and listen to it.

71. Ask their favorite movie, and watch it.

72. Don’t be camera shy.

73. When your alarm goes off in the morning (if you use one), don’t press snooze.

74. Make a budget and follow it.

75. Say “I love you” often to the people you feel this way about.
76. Always turning off lights when leaving a room, unless of course there are others are in the room. For that matter, conserving any unnecessary electricity usage is key to the future of humanity.

Acid3 tests of Current browsers

ranjansimon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:52 +0000

The race of browsers is on. Earlier it was assumed that Firefox and IE would compete for a larger market share but now there are more candidates.I conducted a Acid3 test on the browsers and got this.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is quite convincing with a score of 87 out of 100.

Market share – 19.46 %

Opera 9.52 build 10108 had a score of 84/100 which was quite near to firefox

Market share - 0.69 %

Google chrome build 1798 had failures but I am sure the current build 3604 would fix a few of them. It well scored 75/100

Market share – 0.78 %

The last but not the least IE7 which I guess could’nt realize that its a test and see what I got.

Market share – 71.52 %

Well…. and I thought we are loosing money in share markets only..

Still to check Safari and Konqurer

Open Source DMS/ECM review

ranjansimon — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:58:05 +0000

Web based Document management system have come a long way. Filenet and Documentum were a few pioneer technologies that made life easy for organizations that need to maintain loads of electronic documents. The second generation of DMS appeared in shape of client server based system which used java webstart like techniques for document hosting. Xinco is a good example. The third generations of web based DMS have appeared more like a enterprise content management solution rather than a simple DMS. Here in this post , I would discuss third generation web based DMS and the features they offer.

In open source arena, There are multiple such solution available. This multiplicity of projects have either matured as a complete enterprise DMS solution or died off after setting future roadmap for other DMS projects. I have able to sort out a few DMS solution that can serve document management requirements based on either volume or number of features they provide.

Alfresco : Alfresco is the first open source enterprise-scale document management system that includes a modern content repository, an out-of-the-box portal framework for managing and using content designed to work with standard portals, and a groundbreaking Common Internet File System (CIFS) interface that provides Microsoft Windows file system compatibility. Alfresco takes the lessons of building document management systems for the last 15 years and applied them to build an open source content management system that is easier to use, more scalable and more adaptable. Apart from being a DMS , Alfresco provides feature like web content management, records management, image management, content repository etc. . Alfresco is a direct competitor of Microsoft sharepoint 2007 and offers some better features . The search facility is far more superior in Alfresco compared to MOSS2007.

Being a ECM solution, It can be used for document management but in many a cases it proves out to be a overkill for the job. It is most suitable for integrated CMS as well as document management and complex workflow solutions in a distributed environment. Alfresco can be deployed on almost all available platform and has a very good support available

Knowledgetree : Knowledgetree is one of such open source solution that may defy alfresco by its DMS centric approach. It is the most suited DMS solution available today for handling document repository needs along with a well defined method of document classification and attaching simple workflows. Knowledgetree can be as big as deployed for organizational DMS needs or it can be as small as handling a project specific DMS requirement . The product includes advanced document version control, full text search capabilities, multiple search types and extensible metadata fields for documents and scan-to repository feature. A complete list of features is listed here.

Knowledgetree also has a very nice support available either through community or as a premium paid service subscription. KnowledgeTree Support is provided by a professional support team backed by the software and system engineers who have designed and built the product.

Nuxeo 5 : Nuxeo 5 is a robust, extensible, global, standards-based Enterprise Content Management solution available as Open Source Software (OSS). Nuxeo 5 is based on other open source software, notably from the Apache Foundation, the JBoss Group (a division of Red Hat) and the Eclipse Foundation, and developed in a truly open manner. A set of screencasts describing various features is available here

OpenKM : OpenKM is a Open Source electronic document management system, which, due to its characteristics, can be used by large companies as well as by the small ones, as a useful tool in knowledge management processing, providing a more flexible and lower-cost alternative to other proprietary applications. A exhaustive list of features is available here

One of my previous reviews on a scan-to-repository DMS solution [greenstone library] is here

http://sunpoint.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/document-management-paradigm/

Joe Stump’s Interview

ranjansimon — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:14 +0000

This is an excerpt from Joe Stump’s interview. Joe is lead architect at Digg.

Break stuff. Break everything. Poke, prod and explore. Don’t listen to people who tell you that you can’t do something or that you’re wasting your time. More practical advice is that you should learn to know and love design patterns and avoid GUI’s. I have a real problem with people who say they know SQL because they’re well versed with an ORM or a DB’s GUI. Go back and read up on relational algebra and SQL92 before you say you know SQL okay?I’ll probably get flamed for this, but I think people should learn a single environment in and out and stick with it. This might mean you learn Microsoft’s technologies in and out or Cocoa or LAMP. You simply can’t be an expert in an area of computers without picking a single environment and sticking with it. Dabble, sure, but pick a horse and learn everything you can about it.If you choose UNIX read one man page a day until you’ve read all of the GNU utilities’ man pages. You’re not a true UNIX geek unless you’ve typed man man at once point in your life.

This is one of the best which I have read in recent times. One can’t be an expert in all the area. You need to choose one and know as much as possible about it. The illusion of having opinion about every techie stuff going around you will lead nowhere except confusion for yourself.

Open Source SNMP

ranjansimon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:17:00 +0000

The list of open source SNMP tools

http://www.openxtra.co.uk/network-management/monitor/open-source/

and the one which skipped this list
http://www.itmanagement.com/features/10-open-source-network-tools-052407/
http://collectl.sourceforge.net/index.html
NetXMS
Mon
OpenNMS

and the mecca list of all
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html