These days major load of the postal department has been taken over by Courier services and E-Commerce and net banking. P & T has become just P . Telegram had gone redundant years back , but only recently has the Govt admitted to the fact and has closed down the service officially. Yet there are… Continue reading Online Woes
Author: murali
Appy Times
These are times when it is difficult to find someone who is not keenly interacting with a smart phone, be it in a cafeteria or a classroom. Even people of my age, have become ‘touch-savvy’ , if not ‘tech-savvy’. Guys who have problem understanding whats an app, understand and use ‘WhatsApp’ … Continue reading Appy Times
Is Technology the new God ?
“Uparwala sab dekh raha hai” the saying is as old as the hills, but what’s new in the TV commercial is that ‘Uparwala’ here refers to ‘CP Plus’ CCTV. Earlier days, a child was told “God sees all, knows all, is all powerful and he knows what you are up to , anywhere, any time,… Continue reading Is Technology the new God ?
Pen Drives are Secure
Ever since the news of ‘Navy War room leaks‘ broke out in 2006 , pen-drive phobia reached such proportions that many senior officers would not touch a pen drive with a barge pole. Ironically use of CDs increased though they can be as much of security hazard as a pen drive. Had pen drives not… Continue reading Pen Drives are Secure
Genesis of an innovation
What sparks an innovation ? Does it always require a genius ? The other day, I while scrolling through an endless stream of facebook jokes, and I came across this. “ A lady (could have been a gentleman) complained at a computer shop, claiming that the new laptop computer she had bought would not carry… Continue reading Genesis of an innovation
MIGRATION TO LINUX
MIGRATION TO LINUX An article originally I wrote for Indian Army.. INTRODUCTION 1. Today, we are in information age and we use many electronic devices to meet our information needs. The core component of any electronic device is its operating system. Though there are many types of devices used for computing, Computers have become synonymous… Continue reading MIGRATION TO LINUX
My E-Bookshelf
I have often wondered as to why is it that we see no icon on the desktop called ‘My Book-Shelf. ’when ‘My computer‘ is so universal. Is it because computers have replaced books ? Can they ever do that? In my own case, the very first computer, I owned was an AT286 Machine, which just… Continue reading My E-Bookshelf
Booklet printing and The Spirit of Ubuntu
These days we tend to do more screen reading than traditional book reading. While it is okay to read blogs, news-feeds etc off the screen, certain materials like tutorials and how-tos need to be studied leisurely. Taking printout on A4 sheets is ok, but it is still not so convenient. To have a good feel… Continue reading Booklet printing and The Spirit of Ubuntu
A Reluctant Techie
My career , which was always on a ‘ conveyer belt’ gave very little room for any deliberate decisions ; from sainik school to NDA to army . One of the rare occasions when I was really required to make a choice was to choose between tech and non tech. The first time… Continue reading A Reluctant Techie
Teaching about Computers
Did I say, in this blog that F1 is the greatest teacher ? Well I said that to my class as well. It took some days for me to realise that neither F1 nor google was the idea of help for ‘normal’ people, I mean IT-scared people who call themselves ‘just being normal’. help meant… Continue reading Teaching about Computers