Just got an idea. We should have a utility that prepends a timestamp to every line that is fed to it. This can be used like the nl utility which numbers each line that is fed to it.
This utility can used to prepend timestamps to the log lines generated by a program. Like so:
my_log_generating_script | ts > log_file
[UPDATE:26 May 08] : I have posted a solution here: http://gurjeet-tech.blogspot.com/2008/05/ts-timestampimg-script.html
RNFs branched
Hi there,
It has been long-time-no-post thing with me. Well that was partially because I was a bit too busy with customer assignments, and partially because the blog became too bloated from my past experiments with template modifications, and playing with Google Search and Google Ads.
One good thing that happened as a result of those experiments with the blog template is that now my blog completely spans the browser's display area, rather than a thin vertical strip which looks too odd on wide screens, and is just a waste of screen space (btw, you can add stuff to the right hand side of your 'thin-strip' blog but not to the right hand side; too crippling I'd say).
Well, I don't remember how I made 'Blogger' display my blog in full width (remember short-of-RAM problem I mentioned in first post!), I'll try to figure it out and post here as well as apply that to my other blogs.
Now comes the news: I am writing this one to inform you that I have officially split my brain! Well, not exactly :) , but I have created another blog to post my structured thoughts on technology. It is hosted at: http://gurjeet-tech.blogspot.com/ , and it is called Tech-Me. More in that blog.
This RNFs blog will continue, but will be dedicated to truly RNFs, which are for my records only and which others may not be too inclined to read.
Hope to post more frequently here.
PS: Here's the definition of RNF:
RNF stands for Random Neuron Firing; that is activity in your head that is just random, and wasn't caused as a reaction to something else. I have too many of these, sometimes philosophical, sometimes technical.
It has been long-time-no-post thing with me. Well that was partially because I was a bit too busy with customer assignments, and partially because the blog became too bloated from my past experiments with template modifications, and playing with Google Search and Google Ads.
One good thing that happened as a result of those experiments with the blog template is that now my blog completely spans the browser's display area, rather than a thin vertical strip which looks too odd on wide screens, and is just a waste of screen space (btw, you can add stuff to the right hand side of your 'thin-strip' blog but not to the right hand side; too crippling I'd say).
Well, I don't remember how I made 'Blogger' display my blog in full width (remember short-of-RAM problem I mentioned in first post!), I'll try to figure it out and post here as well as apply that to my other blogs.
Now comes the news: I am writing this one to inform you that I have officially split my brain! Well, not exactly :) , but I have created another blog to post my structured thoughts on technology. It is hosted at: http://gurjeet-tech.blogspot.com/ , and it is called Tech-Me. More in that blog.
This RNFs blog will continue, but will be dedicated to truly RNFs, which are for my records only and which others may not be too inclined to read.
Hope to post more frequently here.
PS: Here's the definition of RNF:
RNF stands for Random Neuron Firing; that is activity in your head that is just random, and wasn't caused as a reaction to something else. I have too many of these, sometimes philosophical, sometimes technical.
google.5
That's the name of my folder where I keep the screenshots of the browser whenever I see that Google took more than half a second (0.5) to get the results. The screenshots are put here in the chronological order. Also, if you care, and are interested, the filename of the screenshots show the date and time when it was taken; the filename format is google.<year><month><day><hour><minute>.<100thOfASecond>.jpg
Enjoy the rare times when Google sucked at the performance :)
Update: If you wish to see these photos individually, here's the link to the album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/singh.gurjeet/Google5
Enjoy the rare times when Google sucked at the performance :)
Update: If you wish to see these photos individually, here's the link to the album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/singh.gurjeet/Google5
Sun buys MySQL....
Well, the news is pretty old now. Everyone has had his say on the deal: How its a great deal for both the parties involved, for the competitors, and even MySQL's competitors (read my employer, EnterpriseDB (though we cater to a different market share)).
But I came across this interesting take on the deal. How Oracle might have orchestrated this deal. The claims are unsubstantiated, a good read nonetheless:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/john-dvoraks-second-opinion-sun-mysql/story.aspx?guid=%7B88606B4A-A4AF-46FC-9C80-6B186A622456%7D&dist=hplatest
But I came across this interesting take on the deal. How Oracle might have orchestrated this deal. The claims are unsubstantiated, a good read nonetheless:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/john-dvoraks-second-opinion-sun-mysql/story.aspx?guid=%7B88606B4A-A4AF-46FC-9C80-6B186A622456%7D&dist=hplatest
They can now track what you are thinking
It has been a research subject for many years at many places... controlling objects/actions with just your thought.
This recent one demonstrates how they have managed to track a monkey's brain activity, while he was walking, to make a robot walk in the same manner (across the globe; as if that mattered!)
Interesting read.
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205801020
This recent one demonstrates how they have managed to track a monkey's brain activity, while he was walking, to make a robot walk in the same manner (across the globe; as if that mattered!)
Interesting read.
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205801020
IMified test blog
Just testing IMified to create blogs... Lets see how this turns up... Her we go..
Update: It wasn't all that fun... and it didn't feel very intuitive. You'd want to come back to your blog to review your post anyway! good tool though, if you need it, that is.
Mount USB drives in Write Protect (read only) mode
Under the the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control
Create a new key called StorageDevicePolicies. In that key create a new DWORD value called WriteProtect and set it to 1.
This is known to work under Windows XP SP2, though you can try it on your other varioations of Windows.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control
Create a new key called StorageDevicePolicies. In that key create a new DWORD value called WriteProtect and set it to 1.
This is known to work under Windows XP SP2, though you can try it on your other varioations of Windows.
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