Maui Trip
No that’s not me! I took this photo in Maui. I have never surfed and never will. We visited Maui in December 2008. It was a wonderful trip.
Amit Bapat
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Gold-plated PC
I thought it was some kind of joke at first. But no! It is real. Check it out!The PC configuration is weak though. They could have used a Core 2 Quad instead of Core 2 Duo.
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ढाक ते भिमाशंकर
माझा मित्र भूषण आणि मी मिळून १७ ते १९ जून १९९३ या दिवसात केलेल्या गिरिभ्रमंतीचा हा वृतांत आहे. आज जवळजवळ बारा वर्षांनी माझ्या डायरीत हा लेख बघताना मला तुम्हालाही हा लेख वाचून मौज वाटेल असे वाटल्याकारणाने मी इथे देत आहे. अगदी अनपेक्षितपणे भूषणचा १५ जूनला फोन आला. त्याच्या आणि माझ्या सर्व परीक्षा संपलेल्या असल्याने आम्ही…
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उघड कुंजी कूटांकन (Public Key Encryption)
कूटांकन, विषेशतः (उघड कुंजी वापरून) म्हणजे काय प्रकार आहे आणि ह्या तंत्रज्ञानाचा वापर केल्याने आंतरजालावर तुमच्या वैयक्तीक किंवा इतर महत्वाच्या माहितीची बुरुजगळ न होता सुरक्षितपणे कसे व्यवहार करता येतात हे मी एकदा माझ्या मामाला समजावून सांगायचा प्रयत्न करत होतो. ही माहिती इतरांनाही उपयुक्त वाटेल असे वाटल्याने मी ती सोप्या शब्दात येथे देण्याचा प्रयत्न करीत आहे.…
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Google’s new browser
Today Google announced a new browser! Chrome. It’s available for immediate download. There is an elaborate comic book style story of the idea behind it all too. I just got my hands on this browser and after about 15 minutes of browsing with it, I am impressed. It is only available for Windows right now. It downloaded and…
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Moved mail to Google
I have moved my mail hosting to Google. And it’s completely FREE!! I still get to keep my @bapat.net mail, but the mail is now handled by Google instead of Hostmonster. My @bapat.net email address has been in use since December 2000 when I registered this domain and I have been hosting my mail on my own…
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Dil Cheez Hai Kya Jaana (दिल चीज है क्या जाना)
I came across this song while listening to RadioNimbooda (http://www.radionimbooda.com). Haunting, melodramatic, sad, melancholy song. Dil Cheez Hai Kya JaanaRadioReloaded.com | Download thousands of MP3s
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Never ever pay for passport photos again!
I came across this cool site today http://www.epassportphoto.com/ All you need to do is take your photo in front of a plain background in your own home and then upload it. They’ll do the sizing magic and give you photo to download according to each countries specifications. It’s neat. Try it out! You can print the…
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Flock 1.0
I had not checked in a while about Flock. It seems to be coming along nicely. It looks a lot more polished. I’m using the Linux version on Ubuntu and some things don’t seem to work correctly. For example in the Account and Service sidebar, when I click on the service names, nothing happens.
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Home Theater Refresh
My home theater refresh is complete now. I started with the TV, replaced my 43″ Samsung DLP with a 60″ Sony SXRD KDS60A3000 (CircuitCity $1800). Then I realized that my receiver won’t work with the TV, so I bought a new receiver Sony STR-DG910 (CircuitCity $380). Then I realized that I won’t be able to take advantage of the…