Seems tweeting has taken toll of blogging!

When the first time a person used english keyboard (qwerty or otherwise), did they not have to learn or remember the layout?!
Reminds me of a conversation overheard at an assembler, where a buyer getting PC assmember asked if he could get a Hindi keyboard, the response was he could but it would cost thrice the amount for the cheap one assembler was giving and that he could stick stickers if he really wanted to use Hindi.

I am not against Input schemes phonetically following QWERTY layout, but they could work at a higher plane providing more advanced form of input, like say predictive input.

So my question to critics of Inscript layout, would have you still not attempted to learn it even if the layout was etched on your keyboard?

Came across this photo of Somalian city, notice the Dabur & Vatika hair oil boards on the gate!!

Check Eclipse details for TSE July 22nd 2009.

Also check the interactive google map for shadow path. Click on any location to see the eclipse details for that location. Blue line is the central line of totality path, places on are the best to view totality.

Main cities in totality path starting from Surat, Indore, Itarsi, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Katni, Varanasi, Sasaram, Patna, Saharsa, Darjeeling, Tawang, Dibrugarh and then passing over into China.

My plan is to see it from either Bhimbetika near Bhopal , or from Sasaram in Bihar, which ever place is to have better weather conditions (aka clear skies!).

Bhopal trip
* 18th Pune-Bhopal (Jhelum exp)
* 19th in Bhopal , catchup with local crowd
* 20th some sight seeing (bhojpur/sanchi)
* 21st recce trip to bhimbetika
* 22nd morning – observe eclipse, and leave for Pune in evening.

Bihar trip
* 18th Leave for Varanasi from Mumbai/Pune
* 20th morning reach Varanasi, Kashi Vishwanath darshan, same afternoon/evening reach Sasaram
* 21st Join AAAD group, and preparations
* 22nd morning – observe eclipse.
* 22nd afternoon – leave for Puri
* 23rd arrive in Puri, Lord Jagannath darshan
* 24th in Bhubaneswar
* 25th Take Konark exp to Pune.

Check map here to see where most Astronuts are going for eclipse.
If you have enough money to blow then maybe take the eclipse flight

Another one not to miss is Annular Solar eclipse on Jan 15th 2010 visible over Tamilnadu (Madurai, Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram).

The menu


To start with only tried the safer ones – Steam idli, Rava idli, Kadhi idli (the best!). Aim to try out all items
All variety always not available. Mornings & evenings best times to eat out there.

This is on JM Road, Pune. On the left almost halfway towards Deccan stand from Balgandharv

Thanks to having a hoodman lcd cover, I realized a little late I was shooting with no CF card!! But this still is not as bad as when I shot a roll on Vivitar 3800N without advancing the film (since I never put it in sprocket properly in first place), and missing a whole set of photos, of a memorable trek in Bhutan! My A70 did save me that time.

Gnunify’09 is on, be there if you can not to miss some learning & fun.

PLUG bookmarks are worth taking

Will be at foss.in next week from 26th-29th Nov (yes will be as delegate for a change . That keeps the record intact of having only participated as attendee/delegate for FOSS events this year!

more later..when blog is online again.

The TZ difference would keep few things out of sync.

For Indic Folks: If any ideas/plans for foss.in then add here here . Since I wont be able to follow up much on things in time, someone please take call on what could be done.

Quite good read, to finally get X configuration right, use its potential well, use desktop to its full.
(Indian edition for 260/-)