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Saturday August 27, 2005 |
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I agree and now I can't deny it. I am a blog addict. I love to read blogs and love to write'em. So I created my personal blog site http://ezsaid.blogspot.com. I won't be able to write on blogs.sun.com/ashish but I can be found blabbering on ezsaid. Blogging represents democracy, don't let it die. (2005-08-27 01:48:34.0/2005-08-27 01:38:26.0) Permalink Comments [10] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/a_blog_addict |
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Wednesday August 24, 2005 |
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I didn't want to use the word "last" in the title. This friday is going to be my day to move. My six years Visa with Sun is expiring. I appreciate the effort of everyone who wanted and tried hard to keep me in Sun and in US. But I guess legal and HR issues are too istringent and complex to by pass. I had applied for developer positions in the product engineering groups in Bangalore and came this close (twice) to getting hired. It didn't work out when I told them I wanted to come back to US after a year. No body could give me that commitment. My house is another reason why I could not leave for India. It has been in the market for few months and no offers yet and I just can't leave it here or sell for loss. So I have decided to take a course and lets hope for the best. One thing which will not change though is my love for this company. My dream of becoming the president of this company I guess will now have to wait ;-). I have worked on external portals for past few years and would really like to have a portal for ex-Sun employees. Sun for me is not just a company which paid me salary. It is a religion. What will happen to me if I am not on a Sun workstation? or not on Solaris? or not on SunONE stack? At my home I have two Sun WS, one Sunfire v100, and one laptop with Suse linux on it and the only Windows I have are on the walls. Becoming a Java consultant I guess I will have to be flexible. I have never worked on Windows and this is something which makes me a little nervous. But new things to learn and push to adopt Sun technology will be my future actions. I hope my blog is not deactivated. And before I start crying let me click the "Post" button. Quick! (2005-08-30 06:28:46.0/2005-08-24 11:01:49.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/this_friday_is_the_day |
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Tuesday August 23, 2005 |
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I was supposed to work from India when I was last there. I had to go to the Sun's office so I chose one of its' sales offices in New Delhi. There, one thing which I didn't miss was the fun people around me. I was looking for a place to stay for about a week. So over the lunch I asked one of the guys if he knew any. "Hmm you can stay in <hotel name> for about 6000/= Rs. or, over to <another hotel's name> for about 5000/= ish (a night). This is where all the Sun guys stay when they come to Delhi". For sure he was talking about the people who come to Delhi on sales trips. His confidence was telling me that the price per night was paid by Sun and not coming out of their own pockets. Afterall Rs 6000/= is close to $150. In US I have never ever paid more than $80 for a decently good room. So he asked me what was my budget? Uhh, 300-400ish? was my modest response. Nah you won't find nothing for 400 bucks here - He jumped on me. Oops I am sorry were you talking of dollars? - he tried to correct himself. I knew by then my face was red by either anger or just by embarrassment. But I was happy to see the return of dot-com sortta mentality which in US I was accidently part of. But I was sad too, coz not too long ago my manager had refused to send me to a Sun's internal class which was not even too costly. But anyway, I got a room for Rs 350/= a night not too far from the office. Everyday I used to smile at him thinking about the imbalance. Of? ... I don't know. (2005-08-24 10:36:01.0/2005-08-23 11:18:06.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/the_imbalance_of |
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Friday August 19, 2005 |
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I so believe in this theory that I am damn sure that one day I will prove myself to be the smartest person in the living world :-) (2005-08-19 13:13:40.0/2005-08-19 13:11:31.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/smart_people_start_dumb |
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Monday August 15, 2005 |
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Happy Independence day to India. I think she's been a good 59 year old nation, to the world's oldest civilization. (2005-08-16 13:38:54.0/2005-08-15 10:09:34.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/happy_independence_day_india |
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Sunday August 14, 2005 |
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So at the end I decided to hit the Thinguy's Big red button and continued it till it enlightened me of what I was doing. It told me to be careful before making your perseverance your hopes. It can well be an annoyance on the other end. (2005-08-14 18:20:53.0/2005-08-14 17:52:36.0) Permalink Comments [2] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/thunguy_s_big_red_button |
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Thursday August 11, 2005 |
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I am no geek. I didn't even do good in the geek test sent to me by one of my ex-colleagues. But I do have a bad habit of inserting strange CDs in the drive to install strange apps. One such CD I found was of Ubuntu - A new linux flavor in town. I had heard about it before when one my friends cousins' praised it. Not bad I tell you. Booted my Toshiba Tecra with a live CD and its good. 1. It recognized all my hardware devices, my video driver and also the network. I had some issues with the network configuration with my Suse which I run on my laptop, but no problems with Ubuntu. Full marks! 2. Even with a CD the speed is not too bad. 3. I tried to listen some music from the shoutcast.com which failed to start in its' rhythmbox. Installed Realplayer but it just hangs with no UI. Zero marks! 4. Attached my digital camera and boom it recognized it and imported all the pictures. Good stuff! 5. Java is not preinstalled - bad. Got jdk1.5.0 installed with no problems. 6. Installed the tomcat 5.x and I am live on the web. 7. And did I mention it is the best named linux flavor?Overall I do give it a pretty decent marks. (2005-08-11 10:28:05.0/2005-08-11 01:35:01.0) Permalink Comments [2] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/good_ubuntu_good |
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Saturday August 06, 2005 |
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I am not the one who writes two blogs in a day but this has to be 'ged before I forget. There is an old coloradon story of two men. The first which had a gut feeling of finding a huge gold reserve in some part of the mountains. He invested a lot of money and bought all the machinaries needed. Took him months to bring the machines to the place he thought will have gold beneath it. Lots of sweat and unbelievable labor, when he started digging. Days passed by, months and months but nothing. People started calling him insane, laborours started leaving him. He got frustated. He was made to believe there was no gold there. He sold all his machines as scraps and left the place in dejection. BTW, the second guy was the one who bought the machines. Before he had to move the machines back to the ground and sell it, he wanted to give it a shot. He started digging and found the huge gold reserve just two feet under where the first guy had left it. The second guy became a millionaire. Now, what happened to the first guy? He heard the story of the huge gold reserve finding. No question about how he would have felt it. But he gathered himself and invested what he had left in other businesses. He ended up becoming a multi-millionaire himself a few years later. He attributed his success to the immense experience he gained in the mining business. If you believe you are right, don't give up just because the world thinks so. Just dig two feet more! (2005-08-06 21:22:28.0/2005-08-06 21:03:14.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/the_old_coloradon_story
I hope the Indian cricket team is keeping tab on whats going on in Ashes. One absence of McGrath in Aussies', and English went on a kill. This is called the confidence. Not like the mighty Indian batting line up who couldn't produce nothing even in the absence of three core team players in the Lankan team. First match - Jayasurya with a broken arm snatches the victory, Second match - After being down 96-6, Lankans could steady the innings and snatch it again. Time is ripe for Rahul and his gang to go to the basics and learn something from the English folks! (2005-08-06 12:05:46.0/2005-08-06 11:58:36.0) Permalink Comments [1] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/learn_from_the_english_team |
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Tuesday August 02, 2005 |
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Courtsey http://www16.brinkster.com/darkshades/shadesofdawn/Sleepy.html (2005-08-02 17:29:17.0/2005-08-02 17:26:11.0) Permalink Comments [3] Trackback: http://blogs.sun.com/ashish/entry/there_is_nothing_like_a |
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