Monthly Archives: December 2008

Being an opportunist

I hate roads without traffic signals and I hate those who jump signals and force others to follow the same. But, when you stand in their position and think a bit, it necessary to be opportunist. Reaching the destination is like a thousand meter hurdles in the city and the pit holes are real killers [...]

Resolution… reasoning…

We are going to change the calendar in few more hours and the world is set for partying. Many have forgotten the so many dreadful days which we have seen in 2008 though TV channels have been trying their best to broadcast the glimpses of the events. Financial meltdown, uncertainty in various industries and upcoming [...]

Enabling root access to Gnome under Debian/Ubuntu

Some of us find it easy to work as root access instead of sudo. To permanently enable root access to your Debian/Gnome desktops edit the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file. In [seurity] section Allow root by setting the value to True. Once you’re done with it, you need to reboot or just restart the gdm for the change [...]

*Conditions apply

Year 2008! In few more hours it will get an increment to fall back in history. It has been an year of “conditions apply” clause for many things. Take it to stock exchange or to common man’s life nothing is guaranteed just like a bubble on water. Looks like it applied even for terrorists who [...]

O my spirit, transcend all boundaries!

Today we are celebrating 104th birthday of Rashtra Kavi Kuvempu. Legendary, Eternal and one of the greatest poet of modern Kannada. Words are not enough to describe his gift to kannada literary world. We grown up singing the naada geethe “Jai bharata Jananiya tanu jaathe” during our school days beautifully penned by him. Even today [...]

Samayapura Maariyamman Temple – Thiruchinapalli

Thirchi Samayapura Maariyamman temple is an another temple which we visited. I’m unable to find more details about this temple but here is a picture of its golden gopuram. I heard that they have used 450 Kg’s of gold for this work.