Ping pong

I am being very irregular in my blog posts here.Travel and other activities like soul searching are taking most of my time. Recently I bought a book called The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle which dwells on topics of spiritualism and soul searching.Good read and the author writes in a question answer format about …

Don’t take any road

If you want to go nowhere,any road will take you there.This I have realised is absolutely true.When at the end of day you ask yourself “What have you accomplished today?” and get a no answer in return,that is the day you take time off to contemplate on where exactly are you going. I wake up …

Think on all levels

Assumption is a dangerous thing..especially in the world of systems administration. As I write this,I still laugh at myself because I was troubleshooting a box only on one level till it finally kicked in on what to see at all levels. Basically,long story short-box was a linux server and it was a Windows environment pre-dominantly(essential …

We are all connected

It has been quite a while since I posted anything here. Recently,I decided to check out using Macbook Pro and how it can be used by a Windoze guy like me. Installed the latest and greatest Leopard and started using it.Well,the interface is quite simple to use however you can’t help feeling the itch for …

The good,the bad and the ugly

Recently,I saw the western classic The Good,The Bad and The Ugly.It certainly is a piece of art and a timeless classic directed by Sergio Leone with the likes of Clint Eastwood,Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach. There was one legendary dialog in the film that is still ringing in my head when at the end …

Hells Bells

>There is something very haunting about the song “Hells Bells” by AC/DC that I can’t somehow seem to get out of my head…like its stored as a persistent entry. Those who want to hear the song can go here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Kjh9lQXLWk More info on the song here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Bells_%28song%29 I have not put the above links as …

Old and faithful

Since time immemorial (days when system admins used to wear Ties and kept 3-4 ballpoint pens in their shirt pockets….nostalgic 60’s),command prompt has been there although the boxes then were huge mainframes and systems were unix or unix variants. Many system administrators who manage Windows environment dont leverage the full power of Windows command prompt.One …