Was browsing some old trek snaps from Tringalwadi Trek, Wondered if I could re-touch some of the old snaps, I have 0-Zero experience in re-touching photos, this is what I managed in GIMP

18 Jul 09 was somehow destined to be a Matheran trip, whether Vj or Saurabh made it or not. Mukti was sure she would come, so was I. Luckily Paapad and Hemant (hempat) made it as well. Some snaps

Probably Mukti or Vinay could add a li'l travelogue for this one.

In a speech by US president, Obama

Make no mistake: The pain of discrimination is still felt in America,

Government programmes alone won't get our children to the promised land - we need a new mindset, a new set of attitudes

Indian minorities and politicians must take a cue from this new President.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155077.stm

It was my first introduction to the HTML and web development, my first hosted page, http://www.geocities.com/ruturaj_v. Which over few years had become something like this

Unfortunately, today I got a mail from Yahoo saying that they just don't love geocities anymore and would be knocking it off on 26 October 2009.

As it goes down, It will take down numerous of other websites that had spawn on its platform, some of which just because they couldn't bear the heavy costs before year 2000.

Federer was finally able to break the serve of Andy Roddick in the 5th set which he won 16-14. The although lasted 5hrs, was marred, yes marred by Aces, Federer with 50 and Andy with 27. The match was all on serves, hardly with any rallies going.

Roger kisses the cup

Well no body expected that to happen, but it has finally. Michael Owen has signed a 2yr deal with Manchester United.

Michael Owen signs for Man Utd

Monsoons had just arrived and we couldn't resist the first one of the wet season, Siddhagad. Located near Murbad, between Gorakhgad and Bhimashankar, it was a good outing for us, Vj, Mallik, R.A. Jo B.A, Sneha, Swati and Kudrat. We could've hiked the final Balekilla, but as we were on a tight one-day schedule, we had to reach up to the cave atop the Siddhagad machi and return back.

Travelling Directions

• Get a train for Kalyan Railway Station (Central Railway)
• A ST bus to Murbad
• Another ST bus to Narivali
• A walk starts which converts to a trek soon - towards Siddhagad

Approximate time of Trek: 6-7 hrs (including the return to the base village)

This new song, is not very different in strumming or chords, runs in the scale of D, with Dsus4 to add higher note and moves in D, A and G.

Intro

D ... Dsus4
A ... Asus4

Song

Na .. Na nana na na na
D             Dsus4  A
Nana na na na na
              G
Nanana na na na
             A

Yaaron ji bhar ke ji le pal
D                Dsus4  A
lagta hai aaj kal
              G
daur apna aayegaa
              A
              
yaaron khud pe ho yakeen
D              Dsus4  A
toh zindagi haseen
              G
tujhe kal bulayegaa
                A

Strumming

Down ... Down Down Up Up Down Up Down

The strumming pattern is a little cagey, modifications appreciated.

I finally managed to get a new Laptop, Acer 4736Z. I'd to wait before Fedora 11's download was complete and I could install it.

Overview

• Graphics card works out of the box (1366x768 resolution)
• Sound is detected well
• Wireless and bluetooth are working
• The Web Camera is detected and working well
• The Brightness control doesn't work
• The gsynaptics had to be installed to enable tap on the touchpad

All and all it looks good. Here is a screenshot.

Pulseaudio CPU usage
Great work, Pulseaudio in F11 uses lesser CPU as compared to Fedora 10 Pulse Audio