Does it sound funny? Its real.

Its now almost 2 months since we have shifted to Kochi. Here, there are 7 people living in a 2 storied house. During the first days, everyone was interested in cooking and morning walk. But, things changed very fast. Most of us now wake up by 10 in the morning, skips breakfast, whoever feels hungry, makes the food, etc. Few among us, who ates lot, couldn’t bear this and started complaining.

Since we already have bitter experience with the human made schedule for cooking  from our Hyderabad days, decided to go for a more technical solution. Thus, the food preparation schedule algorithm and the program was born.

Its a simple python program, uses the historical data to judge who has to prepare food, in our case 2 persons per group, doesn’t schedule a person for both times a day if more than 3 people are present that time, etc.

If you need to see the code, its at http://labs.bizzard.info/?a=summary&p=FoodPrepare 

If you’ve never used GNU/Linux before and have always opted for Windows, then you’re missing out big time. GNU/Linux is not only free, but it’s actually a far superior series of operating systems in many ways. Read on to learn about why this open-source approach is going to benefit you as a user of a computer.

Firstly, aren’t you tired of paying hand-over-fist for the latest operating system, only to realise that it’s full of bugs, slow, infested with bloatware and just generally not worth the money? Me too, and that’s one of the reasons GNU/Linux really is a demonstration of just how good an operating system can be despite its lack of a price tag.

This isn’t a hard-to-install OS, either – whether you’re a programmer or a poker.de player, all you need to do is know how to burn files to a disc. After that, it’s just a case of using that disc to install your new operating system. Presently, most GNU/Linux distributions support installations from USB drives too.

The best thing about GNU/Linux is the considerable choice you get, when it comes to your operating system. Believe it or not, it’s not just “Linux” – there are many different operating systems built using the foundations GNU and Linux has set down. Ubuntu is quite a common variation on the Linux theme – a friendly, easy-to-use method of doing anything from playing games to writing a novel.

Of course, GNU/Linux is also extremely fast – there’s no pre-installed bloatware to slow down your computer, and it makes optimum use of your system’s hardware capabilities. It’s really difficult to fault it for what it does, and even if it cost just as much as Windows you’d be hard-pressed to criticse the fact that all the software for it is – you guessed it – also free. GNU/Linux is an incredible boost to anyone tired of the current operating system market, so dig in and find your own computing happiness.

I personally use Debian in my Laptop and servers, but for newbies, I recommend Linux Mint

Few of my friends and batch mates from MESCE have created a short film and was released in Youtube few days before. Sharing it here. Watch, leave your comments and share, if you liked it.

More about the team and their efforts at http://freefallfilms.in/

For those who wondered where my glasses (Specs) went, I lost it in a bus journey(KSRTC) from Calicut to Bangalore, some 2 months back. I have no problems with my eye sight and was using specs due to head ache. It was my companion from 9th standard. There wasn’t any major headaches after I lost the specs, so decided to have some time without it 🙂

I don’t have much hope to see it again, but if anyone found them, please return it back. It has a black frame with glass lenses (Not the now popular fiber lens).

Hope you are aware of the campaign going on, in support to save Mullaperiyar Dam and the people of Kerala.

I am supporting the movement, by all possible means and urge you to be a part of it.

If you are not aware of the movement and the cause, please check the links below:

• http://jamewils.blogspot.com/2010/11/arugments-by-tamil-nadu-and-counter.html
• http://mowr.gov.in/index3.asp?subsublinkid=751&langid=1&sslid=733
• http://rebuilddam.blogspot.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/savemullaperiyar
• http://www.santhoshj.in/tag/mullaperiyar/

Just collected few of the banners/posters created by volunteers for the promotion of the campaign. Sharing them below. All the credits goes to the concerned persons behind the art.

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I don’t care for the publicity stunts by putting logo of companies in the posters and banners related to the mullaperiyar issue. What I care is the real cause. The voluntary work of designers must also be appreciated. I am collecting more and more images related to the mullaperiyar campaign and can be found at:

• http://www.bizzard.info/gallery/?album=1&gallery=14
• http://www.bizzard.info/gallery/?album=1&gallery=15