Subhash Gopinath

Gmail themes

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:25:41 GMT

Its awesome ye! Surprisingly, I don't have themes activated on the account that I use heavily :-(

Its been a long while

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:19:39 GMT

Its been quite sometime since I posted a blog...Decided to just restart with a small one.
I recently joined a startup in San Francisco, amidst all the recession bruhaha! Keeping my fingers
crossed, as I'm trying to get hold of an apartment to stay in this expensive beautiful city :-)

hmm..more to pen later

Phew!

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:54:21 GMT

Its been a long time since I posted! One of my projects got over in April (after 9 months)
and I had every opportunity to go to India, but I stuck around and booked tickets for parents..
Unfortunately, they could not make it, and another of my projects started (it might take 6 months)
darn!

It would be ridiculous to go after a gap of 3yrs. But it will be a much awaited visit

Anyways, I'm looking forward to the movie Sivaji..

my laptop

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:06:10 GMT

LJ friends, i need some advice.. No jokes plz..This is a serious post!

I have a HP pavillion ze5500 laptop..
* Bought it 3.5yrs back.
* Battery backup is low, and it needs to be plugged in all the time
* Makes quite some noise, and gets heated up
* It has both XP and Linux running...Its kind of slow on XP (might be some worms lingering arnd)
and has only 256 MB RAM

I was thinking of the various things I can do with it now
a) Sell the laptop, might get arnd 350$ - buy a new laptop for 800 bucks..so investment
- 500/600$
b) Get a new battery (~75$), new heatsync and some tuning (100$ for the electronics repair shop)
and (format + reinstall XP)...Investment is 150-200$..This might come good for another yr
c) Just format and reinstall XP (or Linux) and use as a second m/c..get a new laptop
(investment 800$)

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:01:35 GMT

umm...having a very stressful time :-( 'am eagerly awaiting the brazil trip..'know for sure anyways
my ass will get whipped after I'm back :P

dreams unlimited

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:22:59 GMT

I'm locked between 2 dreams with different paths - not knowing which one to pursue..

--Subhash

ola brassilia

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:57:53 GMT

umm...finally bought tickets to la brazila for december last week..expensive but should be worth
it...now need to do all the shitty work - visa, plan, wrap up work (umph weekends!) blah..

2 many things

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:32:53 GMT

The problem with getting involved in too many things is that its difficult to get out of them!
Need to prioritize some things and keep the rest in hold! darn

syncing with tech

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:46:47 GMT

I find it difficult to keep updated with all the tech/research stuff happenning.
No wonder, the lecturers at jce just read the text books and were contented! I guess they
did justice to their salary :-) But the sad part was that they couldn't understand
even the books :P

no peru :(

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:53:50 GMT

all friends ditched peru plans...looks like i won't be going to Peru...darn, need to plan something
now...maybe skiing or vegas!

--Subhash

what kind of person!

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:41:11 GMT

Just a thought that came to my mind. Does the personality/attitude of a person remain the same
irrespective of where he is? I understand that it changes over time & experiences,
but does it change depending on location?
Essentially, I'm looking at what makes ppl change? if its the place, then do globe-trotters have
the best attitude in life since they have seen a lot? There's some moral-story abt a 'frog in the well' that I had read as a kid...Just trying to connect that here :-)

santa cruz on my mind

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:41:38 GMT

I just feel like It was just y'day that I landed in Santa Cruz...though its been a while since I moved out of that place..Its one damn beautiful place that has a lasting effect on my mind!

firefox 2

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:13:26 GMT

Didn't notice any substantial changes in firefox 2..except for the "Close button" on each tab at the
right-top corner of the tab itself :-)

IE 7 sucks

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:09:37 GMT

I had a crash in the first minute after installing and launching it!
And..I don't understand why the OS needs to be rebooted to just install a browser!

gump

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:19:37 GMT

Life is like a box of chocolates. You'll never know what you get..
But what if you keep getting the bitter ones! Do you go in search for
the sweeter ones, or wait for it to come? :!

geeky forever?

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:23:53 GMT

How long are we going to be geeky and tech savvy? Our lives are so dependent on the Internet, atleast in the US..Are the good ol' days where we do things by word-of-mouth gone? To go to a restaurant,
we use reviews(yelp.com) and google/yahoo maps for directions/traffic-conditions and printout deals
for coupons, and use communities/forums to find parking situation blah blah...
To buy anything(or atleast most of the things), we first find the cheapest price on the net and
go to the store only to feel it..Even for travelling, tickets are bought online, all the planning
and places to visit are decided online and u'd have already seen the photos on google images...so
u can expect what to see. Isn't there life unexplored and beyond the Internet? umph!

Ubuntu is god

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:28:23 GMT

I installed Ubuntu on my laptop y'day and the install was so damn peaceful, and the cheapo wireless
card got configured fine...With FC4 i had to play around with ndiswrapper....
Man, I remember the days when we had to install Redhat 6.0 :-)) I think that was the first gui installer..

school

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:35:30 GMT

umpteen reasons why school's a better place than industry

- cool babes, no aunties!
- chill dudes to hangout
- no one talks abt money, immigration :-)
- same good work and learning
- cool things happenning arnd u
- no planning of weekends, long weekends; everyday's the same, except fewer buses plying to school
on weekends
- no one asking 'what are u planning for this weekend and next long weekend' - phreak, I'm not planning
my life!

The list goes on!!

btw, I'm a major cribber...and in all likelihood I would have cribbed abt school while studying - the
late nights and shittily designed engineering buildings ;-0

skiing

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:54:13 GMT

It was one gr8 weekend...last 2 times I went for skiing, I could barely stand in
the beginners slopes, but this time I could ski without falling in the intermediate
slopes! Man that was fun ;-) 'Guess ice-skating helped....tx to micromysore for
introducing me to skating.

empty office?

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:15:49 GMT

Now all of a sudden I find the office empty today at 5:30 ! unexpected from a geeky
place like this ;-) Duh dumbo...today's valentine's day ! and wtf r u doing gazing at code ? umm, might play RB at supreme court (its a gym) and grab a movie later !
darn! liphe ain't beautiful

Basanti !!

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:15:59 GMT

All excited to see 'Rang-de-basanti' today !!

best moments of 2005

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:30:43 GMT

Some moments to cherish/remember from 2005...

a. Having an educative discussion with my housemates and a friend,
the night I came back from India ;-))
b. Going to the beach at 4AM in the morning, getting down the rocks with
the light from cellphone.
c. Seeing the sun rays penentrating through the trees on a foggy day
at 6AM while returning from the lab. This picture is permenantly
pictured in my mind.
d. Graduation ceremony - being hooded by my professor.
e. white water rafting, leaving the oars and just letting the boat float
and enjoying the nature
f. When I got my Ipod :-)
g. Dolphins & whales in sandiego waterworld - its amazing how these animals
can be trained.
h. Driving in New york city and from NY to Baltimore
i. Getting my degree certificate with Arnold's autograph on it !
j. watching it snow for the first time in my life !
k. Driving in the storm from LA to SJ in a subcompact car which was
being swerved by the gust winds

hands free

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:29:10 GMT

umm...i got the 'hands-free' attachment to my work phone. It took an hour to set it up.
But worth the effort I guess...Its totally cool. Has an automatic handset lifter
when receiving calls and boom I'm connected.

Harry potter

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:01:54 GMT

Umm....wanted to check out whats the big deal about HP-4...Didn't find it as good as
1 or 2. Or maybe is it for ppl who have read the book?

Ola Mountain View

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:46:54 GMT

Yipee!! I'm here in MV.. hectic day of packing, moving & unpacking..
Must get back to play racquetball from this week..