Shifting to a new domain
Posted by: eskay on: February 26, 2009
The time has come to shift, to choose better options. I am shifting my blog from wordpress.com to my personal domain,
The new domain gives me immense opportunities to try out various themes, tweak wordpress and make changes so that the blog reflects my character.
For the time being, I will post new articles in both sites.
Also visit my Personal Website at http://www.karthiksankar.com which will be ready soon…
Configure NS-2 with Eclipse in Linux
Posted by: eskay on: October 17, 2009
For most users of NS2, it would be easier if they can use a popular IDE to work with the files.
Here are the step by step instructions I followed to set up NS-2.34 with Eclipse 3.5 in Ubuntu Linux.
In older versions of Eclipse, the settings might be slightly different.
I have compiled the following steps after running into various problems and errors with the setup, and solving them all. So I hope the setup will be smooth for you.
Setting up Eclipse
Installing NS-2
Adding NS-2 as a Project in Eclipse
Setting Debug Configuration
Unnai Pol Oruvan – not exactly
Posted by: eskay on: September 28, 2009
Having read quite a few reviews and after watching the movie twice, I feel the movie is a very good one, but a little below perfection. I am mentioning the points which I noticed in this movie, and not the ones I noticed in the original movie, ‘A Wednesday’.
When a movie of such importance is made, with great actors and a greater story, perfection is expected. The better the quality of the movie is, the more the trivial mistakes matter…
SFD @ NIT Trichy – Cloud Computing Workshop
Posted by: eskay on: September 25, 2009
It was Software Freedom Day Celebrations at NIT Trichy. And how better could the day have been!! For the first time, Sun Club of NIT Trichy and GLUG-T, The Linux User Group joined hands to conduct the event. We had organized a workshop on cloud computing and Linux/Opensolaris Install Festival.
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my first b’day cake
Posted by: eskay on: May 26, 2009
My first ever Birthday Cake !!!
And what a nice way to celebrate !! In Bangalore, terrace of Goldman Sachs office building, after sunset. How better could it have been !
In One Ear and Out The Other
Posted by: eskay on: March 28, 2009
I recently read an interesting article in The New York Times. The article provides answers to many intriguing questions emerging in our brain…
IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER
Article by Natalie Angier, Published: March 16, 2009, NY Times
Welcome to the human brain, your three-pound throne of wisdom with the whoopee cushion on the seat.
In understanding human memory and its tics, Scott A. Small, a neurologist and memory researcher at Columbia, suggests the familiar analogy with computer memory.
We have our version of a buffer, he said, a short-term working memory of limited scope and fast turnover rate. We have our equivalent of a save button: the hippocampus, deep in the forebrain is essential for translating short-term memories into a more permanent form.
JavaFX workshop @ Vortex ‘09
Posted by: eskay on: March 14, 2009
It was a great day at college. 58 students eagerly waiting in the lab to learn a new technology – JavaFX. Vortex ‘09, the technical symposium of the Department of CSE, NITT, was in full swing. As a part of the symposium, a JavaFX workshop was organized by me.
The workshop was at 2:00 pm. And the sight of such a good turnout for the workshop made me happy. Every participant initially registered at the Open Source University Meetup (OSUM) site, the online community for open source technologies. It was a hands-on workshop, where students could try out programs on Netbeans platform.
Peace and Prosperity with Ragas – Part V
Posted by: eskay on: March 10, 2009
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[ This series of six posts are excerpts from my Guru, violin maestro (late) Dr. Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan's interview with 'The Hindu'. The therapeutic effect of music has been elucidated ]
ANANDHA BHAIRAVI
DESH
Thyagaraja Aradhana ‘09 @ NIT Trichy
Posted by: eskay on: March 2, 2009
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The Thyagaraja Aradhana is celebrated every year at saint – composer Thyagaraja’s samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru. Hundreds of Carnatic musicians pay their homage to the saint composer by rendering his `pancharathna kritis’ (five jewels of his renderings) in chorus on the banks of the Cauvery at Thiruvaiyaru.
In NITT, the Thyagaraja Aradhana is organized by Amruthavarshini, the Carnatic Music Club of NITT. Various professional musicians from Trichy and SriRangam participate in the Aradhana, along with students and faculty of the college. The Pancharatna kritis are sung in the same style as is done at Tiruvaiyaru, followed by rendering of Thyagaraja kritis by the artistes and students.
slumdog millionaire – should we celebrate the oscars??
Posted by: eskay on: February 26, 2009
Slumdog Millionaire has won the Oscars. And the country is celebrating. But do we have reasons to celebrate ???
The movie claims to depict passion and love and the courage to succeed in life despite all odds. But for a viewer, the more lasting impression out of the movie will be a disturbingly bad image of India. The movie shows the slums, unjust police, unethical reality show hosts, poverty, cruelty and miserable living conditions. Is that all India is all about?People believe what they see, even though it might be just a movie. What would a tourist, who has never visited India, think of this great country?
naan kadavul – the effect on me
Posted by: eskay on: February 22, 2009
After I came out of the theatre, it took some time for me to get back to the real world…or the reel one ?? We are sitting in front of our computers, probably in an air conditioned room, typing swiftly on our keyboards. This virtual world is what we christen ourselves as reality. And we require movies like “Naan Kadavul” to show us what is real, what the world is facing and how humans suffer. And when the movie thrusts so much truth into our eyes in a short span of time, we just are not able to accept it.
Aghoris … Have never heard of them before. The whole sight of them, their voice and demeanor gives me a shudder, even though I am just watching them on a huge screen, in a cinema.
JavaFX workshop @ Pragyan ‘09
Posted by: eskay on: February 14, 2009
The JavaFX workshop was organized successfully as a part of Pragyan ‘09, The International Techno-management Festival of NIT Trichy. . It was a day long workshop organized by Sun Microsystems. The workshop was aimed at teaching how to use JavaFX software for developing rich Internet applications. The engineers explained how to use the technology to create animations and effects, add multimedia to applications, and incorporate Java software into JavaFX applications.
slowdown
Posted by: eskay on: February 13, 2009
Pragyan ‘09 – design, posters, pamphlets, brochures, invites, cards, banners, backdrops … Workshops, JavaFX, website management, registration, osum, software installation, hall arrangement, projector, screen, transport for guests, publicity, cd distribution, certificates, reports … Sun Club – formation, induction, question paper setting, evaluation, team, meetings, projects, Netbeans, Opensolaris, Java, website development, cms, svn, member certificates, workshops, Java ME, permission letters, posters, reports … Vortex – design, workshop, flash programming, logo … Music Troupe – Saarang, new songs, compose, notes, practice sessions … Academics – class notes, photocopies, CPCs, cycle tests, class tests, CAT classes, seminars, assignments … Entertainment - Movies, Serials, Boston Legal, Heroes, NFS, slumber, novels, newspapers, BusinessLine, blogging …
Oh God … I really need to slow down …
Sun Club of NITT
Posted by: eskay on: February 1, 2009
And finally, the Sun Club of NITT is formed with 20 enthusiastic students interested in learning and developing open source technologies. The club has been formed with the support of Sun Microsystems. I am presiding over the club as President with Aswin assisting me as Vice President. Prof. N. Ramasubramanian, HOD, Dept. Of CSE is the Faculty Advisor.
“Human knowledge belongs to the world”
Peace and Prosperity with Ragas – Part IV
Posted by: eskay on: January 20, 2009
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[ This series of six posts are excerpts from my Guru, violin maestro (late) Dr. Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan's interview with 'The Hindu'. The therapeutic effect of music has been elucidated ]
AABERI
CHARUKESI
Peace and Prosperity with Ragas – Part III
Posted by: eskay on: January 12, 2009
[ This series of six posts are excerpts from my Guru, violin maestro (late) Dr. Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan's interview with 'The Hindu'. The therapeutic effect of music has been elucidated ]
KALYANI
KARAHARAPRIYA
what’s in a name ??
Posted by: eskay on: January 3, 2009
Karthik being my name, I have often wondered what is in my name? It is a name that is very common and is also the name of Lord Muruga. But were they the reasons why my parents christened me Karthik? Or was there any other significance to my name? I asked my dad.
SANKAR – my dad’s name.
SHANTHI – my mom’s name.
The last three letters from both names, when concatenated, gives KARTHI. And thus my name was formed…a part of both my parents’ name!!! I own the last ‘K’ though, and hence own the name KARTHIK.
Nice concept na ?? Probably I must pass on the legacy too…
remembering 2008
Posted by: eskay on: December 31, 2008
The year 2008 was an eventful year for me. This was an year which provided me with loads of opportunities and challenges. This year played a significant role in crafting the course of my life in the right direction.
I got the chance to do an internship at IIT Madras during summer. I learnt loads under the guidance of Dr. C. Pandurangan. I studied about cryptography and advanced algorithms. Those two months helped me learn loads and improve my knowledge.
Campus Ambassador for Sun Microsystems.
Goldman Sachs summer internship.
Padmashri Dr. Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan passed away.
…
searchWiki vs. Egosurfing
Posted by: eskay on: December 16, 2008
Many a times I have typed my own name, ‘Karthik Sankar’ in the Google search bar to find where my blog or website is listed. Sometimes it features as the fourth best, but sometimes it appears only in the second or third page. I have always felt happy when my page is listed with a better rank. But when it moves down the ranking, I have always thought of doing something to improve, probably add my name some fifty odd times in the <META> tag ??? But oops, Google does not use META for indexing !!!
Now Google has introduced searchWiki. It gives me an option to rank the pages, promote them to the top, add pages that are relevant to the search term, delete pages from the search results and so on. Nice idea !!! Now I can promote my website to the top…
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