Hari's Corner
Humour, comics, tech, law, software, reviews, essays, articles and HOWTOs intermingled with random philosophy now and thenArchives for year: 2013
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December |
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| Comedy actor Senthil
A portrait of the famous Tamil comedy actor, Senthil |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Mon, Dec 30, 2013 @ 14:42 IST (last updated: Mon, Dec 30, 2013 @ 14:42 IST) |
| Year end style change
A year-end theme change on this site |
Site management | Mon, Dec 23, 2013 @ 19:08 IST (last updated: Mon, Dec 23, 2013 @ 19:08 IST) |
| Linux vs BSD - a view of their respective user communities online
My thoughts on the differences between Linux and BSD open source online communities |
Software and Technology | Sat, Dec 14, 2013 @ 16:04 IST (last updated: Sat, Dec 14, 2013 @ 16:27 IST) |
| What defines a desktop system?
How do you define a desktop system as opposed to desktop usage |
Software and Technology | Tue, Dec 10, 2013 @ 10:14 IST (last updated: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 @ 10:18 IST) |
| Bringing an old system to life is satisfying
It is indeed satisfying to re-use an old desktop by replacing or adding a few components |
Life and Leisure | Sun, Dec 1, 2013 @ 15:21 IST (last updated: Sun, Dec 1, 2013 @ 15:30 IST) |
November |
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| PHP troubles
A bug in this site that caused some pages to fail to display (without any apparent error) |
Site management | Mon, Nov 11, 2013 @ 10:42 IST (last updated: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 @ 10:50 IST) |
October |
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| A man showing documents
Another attempt at a single panel comic in ligne claire style |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 21:34 IST (last updated: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 21:34 IST) |
| Bhima the Warrior
Impression of Bhima the Warrior, one of the five Pandavas from Mahabharatha |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Oct 17, 2013 @ 20:42 IST (last updated: Thu, Oct 17, 2013 @ 21:04 IST) |
| A second attempt at Ligne Claire style
Another attempt at drawing in the ligne claire style |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Oct 10, 2013 @ 14:38 IST (last updated: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 @ 15:31 IST) |
| Attempt at Ligne Claire style comic
An attempt at drawing a comic in the style of the French ligne claire school |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Fri, Oct 4, 2013 @ 12:41 IST (last updated: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 @ 14:39 IST) |
September |
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| Is Gnome/Udisks mounting your removable media read-only? Check fstab
A subtle problem with automounting utilities like Udisks and /etc/fstab entries |
Tutorials and HOWTOs | Mon, Sep 16, 2013 @ 19:07 IST (last updated: Mon, Sep 16, 2013 @ 19:24 IST) |
| Musings on Functional Programming and Haskell
Some of my musings on Haskell and functional programming |
Software and Technology | Sun, Sep 8, 2013 @ 11:25 IST (last updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2013 @ 11:50 IST) |
August |
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| Tic Tac Toe (a.k.a Noughts and Crosses) in Haskell
A Tic Tac Toe program implemented in Haskell |
Tutorials and HOWTOs | Fri, Aug 30, 2013 @ 10:21 IST (last updated: Mon, Sep 16, 2013 @ 14:33 IST) |
| A revival of interest in PC games
A revival of interest in PC games recently |
Software and Technology | Sat, Aug 17, 2013 @ 11:41 IST (last updated: Sat, Aug 17, 2013 @ 11:41 IST) |
July |
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| An alternative view on the whole keyboard layout business
My view on alternate keyboard layouts and why they sometimes miss the point about comfort and ease of use |
Software and Technology | Fri, Jul 26, 2013 @ 21:46 IST (last updated: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 @ 14:23 IST) |
| More keyboard tales: learning an alternative layout
A trial run of learning an alternate keyboard layout and why I am cautious about adopting it full time |
Software and Technology | Thu, Jul 25, 2013 @ 08:59 IST (last updated: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 @ 09:00 IST) |
| Mechanical keyboards - rediscovering the joys of typing
Rediscovering the joys of typing with a mechanical keyboard |
Software and Technology | Tue, Jul 16, 2013 @ 17:19 IST (last updated: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 @ 17:19 IST) |
| Concept portrait - Intellectual Uncle
A portrait concept of an intellectual uncle, drawn entirely from imagination |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Jul 11, 2013 @ 15:38 IST (last updated: Thu, Jul 11, 2013 @ 15:38 IST) |
| Viswanathan Anand
A portrait attempt of Viswanathan Anand, legendary Indian chess player |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Wed, Jul 10, 2013 @ 21:00 IST (last updated: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 @ 21:00 IST) |
| Imran Khan
A portrait of Imran Khan, former Pakistan cricket captain and politician |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Mon, Jul 8, 2013 @ 21:40 IST (last updated: Mon, Jul 8, 2013 @ 21:40 IST) |
| Tamil Actor and Comedian Santhanam
A portrait attempt of Tamil movie actor and comedian Santhanam |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Mon, Jul 8, 2013 @ 13:10 IST (last updated: Mon, Jul 8, 2013 @ 13:10 IST) |
| Ronald Reagan
A portrait attempt of Late US President, Ronald Reagan |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Sun, Jul 7, 2013 @ 15:00 IST (last updated: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 @ 15:00 IST) |
| Kapil Dev
A portrait of former India cricketer, Kapil Dev |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Fri, Jul 5, 2013 @ 17:07 IST (last updated: Fri, Jul 5, 2013 @ 17:07 IST) |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri
A portrait of Lal Bahadur Shastri, political leader, freedom fighter and India's second Prime Minister |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Jul 4, 2013 @ 13:12 IST (last updated: Thu, Jul 4, 2013 @ 13:12 IST) |
| Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
A portrait of Rajagopalachari, also known as Rajaji |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Wed, Jul 3, 2013 @ 17:43 IST (last updated: Wed, Jul 3, 2013 @ 17:43 IST) |
| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
A portrait of Hollywood Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson back when he was a full-time wrestler employed by the WWF/WWE. |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Mon, Jul 1, 2013 @ 15:22 IST (last updated: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 @ 15:25 IST) |
June |
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| Late Tamil Actor Nagesh
A portrait of late Tamil Movie actor and comedian, Nagesh |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Thu, Jun 27, 2013 @ 21:30 IST (last updated: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 @ 21:30 IST) |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
A portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's great statesmen and freedom fighters |
Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures | Wed, Jun 26, 2013 @ 21:23 IST (last updated: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 @ 21:23 IST) |
| How to re-create your Claws Mail contact list and inbox
Some issues I had with Claws-Mail recently and how I fixed them. Hopefully somebody will find this useful in the future. |
Tutorials and HOWTOs | Sat, Jun 22, 2013 @ 20:21 IST (last updated: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 @ 20:22 IST) |
May |
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| How dependent are we on online services today?
Some thoughts on how dependent we are today on online services: from my post on the Flickr forum |
Internet and Blogging | Sat, May 25, 2013 @ 19:17 IST (last updated: Wed, May 29, 2013 @ 17:15 IST) |
| Forgive me for not being shocked or outraged by racism
Why I cannot be horrified or shocked at instances of racial discrimination, although I remain sad and angry at its existence |
People and society | Sun, May 12, 2013 @ 10:05 IST (last updated: Sun, May 12, 2013 @ 12:28 IST) |
| Eight years of blogging
Yes, eight full years of blogging and 660 blog entries to show for it. |
Site management | Sat, May 11, 2013 @ 17:25 IST (last updated: Sat, May 11, 2013 @ 17:25 IST) |
April |
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| Free Software/Open Source photo editing/management toolkit
My present photo editing toolkit. |
Software and Technology | Fri, Apr 26, 2013 @ 21:10 IST (last updated: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 @ 21:22 IST) |
March |
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| Why online interaction is about the people, not technology
Why online interaction is about the people and not the technology behind the application driving the interaction |
Internet and Blogging | Sun, Mar 17, 2013 @ 18:18 IST (last updated: Sun, Mar 17, 2013 @ 18:18 IST) |
February |
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| Why Linux Distro flame wars ultimately don't matter
Why Linux distribution flame wars ultimately don't matter and it all comes down to one or two factors |
Software and Technology | Wed, Feb 13, 2013 @ 16:59 IST (last updated: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 @ 17:38 IST) |
| Has social networking removed anonymity from the Internet?
Social networking combined with integrated login to multiple services online have effectively stripped most of us of anonymity online |
People and society | Mon, Feb 4, 2013 @ 15:05 IST (last updated: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 @ 15:17 IST) |
January |
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| A call to bloggers to return to blogging in 2013
Why I feel bloggers should get back to blogging and not waste time on social networks where creative verbal expression is either discouraged or plain impossible (by forcing character limits for individual updates) |
Internet and Blogging | Sun, Jan 27, 2013 @ 21:13 IST (last updated: Sun, Jan 27, 2013 @ 21:13 IST) |
| Xfce: the only sane desktop environment left on *nix?
I prefer to keep sticking to a traditional desktop on my laptop and workstation and Xfce is the sanest choice |
Software and Technology | Sat, Jan 26, 2013 @ 09:02 IST (last updated: Sat, Jan 26, 2013 @ 11:32 IST) |
| The long-term benefits of financial accounting
Why the benefits of financial accounting accrues over time |
People and society | Sat, Jan 12, 2013 @ 16:43 IST (last updated: Sat, Jan 12, 2013 @ 16:44 IST) |