Bobby

Google Desktop

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Google has released a new application called Google Desktop. It is still in beta.
It indexes your computer and enables you to search your Outlook and Outlook Express
emails, Internet Explorer history, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and text files.


 
Google Desktop   Search Sample

I downloaded it yesterday night and let it do the indexing. Today morning, I
found that it had indexed 145,991 items! (21,148 emails, 28,687 web history and
96,156 files!). Hmm, I guess I have a LOT of emails and files. I tried some sample searches
and it was pretty good.

It runs in the background and pauses automatically when you start doing something.
This also means that if you want to see how it works, you will have to install it
and then not use the computer for some time. A good idea would be to install it
before going to bed or maybe before going to lunch.

More info
– http://desktop.google.com/

– news.com
article

Left brain, right brain!!!

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While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
Now, while doing this, draw the number “6” in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction and there’s nothing you can do about it!

Lexar 8 gb CompactFlash card

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Came across an article on PcWorld about Lexar’s 8 gb flash card . It’s official price is $5,499.99 (!!!) but currently (10/14/2004) sells on Lexar.com for $2,730.00. It seems to be targeted towards professional photographers.
The 4gb version currently costs $399.88 on Amazon. Now, THAT sounds pretty reasonable! 🙂
And as the article said –
“what do you do if you misplace your $4K memory card?”
🙂
More info:
– Dpreview.com (02/12/2004)
– Lexar.com

“The Reason” by Hoobastank

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“The Reason” by Hoobastank
Not sure when this song was released, but this one of those songs which make you want to hear it again and again. And the lyrics are also very good. I first heard it on radio in a friend’s car and later I saw it on TV (MTV, maybe) and I loved it!
The video is available at:
– http://www2.islanddefjam.com/av/go.wvx?num=28018022533 (Hoobastank website)
– http://launch.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=1097571 (Yahoo Launch)
The audio is available at:
– http://www2.islanddefjam.com/av/go.wvx?num=27885674096 (Hoobastank website)
I put the song on auto-repeat in Winamp and I still don’t get tired with it!

Restart Apache in Redhat/Fedora

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Restart Apache:
service httpd restart
or
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
Note: You should be logged in as root or use su
Other commands:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd status
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
Note: /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd seems to be different from /usr/sbin/httpd
Location of “service”:
/sbin/service
Example: /sbin/service sendmail restart

Tennessee “Vols” beat Florida “Gators” 30-28

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Tennessee “Vols” beat Florida “Gators” 30-28 tonight. My throat is sore now after all the shouting and my back aches a bit but I really enjoyed every bit of it! It was a great game!

The win was really an unexpected one. Tennessee was trailing Florida 27-28. I thought we had lost it. Then with 6 seconds to go in the game, James Wilhoit kicked a 50-yard field goal and Tennessee won 30-28.

Attendance was a record 109,061 and I was one of them :). This is the highest attendance at UT’s Neyland Stadium. The previous record attendance was 108,768 in the game against Florida on Sept. 16, 2000.

Detailed news article at UTSports.com

Parade The crowd A Vol fan
 
Cheerleaders The
stadium filling up		 Half Time
 
109,061
spectators!		 Vols beat
Gators 30-28!!!		 Celebrations!
 

A great game! And I am glad I was able to watch it.

 

Plesk Commands

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[1] PSA Reload
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a -v
[2] httpd.conf location
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Knoppix – run Linux on your Windows machine

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Knoppix
Knoppix is a Linux distribution which you can directly run from your Windows machine. You just insert the CD and restart the computer. And presto, you have Linux running!
I think this is very useful if you want to run Linux occasionally but do not want to install both Linux and Windows on your machine. Thanks to Dr. Jay Pfaffman for the information about Knoppix.
I am writing this entry using Mozilla on Knoppix on my Windows machine.
The system currently shows up as:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040413 Debian/1.6-5
If I were using IE on Windows Xp, it would show up as:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
More info: www.Knoppix.com
Knoppix is absolutely great!