Archive for October, 2003

Monday, October 27th, 2003

If I could re-write Linux

I wrote an article titled If I could re-write Linux for Newsforge. The response was overwhelming, over a 100 comments and most of them negative! Rather than being critical, I would have appreciated if people said how they would re-write if they had too.

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Sunday, October 19th, 2003

Portable DVD Player

I have been considering buying a portable DVD player and I came across the BenQ DVDGem. What I like about it is: – Its small and portable, so can be lugged around. – It can be used as a stand alone DVD player, so it can hook up to a TV directly. – It can […]

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Tuesday, October 14th, 2003

GPRS Connection

I recently enabled GPRS connection on my new phone. Its just Rs. 99 per month by Orange if I don’t want to connect it to a PC. Speed isn’t anything spectacular but its a good way to catchup on reading while traveling or look up important things. But all websites are not WAP enabled, however […]

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Friday, October 3rd, 2003

My New Phone – Nokia 3100

My older Sendo phone which I got for free under a plan from Orange, gave me lots of problems. It just gets hung at times and the battery dies abruptly. So I decided to go back to a Nokia. I got my self Nokia 3100. Here is my brief overview. The features I liked: – […]

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