Archive for January, 2005
Tuesday, January 18th, 2005
Article in Rediff.com
I got quoted in this article: Nine years, five jobs and one entrepreneurial venture later, Prakash Advani, 33, decided to go back to college. Go back to college even as you work! Well I am still 32 🙂
No Comments » - Posted in In the News by Prakash
Monday, January 17th, 2005
Mumbai Marathon 2005
I went to watch the Mumbai Marathon 2005. It was a happening event, almost everyone that matters was there! Right from the dabbawala to top industrialists and movie stars, they all were there. Never seen so much of excitement. I managed to click quite a few photos with my Digital Camera. Check them out: http://www.cityblogger.com/photos/marathon
2 Comments » - Posted in General,Photography by Prakash
Friday, January 7th, 2005
Statistics prove that Linux has less bugs than commercial software
Computer science researchers at Stanford University have done an analysis that Linux has far fewer bugs than commercial competitors. Here’s the maths: Commercial software has 20 – 30 bugs per 1,000 lines of code. Linux Kernel has 0.17 bugs per 1,000 lines of code. And most importantly, majority of the .17 bugs in the Linux […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Saturday, January 1st, 2005
More on building a Linux based PVR
Its easy to build a Linux based PVR (like Tivo) which can record and play TV programs. This is useful if you don’t want to or can’t be there to watch your favourite program, so you can program your PVR to do the work of recording which can be watched later. MythTV is a popular […]