Connecting to net using Huawei EC325 on Linux

Couple of years back I had taken a internet connection from Tata Indicom (CDMA Wireless). I purchased the Huawei EC325 modem which uses a USB cable to connect to the PC. My inital reaction was since it was a USB connection and was using a custom software to connect to the net, it would not be possible to connect to the net in Linux using this modem. After full two months, I finally gave up my laziness and did a quick search....

October 5, 2011 · 2 min · Mr. Kamath
Windows Machine

Make Windows XP desktop look like Gnome

Working primarily on Gnu/Linux and just moving to Windows occasionally, I felt a need to make the Windows XP desktop look like Gnome. There are two aspects to this, one is to change the icons and the other is to change the visual styles. Here is a step by step procedure for converting your desktop to Gnome. Installing Icon Theme Icons are an essential part of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) world....

October 5, 2011 · 2 min · Mr. Kamath
Desktop Image

What my name means???

Lately a lot of people have been asking me what my name means. So here is the meaning of both my first name as well as my last/surname, for all the people who want to know about it. Nithin The name ‘Nithin’ has various forms of writing, some people write it as ‘Nitin’, ‘Niteen’ or how my name is ‘Nithin’. The name ‘Nithin’ means ‘The master/follower of the right path’....

October 4, 2011 · 1 min · Mr. Kamath
Govt hoarding promoting Devarayana Durga

Devarayana Durga Trip

Trip Insights Travel Date: 13-January-2008 Location: Devarayana Durga (68 kms from Bangalore, 94Kms from Bangalore via Tumkur, 14Kms from Tumkur). Mobile: Network available at the certain places like the bottom of the hills and some places near the top (Airtel and Reliance). Bus: Direct bus available from KSRTC bus stand Bangalore Platform No: 3 at 8:00 am in the morning. Return direct buses are available at 3:30 pm and 4:00 pm....

October 1, 2011 · 7 min · Mr. Kamath
ATM Keypad

Power outage when drawing money from ATM, now what?

ATM’s have made our life easy, no more long queues at a bank branch to withdraw money, nor do we have to abide by the timing of a branch and can withdraw money at any time. Like all electronics they can work only when they are feed with power, but what happens when a power cut happens, well I had the first hand experience of this today. On a lazy, rainy saturday evening before heading home I went to the nearest ICICI bank ATM to draw some money....

October 1, 2011 · 3 min · Mr. Kamath