browsers
It is no secret that I'm a huge fan of Mozilla, the organization, and their browser, Firefox. The reasons are pretty clear, it's a decent browser, comes with tonnes of customization capabilities, is backed by an organization who's business model doesn't involve
cryptography
New cloud setup. YAAY! Self hosted, encrypted and scalable. Plus comes with a nice web interface, native Linux and Android clients and its very own app store. I'll first write about the setup itself, and then some of my personal thoughts over the entire private cloud exercise. Features
privacy
In spite of my inclination towards cyber security from an early age (relative to when I 'discovered' the Internet), I never was a big fan of privacy over the web. I knew some bits here and there about it, like how my data is used to serve me
life
Normally when we think of programming, we think of problem solving. Similarly, if someone works in the field of computers and say they love problem solving, we immediately assume that they work with some computer code. Programming is almost synonymous with problem solving, in that it involves breaking down complex
books
I watched this video on Youtube that had a list of 10 books that every student should read. The first one, Deep Work by Cal Newport, was of particular interest to me, and I decided to read it. The reason? I'm a distraction junkie. Introduction On the highest
life
I'm a newbie at driving. In fact, I didn't know how to drive until November 2016, when my dad got us Zacky, a Tata Zest petrol sedan. In the last 6 months, I drove her around 7000 kms total, 2400 of which were in the last
books
A little late with May's book review, but here it is. This month's book was a little unconventional (for me), and the first of its kind that I've read. The book is called Siddhartha and it describes the spiritual quest of a young Brahmin
life
Yesterday, it was my Parallel & Distributed Systems exam. The last of the 4 subjects for this semester, which itself was last of the 8 semester we have in an Engineering degree course. Which is to say that Engineering is finally over. I am pretty dense about most things outside
programming
I began learning Android this semester for my final year project. Android and Java were technologies I never thought I would learn by myself. I always felt they were overcomplicated and for me that translated to boring. I was, of course, wrong as things started to become clear. My friend
books
So from the past month onwards, I and Abhishek had decided to read a (non technical) book every month and write a post about it at the end of the month. A good exercise to widen perspective and improve vocabulary. So Steve Case is the then CEO of America Online,
Uncategorized
Hello! It has been more than a month since I shared something here. Although there has not been much, I'd like to share my experiences of the trip I went on last month. It was one of those trips that I'd remember for a very long
life
Important News! Today is probably one of the best days of my life. I got myself a new Internet connection and got rid of that old BSNL broadband. This one is from a private service provider called 'Speednet', and the connection is actually very speedy. I am getting