Deepanjan Nag's Magnum Opus

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I'm a teetotaller and just can't stand drunks. People who know me well enough are aware of this fact. One of my close friends who came to Bangalore in search of a job (& has so far been unsuccessful, thanks to his lethargy) has fallen into the bad habit of getting drunk very regularly. This, at a stage when he should be voraciously scouring the job market. Each time I quiz him about his sojourns (to the bar...which I don't mention!), he comes up with a ready-made alibi that'll hardly look authentic. At least he's ashamed enough to lie! It vexes me no end to see people getting perverted by the relative dazzle of Bangalore. Really, are personal integrity and conviction dispensable?

How often do u come across silly mails asking u to forward them to all your contacts? Well, I've had enough of this nonsense and decided to do something about it. But what could I do? Lecturing on net etiquettes would be totally futile. The only option I had was to resort to a backfiring...& I didn't spare it. So what did the erring mail say? It was a plea by a 7 yr old girl begging for the mail to be forwarded since the Make a Wish Foundation had promised to donate 7 cents for each forwarded mail towards her treatment (she was supposedly ailing from cancer) ! The following was my retaliation (REPLY ALL): I too have a wish: that at least IT professionals have enough brainwaves not to fall for such mails. How will MAKE a WISH FOUNDATION come to know how many times this mail has been forwarded? Have they invented a new email protocol that defies all logic? And anyway, if MWF had enough money to spare, would it resort to using such cheap gimmicks? Doesn't it stink of the b...

The roads were deserted, traffic was quick & jams were non-existent. So many incentives for working!

Diya was right, I should have a bed in the office!

...by popular music since I came to Bangalore. Tried it for some time and actually liked it, causing me to neglect my beloved classical strains. Now that we have a Net connection @ home, I decided to try classical for old time's sake. It sounded magical! How could I have neglected the heavenly tunes of Mozart and Handel?!!! I'm back in the classical fold.

Neeraj Singh was our class distractor. Skinny and sharp, he meant trouble wherever he went. Full of zest, he was one of the guys who would constantly irritate and amuse me. I still blame him for nicknaming me Deepika ! He called me up just a few mins ago. It's certainly more than 10 years since we spoke to each...& how wonderful it felt! School friends always have a very special place in my heart, and Neeraj surely qualifies as one of the most memorable guys I've ever met! SMSed him Rohit's and Badri's numbers.

It's bigger and the seats are better cushioned. But the cabin seat is aligned parallel to the aisle and the back seat is sans windows! So I can't opt for either of the terminal ends of the bus. So sad! With nowhere to go, I'm left in the middle...literally. The heavenly conspiracy shows up yet again!

...to all my earthly acquaintances. Special thanks to Jahnvee for the 30+ mins we spent talking!

Got my office headphones!

It's not even 36 hrs since we got a Net connection @ home...and I've spent a substantial part of this period in downloading some developer tools. Any self-respecting techie would have surely tried Firefox at some point in time. I've been using it since it gained prominence, and never bothered to look back. Last evening was dedicated to creating multiple user profiles, and hacking my profile to an extent that would make it impossible for tyros to handle. Look at how Spartan the toolbar has become. The navigation buttons are all gone! And it's still possible for me to surf with absolute ease. Well, the interface could be made more scant. In fact, it's possible to make all traces of the browser disappear from the screen! Addendum : I've just removed the status bar, integrating the progress bar with the address bar. It's like gradually stripping a hottie!

My nominal brainwaves are being increasingly exhausted in things job-related. While I needn't gripe about it...perhaps I should. Is this the way I'm supposed to live the rest of my life, with no time for introspection or afterthought? Things have gotta change. I intend to use my weekends more productively from now on. No procrastinating...I've done enough of it!

The promised writeup for Saturday just didn't happen as there were too many things occupying my mind. It'll come next week.

We now have a Net connection in our room! A hub was bought last evening which serves to connect the 3 computers to the modem. What was my first download on Santosh's computer? Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1!

Yahoo! Radio plays Ring Ring via my IM. Reminds me of my childhood when I would listen to this kinda music...before being smitten by Satchmo & Beethoven. Old times...they were so nice!

I have a directory structure like this: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.0\webapps webapps comes with the following folders: balancer servlets-examples jsp-examples tomcat-docs ROOT webdav I creat a directory under webapps called deepanjan ...and fill it with some files/folders. I restart Tomcat. I suspect it's not able to detect my folder. How can the problem be rectified?

The Servlet enigma has been solved! I'll sleep tight tonight.

Pune is going to be the country's first Wi-Fi enabled information technology city. ...expected to be commissioned in a year's time, would offer Wi-Fi connectivity to approximately a 400 sq km area, including Pune city, Pimpri-Chinchwad and information technology pockets such as Hinjewadi. ...available data showed that Pune had the largest Internet-user base in the country. I love Pune!

I dedicate an entire day trying to demystify Tomcat...and this is how it treats me! It's really frustrating. I haven't even had time to come up with decent posts over the past few days! I hope to come up with something this Saturday.

Servlets aren't serving me well. I guess it's time for me to seek the salubrious environs of Haridwar.