You will notice that the proxy settings you provide in the network settings may not be picked up by apt-get while installing a package. So if you want to run apt-get via a proxy then you need to use a tool like proxychains. Proxychains is a tool that allow you …
Illegible captcha
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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The film begins with Kabir ( Abhay Deol ) proposing to Natasha ( Kalki Koechlin, recently married to Anurag Kashyap ). Before Kabir gets married to Natasha he wants to go on a 3 week trip to Spain with his buddies Imraan ( Farhan Akhtar ) and Arjun ( Hrithink …
Restaurant review : Four Seasons, Indiranagar
Hi, reader. How do you do? Well fed and well watered I hope. If not, you should stop reading. That's right. Go read something else, please. You probably won't be able to take this post. You're on a diet. What are you waiting for - get the hell outta here before …
Differences between IRCTC and Indian Railway's new ticketing service
I had previously mentioned that Indian Railways plans to introduce a new e-ticketing service like IRCTC. Here are some of the differences noted between the two services -
- IRCTC is a separate corporation. Its services will likely continue.
- IRCTC has separate logins for agents and passengers. The new service will be …
Indian Railways to bring out new e-ticketing service like IRCTC
Indian Railways is going to bring out a new e-ticketing service like the IRCTC, says Economic Times. The new service is meant only for users and not for agents. IRCTC allows both agents and passengers to book tickets from its site. "irctc login" was the most searched term on Google …
How to log requests to specific paths on Apache
It is possible to log requests to specific paths of your website in your Apache log. Imagine you need to log all access requests to www.example.com/widgets/ path and whatever is under it in a separate file. You can use a combination of the CustomLog directive and SetEnvIf …
National Enquirer reports on Steve Jobs' health
The tabloid, National Enquirer, has claimed that Steve Jobs has only 6 weeks to live. Their website does not reveal much. It says "Shocking photos obtained exclusively by The ENQUIRER show the 56-year-old cancer-stricken computer genius has become rail-thin and heartbreakingly weak in recent days despite putting up a tremendously …
A game of chess
He couldn't sleep. No use fighting it. Counting sheep could take you only so far into the sandman's kingdom.Listening to music could clear his head only so much. Drinking water had its limits. Yeah, there was nothing he could do to fight it. Might as well get something done …
SQLyog on Linux
Run SQLyog on Linux with WINE. You can download the sqlyog windows installer and just run it with WINE. SQLyog is my favourite GUI client. It is lightweight and powerful. I use the community edition which comes free. The paid versions of the app are awesome. I particularly miss the …
