New Year 2009 - A year for Peace and Harmony.

I had been thinking of this new year ... what all has been different. 

Did I make new friends ... did I read new books ... YES I have ...  this year has been very enjoyable on both these fronts. But more about this sometime later. 

I do not want to wish bad for anyone. But I can not feel sorry for the TErrorist guys who recently attacked Taj and Oberoi in Mumbai. 

As Clock ticks past to new year I hope the coming year will help annihilate the terrorist ideology. The whole next year I will keep thinking of what can be done to help this cause. 

No big resolutions no flashy promises. Just simple Goodwill. 

I want to live in a world of Harmony and Peace and Hope by next year I have done something to contribute to this end. 

Thanks and wish you all a very happy new year 

Wait - charcoal and something else




Since past few weeks I am all alone at home. Lots of music .. lots of arranging my stuff from here to there and yes a little bit of cooking.

Meanwhile also got time to do some Charcoal work on a handmat paper. I titled it "Wait" referring to a homemaker waiting for her husband to come home. The whole larger than life shadow at the door hints at the change in her lifestyle after she got married. This is mainly true for most of the Indian families where the womenfolk become the hub. They stay at home and make sure that everyone/everything is at place. 

PS : 

The last time I did a serious work was  6 years ago. Strangely this also contained a girl "Girl in Pensive Mood". Now that makes me wonder is it a trend... or just something... by chance. 

It was selected for All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Exhibition (AIFACS) Exhibition at Kala Parishad. 

Nandan Nilekani on TED


Nandan Nilekani of Infosys will be speaking in TED conferance. TED conf is something I really love. the whole concept it simply amazing.


Way to go India

Sunil

Upgrading Ubuntu to 8.10





I was using the Hardy Heron till now on my Desktop till now. Its time to upgrade it to 8.10 now. Plan to install the same at my second home in Bhopal when i visit in second week of Jan 09.

Enjoy and wish you all a very happy new year.
Sunil

My Website Hacked (Net4Domains Website Hosting sleazy security and service) 

Today when i visited my website i was SHOCKED to find that my webs

ite was hacked. 

Now the hacker mentions about Turkey and I do not remember any of my friends or foes living there.  Anyway Like a good netizen I tried to complain about this on phone to Net4Domains office here in Pune my hosting provider,  and (noone lifts phone its X Mas right!!!). Then I try  to log a issue in my Net4Domains account and even that refuses to work.  

"Database not available due to unspecified reasons" 

If the hacker has done it once he/she can do it again. Unless the security breach is

 fixed. 

As of now I have backup of my website (being a DBA teaches you at least that) and have reverted it for now.  Meanwhile if you see something silly please do ignore it. 

PS : 

1) Just now spoke to customer care who rudely tells me that I MUST have shar

ed my userid/password. It takes some time and lot of convincing before I make him realize that this is a shared server hosting and it must be affecting many others apart from just ME. Reluctantly he takes down my complaint. : (  Hope its not affecting many people. 

2) Doing a google search on the hackers message takes me to an Urdu website selling Attars (Perfumes) now what on earth has that got to do with ME.... !!!!! 

Update : 27 Dec 08 

Net4Domains resets my FTP password on its own. and asks me to get the new password after login to their site. 

They also tell me that whatever complaint I made 2 days ago "they are unable to find relevent details". (Pls note that this complaint was taken by their own staff on phone) 

and yes when I call them on number mentioned no-one picks up the call and the voice tells me Voice mail box is full.  Make whatever you  can make of it.  : |