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Until No Child Is Wronged

I don’t think everyone is meant to marry. No, not everyone should not be allowed to marry! When I look around I see so many kids who have got a bad life…

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Corporate Responsibility – Google Style

I am not a management guru, but I did learn something about management and corporate responsibilities. Recently on Facebook I came across a post from Robert Scoble about how US…

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Essence of Education

Kids always have fun, especially in school. Maybe it was the time spend not studying and some of the lessons could be so boring. I know I didn’t enjoy all…

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Fool Circle – Repeating Our Mistakes

Are we fixing the problem that we had fixed 6 months back? Are we making the same mistake, as a person and as a race?

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Give Me Your Soul

And I will give you 10 years of bliss! If you could live 10 years of your life in total bliss – with NO pain – but in the end,…

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Reviewing 2011

Just like that, 2011 is over. What happened the past year? It went so fast I can’t believe a whole year went without making much of a mark in my…

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God and Me

Most people feel that I don’t believe in God and I wouldn’t blame them. Truth is, I have never given anyone a reason to think otherwise. I don’t consider myself…

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What If – Selective Telepathic Mutation

What if… A genetic mutation allowed humans to communicate telepathically? – wait, there is a catch. You will have a predefined pool of 10 people with whom you can communicate.…

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Big Three-O

I turned 30 recently… Older, wiser, better… with a bit of grey hair. I don’t care much about celebrating my birthdays, and this was no different. Yet, there was something…

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Who Killed Evolution

I have written a few posts about evolution in the past, and I had blamed us humans for standing in the way of evolution. I blamed humans of killing evolution…

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Big Three-O
by Sunil J July 30, 2011
written by Sunil J
I turned 30 recently…

Older, wiser, better… with a bit of grey hair.
I don’t care much about celebrating my birthdays, and this was no different. Yet, there was something about this particular birthday. It was the day I left my youth behind to face the world with maturity that comes with age, and hopefully with more patience. A point in time where I should leave some habits and traits that I have acquired over the last 10 years which doesn’t fit me any more.
These are not usually sudden changes that you make, but these are changes that I hope to make.
Some might not agree that 29 is youth and might say 21 or 24 to be the cut off age to be considered as youth. Well, all I can say is, I just realized that I have to live my age.
There are some who think they are part of the “Generation Z“, even when their kids are part of the said generation. Try to live your age and enjoy it. You can be 30 for only a year.
I can’t wait to be 40…
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  Google Plus Invites

  by Sunil J June 30, 2011

  by Sunil J June 30, 2011

    So the big news out there is Google Plus with quite a few people trying to get an invite. This time around the rush is not as big as …

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  Who Killed Evolution

  by Sunil J June 12, 2011

  by Sunil J June 12, 2011

  I have written a few posts about evolution in the past, and I had blamed us humans for standing in the way of evolution. I blamed humans of killing evolution …

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  Currency Of Civilization

  by Sunil J May 10, 2011

  by Sunil J May 10, 2011

  I have long held on to the belief that the purpose of life is not to earn money. Money was invented to facilitate transactions. Unfortunately it has become a measure …

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  Why machines will overtake humans

  by Sunil J March 13, 2011

  by Sunil J March 13, 2011

  I am a huge fan of Sci-Fi and there are quite a few posts on my blog where I refer to Doctor Who, Star Trek and other Sci-Fi series. But …

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  Pole Star

  by Sunil J March 6, 2011

  by Sunil J March 6, 2011

  The thing about “pole star” is they are always there, hardly moving, a compass, guide. I spend a lot of time with my grandmother as a child and she was …

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  Install Gingerbread on NexusOne without waiting for OTA update

  by Sunil J February 26, 2011

  by Sunil J February 26, 2011

    Google has made Gingerbread available for NexusOne and if don’t mind waiting a “few weeks” before you receive the “over the air” (OTA) update you probably don’t have to …

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  DoFollow Enabled

  by Sunil J February 24, 2011

  by Sunil J February 24, 2011

  Over the last week, this blog has gone through some subtle but drastic changes. The changes were done with a few things in mind that will improve your experience on …

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  Best of Both Worlds – The Story

  by Sunil J February 19, 2011

  by Sunil J February 19, 2011

  First steps When I started blogging a few years back, the easiest name to remember was www.blogger.com (AKA: blogspot). The article where I read about blogs did mention WordPress as …

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  Zemanta

  by Sunil J February 12, 2011

  by Sunil J February 12, 2011

  One of the browser plugins that I have come across that makes your blog posts, e-mails rich in content is Zemanta. You can get it as a bookmarklet as well …

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Until No Child Is Wronged

I don’t think everyone is meant to marry. No, not everyone should not be allowed to marry! When I look around I see so many kids who have got a bad life…
Read more

Corporate Responsibility – Google Style

I am not a management guru, but I did learn something about management and corporate responsibilities. Recently on Facebook I came across a post from Robert Scoble about how US…
Read more

Essence of Education

Kids always have fun, especially in school. Maybe it was the time spend not studying and some of the lessons could be so boring. I know I didn’t enjoy all…
Read more

Fool Circle – Repeating Our Mistakes

Are we fixing the problem that we had fixed 6 months back? Are we making the same mistake, as a person and as a race?
Read more

Give Me Your Soul

And I will give you 10 years of bliss! If you could live 10 years of your life in total bliss – with NO pain – but in the end,…
Read more

Reviewing 2011

Just like that, 2011 is over. What happened the past year? It went so fast I can’t believe a whole year went without making much of a mark in my…
Read more

God and Me

Most people feel that I don’t believe in God and I wouldn’t blame them. Truth is, I have never given anyone a reason to think otherwise. I don’t consider myself…
Read more

What If – Selective Telepathic Mutation

What if… A genetic mutation allowed humans to communicate telepathically? – wait, there is a catch. You will have a predefined pool of 10 people with whom you can communicate.…
Read more

Big Three-O

I turned 30 recently… Older, wiser, better… with a bit of grey hair. I don’t care much about celebrating my birthdays, and this was no different. Yet, there was something…
Read more

Who Killed Evolution

I have written a few posts about evolution in the past, and I had blamed us humans for standing in the way of evolution. I blamed humans of killing evolution…
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G(w)eekend @ Sunil’s

by Sunil J
November 26, 2013
written by Sunil J

Warning!: Geek Porn. Unless you are a Level 1 Geek Initiate, you may experience drowsiness, deja-vu and confusion. Trying to do the steps below without Geek supervision might result in disassembled computer, lost data and unbootable Windows. Call a geek to put it back.

I have been thinking about getting new hard disk for my computer. It has been running for 2 years and 10 months (powered on) and while this 160GB disk had survived a much younger 500GB hard disk and would probably outlive the 1TB external HDD, I didn’t want to push my luck. I haven’t lost data due to hard disk failure since 2003 and I didn’t want to start now. Moreover, I needed more space for Windows 7 and Ubuntu installation, steam games, pictures that were digitized and the slowly growing “digital photography collection”. In short, I bought a 2TB internal hard disk. For those who care, it is a Western Digital Caveliar Green Model No:



I was thinking that I could just pop the disk in, clone the existing disk and install Ubuntu on the old HDD, but the Windows installation was over 3 years old, probably more than 4 and there were some minor issues that I didn’t want to carry over to the new hard disk. So I disconnected the old hard disk and tried to install Windows 7 on the new one. Unfortunately, 2TB hard disk now appeared to be a 1TB disk. Apparently the Gigabyte motherboard has a bug that causes hard disk above 1TB to show lower size. It is not too difficult to fix and there are different solutions available online. Some day I will write down the steps I tried in case it helps someone.

Finally I got Windows 7 installed, and then I started backing up data from the old HDD, Game saves, random files I had saved on desktop, documents etc. It was much easier than I expected once I realized that trying to preserve my Chrome browsing history and cache would be conclusive proof that I have OCD. Things went smooth from there, install necessary softwares, (I just looked at my program files and downloaded those which I felt I need), latest drivers for the graphics card and that was it. When I did it the last time, I had to backup information from different programs and then restore it.

Thank you cloud!!!

Off came the new hard disk and installed Ubuntu 13.04 on the old hard disk. Why? Because, other than a few games there isn’t much in Windows that I can’t do in Ubuntu. Also, I can find my way around in Windows where as I would have to check man pages or Google to find out how to do things, especially in the terminal. Installing Ubuntu is very easy, anyone can do it. It might take some time to get used to it depending on how much you got used to Windows. Less Windows, easier the transition. The fun starts when you meet the terminal. Advanced user has a different meaning in Linux.

I would say it was a great weekend.
November 26, 2013
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  Until No Child Is Wronged

  by Sunil J
  September 21, 2013
  by Sunil J
  September 21, 2013
  I don’t think everyone is meant to marry. No, not everyone should not be allowed to marry! When I look around I see so many kids who have got a bad life …
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  Blog Reboot 2013

  by Sunil J
  September 19, 2013
  by Sunil J
  September 19, 2013
  It is that time of the year. After ignoring my blog for months, I come back and is instantly dissatisfied with the theme, the content, pictures.. pretty much everything . …
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  Daily Roundup May 19, 2013

  by Sunil J
  May 19, 2013
  by Sunil J
  May 19, 2013
  Windows Windows 8.1, previously code-named Windows Blue will be available for public preview from June 26th, but the final release date has not been confirmed. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/14/windows-blue-details/ Google Glass You really …
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  Daily Roundup May 12, 2013

  by Sunil J
  May 12, 2013
  by Sunil J
  May 12, 2013
  Daily roundup is a summary of interesting news and articles I read with or without my opinion. You might find it interesting or you might want to skip it altogether, …
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  Daily Roundup May 11, 2013

  by Sunil J
  May 11, 2013
  by Sunil J
  May 11, 2013
  Daily roundup is a summary of interesting news and articles I read with/without my opinion. You might find it interesting or you might want to skip it altogether, but ever …
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  Good bye Fakebook

  by Sunil J
  May 11, 2013
  by Sunil J
  May 11, 2013
  I logged out of Facebook, not just closed the tab, but logged out. If I need to check Facebook, I have to log back in instead of just opening the …
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  Corporate Responsibility – Google Style

  by Sunil J
  December 23, 2012
  by Sunil J
  December 23, 2012
  I am not a management guru, but I did learn something about management and corporate responsibilities. Recently on Facebook I came across a post from Robert Scoble about how US …
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  Essence of Education

  by Sunil J
  September 24, 2012
  by Sunil J
  September 24, 2012
  Kids always have fun, especially in school. Maybe it was the time spend not studying and some of the lessons could be so boring. I know I didn’t enjoy all …
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  Fool Circle – Repeating Our Mistakes

  by Sunil J
  March 26, 2012
  by Sunil J
  March 26, 2012
  Are we fixing the problem that we had fixed 6 months back? Are we making the same mistake, as a person and as a race?
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2019!

by Sunil J
January 1, 2019

Happy New Year!

Here is hoping that 2019 will fix the mistakes from last few years.

January 1, 2019

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