Prince Mishra

Starting this new series to share the best Eureka moments of the day.

These days I hardly get any time for anything i want to do, blogging being one of them. So I am starting this new series. The 15 minutes of life , wherein I will be spending a good 15 minutes to update the best things that happened to me in the day. This way, I will buy some more time to think on larger posts without compromising on my presence here. Moreover, thinking about the best things that happen, give a sweet end to the day.

27th june 2011 was my last day at the place I called my home away from home. AIT. Life had been a roller-coaster ride since. Though I have been living my dream of working at Druva, however there are things that are beyond work, and that I realized in my last 4 months of stay in the real, bitter world! Bitter. Why I call it bitter is because it doesn't always work the way you want it to. Times change. People change. And changing times change people. Your best friends who share a part of your soul now live in cities far far away. People you had lunch with everyday are people you call once a week. The girl who invaded your dreams once becomes someone you hardly care for. People you trusted with all your heart for years, break your trust. However, there will always be a new house to find, a deadline to run after, loans to apply for and bills to put your hands on! So perhaps I am at the crossroads of change once again. And if I were to quote a fellow blogger People I once shared my...

अमावस की काली रातों में दिल का दरवाजा खुलता है, जब दर्द की काली रातों में गम आंसू के संग घुलता है, जब पिछवाड़े के कमरे में हम निपट अकेले होते हैं, जब घड़ियाँ टिक-टिक चलती हैं,सब सोते हैं, हम रोते हैं, जब बार-बार दोहराने से सारी यादें चुक जाती हैं, जब ऊँच-नीच समझाने में माथे की नस दुःख जाती है, तब एक पगली लड़की के बिन जीना गद्दारी लगता है, और उस पगली लड़की के बिन मरना भी भारी लगता है। जब पोथे खाली होते है, जब हर्फ़ सवाली होते हैं, जब गज़लें रास नही आती, अफ़साने गाली होते हैं, जब बासी फीकी धूप समेटे दिन जल्दी ढल जता है, जब सूरज का लश्कर छत से गलियों में देर से जाता है, जब जल्दी घर जाने की इच्छा मन ही मन घुट जाती है, जब कालेज से घर लाने वाली पहली बस छुट जाती है, जब बेमन से खाना खाने पर माँ गुस्सा हो जाती है, जब लाख मन करने पर भी पारो पढ़ने आ जाती है, जब अपना हर मनचाहा काम कोई लाचारी लगता है, तब एक पगली लड़की के बिन जीना गद्दारी लगता है, और उस पगली लड़की के बिन मरना भी भारी लगता है। जब कमरे में सन्नाटे की आवाज़ सुनाई देती है, जब दर्पण में आंखों के नीचे झाई दिखाई दे...

If you are an ardent fan of Windows Remote Desktop and want to use it to login to a box running Ubuntu, this post is for you. To allow incoming Remote desktop connections, we need rdesktop running on ubuntu box. Instructions To install “ xrdp ” click on “ Applications ” and “ Ubuntu Software Center “. On the Ubuntu Software Center window, enter “ xrdp ” in the search field and press the  “ enter ” key; once it finds it, click on the “ install ” button. When installation finishes on Ubuntu, go to your Windows computer and open the “ Remote Desktop Connection “,  enter the IP address of the Ubuntu computer  and click the “ Connect ” button. Immediately you will see the screen of the remote computer. Enter the  username  and  password  for the remote Ubuntu computer and click “ OK ” to continue. And that is all, now you should be able to see and control your remote Ubuntu machine from your Windows computer. Final Thoughts Many people in the Linux world do...

I had been a bus traveller ever since I started working. And its been 2.5 months! Travelling by bus has its own prenup. So I archived a few of my personal experiences along with some more taken from internet in what I call the Murphy's Bus Laws! If its raining, or cold or both the bus will be late If you're early the bus is late If you're late the bus was early The other people at the bus stop are waiting for the bus that has just pulled in If you have no change then the bus driver won't have any either Two buses for the same place will always pull in together Corollary : multiple buses for corporation will come when you are looking for a Pune Station bus. The sign at the front of the bus is merely for decoration it is not the destination of the bus Waiting for a bus seems to be longer than the journey The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes before you reach the bus stop. The first bus from your route will always appear first in the opposite directi...

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am." The man below replied "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude." "You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am", replied the man, "but how did you know?" "Well, answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip even more." The man below responded, "You must be in management." "I am," replied the balloonist, ...

हर कदम हर राह पे, बिता कुछ पल ही सही, सहारे तो मिल ही जायेंगे मगर तू ठेहेरना नहीं! रख वफ़ा बाजुओं पे ए राही, किनारे मिलेंगे जरूर, डूबते तो वे हैं जिनकी कश्तियों में माझी ही नहीं!

As the crystal rays of sunlight enter into my room, through the tiny perforation in my newly constructed window, and fall on my face, I open my eyes. I open them gently, and pulling myself up, I think. I think if this morning bears any resemblance to any of those memorable ones at AIT. Thinking that against all the odds, against all the contraries this morning be slight like the old fashioned ones. The ones in 304E, the ones in 004C, those in 005C or the ones in 213A! The mornings when I would wake up first only to see my roommates enjoying their sweet sleep and I would jump onto my bed again and moments later I would hear Sood screaming " GET UP ASSHOLE...CLASSES START AT 9.15 !" and minutes later, I would find myself in my class...studyng! Times have changed! They certainly have! I have office to go to. I have a bus to catch. Have work to do. Books to read. I hate to wake up early. I hate to get ready on time! If time could just reverse direction. If life were a periodic...

Following the article on http://mydebian.blogdns.org/?p=148 to setup SSH onto a local virtual machine, I got the following error message when tried to start the machine : Configuration error: Failed to get the "MAC" value. VBox status code: -2103 (VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND). Just update the network device name "PCNET" and restart the machine. it'll work.