Posts on Harish Vishwanath

Adding a custom launcher in Ubuntu

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:35:00 +0000

It is not straightforward to have your favorite programs that are not installed via package manager appear on Ubuntu (14.04) launcher. Couple of ways to do that:

Sometimes, when the program is up, you can just right click and say “add to launcher”. It would work for most programs. However, this will fail for editors such as PyCharm that maintain project state and the launcher added this way will point to the specific project.
The right way to do is this:
- Create a .desktop entry For instance, for pycharm, do :

$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/pycharm.desktop


[Desktop Entry]
Name=PyCharm
Type=Application
Exec=/home/hvishwanath/Downloads/pycharm-community-4.0.5/bin/pycharm.sh
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/hvishwanath/Downloads/pycharm-community-4.0.5/bin/pycharm.png
Comment=PyCharm community edition 4.0.5
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE
Name[en]=pycharm.desktop

* You can then search for the entry in main “Search” in the launcher, and simply drag and drop the pycharm.desktop entry that you would find on to the launcher.

That is it.

Dissecting the OASIS CAMP Specification

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:34:00 +0000

1. Background
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1.1 OASIS - The organization behind CAMP
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OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The consortium has representation from private/public sector technology leaders and influencers and has over 5K participants from over 600 organizations! They are behind various standards such as MQTT, Web services security etc., A full list is here.

Oh mighty computer, I stand before thee!

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:23:00 +0000

Yes. I have decided to respect my computer more, starting 1 Jan 2015. It does deserve more respect considering how I handled it before - looking down, looking up, on the lap, on the tummy etc., Starting this year, I shall stand before it, with renewed respect. In other words, I switched to a fully jugaad standing desk at work. I have read before about people that switched to a standing desk, and thought it could be fun to try it. It all started when I discovered (accidentally) that the desks at work are height adjustable. Though not to the extent of being able to stand and work, it opened up doors for jugaad and experimentation. So, here it is in its current configuration!

Setting up Tun/Tap networking for a Qemu Image

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:08:00 +0000

Qemu is a very useful utility to play around with your code/application environment before you are ready to package it as a virtual appliance. Though there are various wikis available to help you setup networking between qemu guest and your host machine, I found that the steps required to setup TUN/TAP networking so that the guest is accessible from your extended network was either not accurate, or was not put in simple terms. So, here goes. Assuming that you are using Debian/Ubuntu as your host OS and you have qemu and necessary qemu-managers installed.

How to be a profitable housemaid

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:45:00 +0000

The (un)official guide to being a profitable house maid
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So, you are a house maid. And that too in Bangalore. And you must be glad because the market has picked up considerably with all the new apartments being built, and all the fat parents and their arrogant children. And you are right to be very glad for if you play your cards right, you can end up being very profitable. Here is how :

Lord of the consoles

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:22:00 +0000

Context : At work , I routinely have to deal with multiple workspaces and a ton of consoles. Here’s my normal work setup (which I wish will magically conjure up, the moment I dock my laptop)

Changing SYS V MSGQ Limits in Linux / Ubuntu

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:17:00 +0000

I keep discovering lot of stuff at work but never document it. I have decided to document them on the blog so that it stays, and will probably be useful for somebody who is after the same thing.

Thanks - for everything!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:23:00 +0000

I knew a man - a man who probably has got everything to do with whatever I am today. To that man I am deeply indebted. He is my uncle, my father’s elder brother. I do not claim to know him inside out, but I have deep respects for him. In whatever little interactions we had, I saw the generous, knowledgeable and charismatic side of him.

Kamasutra Lap

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:47:00 +0000

This one had to go up on the blog! Which position is your favorite?

Doppler in the driver’s seat.

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:54:00 +0000

Are you interested in Physics? Especially experimental physics? Then I invite you to for a ride to our office in our office “cab”. Let me impress upon you, the exciting and memorable things this ride has to offer.

Life Is Beautiful!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:05:00 +0000

The mild and yet addictive tunes from the movie “Life is Beautiful” theme is playing continuously. And all I can think about is, how beautiful life indeed is!

Dear Grandmother, have a good trip!

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:09:00 +0000

My wife’s grandmother passed away - on 30th March 2009. I always called her grand mother, though I am technically incorrect. She had always been so - for me.

Our acquaintance began when I and my wife started to do combined studies at her place during our college days. I admired her compassion and devotion to her beliefs. She was very energetic for a lady of her age, and she knew exactly how much portion of rice I ate in my lunch. I am blessed to have been fed by incredible women like her.

SQL Alchemy and Michael Bayer

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:23:00 +0000

From past few months, I have been trying to put something together at work and am using SqlAlchemy extensively. I am just impressed by the dedication and sincerity exuded by this open source project. Its very hard to be not inspired by Mr. Michael Bayer, who is one of the authors.

IMDB Lookup

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:05:00 +0000

I have this amazing friend who has more data than a corporate data center can manage. If you give him a $ for every byte of data he owns, then he will figure in the 10 most richest Indians. Anyway, I got the privilege of copying a subset of his data onto my 500GB harddrive (Obviously, it ran out of space). But I now have over 100GB worth movies and I have a difficult time figuring out what to watch.

Hospital Trivia.

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:37:00 +0000

Its business for the hospital, its personal for you.
No matter how healthy you were the day before, you shall be deemed a patient by various means. Ex. Hospital Uniform, medicines.
You shall witness a sudden spurt of love and emotions among your not-so-distant relatives.
Every tom, dick and harry shall visit you and make sure that you have noted their presence. The motivation could be concern, love or…. ah lets not name it.
If you haven’t ever believed in God, you shall.
If you believe in God, you shall feel him.
You will be proved highly ignorant of your body and its functioning and you shall wish you had paid a little more attention in the boring biology class so that you could have taken up medicine instead.
You will feel the taste of humanity when ward boys, nurses do their service with sincerity and honesty.
The ward boys and nurses shall grow more closer to you than your blood relatives.
You shall realize - afterall, there is still good in this world. And it is true.
You will pledge to live a more satisfactory life, to do more service, to be a little more nicer to people, to smile a little more. And lets hope we cherish that spirit.
All of a sudden you will realize how PRECIOUS your health is. I mean we all know and talk about it, but you shall REALIZE.
All of a sudden you will realize how delicate and yet how marvelous your body is.
All of a (not-so) sudden you will start to see how in body, mind and soul the other person is so similar to you.
You will learn to be thankful for everything. To the workers who constructed the hospital in the first place, to BSNL for their mobile network, to the ground floor cafeteria for supplying with much needed food and beverages, to the surgeon’s teachers for teaching him so that he could save your life today… I mean you will be thankful for everything.

And if you are lucky enough to realize exactly how valuable is your presence on this earth - you shall remain THANKFUL for the rest of your life.

55 and under the knife.

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:52:00 +0000

I had never woken up on time before. But this day I was up well before the alarm time @ 3:20 a.m and surprisingly my wife was too. We all got ready in silence; the ride to the place was painfully long though my father-in-law drove as fast as he could, in fact the fastest as far as I can remember. He usually never misses noticing a hump on the road, but that day the car galloped over it and he blamed it on dim light. Nobody replied though.

Blank

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:21:00 +0000

You are The Sun
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Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Employee of the Year 2006-07

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:44:00 +0000

For all the fun I had and for all the misery I endured , my organization awarded me Employee of the Year out of 7500+ employees.

As many of my managers have observed, this is the first time so many things have happened different from the tradition; they have welcomed technical contributions as apposed to normal $ increase contributions, any employee is eligible to EOY programme only if he was a EOQ (Employee of the quarter - no where written, but thats what happened), and people get nominated usually after 4-5 years of service. I was neither a EOQ and I joined as a fresher in 2005 and I did crap for first 10 months. Considering all this , I consider myself lucky to be recongized. Though for the most part it is my effort, I also realize that it is the broad mindedness of my supervisors/managers. It takes a lot to whole heartedly appreciate people!

The best problem solving algorithm I have ever se...

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:42:00 +0000

The best problem solving algorithm I have ever seen. ROTFLOL!!

-– Arthur : “You know at times like this I wish I had listened to my mother” Ford : “Oh, what did your mother say?” Arthur : “I don’t know, I didn’t listen”

Raining is Beautiful

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:43:00 +0000

Its been raining here since I woke up in the morning. Its so beautiful, even the concrete giant apartments have managed to look little sexier. I spontaneously had an idea, and without much thinking I did it :

Denial : Update

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:53:00 +0000

God has fixed the bug! I waited for two days to see if the bug reoccurs, but I cant wait to sign off on that :)

-- Nice Clients will always sign off on the fixes much earlier than others.

Denial

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:18:00 +0000

Flashback:

Something must be wrong!

I woke up in the morning (?) to find myself sweating, my bed was wet, the pillow was wet. Damn, was it my roommates playing pranks on me? Did they spill water all over my cot and forgot about it? Neither did I remember having a fever the previous day, in which case this sweat could be taken as a good omen of fever having a nice little send off in the night. Something must be wrong!

365 days and 35 minutes

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:25:00 +0000

This will be a a long one…

After an year of hard work, our whole team were anxious and waiting when the customer finally decided to buy the new product. It wasn’t easy for anybody, neither for us nor for the client - New product means a lot of change, and a lot of questions about performance and reliability and business usually doesn’t like ’new’ changes.

What is Big anyway?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:32:00 +0000

The more I think, the more I get confused. What is that thing which is great/big/noble in this world? Everybody dreams to do something big., but what is big?

Todays materialistic world has made us associate greatness with materialistic acquisitions. I was recently reading an article on ‘Guru’, he is a Hero because he rose from rags to riches, he pursued and chased the ends no matter the means. People who watch that movie go back with a renewed spirit, wanting to achieve something more.

Simplicity

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:58:00 +0000

Theorem : A dead clock is still useful - It shows correct time twice in a day.

Corollary : A dead digital clock in 24 Hr format is less useful - its correct only once.

Reimbursement

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Medical : 20000
Personal Developement : 20000
Telephone : 20000

This is the total reimbursement available. How can they expect us to save and live if they want us to SPEND somuch lawfully?

Guilt

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:00:00 +0000

A result of occasional endless boredom in the normal,virtual pressurized environment of a software company. Moreover, the merciless firewall has a softcorner for blogger, it hates LJ.

I feel guilty sometimes, for not contributing as much as I could. Or, was it ever required? Oh yes, sometimes and I know it. But the definition of a team wont hold good for a speciment project, you cant afford crappy, slow movers. I see the result of it, that guy is working 18 hours a day - I know not what the reasons are… but I feel guilty.

F(irst) Post

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:53:00 +0000

A result of occasional endless boredom in the normal,virtual pressurized environment of a software company. Moreover, the merciless firewall has a softcorner for blogger, it hates LJ.

SRKS Home

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:21:00 +0000

I know I haven’t bothered to write a word in my journal though I have my own laptop now and 24 Hrs internet. I dont even know why I am writing this blog. Memories started swirling in my head, am not sure why. Probably its one of those euphoric experiences which makes you feel happy because now you are able to connect the dots..now you know how much meaning those days added to your life.

Valentines Day

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:15:00 +0000

U know wat, My parents wished me for Valentines Day!!

Living with an OWL

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:01:00 +0000

An Owl has rented out a small portion in our apartment (a 1.5x2x2 ft. small cave like structure on top of one of the windows). We usually get to meet him on Saturdays/Sundays where both the parties will be present in day time. Its actually kind of scary to stare at that Owl, its pretty big for an owl and has no fear in staring back. It sometimes tries to imitate us, for example if we dance our head then it will do the same.

Copied...

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:54:00 +0000

He who knows and knows that he knows, he is a master; follow him.

He who knows and knows not that he knows, he is asleep; wake him.

He who knows not and knows that he knows not, he is a student; teach him.

That's my girl!!

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:11:00 +0000

She is always like this, unpredictable but finally does what you predicted, strong but emotional, has a never ending stock of tears but tough, cries for what you feel is not important, shows no reactions for what you feel is very emotional… well now I am back to square one - she is unpredictable. But… that’s my girl.

I Love You!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:11:00 +0000

3 Little words and tons of weight it carries…

3 Little words and it conveys meanings deeper than an ocean…

3 Little words and it has the power, the only power that can rule fear, though people think fear is the only power.

Are we in charge?

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:18:00 +0000

Yesterday I had a discussion with my friend. The argument was whether we are in control of what we do, or are we kind of puppets. As per his view of this world, all of us are like software programs, defined clearly before we came on this earth. Our future is already written and there is nothing we can do about it. In essence, we are like puppets, our destinys already written and decided.

Attitude

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:56:00 +0000

I got a poster with my Reebok shoes. It had Yuvraj Singh’s Photo and these words…

“See Ball. Hit Ball. Six. See Ball. Hit Ball. Out. See Ball. WILL HIT.” I AM WHAT I AM!

My Life Rating

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:30:00 +0000

This Is My Life, Rated — Life: |

9.2 Mind: |

8.8 Body: |

8.6 Spirit: |

9.2 Friends/Family: |

5.3 Love: |

7.7 Finance: |

8.6 Take the Rate My Life Quiz

A wing rider....

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:18:00 +0000

Presenting you, my brand new Honda Unicorn (Kick Start). Well, I purchased Candy Blazing Red model on 07th Nov, 2005 (yesterday) and its just great.

I intended to buy this from the begining, but people gave me varied opinions on Uni Vs Pulsar twins. But after much research, I was back to square one, I bought what I intended to buy. For detailed technical specs and features you can visit Uni

3 days in Delhi!

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:34:00 +0000

Probably these Diwali holidays were the best in my Life. I had four continuous holidays Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue. On saturday I received a phone call from one of our old boarders who studied in the same hostel as I did. He is Wing Commander Murari Bhat, who is currently working as a Wing Commander in Indian Airforce.

iPod,iJog,iSleep,iDream,iThink....iDance.....iBlog....

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:40:00 +0000

“Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable new iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put it on. See where it takes you. 240 Songs…. Million Different ways….”

A Psalm of Life

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:39:00 +0000

Below is a poem written Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He wrote it in his house on the banks of the river cambridge after he lost his wife. He was depressed, lost confidence and started believing that he can no more write poems. But on that day, he experienced this emotional upsurge as to what life is, how to go about it…. He wrote this poem, but never dared to publish it. It was in his books until his friend found out about it and published it to the world.. And today… It is the worlds First Most Read Poem.

What are we waiting for??

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:41:00 +0000

Let us introspect. How many times have we killed a smile? How many times have we broken a relationship? How many friends have we stopped speaking to? How many times have we been jealous of our friend who is doing well?

Word Power.....

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:22:00 +0000

Most of us usually forget the importance of speech and the usage of right words at right time. Came accross this stuff while browsing some book.

Two smokers entered the church and started praying.

The cup of Tea

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:11:00 +0000

Nothing in Life is constant except change. You have to change or else you will be forced to. This concept is beautifully narrated in a book called ‘Who Moved my Cheese?’.

The war of Machines

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:10:00 +0000

We have very hi-fi toilets here. You dont have to bother about pushing something to flush it out with water. All you need to do is just stand at a specific distance not exceeding some limit, and Lo! there are infrared sensors. A green light comes up and after you move out, it automatically flushes.

Me and God

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:08:00 +0000

When it comes to god, that we all have complex beliefs, different ideas and some inherent fear and apprehension. Well, I started questioning about god in my 7th standard, I was an atheist by choice. My usual arguments were, god does not exist because we cant see him. But then there was this ‘You cant see air, Don’t the air exist?’. So, I used to argue out of my childishness. Later on, when I reflected back it was because I enjoyed that recognition.

AISH to e-AISH

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:52:00 +0000

Hi ,

Long long ago, I had a habit of writing a diary. I called it ‘AISH’, whom I perceive as an angel and I don’t give a damn for what people say about her and what newspapers write about her. I see the god of beauty in her and that’s the reason I look at her as an angel! Sorry if I am being crazy, but I am!

Tic Tac Toe versus Computer

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:39:00 +0000

Hello Guys, Check this out. I have developed a Tic Tac Toe Game for 2 players. Also a user vs computer game, where the computer always either wins or makes a draw with the users. I will appreciate any of your algorithms to make this possible. I will be posting this game, its in java. Tell me if i could place the file for download in LJ, bcoz this is the first time i am using it.

I can smile!

Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:33:00 +0000

I can smile!

When the fate began ticking my clock,
The skies of my heart became starless and dar.
All deserted hearts, no love to be seen.
All who cared were now so mean.

Hiding Pain!

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:32:00 +0000

Hiding Pain!

Why do you complain that
Your job is difficult;
Here’s my challenge,
Come on, hide your pain!

Your face should be as pleasant
as the springs of the year;
Without a mark of pain on it
Like a steady rock you should sit!

For Me!

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 15:30:00 +0000

For Me!

The world has something for you -
Something that is beautiful and good.
A handful of comrades to accompany,
A group of cynics to criticize your blood.

A cluster of skills and some caring skulls,
The palindrome of life has the same to say,
Some joys and some sorrows - natural,
Qualities like honesty, humbleness - whatever they call!

Selfish thoughts!

Wed, 02 Feb 2000 15:33:00 +0000

Selfish thoughts!

Everything is my own -
Those seeds which are newly sown,
The rays of sun that blooms the lotus;
That beautiful smile from a beauty’s lips;
All the heavens and the joy you would get;
And the apparent victory in every bet;
All the boons that God would shower,
Those colourful birds who in the sky hover
Those eyes who shed their loving tears,
And those backs which carry the burden.
The serrate ribs and in it a languid heart,
And that gentle face of a baby in slee;
The flowers that sway and the bee’s gay,
The drops of dew which hide in the grass,
The pearls on the neck of a pretty lass,
The crown of the kind and the queen’s earring,
The smile of the moon and blink of the stars.
All are mine -
Which teach me magics - the magic of life,
That if I can smile for a while
In this mean-mean world -
I can win a treasure - The treasure of love!

The story of my pen!

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:34:00 +0000

The story of my pen!

That night of shivering fight,
Pierced the sky an icing light,
Behidn the hill of idiotic plight,
The flame of knowledge, he came to ignite;

On a drop of dew!

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:29:00 +0000

On a drop of dew!

There I was on a drop of dew,
Luck permits only a few.
Through it I could see the green hue,
Floating on it under the sky blue.

Barking Dogs!

Fri, 24 Dec 1999 15:20:00 +0000

Barking Dogs!

Those are barking dogs - never worry.
Who bark at your back and blink when you twink.
Those schoffs of their words and wacks of their blunder
will all surrender, if you dare!

Feather's Touch!

Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:30:00 +0000

Feather’s Touch

In the clear sky, there flew a dove,
Opposing the gusts of wind that blew;
Per chance her feather fell in the light,
I stood bewitched, and in my hand a kite.

Child's Cry

Fri, 26 Nov 1999 15:28:00 +0000

The Sound

I heard -
A sound which elates the world,
Of conteporary tremendous exploitation;
A sound mightier than thunder,
Which reminds the world of it’s majestic blunder!

The sound which revealed the secrets of nature,
Which man can never even dream or doom.
The sound that prompts the world with truth,
The sound that echoes amidst the gloom.

Her Eyes!

Thu, 25 Nov 1999 15:31:00 +0000

Her Eyes!

A beautiful sculpture in front of my eyes,
It seemed to me - a river milk white,
With thousands of suns sparkling bright,
The sight could banish fright.

An Ant's Message

Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:27:00 +0000

An ant’s message…

A never ending wide surface it is,
With lot of strange objects around me,
Some shine bright, some cause fright,
Some sweep me away, some bang my head.

Posts on Harish Vishwanath

Adding a custom launcher in Ubuntu

Dissecting the OASIS CAMP Specification

1. Background #

1.1 OASIS - The organization behind CAMP #

Oh mighty computer, I stand before thee!

Setting up Tun/Tap networking for a Qemu Image

How to be a profitable housemaid

The (un)official guide to being a profitable house maid #

Lord of the consoles

Changing SYS V MSGQ Limits in Linux / Ubuntu

Thanks - for everything!

Kamasutra Lap

Doppler in the driver’s seat.

Life Is Beautiful!

Dear Grandmother, have a good trip!

SQL Alchemy and Michael Bayer

IMDB Lookup

Hospital Trivia.

55 and under the knife.

Blank

You are The Sun #

Employee of the Year 2006-07

The best problem solving algorithm I have ever se...

Raining is Beautiful

Denial : Update

Denial

365 days and 35 minutes

What is Big anyway?

Simplicity

Reimbursement

Guilt

F(irst) Post

SRKS Home

Valentines Day

Living with an OWL

Copied...

That's my girl!!

I Love You!

Are we in charge?

Attitude

My Life Rating

A wing rider....

3 days in Delhi!

iPod,iJog,iSleep,iDream,iThink....iDance.....iBlog....

A Psalm of Life

What are we waiting for??

Word Power.....

The cup of Tea

The war of Machines

Me and God

AISH to e-AISH

Tic Tac Toe versus Computer

I can smile!

Hiding Pain!

For Me!

Selfish thoughts!

The story of my pen!

On a drop of dew!

Barking Dogs!

Feather's Touch!

Child's Cry

Her Eyes!

An Ant's Message

1. Background
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1.1 OASIS - The organization behind CAMP
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The (un)official guide to being a profitable house maid
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You are The Sun
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