Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Dragon Fly my Exotic Visitor, Now


Dragon Fly my Exotic Visitor, Now
On the days, I am off (yesterday being a working holiday, for me) I do a morning check up of the days events in my roof top garden.
First the number of flowers, especially water plants.
It is strange even the water plants flower when there is scarcity of water or from the roots/shoots that are terrestrial.
Even the flowers are different, when blooming under terrestrial conditions.
Probably because, the Co2 content is higher in air than in water.
Then, I look at the birds.
Not really their scat or droppings.
They bring exotic plants to my experimental roof top garden.
I love the scat.
I remember I had a direct hit from crow's ballistic dropping on my vertex with very little hair, knowing very well there is BO (papal) seeds in them (in fact there was one), I carefully embedded the white and precious (due to BO seed) dropping between two layers of tissue paper (I carry this not to wipe my face but to collect seeds that lands on my vertex) and brought it home and planted it in a special pot.
But my experiment was failure of first degree.
Perhaps my intention was in direct violation of BBS protocol, their shit coming from frontal end, though.
I did not give up but have retrieved two papal saplings and they are potted with Japanese method.
I am going to plant one of them, on the burial site of my dog, since my dog will be venerated by that act and he will look after it from heaven (I am pretty sure his upward movement is always godly, and never Sir-Lanka).
All my previous dogs are, in heaven and one of them is Maha's (Chief of Gods) assistant who is looking after his interests, currently
By the way, real Maha is on a long vacation of eons.
Then after the dropping or the scat is / are carefully scrutinized, I venture into the exotic guys.
Dragon fly and their newts are my favorite.
Butterflies are now about five.
But dragon fly only an occasional blue one.
Toady, I noticed a brown black dragon fly with a fringe of white around in its wing, at the periphery.
It was a beautiful guy.
It overshadowed, the grasshoppers and giant mantis, who visit my garden in the late evening.

They come to mate and lay eggs on my mini water garden.
That was an exciting news for my 1000th blog piece.
Thank YOU, Google for your generosity.
Most of my Yahoo emails are tampered by default.
God only knows by whom?
I think the goons employed by the government, mostly Chinese who cannot understand my English with idioms.
But the real top guys come from India by Minhin (Hemin and Horen) Lanka from Seychelles, during presidential elections.
They know how to crack the jackpot of election's digital material.
It is called Gil Mart PLC, a Public Limited Company of Sir-Lanka, with very high stock market rating.
If you have money, and is a computer hacker by profession, please invest your ill gotten money on this Public Private Venture capital.
You need not do hacking afterward.
Give the job to a Linux guy like me.
By the way, Kali (new version) the Devil Queen is out just now for guys who are paranoid, in the opposition.

Linux without a TV Card Functionality.

Linux without a TV Card Functionality.

Linux has done everything possible in the IT World but it has failed me in one thing.
I have many TV cards working on Linux.
It may be due to various countries not providing the channels and band widths.
It is also due to OEM guys not giving the hardware specifications.
Now I use the TV Box (not the card) directly attached to the LCD monitor.
I do not use Windows and that is the only option I have in this pat of the world.
I am not sure how TV cards behave in other parts of the world.
I hope a Linux Guru or Linux Magazine or Linux Format write an article on this important issue.
I actually do not watch TV in my country.
None of their programs interest me but almost 99% of the guys and girls are TV addicts.
I even do not watch cricket but mind you I watched all the 69 football matches.
Who says, I am not a sports' crazy guy, even in my twilight years.
I am no crazy with politics (even though I pen my frustrations at times here) but our politicians who are capable any lie under the sun has ruined our interest.
It is true for ant average citizen but the crime of not getting interested in politics is the rig the elections left, right and center and the stupid opposition is impotent in mounting a revival, reversal or reprieve of the ailing system.

What does 'DSLR Linux' mean?


What does 'DSLR' Linux mean?

DSL remake or "Digital Single Lens reflex".
My choice is the latter, being a pathologist, having used outdated monocular microscope to digital microscope in my life time a Linux Distribution with a name tag Lens attached, if not outrageous, is a welcome change.
In the same sense I love the name Google Glass for a camera which is the other end of the Lens architecture and nomenclature.
Other reason is it is based on DSL, Damn Small Linux, under 50 MiB.
I love small is beautiful concept.
Then my favorite I Puppy Linux.
I entered into Linux in my twilight years unlike Linus and Knoppix.
I also believe that the teacher learns more from the student, rather than other way round, especially at the University Level, if not in the kindergarten.
DSLR is two steps forward from DSL and Puppy and the developer has done extremely clever integration into a single iso image all the utilities to start Linux from scratch.
Linux from scratch is in its 7.5 version is not a iso image but the full technical know how to build a Linux distribution from scratch.
That is the third step.
Mind you this is for developer guys but a normal user can start getting a hang of make up files and Linux.
Documentation is succinct and useful.
Other important issue is it is built on 64 bits.
I have not tried it since, I still use an old computer.
I will be migrating to 64 bit to save energy and electricity bill but that will be in my retirement endeavour.
It is not going to be small as DSL but it is small enough to be called light weight.
I think any guy or girl interested in Linux should give it try and write a thesis or blog piece of one's experience.
Hats off these clever guys who always think differently.
They a not reinventing the wheel.
They are really investing on the huge Linux base.
Thank you guys and girls of Digital Single Lens Reflex.