http://www.suramya.com/blog Welcome to my crazy life... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:31:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are words you might have heard people mentioning. What exactly is Security Theater? Basically its security precautions that do nothing to make you safer but look impressive and make you feel safer. What am I talking about? Lets take a couple of examples: In India if you visit a Mall ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/09/05/security-theater/ Three days ago one of my hard-drives decided it was time to stop working. The irony of the situation is that I was in the middle of backing up data off that drive when it stopped working. I was happily copying data from the disk to another system when I ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/09/04/hard-drive-death/ Its been a while since I last blogged mainly because of work but another factor is that once you get home from a long day at work you just don't feel like thinking and creating a coherent blog post, but I guess I should post a bit more regularly. I was ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/09/03/culture-shock-what-is-it/ This past month I have been purchasing a lot of new stuff and I am really happy with my purchases. The first major thing I bought is a new Phone, I am now the proud owner of a Nokia N95 8GB. I love the phone, it has a lot of ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/08/01/new-gadgetsstuff-i-bought/ The threat of Linux :) - Suramya http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/07/31/parents-talk-to-your-kids-about-linux/ Yesterday night Vinit was driving back home at about 2 am when his car (a 1986 Maruti 800) decided to stop working about 10 mins drive from our place (Thats at the speed I drive). So me and Surabhi decided to go help him. We took a rope from home and ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/07/12/car-trouble/ You have got to be kidding me... The US chain Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an advert following complaints that the scarf worn by a celebrity chef offered symbolic support for Islamic extremism. This is the image with which the idiots had a problem with: What I can't figure out is how a nice ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/06/02/now-scarfs-are-only-to-be-worn-by-terrorists-from-now-on/ I have recently installed a gear lock in my Honda City. Its a lock that immobilizes the gear so you can't change gears and is supposedly more secure than the basic car locks. I was playing with it and realized that even though the lock stopped you from changing gears it ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/05/31/bypassing-gear-locks-and-ways-to-prevent-the-bypass/ They are beautiful and endangered! Hug a Bengal Tiger. Together, we can save them from extinction. Got this message on Facebook today. I guess we are saving them from extinction by providing them with free food and home delivery :-p - Suramya http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/05/27/save-a-tiger-hug-them/ The past few days it has been raining a lot over here. In-fact in the last week it had rained pretty much everyday. The rain it good but it brings assorted problems with it. Last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning it was raining very heavily. I was at work till late and ... http://www.suramya.com/blog/2008/05/24/rain-rain-go-away/