Archive for February, 2007

WiMax Vs EVDO

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

There will be lot of news around wimax this year and in coming years.It will be competing with faster 3G solutions like EVDO and HSDPA.Here's a comparison of WiMax ( which they call it as 4G) with EVDO ( 3G)Check this article too.What is the ground reality ? You will ...

Bangalore Traffic

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

I will be using the cab service to commute to our shifted office. For both pick up and drop. We are eight of us on our route. In the cab chit-chat, there is one rule of conduct. ++ No one is supposed to moan about Bangalore traffic ++ Any topic, I ...

Office movement

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Our office moved from Koramangala area to Outer Ring Road.Getting involved personally in the movement gives you that extra pleasure and responsibility.It’s unbelievable the whole office got shifted overnight one shot and am posting from my cube the following morning.Though logistical outsourcing takes care of most of the pain points, ...

Vinton Cerf, Co-founder, Internet

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Vincent Cerf’Co-founder, Internet.What a designation !!!Hearing from the person who co-founded internet, an amazing experience. Internet is 30 odd years old. Only the old man can appreciate how his baby has grown and leaping forward.He has seen the days when Infrastructure of the internet was getting designed. Now I guess ...

Google Speaker Series in Bangalore

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

I have received an invitation to attend the Google Speaker Series.Talk by Vint Cerf - one of the founding fathers of the Internet.21st Feb 2007Ambedkar Bhavan, Bangalore

The Smart Techie Job Fair

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Smart Techie Job fair at Nimhans Convention Centre.I was representing A irvana networks. Not a good turn out of techies. Probably most companies are working on this Saturday or because of the cricket match.Entire day ended up replying to the candidates saying “We are looking for 3+ years experience with ...

All-IP Networks

Friday, February 16th, 2007

All-IP networks is the in thing in wireless infrastructure networks. If you look for more information in the web, most of the documents talk only about what All-IP networks is all about.What they don't tell is, what was the world like before it was all IP.I hit upon this article ...

Paulgraham’s Essays

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

I’m in love with this man’s writing. Simple and a compelling read.Reason why it makes such a pleasure reading is…it provokes you to think.Think. Unconventional.Read the latter parts of this essay, especially the Recipes and Notes section.

How to Tie a Tie

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

I learnt how to tie a tie this morning.This is a regular knot.I have learnt this time and again. But I forget easily.And Invariably I look for some educated help.This time around I have this picture for my help.

1 Mbps connection = 1,000 Kbps

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

I saw another post about this confusion of bits and bytes, and was not convinced with the representation. So trying to illustrating here my way.The Internet connection speed is measured in bits.Megabits (Mb) or Kilobits (Kb).1 Mbps connection = 1,000 KbpsIt is not the same as Megabytes (MB) or Kilobytes ...