tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69346702024-02-02T08:28:19.712+05:30The Real World !Welcome to the Real world. My thoughts and opinions...Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934670.post-71139574267612486512015-07-10T10:16:00.001+05:302015-07-10T10:16:38.723+05:30Detecting Time Leaks in Personal Life<p> </p> <p>Surprised at the title? Does it look very familiar like "<em>Detecting Memory Leaks in your Application</em>" ? <p>Most of us are so engrossed with our Professional life and personal life. We keep thinking/saying that we don't have enough time to spend with family and at home or even for ourselves. I was of the same opinion until I realized how a daily technology (like a cellphone or a TV) can kill our time so unknowingly. I think can be classified as Technology Clutter and once in a while we need to cleanup the clutter to be more organized. <p>What was happening? My cellphone (which we are supposed to use for calls) was only being used to play games and be social online (which is highly antisocial -> ignoring people next to you and looking for people online) <p>What did I do to resolve this? Without much sermons, I'm going straight to action taken by me. <ul> <li>First step: <strong>I stopped playing Candy crush</strong>: Agreed we need to have fun, but this was just taking over my time, the game, the requests, the failed attempts etc. I got some hours back instantly. <li>Next step: Thrilled with so much time, I went for the kill. <strong>I uninstalled Facebook</strong> from my phone. This was the next Time killer app. <li>Some more: <strong>Uninstalled variety of Apps which keep sending unwanted notifications</strong> and hogging your phone's battery life and your unwanted attention. This include Facebook Messenger, Google Inbox (I have gmail), Twitter, Instagram, some more apps which keep running.</li></ul> <p>After this first round of cleanup, I have lot of time and started spending more time at home with my daughter as well and some more personal time (writing blogs, hacking things like Windows IoT on Rapberry Pi 2). <p>I'm targeting the next round of detecting the Time Leaks soon.. <p>Any suggestions for me? How do you deal with this? Feel free to leave your valuable comments and critique :)</p> Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934670.post-4741246357541620722015-07-05T07:47:00.002+05:302015-07-07T02:27:41.797+05:30Windows 10 IoT: Workaround for getting stuck at "Welcome Please wait screen" (for the build 10152)<h1 class="post-name" style="font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Segoe UI Light', 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 100; color: #707070; clear: both; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.3; background-color: white"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1.4">For those of you getting stuck at the blue screen mentioning please wait, I found a workaround..</span></h1> <div class="post-content user-defined-markup" style="border-left-width: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 12px; max-width: 100%; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; position: relative; color: #2a2a2a; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; background-color: white">I was seeing the same issue.. Did couple of reboots and waited for some hours... I decided it was enough.. and did the steps below<br> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Navigate to the Raspberry pi2 Windows 10 Web UI : http:<deviceip>:/IPADDRESS:8080 </deviceip></span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Login with the Administrator. (Dont forget the </span>default<span style="font-size: 12px"> password is p@ssw0rd and <a title="Change password" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: #00749e; outline-style: none" href="https://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/tools/CommandLineUtils.htm%20" target="_blank">change it using Powershell) <img title="This link is external to TechNet Wiki. It will open in a new window." style="overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important" border="0" src="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/10_5F00_external.png"></a></span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Click Apps on the left pane</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">You will see the app as DefaultApp*</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Choose an App which says IoTCoreDefaultApp*. Click Set As Default</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">It will prompt you for reboot. Click yes</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">.. and then it hung..</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Manually rebooted and got the Welcome screen.. with Language options etc. </span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Choose your language.</span> <li><span style="font-size: 12px">Choose Next and you are all set </span></li></ul>Although I'm not sure if this completes the setup etc. Seems like everything is working for me.</div> Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934670.post-77735180018775416302015-07-05T07:31:00.002+05:302015-07-05T07:35:18.542+05:30Installing Windows 10 IoT build 10152<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After 2 builds, we are now seeing another
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I was waiting for this one with huge expectations on Wifi and
Bluetooth but not sure. Release notes are here <a href="http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/ReleaseNotes.htm">http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/ReleaseNotes.htm</a></div>
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This time the Windows 10 Team have made the installation a
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Let walk through the Installation process which is very
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<li>Download the latest build 10152 from here <a href="https://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/Downloads.htm">https://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/Downloads.htm</a></li>
<li>You will get a ISO file. </li>
<li>Extract it/Mount it to get a MSI
file of around 600 MB. </li>
<li>Double-click on it to start the install on your windows
PC (preferably Windows 10 although not required as we now have all the required files needed to extract packaged in). </li>
<li>Couple of click
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<li> Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft IoT\ to find
the installed files.</li>
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<li>Choose your SD card.</li>
<li>Click on Browse. Navigate to C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft IoT\FFU\RaspberryPi2\ and choose flash.ffu</li>
<li>And click Flash.</li>
<li>You should see a command prompt window running DISM to do
the flashing. </li>
<li>The command window closes once its complete. </li>
<li>Remove the SD card
and plug into you RPI2 to get started </li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><br />
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Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934670.post-68532690594432074552014-03-24T11:09:00.000+05:302014-03-24T11:09:52.182+05:30Recipe: Tomato Basil Soup<div style="border-width: 100%; direction: ltr;">
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;" value="1"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tomatoes -
5 large (on the vine tomatoes) -Diced</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Onions - Half of Big onion -
Finely Chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Green Pepper - Half - Finely
Chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Carrot (Optional) - 1 Finely
chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Basil - 5 to 8 leaves -
Finely chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cilantro/Coriander
leaves - For Garnish</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Garlic - 1 Clove - Finely Chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Green Chilli - 1 (Optional)
- Finely Chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Spring onions (white part
only) - Chopped</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Chilli powder - 1/2 Spoon</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Turmeric powder - 1 pinch</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dhaniya Powder - 1 1/2
spoons</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Milk or Sour Cream - 5 spoons </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Butter - 1 Spoon </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Corn Flour - 2 spoons</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cumin - 2 spoons </span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Salt - 1 to 2 spoons</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bread slice - 1 </span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heat a pan. Add 1 spoon of
vegetable oil. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the Cumin seeds.
Immediately add the Garlic, Green Chilli. Saute them for 10-20 seconds</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the Finely chopped
onions, carrot and Green pepper. Saute for 2 minutes.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add a pinch of salt.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Transfer the contents to a
blender. Blend for 2 minutes.</span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heat the pan again. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add 1 spoon of Vegetable
Oil. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the chopped tomatoes and
cook for 2 to 4 minutes.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Transfer the tomatoes to the
blender to add with existing contents. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the dhaniya powder. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blend for 5 minutes.</span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heat the pan and add another
2 spoons of oil.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pour the puree in the pan. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add Turmeric powder. Add
chilli powder. Add salt (as per
need)</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Cook for 8 to 10 minutes
until the color changes</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mix 2 spoons of Corn flour
in 1 cup of water. Add in to the boiling soup. Boil for 5 mins</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the finely chopped
spring onions and basil. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the butter. Add the sour
cream or milk. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add 1 or 2 cups of water to
get desired consistency.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Allow Boil for 10 minutes
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prepare Bread crumbs - </span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Cut the bread slice into 9
to 16 pieces</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heat a skillet to high
flame for 5 mins. </span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lower the flame. Add 1/2
spoon of butter</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Add the bread pieces and
toast to golden brown on low flame. </span></li>
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<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Serve in a bowl.</span></li>
<li lang="en-IN" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Garnish with Coriander
leaves and toasted bread crumbs. </span></li>
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Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934670.post-37595887988781888422008-12-07T19:33:00.005+05:302021-01-04T22:03:03.988+05:30Microsoft and Linux: How can both win!<span xmlns=""><p>Microsoft Windows is most used Operating system in the world. But the latest buzz is Windows is losing it stronghold. As per this news, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9121938&intsrc=hm_list">Windows market share dives below 90% for first time</a>. But who are the gainers? The <a href="http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9">statistics</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> show that</span> MAC and Linux are growing.<br /></p><p>So what will happen if 50% percent of users switch over to MAC or Linux ? Yes, I agree it is not going to happen overnight but I can foresee it happening. More than moving to MAC, most of them will consider moving to Linux pretty soon. So, gone are the days when Microsoft was not worried about Linux. Yes they are worried and this result of this were some notable deals (<a href="http://www.interopnews.com/news/2007/6/14/microsoft-and-linspire-collaborate-on-windows-linux-interope.html">Linspire</a> , <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110206-reports-microsoft-novell-to-strike.html">Novell</a>, <a href="http://www.xandros.com/news/press_releases/xandros_microsoft_collaborate.html">Xandros</a> ..) Of course some may not be still active, but the truth is Microsoft sees the potential. <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18209">Some more news</a> also suggests that Microsoft is increasing focus on Windows and Linux interoperability.<br /></p><p>Why can't Microsoft offer a free Open Source OS (which can be Linux) to users are not too interested in paying money? Rather, why can't Microsoft Launch its own open source <span style="font-style: italic;">Microsoft Linux </span>Distribution? MS has the money. MS has the talent and resources. Moreover, Microsoft engineers can contribute to the Open Source Linux (of course, let them not do any development on Windows OS, let them not have any access to Windows source code). Moreover, Windows can still get something out of open source Linux and MS can still continue to improve their Windows OS.<br /></p><p>Yes. I agree that they do business and they are here to make money and can't be doing free service. Hence, it may not sound logical for Microsoft to make Linux OS & applications for now. But it is very small investment for Microsoft at this point of time and after 10 or 15 years, the benefits will be huge.<br /></p><p>The Windows OS with 90% shares, can only increase to 100% . That's a 10 % change but incase of Linux OS with .8 % share (that too with multiple distributions) can also grow to 100%, which is upto 99 %. Which has more potential? If it grows, it will eat up only Microsoft's share.<br /></p><p> At least, the tremendous confidence of 90% windows users will still be with Microsoft and if some them want they can switch over to Microsoft Linux. I'm sure if the product is good the user is ready to pay it (particularly if he is loyal Microsoft Customer). After 20 years, we might see another type of competition, Microsoft Linux Vs. Red Hat Linux. How does that sound?<br /></p><p>But I know for sure Ubuntu will be the winner! :)<br /></p><p>What is <a href="http://www.mslinux.org/">this website</a> by the way!!!!!<br /></p></span>Ravindran Keshavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412100686473368474noreply@blogger.com0