Finally – triple boot on the MacBook

I wrote earlier that I got my MacBook and will be installing Windows and Ubuntu on it. After more than a month of writing that, I finally have a MacBook that peacefully boots into three operating systems! I toasted the partition tables while following installation instructions from the Ubuntu forums. Did not get proper instructions […]

Refresh Finder view in Mac OS

I am on this MacBook and need to connect to Linux and Windows servers very often. I connect over Samba (SMB protocol), but there is one annoying thing about this. The Finder does not refresh the item list. I have seen that happen even while I am browsing local files. So did a Google search […]

Introduction to Web and Networks

We started training of the new hires in the new office yesterday. The new office is in a mess right now (this is another story, may be later..) – all the service guys – electrician, false ceiling guy, AC guy, civil work guy, color guy – everybody is in there and we are trying to […]

Windows XP Administrator account

This was quite annoying! We setup most of our laptops with Utkarsh Windows software for the seminar we had on Saturday. Kartik added an account called “utkarsh” on the machines. When people booted their machines this morning, they had lost their “Administrator” accounts! I mean the folder existed in “Documents And Settings”, but couldn’t understand […]

Utkarsh Training workshop

We organized a training workshop for Utkarsh today. It was a major success. The intention of the seminar was to teach people computers using Gujarati language, and Utkarsh as the software medium. The team did a great job. All participants were thrilled, and felt they learnt a lot about computers. They actually wanted us to […]