New Sense

I have been running a parallel technical blog for little while now. In it I write about common problems I have encountered and their solutions. I have also moved to posting most of my technical posts there rather than putting them here on this blog.

I thought I would write about the site here after it had a decent amount of content, coz I felt that its easy to start and forget a website but the site has been doing quite well and I thought this was the right time Most of the posts are related to Ubuntu and Linux but there are also generic posts about tweaking your system and solving common problems.

So there you go – http://tech.chandrahasa.com

Ps: You can read my review and thoughts about the Epic Browser at the site.

My recent MIA status from the blogging world is due to an experiment of sorts. Exactly a month ago Lifehacker wrote about an interesting website entitled 750words.com. I gave the website a try and was immediately hooked to what was so simple and clearly perfect for someone like me.

The concept of 750 Words is simple: every day, you type 750 words(about three pages)of stream of conscious, whatever you want, free writing. The idea is that when you examine things locked away in your mind you not only get a better understanding about yourself but also free your mind for fresher ideas.

The website advices you to write the first thing in the morning, after 3 pages of thoughts it leaves your mind free for the rest of the day. What I do is I wake up in the morning, go for a run/exercise for a while and then sit down in front of the comp and start typing away.

The morning flow of words is stronger than I could have ever imagined, In the 10 odd days I have done the exercise I have written about my family, friends, thoughts, ideas… even on the spot essays about random phenomenons. It takes me on an average about 25min to get to 750 words(my personal best being 18min) and by then I am fully awake and feeling so much better.

On the flip-side, I have lost the drive to blog… the exhilarating 30 min in the morning leaves my thirst for writing fulfilled and that has lead me to ignore my blog. Sometimes I even felt that I should post parts of what I write on the site… who knows maybe I will.

Anyway, check out the website and have a look at the cool stats the website generates. Give it a try(you just need a google/yahoo/facebook account to login), it worked for me… who knows it might for you too

Robert Downey, Jr. won the Golden Globe for the best actor in a Comedy/Musical for his brilliant portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. I never watched the event but the net was abuzz about his acceptance speech. Well there was good reason for it, here have a look:

Thanks to last.fm I could easily get the list of the top 25 songs I listened to in 2009 (using Historical Last.fm Charts)
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My website is inching closer to 1 Lakh(a Hundred Thousand) page loads. I just happened to notice the number today and was thrilled to realize that I did not miss the moment entirely

I put in a statcounter to count the number of visitors and page loads back in the end of 2005. Back then if someone had told me I would be starting at 6 digit number in about 5 years, I would have laughed at them

The current count is displayed at my home page -> http://chandrahasa.com
You can read more stats from my website here -> Site Stats