Ok now - atleast apologise

Isn't it hard to keep away from bad news when you are surrounded by nothing but bad news. Sometimes you are penalized for not keeping up with the bad news; that happened to me when I realized that people are flocking in queue at petrol pump and my fuel meter warned for refill. The fact being Terai remained closed since god knows when. And yesterday Kathmandu valley was closed because Maoists believed that their cadre Rajendra Phuyal was killed by UML Youth Wing - Youth Force. And now there's another news that Mr Phuyal death was caused by consumption of pesticide, Metacid. For a moment i felt like laughing. And I see nothing but stupidity. Similarly yesterday I was watching Avenvues News where some Maoist guy appeared on the screen and shouted "We [maoists] are not doing anything [closing down the valley], it's Kathmandu dwellers who are uprising against such atrocities by closing down the valley". Now you tell, what should be our reaction. Atleast I was expecting some apologies though their action will never be forgiven - torching the motorbike of doctor, vandalizing the media vehicles.

Looking back in 2008?

The year 2008 saw the least number of blogs. I tried but never tried too hard to try. Now I can't remember what I did during the year. It's true that time flies and now i am having hard time trying to organize images up from the past. I remember reading an article from John Dvorak, saying internet is too much public. Why would i tell others what i am doing/thinking, why i am doing. But again, it wouldn't do much harm if people knew about me.

Some 2008 deeds that I remembered so far...

1. Self realization about blogs
2. Was in Colombo, Srilanka for a GDLN workshop
3. Joined MBA at ACE
4. Did several presentations at ACE college - ebay, web2.0, facebook
5. Got involved in a new venture
6. Made new friends
7. Travelled a bit around Nepal - Khasa, Dolkha, Ghandruk, Pokhara

It seems 2008 is the least productive. It is - one of the reasons being lack of proper journaling. Anyways I will update this list if I remember something, anything.

simple graphical presentation on Wiki

I just uploaded my presentation on Wiki at slideshare, which I have prepared years ago. It just occurred to me that graphical way is the perfect way to get to the minds of people right away. Many people liked this presentation and its simplicity. So for the greater good, I uploaded this for you, if you have been looking for more easy way to grasp the concepts on wiki. Some animation parts are missing when you view online. Download to see it the action.

Wiki:Collaborative tool for building documents

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: wiki collaboration)

What was I doing?

I still remember looking for some simple firewall file in the fedora box to add some lines. I had no idea that I had already written that somewhere. Guess where? It was published long back in my just-tech blog. I am feeling so stupid to find this information here in my own computer in ScribeFire which lead me to my own blog. Wondering why didn't i ever checked my almost dead tech-blog. I just realized that it was last updated a year ago. Hopefully next year will see more of my blogs here and there.

how to get justice

I understand people are and need to be sentiment; otherwise they would be better termed insane. But obstructing others in the name of sentiment is not justifiable. Just to give you some background there was a long queue of vehicles all the way from Gwarko - the most happening place in Kathmandu interms of accidents. You are right, i got senti and just didn't find any better place to pour my emotions.

I was moving here and there just hoping for some space to squeeze through the crowd and I ended up wasting my time, energy and the most precious fuel. It took me an hour to reach my destination which otherwise would take maximum 20 minutes. If you calculate the same for hundreds or even thousands of others who faced similar circumstances, how justifiable is the blocking of road for the name of the dead. I heard that there was some killing of a person or some driver at that place by policemen. That was definitely wrong and the perpetrator should definitely be brought behind bars. I don't know how to ask for justice - whether by blocking the road or by asking for justice. If you look at the past, definitely putting pressure on the authority by causing pain to hundreds of civilians seems to give way for justice. The funny thing is it's the most easy way too. You just gather a group of people and hundreds of people will support you without going deep into the issue. How justifiable is this?

back in ..

I have been asked by many people or better friends, why isn't my blogs being updated. I have no answer, perhaps just wanted to have some privacy. Yup.. people do know a lot about you from your writing - even there are tools that can differentiate the writing from male to that of female. Accuracy - machines. I don't know.

I realized that it's been three months and even more that I stopped my blogs; no it's postponed actually. So back in the road on the first of April - but definitely not an attempt to be a fool.
It's not just blogs that I was trying to avoid. I have almost stopped logging into hi5 - too much spams, and also much less facebook - just responding to friends' requests.

PS: It wasn't many people that asked me but just a handful of them. There's no harm if one wants to feel good :)

How should we judge people?

"One Laptop per Child Doesn't Change the World" by John Dvorak caught my eye. After going through it, I find him quite sensible and thoughtful, nonetheless critical. His list of contributed articles were even more interesting...

Why Social Networks Stink
The Google Phone Is Doomed
What's Wrong with Open-Source Software?
AJAX and the Road to Bad Web Sites
Wireless Promises, Unmet
Online Shopping Frustrates Me
Don't Trust the Servers
Is Everyone Over 30 Useless?
Will the Internet Collapse?
The Mobile Phone Industry Must Die. DIE!

Ok! What would you make of him? An unhappy person frustrated with these techy happenings? Well I haven't gone through all of his articles but just listing, which ofcourse I learned from him. And I deliberately left out some articles like

My Top Ten Bright Ideas
Don't Give Up on Old Media

But the list is small :) Check out the list for yourself.

Worldbank largest ever support package to us: be optimist

I am wondering if we should feel happy about the World Bank's largest ever support package to Nepal with US$253 million. As mentioned in the press release, the following projects will be undertaken: Poverty Alleviation Fund, Project for All, Irrigation and Water Resources Management, and Road Sector Development. It does sound convincing. I am optimist and definitely happy about it. But I am wondering if there's going to be a huge party for this occasion - by whom, where, I don't know. I just wish such things don't occur in the name of development and poverty, as realized by John Dvorak of PC Mag., on the over-hyped OLPC (one laptop per child).

[...]Every time I bring up this complaint [OLPC vs basic needs] to my Silicon Valley pals—usually as we race down I-280 in their newest Mercedes-Benz S Class sedan while listening to their downloaded music from their iPod to the car's custom stereo—I get flak. They tell me, "It's a start. Computers will save the world from poverty..."[...]

Nothing is better than something. Keep the hope alive.

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