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How to be a linux DJ on a short notice

I was given a very short notice (~48 hours) to become a DJ for a party. Here I am writing a blog post about how to do it the night before. Since I am a linux user, I had to find a way to do this on linux. Considering how busy I am with my doctoral work and research, I had to find some quick solutions. Fortunately, the machinery to do this sort of stuff already exists and I wrote some notes about it. Read more...

Posting after a while

Just writing a post to check if my new setup works. I recently bought a Pinephone Pro with a keyboard attachment. The setup works very well and is very handy. Typing experience is okay. The best part is being able to use vim on the go. Shoot me an email/comment if you wanna know more. GitHubTwitterMastodonEmailRSS Read more...

Exchanges with a friend

Recently, I had some discussions with a friend of mine. Let’s call this person X. In a tweet that I had recently posted, I expressed interest in knowing better the history of Tipu Sultan. I am interested in Indian history in general, that the politically controversial nature of Tipu’s legacy makes it worth knowing more about this topic. X had some strong opinions about this topic and X quickly started confronting me about it. Read more...

Learning to swim

Hello! How are you, my dear blog? Today I went to the local swimming pool to learn to swim. I am not very good ad this activity. In this post, I’m just going to blurt out some thoughts about what I think about all this. This is going to be a bunch of advice for people who want to get into it, or mostly just a set of instructions that I want to remember myself Read more...