Tushar Burman

09:35 pm: Another move
The long and the short of it is on my new blog at the same old address, tushar.afraid.org. My reasons for not using a perfectly good livejournal account are arbitrary and aesthetic.

Feed links now:
RSS
Atom

05:00 pm: Domain switch
Update your subscriptions, if you use them:

http://tushar.afraid.org/feed/rss2
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http://tushar.afraid.org/feed/atom

Sorry!

05:19 pm: A new hobby
I believe I have a new hobby: photography. However, given my 'visual mathematician' bent of mind, I'm not sure whether I'm driven by the joy of capturing interesting images, or the fun in fiddling with cool knobs and switches. I'm looking for an SLR to borrow to get a feel for it, since the only camera in my posession is pictured here.

06:19 pm: More testing
This should also show up in LJ.

08:41 pm: Testing LiveJournal auto-update
This should show up in LiveJournal.

10:42 pm: Change of address
Despite trying to get ahead of myself, I've managed to get Movable Type installed and running. I like it enough to switch over my (infrequent) postings to it. Since it's a server I administer, I have the added advantage of unlimited disk space and root access. Not really signing off from here; I'll continue to check friends' posts daily and keep my account. I just won't be posting much here (unless I can find an easy way to replicate changes here from MT)

My only problem now is a domain name. My name is taken and I don't feel like coming up with something clever and paying for it. Anyone have a nice domain name they wouldn't mind my using with a subdomain?

My new log is temporarily at http://tushar.juari.org

03:44 pm: Who doesn't?
15:41:41 tusharburman@hotmail.com: im just that prdictably inane
15:41:47 Serial Bottom Pincher: no,
15:41:54 Serial Bottom Pincher: u just like spagetti

I wish you all the same level of understanding with your respective partners.

07:35 pm: Silent all these days
Oolan was too, so I'm not the only one.

Little is new. Work gets more involving. But it's not bad. Love life is good. 8 months, and still alive and kicking. I guess my attention spans are getting longer with age. Apart from that, social life is next to nil. Infrequent trips to the mechanic are my only exposure to other folk. I miss the usual suspects.

I had a long-ish chat with Niyati yesterday. We're almost high everytime we talk. Weird nonsense that keeps us giggling at work. She seems to be in a phase of violent ennui and visits Miss Maryjane every few hours. Been there, done that, not worried. Getting back to pseudo-pot-thots, the thots for yesterday were:

1. The word 'maut'. So powerful. So final. If you don't like it, teri MAUT ho jayegi!
2. If MAUT has not befallen you for not liking the word MAUT, then I say go to BHAAND!

If your boss doesn't like you, if your social circle shuns you, if the bus conductor is rude to you. Well, let them all go to BHAAND!

Been reading a fair bit these days. Rediscovering, actually. A good way to fall asleep. Read Moor's Last Sigh, The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird and currently on The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. I was disappointed with Mockingbird. Initially I thought it was because I was a philistine, but I'm glad to have discovered that I'm not the only one. No accounting for taste, I suppose. Call me cliched, but one of my favourite reads remains Catch 22.

In other news, I'm using a borrowed Siemens ME45 cellphone. If it were not for the lack of Bluetooth, it would be the perfect phone.

All those in favour of me growing a long, luxuriant goatee, say aye.

05:08 pm: ...
Tujhpe naaraaz nahi zindagi, hairaan hoon main.

11:22 am: blah
I'm so hot!





Which X2 Character Are You?

Eh?





Which Matrix Reloaded persona are you?

this quiz was made by beth

02:51 pm: The world is hollow, for I have touched the sky
Some anagrams of my name:

mast ha rub run : I sound like a pervert in a Virar fast
must ah bar urn : Alchoholique chic
smut ha bra run : Smut indeed
must ah bar run : Yeah, its been a while
mart shu bra nu : Barabar. Ha bra nu mart che
bums ah run tar : That'll teach me to stay away from the chilli sauce
numb hurt sara : I'm sorry. I didn't mean to
mash urban rut : More train eloquence
harm rub an stu : Interesting, if brief non-veg recipe
harm rub aunts : I'd rather not. Really
raman rush tub : but get out quick. I need to shit
human bra rust : Does it hurt?
marsha rub nut : Oh, behave!
martha rubs nu : I hope he's happy

Courtesy Anagramsite.com

11:52 pm: (gasp)
Almaz has a Nissan 350Z and an Indian Chief.

Now I've seen everything.

05:37 pm: One day at a time
deal with the inadequacy and bitterness when it hits
don't let it get in the way of doing your time.

06:13 pm: Insert descriptive subject here
Ugh. Finally finished this issue's writing and other work. Too much of it. I need sleep. I also need money, but that's another saga altogether.

In the thick of issue closing action, I get a tip-off that my web server isn't working. Apache wouldn't start. Port already in use. Huh? Netstat shows me lots of connections to port 80, without Apache running. Immediately block port 80 and anything else with ipchains.

To cut a long story short, Rakesh, the resident Linux admin pointed me to a possible root compromise. With hours of work, I managed to clean the system up and remove several rootkits, keyloggers and other malware. I couldn't have done it without apt. If you're running Redhat, get apt (apt.freshrpms.net)

In other news, on a particularly quick blast on the bike, the oil ran out and I had an engine seize; my first while I was riding. I've had one before when Jeetu was riding as well. It really is time for a rebuild; I need money; different saga, as mentioned above.

Personal life is good. I'll tell you old boys about it later in a private post.

11:37 am: I can be sure of at least one comment




Which Peanuts Character Are You Quiz

05:03 pm: Leave a message after the tone
Been hyper-busy closing issue. That's finally done. Saw three movies in the last 24 hours:

1. Gone in 60 seconds - Fun if you like cars. Crap otherwise.
2. Run Lola Run - Excellent. I saw it a tad late. Fun and good technique.
3. Queen of the damned - Overly stylized. Looks like it was made to please the goths of the wold. Was fun nevertheless.

I'm sick of this bloated Red Hat 7.2 distro. My machine's running out of space and juice. Need to switch. One option is SuSE Office Desktop, which looks cool and comes ready to run, but I'm concerned about future updates and RPM availability. Also have Gentoo 1.4RC4, which appeals to me primarily for its BSD-style ports system. I also notice that Gentoo is almost always quick with security updates and fixes and it usually takes three commands to fix anything. Comments?

Personal life: Exciting, stimulating, challenging, testing all at once.
Bike: Will change top-end gaskets soon. Hope that corrects the lean condition and overheating.
Finances: Still in the shitter but expected to get marginally better soon.

I could go on. I have the time, but not the patience.

03:56 pm: Introspection
I refuse to work at what I'm good at
I refuse to do what I'm not good at
Don't I have the cutest fatal flaw?

Don't get me started on that moped you ride.

03:34 pm: Why didn't we have cool poetry in school?
Ten Ways to Avoid Lending Your Wheelbarrow to Anybody

1 PATRIOTIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I didn't lay down my life in World War II
so that you could borrow my wheelbarrow.

2 SNOBBISH

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Unfortunately Lord Goodman is using it.

3 OVERWEENING

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
It is too mighty a conveyance to be wielded
by any mortal save myself.

4 PIOUS

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
My wheelbarrow is reserved for religious ceremonies.

5 MELODRAMATIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I would sooner be broken on its wheel
and buried in its barrow.

6 PATHETIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I am dying of schizophrenia
and all you can talk about is wheelbarrows.

7 DEFENSIVE

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Do you think I'm made of wheelbarrows?

8 SINISTER

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
It is full of blood.

9 LECHEROUS

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Only if I can fuck your wife in it.

10 PHILOSOPHICAL

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
What is a wheelbarrow?

-- Adrian Mitchell

04:19 pm: still here
One month to the day since I last updated. Started writing an update a while back but work got in the way.

Work seems to be getting in the way more often these days. Deadlines are pushed forward with each passing month and I don't think I like what I'm doing much. Still able to put out satisfactory pieces, so that's a good thing, I suppose.

It will be April soon and I hope to get a raise. Whether that happens will decide my future course of action. There has been a mass exodus from the workplace recently and fresh blood is being inducted to fill the spots.

I am also scared about my Center of the Universe theory kicking in about now.

Movies watched: Anita & Me and Chicago. The former was a very nice little underrated movie that attracted, expectedly, limited attention. Not too preachy, not militant feminist, not overt in any way, apart from the slightly overdone Indian-in-Britain, and related cliches.

Chicago was a musical and surprisingly good at that. I have a tendency to automatically despise the over-hyped, but I will remain objective and give credit where it's due. Watch Chicago at least once. Queen Latifah is good, Renee Zelwegger is not. I still think Richard Gere and Donald Sutherland (not in the movie) have aged superbly.

05:12 pm: Dressed to the T with nowhere to go
tusharburman: really?
slumberbumkin: really what?
tusharburman: what are you saying!
slumberbumkin: what am i saying?
tusharburman: i agree wholeheartedly
slumberbumkin: i'm not quite sure that holds any value, ur assertaion that is
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