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I downloaded this new blog entry poster on linux.. so testing it out.. awesome

Snippets

A few thoughts that linger
In the corner of my mind
Many, of you
And a few,
That are mine
A few words that are unsaid
Feelings, unrevealed

Uncared.. ( although not really )

I lie here
in this dungeon of mine
With the world outside
uncaring

the view of outside
the colors, and the happiness
the beauty, of that innocence,
of that smile, uncaring

these memories painted...
painted on my mind's canvas -
the world, the outside, and me
wandering the rain.. uncaring

And here, this closed room
these empty walls
withering flakes of paint
staring down at me.. as they fall
uncaring.

Words from the void

Every single day
You keep gettin farther away
Those days of meaning
In my memories, lay

Now its just these..
Just these rainy days
And unforgiving memories
And lonely ways

Just these thoughts of you
That dont go away.
They just dont go away.

Some linux fixes.

I've been a linux user for almost 2 years now. But i've always had problems sticking to it since i had a few problems which i thought were not so easy to solve n i'll have to wait for the developers to fix it which didnt seem a feasible thing to do. So i've always been back n forth between linux and windows. Now i use ubuntu ( 9.10 at the time of this post)
But over the last few months after intense googling, i've been able to fix a few problems which i ran into. The annoyances and their fixes are as listed below.

1) Connecting to the internet ( via a wireless data card ):
I've had problems with connecting to the net with my huawei data card with network manager. The only possible fix i've found so far is installing wvdial. Download the following packages (from packages.ubuntu.com for ubuntu users) to install wvdial:
libwvstreams-base
libwvstreams-extras
libuniconf
wvdial
Configuring wvdial is simple: open the terminal an type in ( after connecting the data card):
sudo wvdialconf

sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

this command opens up the file wvdial.conf, now enter your username,password and number to dial in their respective places
add the following line at the end of the file:
Stupid Mode = 1
Now, you're good to go with the net connection with this command - open terminal and execute : sudo wvdial

2)(If)Empathy does not connect AT ALL:
Press alt+f2 to bring up the 'run' program. Type in : gconf-editor
Now, after its opened, press ctrl+f
search for "empathy", select both options that show up below the text space before hitting search.
Or
Simply navigate to /apps/empathy in the sidepane
in the space to the right, you should see and option called : "use conn"
uncheck it.
Thats all, now you're good to go with empathy.

3) The tear effect- horizontal lines appearing in the video and even when moving around windows:
Check out the following links:
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These are a few things i could list out as of now. Will be adding a few more when i get time. For queries, feel free to mail me at enlightened.06@gmail.com
Chao.

The twist

Life is a strange mystery. As it unfolds before our very eyes, the mystery unravels, and often what results is coincidental... a dejavu of sorts. All of us are blessed with the the capacity to think,and create our everyday reality. It may sound like a very spiritual concept, but we are living in a universe which proves this very idea. Cellphones, internet, computers, monstrous machines, hell packed atomic bombs, etc.., all forms of absolute beauty. What we use it for, is a very conscious choice. Nevertheless, its hard to deny that these seemingly "simple" things are our current reality. If we happen to invent time machines, traveled back to say 1000 ad, and narrated the story of our present times, they'd probably laugh at us and confine us to a mental asylum. Because its really that hard to believe, yet we live it.
All this has come about by a few extraordinary people who did not know their boundaries, who did not define themselves in absolute terms, who did not care to fill their brains with the opinions of the world. Most of know many such stories of great men, yet many live in denial of things they want to make a part of their reality.
Today, its just money, popularity, and all that is related that our lives are geared towards. Kids, from a very young age start preparing for the rat race. Mechanical lives. Theres always something people "must" do.. immaterial of whether they would actually like it or not. Often, theres nothing that "we ought to do", only what we like to do.

IDK

Don know why.. feels strange sometimes in life.. like theres really no meaning to what i do or where i think i want to go. Feels sick that the one think i liked, one thing i'm actually good at, i couldnt pursue. And maintaining oneself happy all the time is indeed a tough excercise. I used to be a poet before, now it seems even thats boxed n put to sleep. I think i'm losing my purpose. Its just plain barrenness.
Not that anybody ever reads my blog or respond to my posts saying " dude its all fine". I guess this i why i like to post here...
Solitude in a different sense...
I hope all this nonsense will eventually make sense...
peace.