BASH – Read A File, One Line At A Time

Disclaimer The instructions/steps given below worked for me running CentOS. It may very well work for you on other linux distributions, Red Hat-like or otherwise. Please note that if you decide to use these instructions on your machine, you are doing so entirely at your very own discretion and that neither this site, sgowtham.com, nor its author is responsible for any/all damage – intellectual or otherwise.

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Kannada LaTeX Expressions – In Graphical Format

Disclaimer Not liking something is NOT THE SAME as hating it. With above point in mind, I do not like MS Word. With first point still in mind, I do not dislike and/or hate people who like and/or use MS Word. I LOVE LaTeX – nerds/geeks don’t feel like doing something (be it as simple a task as preparing a document) unless one actually compiles it (and gets error messages for mistakes); and whether you agree with me or not,…

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Garmin GPSMap 60CSx – My New Travel Companion

It was a mid Summer early afternoon – 07.07.07 to be precise – that I was out in the Silver Mountains area searching for a much sought after (by myself) Sturgeon Falls The parking area and trail head were very well marked but the trail itself disappeared after about 300 feet into the woods. Fortunately, I found some broken tree branches and bent plants (signs of human activity) and managed to get to a (not very useful) sign. It only…

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