Friday, December 22, 2006

ssh tunnelling

On the receiving server edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Replace AllowTcpForwarding yes. restart sshd (or reboot) for this setting to take effect.

On the receiving server say
ssh -L:localhost: @ -N

On the sourcing/originating/'client' machine say
sh -L:localhost: @ -N

Now you can use any tool on the 'client' machine as though the server is running locally - only caution is to know that you have to use the credentials of the remote machine as needed. For example, if you want to use MySQL query browser on the client, you have to give the credential of the username of the machine on which the MySQL server is running. This will be the machines account - not mysql account.

soundid

Currently, the price of SoundID products are on the higher range of the spectrum compared to similar mobile phone products in the market - hopefully, they are superior in sound quality as compared to inexpensive ones.
Company founded in Jan 2000
SoundID uses csr bluetooth module
Potential for WiFi taking over bt
Company seems to have strong medical background (notice the founders and investors background)
Possibility of some one breaking bt encryption and putting audio in all available ear pieces around - devastating impact (as the modules might be useless or costly upgrades)

Investors' exist strategy:
Texas Instrument buying
IPO not likely until the sale of minimum 100K/Year.
Dependency on overseas manufacturing

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Alviso

Ghost towns in the bay area:
Drawbridge, California (Near Alviso) and
Holy City, California (on HW 17)

Alviso north of 237 is a old Mexican town. Many homes & establishments are old and having Mexican flavor all over. There is a train track and the trains go on them ones a day or so (actively used).
The southern part of Alviso is modern and have newer companies like other areas in the south bay. Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek flood here... Last big flood was in 1983. The levee has been strengthened since.

http://alviso.com/

Mexican restaurant visited: Marie Elena's Restaurant in Gold Street.

Alviso is currently part of SJ (not too sure).
An electric generator came to the town during the fall of Gov Davis - California energy crisis.

The property was owned by an old short lady who died recently.

wsdl studios

AboveAll Studio from www.aboveallsoftware.com
StylusStudio from www.stylusstudio.com
SOAtest™ from www.parasoft.com
soapUI from www.soapui.org

Monday, November 20, 2006

watir good and bad

Ruby : What I liked
1. installed just fine on my Windows XP machine
2. It has interactive command-line interpreter and compile version (interpreter excellent for quick and dirty jobs as well as prototyping - where compile is considered extra step..)
3. Ruby is new and hot - there seems to be more momentum (Folks looking for the next big thing - after java)
4. Ruby seems to be small foot print and can be compiled on many platforms - portability
5. Ruby implements package management, RubyGems, to distribute components efficiently.
6. Ruby Application Archive (RAA) and RubyForge are repository focused on Ruby.
7. 'Ruby on Rails' is application framework
8. rake is the ruby build system available on rubyforge

Watir:
1. SilkTest and WinRunner rule the webUI funcitonal/regression testing/automation arena - for good reason. They both do a good job at what they claim.
2. The price is on the higher end for people who look for open source as their default search. Evaluation copy/free copy is not easy to get for small/'not so serious' players.
3. Available only for Windows and I belive only for IE.
4. Now comes the Watir, a framework running on Ruby.
5. Tried installing it and it went smooth.
6. Tried the google example - went very smooth
7. Tried Hotmail login that uses cross domain cookies - it just wouldn't work
8. Checking the forums - looks like if IE complains, Watir will complain too. But, this statement don't look right to me as IE don't actually complain (even though it is doing things that IE might not like...)
9. Willing to risk using Watir expecting it to mature eventually.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

bub road companies

http://www.bluelane.com/
http://www.luminousnetworks.com/ - take over?

Bay Shore Tech Park companies

http://www.bayshoretechpark.com/ Bay Shore Tech Park
http://www.btcommercial.com/ NAI BT Commercial
Harvest Properties

http://www.i2cinc.com/
http://www.qwikker.com/
http://www.wideray.com/
http://www.novawavetech.com/
http://www.centralitycomm.com/
http://www.strongmail.com/
http://www.planetweb.com/
http://www.clickatell.com/
http://www.wherifywireless.com/
http://www.shutterfly.com/

Friday, September 29, 2006

Iain's company

// Iain Huxley
// President
// Mindspike Technologies
// http://mindspike.com
// Ph: (510) 339 7789

activity noticed around Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:44:23 -0800

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

hr-xml open source


Open Source/Collaborative Projects




Trevor Harmon saw my reponse to a comment concerning “candidate-centered” HR-XML and the various related open source and collaborative initiatives leveraging HR-XML.


Trevor tells me that a new release of “HR-XSL” is available. “HR-XSL is a Source Forge project providing a set of command-line tools that transform a curriculum vitae or résumé in XML format into PDF, HTML, or plain text format.



The HR-XSL Source Forge site also provides a list of related open source projects. Combining that list with a few open source or collaborative efforts of which I’m aware, I’ve come up the list below, which will be maintained in HR-XML’s members wiki.
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  • HR-XSL The HR-XSL project provides a set of command-line tools that transforms a curriculum vitae or résumé in XML format into PDF, HTML, or plain text format.


  • Open Source Recruiter (SourceForge) - A Java toolkit for creating and manipulating HR-XML résumés.



  • Jerimoth (SourceForge) - A Java-based web service for posting HR-XML résumés.


  • Open Human Resources (SourceForge) - An open repository for various Human Resource components that communicate using HR-XML via SOAP.


  • OpenSkills (Wikipedia) - A global non-profit association that provides a freely searchable database of résumés based on HR-XML.


  • xmlresume (SourceForge) - An open source project that defines both the data layer and the presentation layer of a résumé. It uses a custom (non-HR-XML) data format.



  • Sample solution for Recruiting (GotDotNet)


  • XML Forms Generator (AlphaWorks)


    HR-XML is pleased that communities of imaginative developers are leveraging HR-XML standards in open source and collaborative projects. Of course, HR-XML isn’t affiliated with any of these initiatives and cannot recommend or warrant the suitability of the work for any purpose. However, we’d like to hear your opinions if you’ve tried to apply any of the above resources.




  • main article

    Saturday, July 29, 2006

    Invisalign SQA activities

    Invisalign is invisible way of straightening teeth. The company behind it is AlignTech in SantaClara. The competitor (claimed as patent infringe) is OrthoClear is based in SFO and manufacturing in Pakistan. AlighTech has requested for stopping the import.
    The web sites for these 2 companies are similar looking. The doctor/orthodontist certification program is looking identical. Ormco is another competing company.

    VIP - Virtual Invisalign Practice, a web page for hosting Doctor's info
    ClinCheck - Electronic manufacture of invisiallign. Custom made - more than 20,000,000. This is considered as mass manufacturing of custom made item in any category.
    vip.invisalign.com
    aligntech has offshore component to testing (from their hiring)

    Few HR providers for AlignTech collected from the job boards are ATR International and Xoriant. There is a SQA Manager position available with this company but there is a goof up in the web page, where it is not indexed - getting less visibility to this opening.
    Invisalign manufacturing process is outlined in the pdf doc that outlines 6 step process 1) Capturing tooth anatomy with impressions 2) creating 3D image 3) planning virtual treatment (computerized movie on ClinCheck) 4) Creating stereolithography (sla) 5) create alligners 6) Ready to ship

    outsourcing backlash is noted in Annual Report 2005 where the party 1 to 2 switch made in 2005Q4 and swich back from 2 to 1 in 2006Q1. Incidentally this was not also as per plan check Form 10Q for period ending Sept 05.

    Cecilia Claudio, CIO and vice president of engineering for Align Technology, a Santa Clara maker of orthodontic products, and a board member of RampRate LLC, an IT outsourcing advisor in Santa Monica, Calif seems to have promoted the outsourcing effort per infoworld. AlighTech got a new CIO who started as of 12/12/05 (from google finance).

    Monday, July 24, 2006

    2006 US-Iran war? Isral-Lebanon

    Israel attacking Iran supported Hezbollah in Lebanon. US does not say harsh words on Israel’s action - indicating that it is approved personally by Bush.

    Rice has quoted "We're also taking about a durable way to end the violence" - meaning Rice is supporting the current aggression against Lebanon (similar to US invading Iraq - on pre-emptive strike). The 2 soldier kidnapping appears to be the excuse for going ahead with the large scale operation - with many causalities.

    Friday, July 21, 2006

    recruiter job responsibilities

    Generate strong pipeline candidate flow through referrals and networking.
    Manage job fair show and conference schedule.
    Identify and recruit passive candidates.
    reading of white papers, cold calling and referrals.

    Create successful hiring practices and streamline process.
    Manage day to day operations in staffing.
    Provide interview training to staff and executive staff.
    Reduce the use of agencies by shifting the focus to direct sourcing and referrals.
    Managers create efficient methods to streamline the interview, feedback, and offer processes.
    Strategies such as leveraging contacts and resumes to more effectively pool efforts. Worked with in house ATS and offer work flow to process offers and a more efficient interview process.
    Compensation surveys.

    Types of candidates:
    Active candidates
    Job board candidates
    Passive candidates
    ERP candidates
    Somewhat active candidates
    Drawn-to-your-website candidates
    Pseudo-passive candidates
    Help wanted candidates
    Job fair candidates
    The-person-you-met-on-the-plane candidates
    College recruiting candidates
    Internal promotion candidates

    Tips
    Get candidates mentally involved in their new company before they actually start.
    Direct source candidates from other companies.
    Push hiring managers.
    Follow up with candidates after the hire.

    Thursday, July 20, 2006

    HR-XML

    HR-XML creates specs for exchanging HR information in a standard way. Few collections of specs include: Benefits Enrollment, Benefits Enrollment, Payroll, Time Card, Stock Plans, Staffing Exchange Protocol, Staffing Industry Data Exchanges Standards and Background Checking. Who all use HR-XML specs: Recruiting, Competencies, Assessments, Background Checks, Payroll, Employee Benefits, Staffing - Temporary / Contingent, Metrics & Stock Plans
    We have certification programs as well for HR-XML. Some of the users/applications are: Applicant Tracking System, Assessment Provider, Background Check / Screening Services Provider, Benefits Services Outsourcer, Benefits Plan / Carrier, Employer / Core HR System, Job Board / Career Site, Payroll Services Outsourcer, Staffing Customer & Staffing Supplier.

    Wednesday, July 19, 2006

    wkipedia on recruiting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resume
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_check
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference#Personal_references
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruiter
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruitment
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_agency
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timesheet
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_interview
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruitment_process_outsourcing
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_work
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_tracking_software
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invoice
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_time_tracking_software
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consultant
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology_consulting
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchase_order
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounts_payable
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Resource_Management_Systems
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_balance
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty_cash
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_services
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_consultant
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffing
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_of_employment
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_contractor
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_economy
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_advantage
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_employer_organization
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_package
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_search_engine
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_hunting
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_network
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_calling
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_search


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster.com
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeed.com
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simply_Hired

    http://www.indeed.com/about.jsp

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permatemp

    jobboards
    Resume Portfolio

    build a database of consultants and their employees/contacts
    --- why don't I make a small book out of this info?

    Sunday, July 16, 2006

    American hypocrisy

    Americans is calling for sunnies and sheiads to come together - while American's deny talking to other peer geo political entities like Iran and North Korea.
    Americans asking other countries not to perform nuclear test - due to safety reason - while Americans are the only geo political entity who has used atomic bomb against humans.
    Americans are working on technologies that kill and harm more humans than any other nation. (read - bunker busters, smart bombs).
    Americans claim to be transparent democracy. I don't know what's democracy. Democracy is one of the most cleverly used word in the 21st century in a disadvantage to the poorer country by richer countries.
    American want Chinese currency to be adjusted - while they never cared when American's buying power against many poor nations were climbing for decades.

    Parker Ranch Trail

    Parker Ranch Trail links to Fremont Older Open Space. There is a real vertical streach that's challenging. Also, at prospect road, when you take the back roads, you see the back yard of rich homes and they are some times pretty. http://www.saratoga.ca.us/pdf/trails/parker%20ranch%20trail.pdf

    Reached 1/4 the way on July 15th, 2006.

    Looks like next to the rail road, there might be a trail that could be really taking all the way. Need to check this out some day.

    gc progress

    good news for friends: Sasi got EAD & Karthik finger printing

    bday note

    Over the past 16 years you have extended selfless love and affection to us as parents and to friends. Thank you.
    Your passion has been in the areas of painting (not drawing), teaching (sharing of knowledge and skills), art reproduction (cartoons / latch hook / stuffed toys) and dance (Stage act and story telling - with/without music).
    You have expressed your interest in professions such as 1) astronaut 2) marine biologist 3) school teacher 4) animator (story teller – in different media?).
    You liked to swim (love water), snow (solid water!) & sleep in a little bunk bed on a snowy place in a small cabin house.
    You loved Swiss - a small tucked away town. You chose Swiss for the snow and also for its peace loving policy - non participation in wars for decades.
    You have a nice balance of artist and analytic skills (Math/programming).
    As for educators, you liked your English Teacher Richards, your 7th grade Math teacher and your dance teacher Suganda.
    Last few words at this juncture in your life - be yourself (not easy always), be happy and try to bring happiness in to as many as you can.

    Friday, June 16, 2006

    Bill Gates Resigns

    1. Bill gates has announced that he would be transitioning his role as Chief Architect of Microsoft.
    Ray Ozzie would take on Chief Software Architect.

    Here is a first cut
    1. Bill G is working hard every day every hour for Microsoft. His rate of return for his direct contribution into Microsoft has decreased over the past few years. So, BillG is better off if he don't have to work as hard for the small returns he gets as Microsoft employee. (Well different unconventional perspective). In the present arrangement, he still will be chairman of the Board of directors and take on Advisory role. In his remarks he said "I see myself always being the largest shareholder of Microsoft. I'm proud of that" http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2006/06-15transition.asp BillG helping Microsoft in Chairman/Advisor would be to preserve his wealth and also, he can get product his dreams come true (not a thing that an average employee with smaller brain can think off).
    2. At the current stage in his life and his current wealth, BillG is going for the next best bet to make the most impact - can't blame him for this smart guy. As philanthropist, he can make a long lasting impact on human kind - so that he is remembered 200 years from he is gone. These are some of the thought process of wealthiest people (read as Kings) in the world - who build Taj Mahal besides other big things.
    3. From the article pointed above, Bill seems to have planned this in 2004 with his wife Melinda. Bill has also shared it with the CEO - Steve Blamer. Don't know if it is timing - Microsoft paid out one time dividend - a substantive sum - much more than impact of IRS and the US government’s tax returns program that was going on at that time. Guess, who profited the most - BillG who got a huge dividend of USD 3B, that he transferred in to his foundation (read his new company). Now comes question to SEC (Securities and Excahnges Commission).... If an ‘employee’ is planning on resigning - he siphons out a large sum from the company in to his new company (non-profit organization) - is it not looking more like Enron's deal – even though it is as dividend? Remember BillG is ultra smart - unbelievably smart. He is ruthless in business - will do any thing to get what he wants... Well, I wish some one spots this direction of thinking and do what's in best interest to prevent such rich folks from making decisions to pocket big money right before quieting the company...
    4. All this said, I still like BillG as a philanthropist and as one of the smartest guy in my time and wish him well.
    ---
    Adding to the story is Waren Buffet donates his money to Bill after Bill joins Waren's company in the board. Also, the donation is conditional upon Bill and Milinda being healthy and actively working on the foundation. Looks like a big time scandle to evade tax at the expense of all other tax payers. Also, at the same time accomplish what these individual wants to accomplish (in the name of charity).

    Sunday, May 28, 2006

    http://geology.com/waterfalls/california.shtml

    California Waterfalls - CA Waterfalls
    Waterfall County Latitude Longitude USGS Map
    Alamere Falls Marin 37.953889 N 122.782500 W Double Point
    Andreas Falls Riverside 33.758056 N 116.616667 W Palm Springs
    Angle Falls Madera 37.338333 N 119.569722 W Bass Lake
    Ash Creek Falls Siskiyou 41.404167 N 122.135278 W Mount Shasta
    Bassi Falls El Dorado 38.892222 N 120.330000 W Loon Lake
    Bear Canyon Falls Imperial 33.015833 N 114.669722 W Picacho SW
    Bear Creek Falls Shasta 40.531944 N 121.945833 W Inwood
    Berry Creek Falls Santa Cruz 37.169722 N 122.263611 W Franklin Point
    Big Falls San Bernardino 34.085833 N 116.895000 W Forest Falls
    Blue Canyon Falls Fresno 36.931389 N 118.749722 W Slide Bluffs
    Bluff Falls Tehama 40.413611 N 121.531944 W Lassen Peak
    Bonita Falls San Bernardino 34.230278 N 117.503889 W Cucamonga Peak
    Bridalveil Fall Mariposa 37.716667 N 119.645833 W El Capitan
    Bunnell Cascade Mariposa 37.745278 N 119.470833 W Merced Peak
    Burney Falls Shasta 41.010833 N 121.651667 W Burney Falls
    Burnt Ranch Falls Trinity 40.826389 N 123.475000 W Ironside Mountain
    Butano Falls San Mateo 37.242222 N 122.316944 W Franklin Point
    California Falls Tuolumne 37.916111 N 119.439167 W Falls Ridge
    Camino Falls Madera 37.420556 N 119.417778 W Little Shuteye Peak
    Canyon Creek Falls Trinity 40.934444 N 123.019444 W Mount Hilton
    Carrizo Falls Imperial 33.020833 N 114.688056 W Picacho SW
    Carson Falls Alpine 38.489167 N 119.681667 W Disaster Peak
    Cascade Falls Mono 38.203889 N 119.556944 W Tower Peak
    Cascades, The Mariposa 37.726944 N 119.711944 W El Capitan
    Castle Rock Falls Santa Cruz 37.226389 N 122.104722 W Castle Rock Ridge
    Cataract Falls Marin 37.924444 N 122.628333 W Bolinas
    Cedar Creek Falls San Diego 32.989444 N 116.729444 W Tule Springs
    Chagoopa Falls Tulare 36.471389 N 118.405278 W Chagoopa Falls
    Chilnualna Fall Mariposa 37.563889 N 119.616389 W Mariposa Grove
    Chinquapin Falls Mariposa 37.666944 N 119.755833 W El Portal
    Cholollo Falls Tulare 36.059722 N 118.644167 W Solo Peak
    Clover Creek Falls Shasta 40.656111 N 122.016667 W Oak Run
    Codfish Falls Placer 38.997222 N 120.953611 W Greenwood
    Coquette Falls Siskiyou 41.447222 N 122.213611 W Mount Shasta
    Corlieu Falls Madera 37.416111 N 119.623611 W White Chief Mountain
    Curtain Falls Butte 39.663056 N 121.303056 W Brush Creek
    Darwin Falls Inyo 36.320833 N 117.523611 W Darwin
    Dawn Falls Marin 37.938611 N 122.561389 W San Rafael
    Deadhorse Falls Tehama 40.310000 N 121.667500 W Lyonsville
    Deadhorse Falls Tehama 40.293611 N 121.701944 W Lyonsville
    Deer Creek Falls Tehama 40.202500 N 121.512222 W Onion Butte
    Eagle Falls El Dorado 38.951944 N 120.110278 W Emerald Bay
    Ella Falls Tulare 36.731944 N 118.977500 W General Grant Grove
    Faery Falls Siskiyou 41.261389 N 122.334167 W City of Mount Shasta
    Falls, The San Diego 32.736667 N 116.541389 W Morena Reservoir
    Falls, The Sutter 39.228333 N 121.831667 W Sutter Buttes
    Feather Falls Butte 39.643056 N 121.273333 W Brush Creek
    Fern Falls Plumas 39.713889 N 120.665278 W Gold Lake
    Finnegan Falls Stanislaus 37.658333 N 121.229167 W Ripon
    First Falls Inyo 37.126389 N 118.444167 W Coyote Flat
    Fiver Finger Falls Santa Cruz 37.049444 N 121.860833 W Loma Prieta
    Foresta Falls Mariposa 37.692778 N 119.758889 W El Portal
    Fossil Falls Inyo 35.970000 N 117.908056 W Little Lake
    Frazier Falls Plumas 39.706944 N 120.641389 W Gold Lake
    Garlic Falls Fresno 36.861944 N 118.952222 W Hume
    Golden Falls Santa Cruz 37.179167 N 122.271111 W Franklin Point
    Gray Falls Trinity 40.854167 N 123.481667 W Ironside Mountain
    Green Valley Falls San Diego 32.900000 N 116.582500 W Cuyamaca Peak
    Green Valley Falls Solano 38.276944 N 122.179444 W Mount George
    Hackmans Falls Sierra 39.559167 N 120.624722 W Haypress Valley
    Haraszthy Falls Sonoma 38.292778 N 122.417778 W Sonoma
    Hatchet Creek Falls Shasta 40.875278 N 121.940556 W Roaring Creek
    Hidden Falls Riverside 33.636389 N 116.509167 W Palm View Peak
    Horsetail Falls El Dorado 38.830556 N 120.122222 W Echo Lake
    Horsetail Falls Mono 37.539444 N 118.828611 W Convict Lake
    Horsetail Falls Mono 38.139444 N 119.378889 W Buckeye Ridge
    Horsetail Falls Siskiyou 41.928333 N 123.128333 W Kangaroo Mountain
    Huntington Falls San Francisco 37.768611 N 122.473056 W San Francisco North
    Illilouette Fall Mariposa 37.713889 N 119.560833 W Half Dome
    Indian Falls Plumas 40.061667 N 120.960556 W Crescent Mills
    Ishi Pishi Falls Siskiyou 41.381944 N 123.498611 W Somes Bar
    Islay Falls San Luis Obispo 35.270556 N 120.863611 W Morro Bay South
    Jackson Falls Ventura 34.465556 N 119.053889 W Santa Paula Peak
    Jawbone Falls Tuolumne 38.008333 N 119.970833 W Cherry Lake North
    Johnson Creek Falls Siskiyou 41.459444 N 122.919167 W Etna
    Kent Falls Marin 37.884722 N 122.577222 W San Rafael
    Kickapoo Waterfall Trinity 41.123889 N 122.815278 W Ycatapom Peak
    Kings Creek Falls Shasta 40.459444 N 121.438611 W Reading Peak
    Kinner Falls Shasta 41.004722 N 121.883611 W Big Bend
    Le Conte Falls Tuolumne 37.923333 N 119.451389 W Falls Ridge
    Leavitt Falls Mono 38.319444 N 119.561944 W Pickel Meadow
    Lehamite Falls Mariposa 37.762500 N 119.577778 W Yosemite Falls
    Linda Falls Napa 38.555833 N 122.441111 W Saint Helena
    Lion Slide Falls Shasta 40.872500 N 121.891944 W Montgomery Creek
    Lion Wash Falls Shasta 40.871667 N 121.884722 W Montgomery Creek
    Little Nellie Falls Mariposa 37.720278 N 119.783333 W El Portal
    Llewellyn Falls Alpine 38.460556 N 119.604167 W Lost Cannon Peak
    Loretta Falls Del Norte 41.993333 N 123.534722 W Polar Bear Mountain
    Loves Falls Sierra 39.580833 N 120.606111 W Haypress Valley
    Lower Deer Creek Falls Tehama 40.168333 N 121.580833 W Onion Butte
    Lower Falls Siskiyou 41.242222 N 122.024444 W Lake McCloud
    Lower Rainbow Falls Madera 37.594444 N 119.088056 W Crystal Crag
    Lower Yosemite Fall Mariposa 37.751389 N 119.595556 W Yosemite Falls
    Maidenhair Falls San Diego 33.236667 N 116.438611 W Tubb Canyon
    Manly Fall Inyo 35.937500 N 117.183333 W Manly Fall
    Manly Fall Inyo 35.937500 N 117.185278 W Manly Fall
    Maple Falls Santa Cruz 37.051111 N 121.889722 W Laurel
    Maple Falls Siskiyou 41.644722 N 123.179167 W Grider Valley
    Marble Falls Tulare 36.556111 N 118.791111 W Giant Forest
    McWay Falls Monterey 36.158611 N 121.670556 W Partington Ridge
    Middle Falls Siskiyou 41.243889 N 122.008611 W Lake McCloud
    Middleman Falls San Bernardino 34.248889 N 117.419167 W Devore
    Mildred Falls San Diego 33.014167 N 116.713889 W Santa Ysabel
    Mill Creek Falls Mendocino 39.881389 N 123.744444 W Noble Butte
    Mill Creek Falls Modoc 41.278889 N 120.284722 W Soup Creek
    Mill Creek Falls Tehama 40.440556 N 121.511944 W Lassen Peak
    Minaret Falls Madera 37.640833 N 119.093889 W Mammoth Mountain
    Mist Falls Fresno 36.813611 N 118.547778 W The Sphinx
    Monkeyface Falls San Bernardino 34.098611 N 116.955556 W Forest Falls
    Montgomery Creek Falls Shasta 40.838056 N 121.927222 W Montgomery Creek
    Mossbrae Falls Siskiyou 41.241667 N 122.265833 W Dunsmuir
    Nevada Fall Mariposa 37.725278 N 119.532778 W Half Dome
    Nojoqui Falls Santa Barbara 34.528333 N 120.170833 W Solvang
    Pepperwood Falls Humboldt 40.464167 N 123.854722 W Bridgeville
    Pfeiffer Falls Monterey 36.256944 N 121.780556 W Big Sur
    Pine Falls Monterey 36.300833 N 121.644167 W Ventana Cones
    Pit River Falls Shasta 40.986111 N 121.470833 W Hogback Ridge
    Ponytail Falls Siskiyou 41.931944 N 123.128611 W Kangaroo Mountain
    Potem Falls Shasta 40.838889 N 122.027222 W Devils Rock
    Preston Falls Tuolumne 37.884444 N 119.880278 W Cherry Lake South
    Punch Bowl, The Ventura 34.463333 N 119.051944 W Santa Paula Peak
    Pywiack Cascade Mariposa 37.787222 N 119.487778 W Tenaya Lake
    Rainbow Falls Madera 37.601667 N 119.082500 W Crystal Crag
    Rainbow Falls San Francisco 37.771389 N 122.477222 W San Francisco North
    Rancheria Falls Tuolumne 37.955000 N 119.709444 W Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
    Red Rock Falls Madera 37.433889 N 119.635556 W Fish Camp
    Red Rock Falls San Bernardino 34.659722 N 114.476389 W Topock
    Ribbon Fall Mariposa 37.735833 N 119.647222 W El Capitan
    Roaring River Falls Fresno 36.780556 N 118.620000 W The Sphinx
    Rose Valley Falls Ventura 34.526111 N 119.178333 W Lion Canyon
    Royal Arch Cascade Mariposa 37.749722 N 119.569722 W Half Dome
    Salmon Creek Falls Tulare 35.910556 N 118.435000 W Fairview
    Salmon Falls El Dorado 38.759167 N 121.068889 W Pilot Hill
    San Antonio Falls San Bernardino 34.271944 N 117.633611 W Mount San Antonio
    Sardine Falls Mono 38.308611 N 119.621389 W Pickel Meadow
    Second Falls Inyo 37.134167 N 118.454722 W Coyote Flat
    Sentinel Fall Mariposa 37.725000 N 119.595556 W Half Dome
    Silver Apron Mariposa 37.726944 N 119.539722 W Half Dome
    Silver Falls Mono 38.343889 N 119.545556 W Pickel Meadow
    Silver Falls Santa Cruz 37.177778 N 122.269444 W Franklin Point
    Silver Spray Falls Fresno 36.914444 N 118.786667 W Tehipite Dome
    Silver Strand Falls Mariposa 37.704444 N 119.668333 W El Capitan
    Silverwood Falls San Bernardino 34.075278 N 116.816944 W San Gorgonio Mountain
    Sisquoc Falls Santa Barbara 34.742500 N 119.730278 W Big Pine Mountain
    Snow Creek Falls Mariposa 37.766667 N 119.533333 W Yosemite Falls
    South Creek Falls Tulare 35.971667 N 118.491944 W Fairview
    Staircase Falls Mariposa 37.735278 N 119.573889 W Half Dome
    Sturtevant Falls Los Angeles 34.211667 N 118.018889 W Mount Wilson
    Tahquitz Falls Riverside 33.803611 N 116.560833 W Palm Springs
    Tehan Falls Alameda 37.673333 N 121.938889 W Dublin
    Tokopah Falls Tulare 36.608611 N 118.689167 W Lodgepole
    Triple Falls Fresno 36.984722 N 118.554444 W Marion Peak
    Tueeulala Falls Tuolumne 37.963056 N 119.775556 W Lake Eleanor
    Tufa Falls Tulare 36.443611 N 118.595278 W Mineral King
    Tuolumne Falls Tuolumne 37.905833 N 119.416667 W Falls Ridge
    Twin Falls Mono 37.611667 N 119.009167 W Crystal Crag
    Upper Falls Siskiyou 41.240833 N 122.006944 W Lake McCloud
    Upper Yosemite Fall Mariposa 37.756389 N 119.595833 W Yosemite Falls
    Valley of the Falls San Bernardino 34.083333 N 116.911667 W Forest Falls
    Vernal Fall Mariposa 37.727500 N 119.542778 W Half Dome
    Volcano Falls Tulare 36.351944 N 118.392500 W Kern Lake
    Wapama Falls Tuolumne 37.966389 N 119.764444 W Lake Eleanor
    Washtub Falls San Diego 33.172500 N 116.786111 W Mesa Grande
    Waterwheel Falls Tuolumne 37.926944 N 119.457778 W Falls Ridge
    Wellhouse Falls Santa Barbara 34.528333 N 119.787222 W San Marcos Pass
    Whisky Falls Madera 37.288056 N 119.439167 W Shuteye Peak
    White Cascade Tuolumne 37.908611 N 119.418611 W Falls Ridge
    Whitney Falls Siskiyou 41.461389 N 122.238889 W Mount Shasta
    Wildcat Falls Mariposa 37.723611 N 119.716389 W El Capitan
    Wilderness Falls Siskiyou 41.791111 N 123.627500 W Devils Punchbowl
    Wolfskill Falls Los Angeles 34.175833 N 117.748611 W Mount Baldy
    Yosemite Falls Mariposa 37.758333 N 119.594167 W Yosemite Falls
    Young Falls Lassen 41.042778 N 121.316111 W Pittville

    Thursday, May 04, 2006

    Bay Area Water falls

    County by county, here are the Bay Area's 25 waterfalls:

    -- Alameda County: Murietta Falls in the Ohlone Wilderness; Little Yosemite Falls in Sunol Regional Wilderness.

    -- Contra Costa County: Donner Falls in Mount Diablo State Park; Abriego Falls in Briones Regional Park.

    -- Marin County: Alamere Falls in Point Reyes National Seashore; Stairstep Falls in Samuel P. Taylor State Park; Cataract Falls and Carson Falls in Marin watershed lands; Dawn Falls, Cascade Falls and Loma Alta Falls in Marin County Parks/Open Space.

    -- San Mateo County: Brooks Falls in San Pedro Valley County Park; Tiptoe Falls at Portola Redwoods State Park.

    -- Santa Clara County: Black Rock Falls, Basin Falls, Upper Falls, Granulja Falls, Triple Falls in Uvas Canyon County Park.

    -- Sonoma County: Canyon Creek Falls in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park.

    -- Santa Cruz County: Castle Falls in Castle Rock State Park; Berry Creek Falls, Silver Falls, Golden Falls, Sempervirens Falls in Big Basin Redwoods State Park; Maple Falls in Forest of Niscene Marks State Park.

    Indian wateralls

    http://www.indiantravelportal.com//waterfalls/index.html

    Thursday, April 20, 2006

    regency knoll Drive online

    Regency Knoll Drive door numbers (1040 to 1099)
    http://www.tsinghua-nc.org/news/2005/event-04242005.php
    Shawnee Sun
    c/o THAA-NC
    1069 Regency Knoll Drive
    San Jose , CA 95129

    http://www.elca.org/chaplains/spc_synod_reps.html
    REGION 2
    Sierra Pacific
    Robert W. Andersen
    1063 Regency Knoll Drive, San Jose, California 95129
    408-253-0962; bobandeth@aol.com

    http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/IPDL-CIMAGES/view/pct/getbykey5?KEY=99/09587.990617
    HSIEH, Chang-Lin; 1071 Regency Knoll Drive, San Jose, CA 95129 (US).

    http://www.shopinsanjose.com/Computers___Electronics/Software/Moonlight_Software_Corp_/392182.htm
    1055 Regency Knoll Drive
    San Jose, CA
    95129
    Phone: (408) 257-7556
    Fax: (408) 257-7556
    http://www.moonlightsoft.com/

    http://www.completeweddings.com/index.cfm?regionid=189&currPage=9&categoryid=66&affiliateid=8
    Weddingbokay
    1043 Regency Knoll Drive , San Jose
    Tel: 408-255-6899

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006

    Linux package managers

    This comes under Package Management System
    Fedora uses RPM (RPM Package Manager)
    yum (Yellow dog Updater, Modified) on Fedora Core installs rpm
    example:
    yum install vsftpd
    installs the ftp server daemon

    Debian uses apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) against .deb packages.
    Example
    apt-get install mozilla

    License Browse/Edit/Selector

    We got lots of Licenses in open and closed source projects. We now have version numbers and also multiple licenses...
    Example
    Clickwrap License
    Licence-free software
    Shrink Wrap EULA
    Creative Commons
    Open Source
    Apache
    Mozilla
    BSD

    I want to know what is different - so that I can adopt. Basically I want to slice and dices these License words and categorize them You can also view this as a stock market where you want to slice and dice the information you receive and make a determination on what you want to do with your money against the companies you are interested in.

    Open source LiveCD generator

    Linux Distributions and LiveCDs are very powerful useful way to reach the end users/consumers.

    Major Players in Distros
    Fedora Core
    Debian

    LiveCD
    Knoppix based on Debian

    It would be nice if we can have a kiosk where you can go and ask for an assortment of open source programs and they cut a cd for free or minimal charge.

    For example here are the combinations I would be interested
    1. Have a really really light system - just kernel
    2. Have a system for developer (tool chains, IDE)
    3. Server config
    4. Video Editing
    5. Music editing (lilyPond)
    6. Engineering application
    7. Games
    8. Routers

    Basically, as a customer, I want to walk up to the booth, click (touch screen would be cool) select all (while the size bar shows me where I am - say burn... Go over to the counter - pay and get the CD/DVD with what ever professional label/disk jacket.
    Give a mechanism to select from different tree type categories.
    Give option to select individual components by name
    Give option to select a specific older version - if that's what the user wants
    Give option to read about the package as needed
    Can we compare this with today's Wallgreen's print your photos from memory chip?
    Give option to get some contents like Images, Music, Movie, Text, Docs...
    Provide not just GPL - allow other licenses
    May be we can loop commercial non-open software to giving their software like this as well - what the heck - they want money - don't they?

    LilyPond - for Music notation

    GNU LilyPond is a free software program for engraving sheet music. It uses a simple ASCII notation for music, which is then compiled into PDF (via PostScript) or into SVG. LilyPond can also automatically generate MIDI files from music specified in the LilyPond format.

    https://github.com/0xfe/vexflow is another open source - on Javascript

    Thursday, March 23, 2006

    php CMS open source links

    xoops - XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.

    PHP-Nuke 7.9 Final version. This version includes a new variables validation and filtering system more effective and more secure, potential security vulnerabilities generated from the wysiwyg editor has been fixed, BBtoNuke 2.0.17, added banned IP edit function, improved search module internals, quotes and double quotes are now supported on all parts of the system, wysiwyg editor can be totaly deactivated from config.php file, users groups fixes to properly load the members modules, several fixes in the advertising system and many more. Additionaly PHP-Nuke version 7.8 has been released for free to the public on the downloads section.

    more.groupware WebCalendar is a PHP application used to maintain a calendar for a single user or an intranet group of users. It can also be configured as an event calendar.

    PHPeclipse - PHP Eclipse-Plugin PHP - Support for the Eclipse IDE Framework (www.eclipse.org); Some Features are PHP parser, debugger, code formatter, outline view, templates...(Programming Language: Java)

    WebCalendar WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, Interbase, MS SQL Server, or ODBC is required.

    Tiki CMS/Groupware Powerful multilingual Wiki/CMS/Groupware: File/Image gallery,Article,Blog,Tracker/Forms,Forum,Poll/Survey & Quiz,Newsletter,Calendar,Drawing,Bookmarks,FAQ,Banner ads,Categories,Spreadsheet,Maps,Workflow,Search,Theme control,WAP,VoiceXML,RSS,LDAP,Stats...

    TUTOS is _T_he _U_ltimate _T_eam _O_rganization _S_oftware, a webbased groupware or ERP/CRM/PLM system to manage your and your teams appointments,addresses,projects,tasks,bugs,mailboxes,documents,notes and your time spent with these things

    phpgroupware phpGroupWare - formerly known as webdistro - is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP.

    It provides about 50 web-based applications, as there are the Calendar, Addressbook, an advanced Projects manager, Todo List, Notes, Email, Newsgroup- and Headlines Reader, a Filemanager and many more Applications. The calendar supports repeating events and includes alarm functions. The email system supports inline graphics and file attachments.

    The system as a whole supports user preferences, themes, user permissions, multi-language support and unser groups. It includes modules to setup and administrate the working environment. The groupware suite is based on an advanced Application Programming Interface (API).

    dotProject HP web-based project management framework that includes modules for companies, projects, tasks (with Gantt charts), forums, files, calendar, contacts, tickets/helpdesk, multi-language support, user/module permissions and themes

    Thursday, January 12, 2006

    Linux on Palm Z22 - not much luck so far

    I bought a Palm Z22 device from Fry's for 2 primary reasons.

    1. Use it as low cost PIM
    2. Try out Embedded Linux, if possible

    Reason why Palm Z22
    1. It is inexpensive - $99 (+tax)
    2. It is light weight
    3. I had Plam IIIx for more than 4 years and it generally serves the PIM part well
    4. Size fits into my pant pocket

    I realized couple of new things while investigating to install Linux and was wondering if you want to help me in completing this part.
    1. Palm Z22 is new device (Oct 15, 2005) - not much details in open source community yet
    2. Pure Open Source Linux is not commonly/widely available - in a easily canned form (like what you get for PC)
    3. Many sites Linux point me to Palm III series, Tungsten or Palm Live not to any of the Zire

    This makes me to venture into giving it a shot my self - instead of having to wait for it to be already available in binary format. Would you be interested in helping in your spare time (as hobby)?

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Embedded Linux

    JTAG is normally used to flash the ROM in embedded systems. Jtag tools are dongle like stuff connected to parallel port of PC that basically serially sends the bios. The first thing to be loaded is the bios. One example is blob. Blob, the boot loader. Bios inturn loads the Kernel. Example Kernal Image is 'zImage'.
    jFalsh (alt) is a software that uses PC Parallel port for jtag communication with embedded systems.

    Blob - one of the version from UK site is ftp://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/armlinux/people/xscale/lubbock/blob/
    busybox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable.

    skyeye http://gro.clinux.org/projects/skyeye/ project seems to emulate/simulate ARM. Also give a way to use uClinux. Cygwin version requires TCL & X Windows to run.

    ARM Tool Chain - cross compiler for Cygwin: http://www.gnuarm.com/

    Eclipse IDE

    Eclipse IDE seems to have taken the same or simillar approch the Turbo C and Microsoft Visual Studio has taken. Like make the IDE and rig up the compiles and other tools behind it (Reuse code and user experiance - hence user loyalty).

    Eclipse comes with integrated Java development in it. Tried C/C++ Development Tools download - yet to get it to work on my Cygwin (gcc) version. I would like to get my arm cross comiler on it so that I get a ARM IDE through open source.

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