ur web identity., secure it :)

Never be late to claim your identity in popular portals. ;)

usernamecheck.com runs through popular web 2.0 portals and checks if a user name is taken or not., 

We may not even know most of them, but i dont want to miss my id in thumblr, wordpress, .. :)

hostname and ip - demystified :)

Never involved in hardcore network programming after my academics., but recently found this tweak really handy sometimes., its trivial once u realize what it is :)

Majority of corporates have M$ Windows domain running and at least, i sometimes wanted to know either windows machine's host-name or  ip-address, given the other one. so.,

• IPAddress to HostName
  just try trace route command
  >tracert 169.24.137.123 
  Tracing route to  labpc004148.apr.dhcp.ht.com [169.24.137.123] 
  over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1  <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  [169.24.182.1]
  2  <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  jsr21-vlan299.itg.ti.com [169.24.253.34] 
  3  <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  labpc004148.apr.dhcp.dt.com [169.24.137.123]
  
  
• HostName to IPAddressjust ping the hostname, :) it will resolve into ip-address
  
  
  >ping labpc004148
  Pinging labpc004148 [169.24.137.123] with 32 bytes of data:
  
  Reply from 169.24.137.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=126
  Reply from 169.24.137.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=126
  Reply from 169.24.137.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=126
  Reply from 169.24.137.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=126
  
  Ping statistics for 169.24.137.123:
      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
  Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
      Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

Moi first 10k Run.. yaay!!

I always wanted to run a marathon and check what i'm made up of.. Became curious after seeing jagdeesh going for regular weekly runs with TI running club, and lot of runs coming up in the city., couldnt run last year 10k run as i was in sweden, and i was looking for it this year, and registered now!! 

Thanks to Sameer, who sent a mail calling our local TI team for a 10k mock run, around DRDO,HAL, Indiranagar.. here's the route map he planned and put up.

four, five of us teamed up, but not all could make it due to various reasons, and i ended up running alone on a saturday morning 9AM sun :) (slept till 9)

Just started running with no plan and prep, but just banking on my baddy/gym athletic stamina.. and

 - was doing great for first 4 km, almost sprinting all the time. :) but couldnt sustain, was gasping and panting..,

 - it was more of a walk and jogg for middle few kms., few down sloppy trails saved some energy :) no water/electrolytes,., justa redbull to start, and some water on the way.

 - after like 7kms, felt like numb, about to fall.,may whole water/glucose level got drained out, even next energy source- glycogen in liver too.. had a quick pit stop for a juice (2 actually).

  - It was a massive boost to know that race is gonna end in 3 km, so almost sprinted whole last strip.. :) reached office and drank gallons of water, tea!!

Best part of trek, these runs are - they make to realize whats your body made up of, and the glory u feel after completing the task, and last but not least, importance&taste of water.

The point is, just keep moving, never stay. 10km is nothing compared to marathon or half marathon :)

Later jagadeesh gave some simple, but useful tips (like sprint for 5 minutes, walk compulsorily for 30 seconds..) 

PS.

While running, i bursted into laugh after watching below sign.. 

i replied "ya, ok" to the sign., and kept running :)

Did few more 5k runs, short runs after that.. now collected my bib and eagerly waiting for 10k run day... aiming to hit < 1hour..