64th Independence Day
Today, on the 15th of August 2010, India celebrates her 64th year of Independence, with a multitude of discount sales.
Un-Common Wealth
The bright glare of the media has blown the cover off the shady underhand dealings of the commonwealth committee, the calumny and deceit of the organizers and has reaffirmed the nations belief in its 'corruption system'.
And yet in the face of undeniable evidence, chairman of the committee and the main perpetrator, Suresh Kalmadi stands unfazed, confident of his abilities of dodging the butterfingers of the law.
The Telegraph: http://bit.ly/aEQDOc
Medieval Age meets Marriage
With medieval social organizations issuing parallel kangaroo court diktats, and our political leaders backing them, India is poised to re-enter into the medieval ages.
Setting Up the Canon iP1700 printer for use on Fedora Linux
After much trials and tribunals, I finally got my Canon iP1700 to work with Fedora 11. Canon doesn't provide Linux drivers for this particular model so it wont work out of the box, but it is more than willing to print along happily with borrowed drivers.
I used the official Canon drivers for the iP2200. You can grab them from here: http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010231.asp. In the OS selection pick “Linux”, choose your language and hit submit. Download the "Canon Print Filter for Linux (2.60 rev 3)" (or newer) package. Its a 22MB “.tgz” file.
Double click it to bring up “File Roller” (or use the terminal if you are feeling frisky). Extract the file “ip2200_Linux_260.tag.gz” to the Desktop. Extract the “guideip2200_2.60-1.tar.gz” if you want a manual. (Yeah, right.)
You will need to re-extract “ip2200_Linux_260.tag.gz” to a sub-folder on the Desktop (I call it ip2200), since it is also a compressed file. It contains these RPMs:
Go to the sub-folder ip2200 on the Desktop, double click on “cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm” to install it. You may have to supply the administrator password and choose “Force Install”. Do the same with “cnijfilter-ip2200-2.60-1.i386.rpm”. This should install all the necessary drivers.
Note: If you have attempted to install these drivers before (and have been unsuccessful), the packages will conflict and you will need to completely remove them. The command is:
su -c 'yum erase [name-of-package]'
For example:
su -c 'yum erase cnijfilter-common-2.60*'
Once the drivers are installed, restart CUPS by typing the following at the terminal:
/etc/init.d/cups restart.
Now to setup the printer through the CUPS server.
- From you browser go to this URL: http://localhost:631
- Choose the “Administration” Menu
- You may be prompted for a password. The username is usually “root” and the password is you system's root password.
- Hit the “Add Printer” button and select “Canon iP1700 (Canon iP1700)” from the list.
- Add a name, description and location or simply accept the defaults.
- In the model selection list hunt for “Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60”
- Choose a few configuration options and you are done!
At this point you may want to print a test page. You can do it through CUPS. To do this go to the “Printers” section, click on “Canon ip1700” (or what ever you called it) and from the drop down menu choose “Print a Test page”.
If you found this page helpful, do consider sharing with others who may be looking for something similar. Digg, twitter and links on forums work great. Let me know if the method worked for worked for you. (or perhaps didn't!) Or if you find an error in what's described above. Use the comment form below, or mail me.
The Festival of Kites
Makar Sankranti is celebrated as a Spring-Harvest festival throughout India. The festival is celebrated differently in different parts of India. It is christened Bihu in Assam, Uttarayan in Gujrat, Pongal in Tamil Nadu and Lohri in Punjab. Kite flying is an inevitable part of the festival in many states of India, especially in Gujarat, Maharashtra, UP etc.
Hang Him Already
Its been over a year since the brutal attacks on Mumbai. Yet the lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab is comfortably housed inside Aurthur Road prison. And he continues to make a mockery of the system that simply refuses to punish him.
Student Suicide Spate
The new year has begun on a very grim tone with a spate of suicides gripping the city. Sharply rising population, coupled with the sheer lack of infrastructure and opportunity are taking a toll on the innocent minds across the country who struggle to cope with the pressures of academics and the burden of expectations on them.
The toll has risen to 15 this past week. And how does the government respond? By watching movies.
TOI report: http://bit.ly/5MC7nS
DNA: http://bit.ly/6gY08K
Telangana Row
At the end of the day, subdivision of states doesn't solve problems of electricity, water, overpopulation and corruption. It only adds to middle school geography syllabus.
Facebook Founder's Open Letter to Users
Facebook's has grown to a user-base of about 350 million, making the it single most popular social network on the web. With an estimated 1734 million people connected to the Internet today, this effectively means that one in every five Internet users have a Facebook account.
In light of its massive global popularity, Facebook has decided to upgrade its 'regional network' based privacy control. In an open letter to users, founder Mark Zuckerberg has highlighted how the existing network based privacy control is proving to be ineffective and Facebook will now implement a new, simple privacy model that will allow the user greater control over his or her information.
The letter can be found here: http://bit.ly/7vMW87
Dubai Financial Crisis
The center of a global real estate boom, Dubai is now reeling under the effects of a massive financial crisis.
So have Dubai's elaborate sand castles, been blown over by the wind?
News: http://bit.ly/6Fqyfx
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