Purdue - NYC - Niagara - Purdue Roadtrip - 2K Miles

(Copied from http://musicontherocks.blogspot.com/2007/03/9th-march-aukat-ke-bahar-ki-gaadi-mil.html
First person narration from harinath
)

9th March
13:00> Aukat ke bahar ki gaadi mil gayi rent pe
19:00> Journey out of hell starts... Sabyasachi is driving... n Pathak is navigating
19:01> How to shut those damn wipers
19:15> Overhead lamp pissing everyone off
19:30> 4 log baith ke car ke manual ka magga maar rahe hai...
19:35> Finally those lamps are off..
21:00> Pit stop at Fort Wayne for dinner... everyone is in maxo enthu ki poori raat jaagna hai..
22:15> Ohio me entry - speed dropped to 65 mph...
23:00> Detour No. 1 -> we get off the planned route due to construction and journey ka pehla detour maara gaya... wasted 1 hr going thru arbit routes...
still everyone is optimistic abt our plan

March 10th
00:15> Called up brother to wish him on his birthday... Niagara jaate to treat mil jaati... but alas.. we are heading out to NY
00:45> Pit stop 2.... Pehle player retired hurt hoke pavillion waapas laut gaye hain... Change of drivers.. Now seating is
Front>Harinath (Asst Driver & Asst Navigator) , Pathak (Navigator)
Middle> Sabhyasachi (Driver) and Himanshu (aka Pro Photography)
Back> Mohit (majority) and Umang (his role is a suspense)
01:00> Now I am the one driving the car.. sabne isliye seat belt pehen li... pitch pe lateral movement kaafi ho raha hai... isliye kuch log dare hue hai... still going at speed limit
02:00> after getting acustomed to the wicket, main gaadi dauda raha hoon... piche Mohit chakke maar raha hai apne international theories ke saath... saare spectator dang reh gaye hai unke shandaar performance se (Note - contact Mohit for this theory which is capabale of a Nobel prize nomination)... saath mein pathak ne Radio Sargam shuru kar diya hai (besure aawaz me ekdum bekaar gaake driver ko uthaye rakhne ke liye perfect)...
03:15> Pit Stop 3.... Coffee break... finally saare spectator match se tang hoke so gaye hai... only Front grid is still working.. after refueling with coffee Reddy n Pathak ne full speed me re-entry maari track aur gaadi udana shuru... now we are going in full flow
03:30> Enter into Penn State. . you dont need to see the signboards to know this.. yahan ka chappa chappa ek hi aawaz kart ahi jab gaadi guzarti hai (ghad.. ghad.. ghad...)
04:30> Penn ke saare record dhada dhad rode ja rahe.. ek baad ek gaadi ko overtake karke hum 1st place ke taraf daud rahe hai... too fast too furious.. ek dum full enthu me gaadi chalayi jaa rahi hai.. is speed me 10:00 baje tak NY pahuncha possible ho sakta hai...
05:30> That was just the calm before ths storm... subah ho rahi hai aur ab is partenership ka ant nazdeek aa raha hai... milk in the coffee has started showing its effect... meanwhile.. ghad ghad... ghad ghad.. ghad ghad... jaari... still abhi tak ka Penn me Strike shaandaar 75 aur 80 ke bich me jhool rahi hai... agal bagal ki jo scenery nazar me aa rahi hai mast hai...
06:15> Reddy is near the end of his innings... shakal me saaf likha hua hai ki kitni waat lagi hui hai...
06:30> iski saath non-strikers end pe Reddy apni energy se run-out ho gaye hai... retired hurt player Sabyasachi back after treatment.... bilkul fresh lag rahe hai... piche as usual majority so rahi hai...

(day 3 and 4 to be up soon)

Ubuntu Firefox Flash Sound Problem

My computer running ubuntu got rebooted after 177 days (due to a power cut early morning - The whole of purdue sank into it).

Long ago I did a fix to run sound on xmms and firefox - flash together. Basically one of them grabs the audio device and other waits until the first exists. So the solution that works for me is to replicate it.

$ ln -s /tmp/.esd-1000 /tmp/.esd
Or better, add it as a startup script in
System - Preferences - Sessions - Startup programs and add

So next time your computer get a reboot enjoy audio on both the devices simuntaneously.

Reference: http://www.macewan.org/2006/06/01/howto-firefox-flash-video-sound-on-ubuntu-linux-dapper/