My Ideas and Experiments on ....

Extract email list from a file (case 1)

2011-12-12T14:58:00.000-08:00

grep @ InputFile | awk '{ print $NF }' |sort -u - > OutputFile

returns (in the OutputFile) a list of unique and sorted list of emails (i.e., words containing @), listed as the last word in the lines of the InputFile.

Using Gmail SMTP for sending emails with Eprints 3

2010-03-09T23:55:00.000-08:00

To successfully running an Eprints server, requirement of an email server is must. Since one need it to open/authenticate the account and communicate with users.
Here I list the method I used to use a Gmail account for this purpose via SMTP.

Following is the "send_mail_via_smtp" section of $Eprints3PATH/perl_lib/EPrints/Email.pm file, which I modified to use with Gmail.

######################################################################
#=pod
#
#=item EPrints::Utils::send_mail_via_smtp( %properties )
#
#Send an email via STMP. Should not be called directly, but rather by
#EPrints::Utils::send_mail.
#
#=cut
######################################################################
### Modified extensively to use with Gamil SMTP ##### by Deepak Gupta

sub send_mail_via_smtp
{
    my( %p ) = @_;

    eval 'use Net::SMTP::TLS';

    my $repository = $p{session}->get_repository;

    my $smtphost = $repository->get_conf( 'smtp_server' );
    ##my $smtphost = 'smtp.gmail.com';

    if( !defined $smtphost )
    {
        $repository->log( "No STMP host has been defined. To fix this, find the full\naddress of your SMTP server (eg. smtp.example.com) and add it\nas the value of smtp_server in\nperl_lib/EPrints/SystemSettings.pm" );
        return( 0 );
    }

    my $smtp = new Net::SMTP::TLS (
           $smtphost,
        Hello   =>      'eprints-server.on-linux.org',
        Port    =>      587,
        User    =>      'eprints-server@gmail.com',
        Password=>      'gmail_password',
        );

    # my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new( $smtphost);

    if( !defined $smtp )
    {
        $repository->log( "Failed to create smtp connection to $smtphost" );
        return( 0 );
    }

    $smtp->mail( $p{from_email} );
    $smtp->to( $p{to_email} );

    # if( !$smtp->recipient( $p{to_email} ) )
    # {
    #    $repository->log( "smtp server refused <$p{to_email}>" );
    #    $smtp->quit;
    #    return 0;
    # }

    my $message = build_email( %p );
    my $data = $message->as_string;
    # Send the message as bytes, to avoid Net::Cmd wide-character warnings
    utf8::encode($data);
    $smtp->data;
    $smtp->datasend( $data );
    $smtp->dataend;
    $smtp->quit;

    return 1;
}
#########################################

I also edited the following line in $Eprints3PATH/perl_lib/EPrint/SystemSettings.pm
....

'smtp_server' => 'smtp.gmail.com',

....

I guess, any upgrade of Eprints overwrite the above file. So save your working copy before any upgrade.

Restarted the Apache Server (using sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart) and Gmail with eprints server should be working.

SSH Tunnels How-to?

2009-01-06T17:39:00.001-08:00

From the comments in http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/19/2218226

by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 19 2006, @06:23PM (#14514191)

1. Set up usual SSH session settings in Putty
2. Go to Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels
3. Add new forwarded port. Source Port: 1080, Destination: [blank], DYNAMIC (this is important), Auto. Click on Add.
4. In Firefox or any other program that supports a SOCKS proxy, enter host 127.0.0.1 (localhost) with port 1080.

by Chris Pimlott (16212) on Thursday January 19 2006, @11:30PM (#14516257)

To do the same with the command line OpenSSH client:

ssh -N -f -D 1080

-D 1080 does the dynamic socks forwarding.
-N says don't run any command on the remote machine
-f says go into the background after asking for password
_______________
See also http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/sshtips.htm

Some codes for IR remotes for Nikon SLR Trigger.

2007-08-27T16:57:00.001-07:00

Mainly collected from http://forums.dpreview.com Nikon D80/D70/D50/D40 Forum

With rca universal: tv code 011, vol, ch, and power buttons worked. with tv code 066, only vol down worked.
Tihao-E10in1 universal remote control. Code 163 (Sanyo TV). Key 7.
GlobalPlus Global8 (probably also Global4): Code 1024; trigger with '7'
Lifetec (Aldi) LT3615: Code 004; trigger with 'on/off'
Medion MD 41169: Code 313; trigger with 'Play'
NSE URC22D-8: Code Sanyo TV - 028; trigger with '3'
Medion MD 3386: Code 008 (SAISHO) on VCR; trigger with 'Stop'
Medion MD 41666: Code 313 on VCR; trigger with 'Play'
Medion/Tevion MD 4686: Code 361; trigger with 'CHAN+'
A Chinese-made TV Remotes 'Red'. Code is 1028 trigger with key 3 (5,7 and 9 also work)
Sainsbury's Red remote control works with 1028 (that's 10,2,8) and triggers with 3,5,7 and 9
ADW BC510 5in1 universal remote, VCR mode, code = 298, PLAY button will activate Nikon D50 shutter, Reach: >5 meters
Evidence Universal Remote Control (URC22B), works with following codes: #028 release with: 3,4,5,7,>> (rewind) and two teletxt red and yellow buttons; and, #298 work with play, and ~> (next) buttons
The RCA Universal Remote model 403 or 404 will apparently fire the shutter of a Nikon D50, D70, D70s or a D80. Probably a D40 and D40x, too. Set your manufacturer code to 066, use the TV function and hit VOL+ to fire.
Supertech RC-10-1 (URC-V10 Universal Remote Controller). Set it to TV and use "182" for the D50.

Copying a CD to a file in Cygwin (using dd or cat command)

2006-07-12T21:35:00.000-07:00

Here are couple of methods for copying a CD to a file in *nix: ( from http://www.cpqlinux.com/cdrw.html )

[root@server /root]# dd if=/dev/cdrom of=image.iso
[root@server /root]# cat /dev/cdrom >image.iso

A guide to use of special filename in Cygwin is available at http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html.
On my computer, I replace /dev/cdrom by /dev/scd0

Upgrading Inspiron 8200 Harddisk

2006-04-10T16:43:00.000-07:00

Finally I also decided to reinstall the Windows XP (Home Ed.) on my more than 3 years old Laptop. Why ? Same reason as given here and here. Reinstall was due from last more than six months and I was just dragging it. This reinstall was also a chance to upgrade my current 30GB harddisk, which was completely full, with 50-60% was taken by windows installation and some unidentifiable junk.

I have Dell Inspiron 8200 1.7-GHz, Intel Pentium 4 Processor, 768MB DDR SDRAM, DVD/CD-R drive, 15-inch TFT display, etc. It had 30GB hard drive, I think, IC25N030ATDA?? 9.5mm 4200rpm disk. Inspiron 8200 FAQ (now Inspiron 8200 wiki) was a useful link to identify this and also for many other useful informations.

Brought a Western Digital Scorpio WD800VE 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive from Newegg. I think prize at Fry's were similar. Inspiron 8200 has a media bay in which devices like cd/dvd read/writer, harddisk drive , floppy drive or battery can be inserted to use. This provide a good flexibility. I also got the 2nd harddrive Media bay Carrier 9.5mm (part# 29MFN) from Impact computers & electronics in ~$42 (including shipping)so that I can use my old 30 GB hard drive as an optional second hard drive.

Idea was to install a Linux distribution in media bay 2nd hard drive, such that I can use the Linux, if I wish.

Of course, before removing, I took a complete data backup of my 30GB hard disk on an external USB2/Firewire harddrive

Removal of 30GB HD and Installation of new 80 GB harddisk was straight forward and simple. Dell resources itself provided the useful howto in Owners' manual. To install the harddisk in media bay, I got useful tips from http://www.bay-wolf.com/hdmedbay.htm.

There was no problem in detecting or using both the hard drive. Bios can see both of these drives.

Now the next step is to install Windows Xp, drivers, other software etc. on my new 80GB drive. And, then install Linux on media bay drive.

technorati tags: Inspiron, 8200, Hard-disk, Upgrade, WindowsXP, Dell, Harddrive

An aricle and links about Boot Loader

2006-01-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

Story on Slashdot.
Explains boot loader and compare LILO and GRUB

Make your mobile phone communicate with your PC (in Linux)

2005-12-14T10:20:00.000-08:00

KMobileTools make your mobile phone communicate with your PC (in Linux).

Here is the list of supported Phones.

Re: [plasma_physics_india] estimation of S(k_r,k_theta)

2005-10-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Ajay,

I do not know the proper answer to your question, but I saw such a
graphs in literature so mush that I use to think that everyone know
it.

Is the work of Beall, Kim, Powers, J.Appl.Phys 53(6) 1982 pg.3933 or
their other paper do got give any insight on this issue?

Some of the old papers by our BES group (before I joined) do show such
2-d curve. However our measurements are 2-d multiple points. The paper
Rev.Sci.Instru v74,p2014 says

"The wave number spectrum is obtained here from mea-

surement of the two-point correlations across a 2D array of

data. Pairwise correlation functions are used to construct the

2D correlation function, rho(Dr,Dz,t=0).......The S(kr ,ku ) spectra

is then obtained from this correlation function with a 2D

spatial transform using the discrete cosine transform (DCT),....."

Paper Rev.Sci.Instru v70,p913 talk about method to calculate 2D
correlation function, rho(Dr,Dz,t=0),

"Each point is evaluated by calculating the correlation function
between

a reference channel at the corner of the array and a given channel at
zero time delay."

I'm not sure if it's useful, but thought to comment anyway.

I'm also facing a problem in calculating 1-d correlation function due
to noise in the signal.

I'll post the question soon and I hope someone's comment may give some
idea.

Thanks

-deepak <smaller><smaller>

</smaller></smaller>

On Oct 7, 2005, at 10:44 AM, ajay wrote:

<fixed> Since we have some very illuminating discussion going on on </fixed>

<fixed> application aspects fo plasmas, I hate to fire this up. But
this is </fixed>

<fixed> what I am facing right now.</fixed>

<fixed> Does any one know, how one can estimate S(k_r,k_theta) from a
data </fixed>

<fixed> set. If we use two point correlation method, we can take
measurement</fixed>

<fixed> simultaneously on 3-4 probes. two of them giving theta
direction and </fixed>

<fixed> other two let us say radial. How do we estimate the two
dimensional</fixed>

<fixed> wavenumber spectra.</fixed>

</excerpt>

अासमाँ में छेद

2005-08-27T22:51:00.000-07:00

कौन कहता है, अासमाँ में छेद नही होता ?
एक पत्थर तो तबीयत से उछालो यारो ।
--अज्ञात

Some interesting articles/design from Electronics Design magazine

2005-08-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some articles published in Electronic Design magazine. Kept here for reference purpose.

[Engineering Feature]
Inside iPod ED Online ID #9500
Nano's Success Depends On A Rock Solid Foundation ED Online ID #10818
Manufacturing With Fullerenes And Nanotubes: A Little Chemistry ED Online ID #10817
Nano-Imprint Lithography To The Rescue ED Online ID #10816
What's All This Transimpedance Amplifier Stuff, Anyhow? (Part 1)
[Ideas For Design]
Monitor Your PC's CPU Core Temperature
Read 16 digital inputs using a PC's serial port
First-Come, First-Serve Circuit Chooses Winners ("Jeopardy" quiz style circuit)
DC-AC inverter targets electroluminescent applications
Two-Chip Digital Thermometer Delivers 0.4°C Accuracy
An accurate analog delay circuit
Build your own "cable radar"
20 TOP Viewed Articles in last two weeks.

Getting Yahoo mails in OSX Mail using MacFreePOPs

2005-08-14T01:12:00.000-07:00

Wanted to get all my emails from all my accounts (official, Yahoo, Gmail) to my OSX Mail program. It's convenient and I like Mail's spam filter. I anyway get my official mails (and spams) in MacOSX Mail using IMAP. Gmail was easy to redirect using POP option in Gmail web preferences. Yahoo! was the main problem. All my previous attempts using various scripts etc in OSX were failures.

Finally came across MacFreePOPs which is a Mac implementation of FreePOPs. It download mails from the most famous webmails including Yahoo and Hotmail.

Installation and setup was very simple. Similar to any typical mac software. Can be easily including in startup. Working till now without any problem.

This is first time I'm using OSX Mail with multiple account. Like the way it arranges the stuff and allow to reply.

Making and auto-mounting FAT32 partition in Mac OSX on external disk

2005-08-14T00:42:00.000-07:00

I have a Maxtor OneTouch Firewire/USB External hard drive in which I made three partition when I brought it.
1) NTFS for my WindowsXP laptop backup
2) HSF for my MacOSX laptop backup
3) NTFS in rest of the disk for other storage.

Although disk comes with FAT32 format, I made the third partition NTFS because all the advises on internet were to use NTFS with XP. And anyway MacOS can read NTFS but can not write.

Now due to some strange reasons I wish to convert this third NTFS partition to "old" FAT32 partition so that I can write using MacOSX also. I thought It should be simple in WinXP. Connect the disk and go to ...
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management
Select the partition ......Right Click......Delete Partition. Simple!
Select the partition again .... RightClick......Format.... PROBLEM!!
I was able to delete the partition but when I tried to reformat it, there was no option in FileSystem menu for FAT32. Only NTFS. After some search on internet, without solving this problem, I also came to know that WinXP anyway can not format more that certain GB for FAT32 (I guess 32GB). My partition was certainly more than that. So there is no use trying to format it anyway using XP. So I turned to MacOSX.

Got a nice link on internet.

In terminal/xterm window identified the disk and partition name using commands 'ls /dev/rdisk?' and 'ls /dev/rdisk1*' by attaching/removing the drive and got some help from 'mount' command. My partition of interest on my disk was /dev/rdisk1s1.

Ran the command

newfs_msdos -v FAT_PART_NAME -F 32 /dev/rdisk1s1

(by the way for HFS it is newfs_hfs -v HFS_PART_NAME /dev/rdisk1s1 )

According to link it should just work fine. But I am not that lucky.

Partition will just not mount automatically on connecting the disk. Will mount the other untouched backup partitions NTFS and HFS just fine. I know it should work with FAT32 also because my USB key with a FAT32 get auto-mounted every time.

Searched again on internet and got another link to manually mount the disk in osx.
As per suggestion on there....

Made mount directory 'mkdir /Volumes/fatdisk'
Mounted using root password 'sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk1s1 /Volumes/fatdisk'
In the Finder selected "Go to folder" from the menu and typed: /Volumes/fatdisk
( To unmount: 'sudo umount -f /Volumes/fatdisk'' )

Worked!! just fine. I can copy the files from/to OSX.
But this only shows that I have FAT32 partition, and it's working, and will mount fine manually, but It will not auto-mount.

This time search on internet was not really much helpful. But I came across command 'fdisk'. I know it somewhat due my experience in Linux, so decided to play with this.

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk1 (do 'fdisk' Enter to get brief help)

fdisk: 1> print
Disk: /dev/rdisk1 geometry: 19929/255/63 [320171008 sectors]
Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: 07 0 1 1 - 1023 254 63 [ 63 - 122881122] HPFS/QNX/AUX
2: AF 1023 0 1 - 1023 254 63 [ 122881185 - 122881185] HFS+
3: 07 1023 0 1 - 1023 254 63 [ 245762370 - 74397015] HPFS/QNX/AUX
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

#1 partition is still marked NTFS (id 07) and not marked FAT. So edit it and change it to id 0C.
One must keep all other details same so a (trivial) idea is to copy/paste the 'print' command output in a text editor. Then...

fdisk: 1> edit 1

It will allow to change everything. Make sure to change only id. Everything else must be same. Pay attention to start and size entries carefully, as by default it seems to take minimum and maximum. If all look fine. quite by using 'quit' command.

Wow! MacOSX is auto-mounting all three partitions without any problem. Finally!!

High voltage Opamp

2005-07-15T07:04:00.000-07:00

Saw an advt. in Electronics Design magazine. Apex Microtech
(www.apexmicrotech.com) makes the opamps for high voltage. E.g. PA92
and PA 93 works at 400V and can provide the output current of 4 & 8
amp. I was wondering if these opamps can be used for making the voltage
ramp circuit for Langmuir probe for plasma diagnostics. Anyway, I never
got a convincing answer that why one need ramp circuit for Langmuir
probe, why can't one use a simple sine-wave ? I guess sin-wave circuit
should be much simple to make. But may be it's just my inexperience
with Langmuir probes.

कुछ पसंदीदा कविताए। इधर-ऊधर Internet से उठाई हुई

2005-07-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

सबसे खतरनाक होता है...

सबसे खतरनाक होता है ,
बेजान शांति से भर जाना,
न होना तडफ का,
सब सहन कर जाना ,
घर से निकलना काम पर,
और काम से लौटकर घर आना
सबसे खतरनाक होता है ,
हमारे सपनों का मर जाना.

-- .पाश

वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम

जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम।

पिंजरे जैसी इस दुनिया में, पंछी जैसा ही रहना है,
भर पेट मिले दाना-पानी, लेकिन मन ही मन दहना है,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे संवाद नहीं हैं हम,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम।

आगे बढ़नें की कोशिश में, रिश्ते-नाते सब छूट गये,
तन को जितना गढ़ना चाहा, मन से उतना ही टूट गये,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आबाद नहीं हैं हम,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम।

पलकों ने लौटाये सपने, आंखे बोली अब मत आना,
आना ही तो सच में आना, आकर फिर लौट नहीं जाना,
जितना तुम सोच रहे साथी, उतना बरबाद नहीं हैं हम,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम।

आओ भी साथ चलें हम-तुम, मिल-जुल कर ढूंढें राह नई,
संघर्ष भरा पथ है तो क्या, है संग हमारे चाह नई
जैसी तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसी फरियाद नहीं हैं हम,
जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी, वैसे आजाद नहीं हैं हम।

--- विनोद श्रीवास्तव

कहाँ से उठाई ? यहाँ से...
http://hindini.com/hindini/?p=14
http://fursatiya.blogspot.com/2005/04/blog-post_15.html
http://akshargram.com/nirantar/0605/kavita

A simple web page

2005-06-07T14:45:00.000-07:00

After exploring various options for making a simple and decent webpage
in shortest time, I decided that it is best to use a good text editor
and learn only simple html syntax from some html tutorial. I have tried
in past the MS word conversion to html and Netscape or Mozilla
composers. They never gave me a simple and nice formatting and raw
codes were complex to understand and edit later. Microsoft Pagemaker?
(I hope it's the right name?) I have also used in past is probably too
heavy for a one or two page simple site and also I do not have a copy
of it now. Bluefish is also probably too heavy for this simple stuff,
but it's free. So I tried to install it on my OSX using fink but failed
due to some strange reason. I don't want to buy a big package to make a
simple web page and online web page makers (like by geocities) just do
not give much flexibility.

So I am using now xemacs to edit, and got a decent site for tutorial
http://www.echoecho.com/html.htm .
And after spending few hours, I had a my simple web page that I
understand also well.
http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~deepak/

Nanotech Idea

2005-05-18T13:03:00.000-07:00

I came across this innovative nanotech idea at nanotechnology section
of scidev.net

Yahoo mail upgraded to 1GB

2005-04-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

Yahoo mail upgraded to 1GB, originally uploaded by dpk011.

Flickr

2005-04-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Yahoo mail upgraded to 1GB

2005-04-27T07:37:00.000-07:00

Today (April 27, 2005) I open the yahoo mail and notice upgraded mail
space.
Here is the snapshot.
-dpk

How to Run IDL in batch mode (in background)

2005-04-20T12:38:00.000-07:00

To do some parameter scan I need to run the similar program with
multiple parameters.
As program take a long time and I run this in a remote machine, I run
multiple programs and logout.

(I am not the first person to do it. All this information I got after
some search from internet including IDL web site. I will add the site
address, if I'll find them again)

Following are the files and commands I use.
In my home directory: idlrun ; a c-shell script
IDL_BATCH ;An IDL startup file script
In appropriate subdirectory: besmenusub.pro ; Program to run
gam.pro ; Program to run

Here are the listing

[hydra:~] 116% cat idlrun
#!/bin/csh
date
cat idl/DP/gam.pro
echo '_______________________________________________'
source /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.0/bin/idl_setup
setenv IDL_STARTUP IDL_BATCH
idl
unsetenv IDL_STARTUP
date
exit

[hydra:~] 117% cat IDL_BATCH
; IDL_BATCH.PRO
; By Deepak Gupta

print,'Executing /u/gupta/IDL_BATCH file'

DEFINE_KEY, ESC=string([27B, 79B, 68B]), 'ALT_L', /BACK_CHAR
DEFINE_KEY, ESC=string([27B, 79B, 67B]), 'ALT_R', /FORWARD_CHAR
DEFINE_KEY, ESC=string([27B, 79B, 65B]), 'ALT_UP', /PREVIOUS_LINE
DEFINE_KEY, ESC=string([27B, 79B, 66B]), 'ALT_DN', /NEXT_LINE

!path=!path+':'+expand_path('/link/idl')
!path = !path + ":" + $
expand_path("+/u/gupta/idl/mylib") + ":" + $
expand_path("+/u/mckee/bes") + ":" + $
expand_path("/u/mckee/idl") + ":" + $
expand_path("/u/rhodes/idl") + ":" + $
expand_path("+/u/greenf/idl/public")

;; Add other command to run in batch

cpu,tpool_nthread=1 ;Use only one cpu on multi-cpu machine
cd,'/u/gupta/idl/DP'
besmenusub ;Run 'besmenusub.pro' function/procedure
call_procedure,'gam' ;Run 'gam.pro' procedure
retall
exit ;exit IDL

[hydra:~] 118% cat idl/DP/gam.pro
pro gam

tnpt = long(1048576)

SCI = {Shot_Channel_Info,$
shot_num:119539, $
t_begin:800.0, $
signal1:'besf05', $
signal2:'besf06', $
fixdly:-3}

fltr = {Filter_info, $
fmin:20.0e3, $
fmax:120.0e3, $
order:5.0}

;Testing with preprcessing order suggested by Ray
SS=dptest08c( SCI, tnpt, fltr, 2, 2, 1.0, 1 )

end

-----------

gam.pro is the main program I wish to run finally.

Other things I need to do are in Xterm window are: ( my my home
directory)

1) Xvfb :100 -screen 0 1152x1024x8
open a virtual x-windows terminal

2) setenv DISPLAY :100

3) nohup idlrun > & idlout/5390506_800b.out &
to run the program in background. Screen output gets written in the
given *.out file in idlout directory, which I can review as I wish.

4)I also renice the program using command
renice -p ... or renice -n 10 -p ...

Using this blog page

2005-04-20T08:42:00.000-07:00

Many times you spent a good amount of time in learning a new trick to
make something work. It can be any trick for doing anything. Like,
accessing a hidden menu in DVD player at home to use come trick
commands on produce a fancy intelligent plot or solve a problem at
work. However you do all this only once ...... and never repeat it
again for a long time. And after few months or years you need to do (or
tell someone) the similar things again and you say, "I have done that
in past but I can't recall how" and you spent same amount of time again
to rediscover it.

Ideal Solution: One should keep a record of all these things and
computer makes it easy.

Ok! I tried it, and searching for that notes file, which I made a year
before took me similar time as may be rediscovering the trick.
Moreover, you also need to do additional work if you wish to share it
with someone.

So, I am planning to use this blog for such purpose, and also to throw
other stuff, which I come across time to time and find interesting. It
also allow me and other to add comments. And I can just mail my blogs
using my, anyway always opened, mail application.

Seems simple. Let's see if this works long enough.

Another test

2005-04-11T13:58:00.000-07:00

This is another test to see if things still works....

-dpk

Test Blog

2004-05-25T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is a test Blog......Ignore it.
-dpk