Two laptop K[not V]M setup

I was looking for a freeware utility to use my second laptop's display as the extended display for my office laptop[like you would connect a LCD]. It seems the only way you can do that by using(read buying) MaxiVista and there is no open source/freeware substitute to it.

Alternatively, I also wanted to control my office and personal laptop with a single keyboard/touchpad, while they display there own contents. I found Synergy which

"lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own display."

This seems to be a pretty easy to setup utility and works like a KM switch and not a KVM(Keyboard Video Mouse) yet.

Jonathan Hardwick's blog has a nice comparison for these tools.

HAL Airport Functionality - Survey to decide

This email had been doing rounds for couple of days. Since it really impacts most of us I thought I should post it here:

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Lets vote and make a difference

A Request from R K MISRA – SAHYOG – A Public Private Partnership Initiative Dear Friends, As we are getting closer to the opening date of New International Airport – BIAL, on 30th March, the realization of inadequate infrastructure and impending chaos is making all of us very nervous. I am also part of the High Powered Task force Set-up by the Governor to suggest and implement short and medium term measures. I have attended these meetings and I am extremely concerned with the preparedness of the bureaucracy in terms of adequate infrastructure and management of traffic. It is going to be a chaos and we will take anywhere from 2-3 hours to reach BIAL from South and South East of Bangalore. I plan to do this survey to get to know the public opinion and their concerns on this matter. Based on this survey, I plan to take necessary step to find viable solutions including keeping HAL airport function, till adequate and affordable infrastructure is provided for all to reach the airport in around one hour. So please send the above REQUEST along with the LINK below to your employees, industry associations and friends' organizations, who would be affected by this shift to the BIAL. They need to click on the link below to complete the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NsxzXw_2bMMzQrqgGhYbf9LQ_3d_3d Regards, R K Misra Founder Trustee SAHYOG A Public Private Partnership Initiative

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Bike Trip to Hogenakkal Falls

Swaroop and I went on a trip to Hogenakkal Falls on Friday-sat night. Here is a travelogue of the trip http://www.swaroopch.com/archives/2007/08/13/biking-to-hogenakkal/

Live Commentary from Swaroop


Coracle, the boat

Sunrise

Travelogue: Chickmangalur Trip

Rishi has spent some time to detail our eventful trip to Chickmangalur District. See Rishi's Travelogue. The complete photo set is here.

Irony: Consumption of Alcohol is prohibited @ Nandi Hills

What an Irony, Government puts up a notice saying Consumption of Alcohol, smoking ...... is prohibited @ Nandi Hills, right next to that there is a ten feet tall banner for Foster's beer endorsed by Karnataka Tourism :)

Golden Line

Was standing in my Balcony the other day, noticed and captured these clouds after Rain






High Resolution version avlbl at FlickR

Trip to Mysore & SriRangapatnam

Today I went to Mysore along with a colleague Marcelo, visiting us from from Azul MV. Some snaps ....

Mysore Palace




Gumbaz - Tipu Sultan's Tomb



More snaps here

Writely - Web word processor

In a recent article on internetnews.com, Google Nets Web-Based Word Processor. I wonder with huge set of utilities offered Google, what all can it do with Writely.

A good use would be to integrate it as an optional editor for GMail and Blogger, same as Microsoft Outlook does. Google add something to my Bank account if you like the business idea, as you do with lots of others B-).

Seriously speaking, this would be a feature I would love to have.