My Little Bunny

Problem with libssl-dev while installing Virtuoso Universal Server open source edition in Ubuntu 8.04

While installing Virtuoso Universal Server's open source edition in Ubuntu 8.04 I faced the following problem when I ran the configure utility:

checking validity of the OpenSSL headers in /usr... configure: error: bad. Check config.log for details

The solution is to install libssl-dev which can be done as root as the following:

apt-get install libssl-dev

Then I ran make and make install without any problem.

Web Calendar and Desktop Notifier?

I am looking for a good web calendar and a desktop notifier for it. I know there are couple of excellent web calendars out there like Google Calendar, Windows Live Calendar etc. But none of them has a good desktop notifier. In fact, I could not find any notifier for them. The motivation for not having a desktop notifier for Google Calendar is obvious. Google wants to move everything to the cloud and a desktop notifier for its calendar will be counter-intuitive to that. But I was expecting something from Microsoft as it proposes such a paradigm in its Software + Services strategy site. Though Outlook and Windows Live Mail both can access the calendar, there is not standalone notifier which will run at start up and show and notify upcoming events. Probably there are one or more desktop gadgets out there which I could not find. Can anyone help me in this regard?

Transparency International published Corruption Perceptions Index 2009

Congratulations to Bangladesh for improving its rank! From last year's position 147, it moved to 139 this year. This is a result of its improvement in CPI score. This year it rose to 2.4 from last year's 2.1. I hope this improvement is real i.e. not not result of a mistake at any stage of the ranking process. You can find the full list here: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table

Ryfah's 1st Month Birthday

 

Is it true?

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=111469

RAW infiltrated by Bangladeshi spy?

Ryfah

By the grace of Allah, my daughter Ryfah Mahdiya Husain was born on the 3rd October, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. at Plano Presbyterian Hospital. She is the cutest and most beautiful human being I have ever seen. I pray to Allah that she becomes a very good Muslim.

What really happened to Hitler?

I found this interesting link while browsing the net which provides lots of information indicating that Hitler did not commit suicide and the body found in the bunker was of a body-double of him. The article is informative and really raises doubts about the death.

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama With Sheikh Hasina at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950177986/in/set-72157622444106644/

US town bans Libyan leader's tent

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8270450.stm

I felt good reading the news. These tyrants should know that they should limit their whims only in their own countries and there are civilized countries in the world where laws must be abided by.

My Windows 7 Desktop

A funny character: Biman's M.D. Zakiul Islam

http://www.prothom-alo.net/V1/index.news.details.php?nid=MjYwNDI=

I don't understand how these people are repeatedly selected for such important government posts. They humiliate the nation by their disgraceful acts.

Chinese ethnic unrest continues

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8238768.stm

The news says that five more people died and did not talk about their ethnicity. I fear the allegation about stabbing against the Uighur Muslims are not correct or a partial information of what's happening at best. Someone really has to look into what's going on there. I urge the world leaders to take a look at the matter before it becomes another Bosnia.

Snorkel rice

Japanese scientists have developed a new kind of rice plant which grows snorkel like structure very rapidly when submerged. These snorkels help the plant survive. In a flood-prone country like Bangladesh, this plant can be a very good news to the people. I hope the agricultural arm of Bangladesh government take a look at it and introduce it to the local farmers soon if it is suitable for us. The following video shows the plant in action:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8210482.stm

Stack Overflow

It is a name of a website. I just found this excellent site for programmers few days ago. The purpose is same as many other sites having forums to discuss programming questions. But this one is not based on forums, rather on question/answer style discussions. To differentiate between the languages/tools/areas tags are used. Answers as well as questions can be voted up or down. But not anyone has the right to vote. The right comes with reputation which can be earned by being active. Badges can be earned based on many criteria. Overall, I liked the innovations the site brings. And which matters most is people are active and make the site useful. The site is run by Fog Creek Software.