I installed Microsoft fonts by mistake ( msttcorefonts ) and forgot all about it. However it messed up the entire system. These fonts are not anti-aliased or smoothened and they are razor sharp.
If you have installed – just remove them sudo apt-get remove msttcorefonts and sanity will be restored.
I started reading a Sci Fi novel – Dune by Frank Herbert. I have not even crossed 30 pages and already the characters in the book are analyzing if the hero ( a kid as of now ) is the one? It kind of put me off a bit..but I will persist with the book. Curious to know if he is the one 😉
Coming from an eastern civilization where there is really no “one hero” it does sound a bit funny initially. There are 1+ million Gods, in Mahabharata there are 5 heros, and there is a hero who is part of the dark side too ( Karna ), in Ramayana actually the bad guy is projected to be on the good side ( Rama – who else.. haha 😉 he plots the downfall of one of the monkey kings, suspects poor Deepika…better known as Sita and burns her etc. ).
Switch to the Western world – there is Matrix. After snazzy graphics, exploding cars and trucks, and 3 parts – it is determined that Neo is the One. In Lord of the rings the ring chooses a sad looking Elijah Woods as the One. In the latest movie too, Avatar, there is some legend among the Pandorites and our hero happens to be – not surprisingly – the One.
Its fun – being part of both worlds. I grew up fascinated with the Mahabaratha, and Ramayana – it helped me identify shades of grey in the world, and that there is not one, but many heroes – and they are on both sides.
Then Hollywood movies and American politics showed how things are really not as complicated as we Easterners think – but it is quite simple – as either a red or blue pill/vote and how there can be “the One”.
“If you take medicine the cold will go away in 7 days, if you do not it will go away in 1 week” – My 12th Std Biology teacher. That was the only time I smiled in his class, rest of the time I would be sleeping or keeping myself awake dreaming of college just a few months away and how liberating it would be.
Anyway this post is about my cold. It always hits me when I least want ( as if anyone will want to get cold ). A big release, an important interview, a vacation, a family get together – it is always there to give me company. I have tinnitus ( like everyone’s hero Guy Kawasaki ) and it gets worse during cold – meaning – 1.5 of my hearing will be out of service for this period.
I have tried all things. Pranayama, Running, Walking, Japanese shower, Orange juice, Nuts, Fruits, quit smoking ( even though I don’t smoke 😉 ) – and also doing none of these – still the cold gives me a visit without fail. I have been fighting this battle since my earliest memory – still no respite.
I have decided what legacy I want to leave behind to this world. You would have guessed it by now. I will create this wonder drug. I have even named it : HAWT ( hawt always work terrifically – recursive name 😉 ). However it will not fight cold – it is useless to fight cold. It is like writing a software to replace Excel.
Instead, HAWT will fight all the symptoms cold brings – headache, loss of apetite, stuffy nose, runny nose, itchy nose, mild cough, dry cough, teary eyes, sore throat, mild fever. HAWT is designed to do precisely drugs are not supposed to do : that is to just take care of the symptom.
So where do I download cold APIs – want to start working on my legacy.
