Russell's µ-Blog

2012-02-02T13:26:00.001+06:00

At Nandan Park with Jessica.

2012-01-30T15:26:00.001+06:00

Current weight: 79 KG. Target weight: 70 KG.

2012-01-25T15:44:00.001+06:00

Bangladesh Pratidin used a picture of mine without permission for their headline news today: http://go.ekushey.com/wOHRLR. Bloody thieves!

2012-01-25T14:32:00.001+06:00

Back in Dhaka after 2 weeks. Home, sweet home.

2012-01-19T13:21:00.001+06:00

Watching Tintin in 3D!

2012-01-15T23:41:00.001+06:00

Third night in Chennai, will be here for another few days. Nice city, but the food sucks.

2012-01-12T11:07:00.001+06:00

Hello from Kolkata, the city of joy!

2012-01-07T09:21:00.001+06:00

Excuse my ignorance, but Bengali medium schools in Bangladesh don't teach human reproduction or basic sex education?

2012-01-06T06:24:00.001+06:00

Under the influence of Diazepam.

2012-01-04T22:22:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Armin van Buuren - A State of Trance Yearmix 2011.

2012-01-04T06:33:00.001+06:00

Administering a Windows Server almost after a decade. The difference is, this time I'm doing it remotely, sitting on a Linux desktop.

2012-01-01T00:00:00.001+06:00

Sunday, January 1, 2012! Happy new year!

2011-12-31T11:04:00.001+06:00

Spending the last day of the year with my sweetheart.

2011-12-30T22:46:00.001+06:00

Is there any software in the world that is more retarded than Plesk?

2011-12-30T06:02:00.001+06:00

No one will ever love you as much as I do...

2011-12-12T13:22:00.001+06:00

Back on Internet after 2 days, had to buy a new ADSL modem.

2011-12-07T01:04:00.001+06:00

Google this: (sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200 x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4

2011-11-27T02:05:00.001+06:00

Listening to Above & Beyond's Trance Around The World episode 400, live stream from Beirut, Lebanon!

2011-11-13T08:11:00.001+06:00

Even the computer can't beat me at Tic Tac Toe.

2011-11-11T06:32:00.001+06:00

My Facebook page http://facebook.com/ekushey has reached 1,000 likes! A big thanks to all of you!

2011-11-02T15:52:00.001+06:00

1500 weeks and counting...

2011-10-23T20:53:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Scooter - The Big Mash Up.

2011-10-22T14:42:00.001+06:00

Keyword that drives half of the traffic to my blog: "suicide notes".

2011-10-03T01:27:00.001+06:00

Reached 500 likes on http://facebook.com/ekushey, thank you everyone!

2011-09-28T13:53:00.001+06:00

My site is now IPv6 ready! http://russelljohn.net can be accessed from both IPv4 and IPv6 clients.

2011-09-22T21:14:00.001+06:00

"Your message could not be sent because you have exceeded your storage quota." - Gmail

2011-09-18T21:58:00.001+06:00

God slaps you, and you thank him for not slapping harder. Nice, believers.

2011-08-17T10:10:00.001+06:00

বাংলালিংক এর এড দেখলে মনে বাঙ্গালীদের কাজ খালি নাচ গান করা আর ফোনে কথা বলা।

2011-07-01T00:55:00.001+06:00

Half of the year is gone, damn!

2011-06-01T15:39:00.001+06:00

Just for the records: CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".

2011-06-01T15:19:00.001+06:00

On a similar note, I found reCAPTCHA getting harder and harder day by day. I need to refresh couple of times to understand what is written.

2011-06-01T15:04:00.001+06:00

A typo that I always make: writing "of coarse" instead of "of course".

2011-05-26T20:13:00.001+06:00

Made my first $100 on Fiverr. :¬)

2011-05-20T22:55:00.001+06:00

Spent 6 hours in Mymensingh, and rest of the day on buses, rickshaws, and three-wheelers.

2011-05-18T23:49:00.002+06:00

HTML code for Taka: ৳

2011-05-17T20:20:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Sunlounger - The Beach Side of Life (Uptempo).

2011-05-15T13:38:00.001+06:00

Downgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 11.04. Natty Narwhal was a big disappointment.

2011-05-13T00:01:00.000+06:00

12 years! SETI Bangladesh contributed 565,918 Cobblestones of computation (488.95 quadrillion floating-point operations) since 1 March 1999.

2011-05-05T23:44:00.001+06:00

Added to my wish list: Walther P22 + suppressor.

2011-04-29T23:38:00.001+06:00

29th April 2011... a day to remember. <3

2011-04-29T09:05:00.001+06:00

To celebrate the release of Ubuntu 11.04 and Slackware 13.37 I shaved off my soul patch!

2011-04-29T02:07:00.001+06:00

Dhaka Sheraton has been renamed as Ruposhi Bangla Hotel. I strongly condemn and demand it to be named Bangabandhu Hotel.

2011-04-27T07:00:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Signum - For You (Extended Versions). Rating: 10/10.

2011-04-06T04:38:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby.

2011-04-05T00:50:00.001+06:00

Smirnoff, the world's #1 vodka invites you to be restless, to be inventive, to be extraordinary, to be able to say "I was there".

2011-04-04T13:10:00.001+06:00

Busy making origami models. Do not disturb.

2011-03-31T06:17:00.001+06:00

I'm eating bananas like a monkey. Already ate a dozen.

2011-03-30T20:24:00.001+06:00

I'm heartbroken.

2011-03-30T19:02:00.001+06:00

I wish all pictures could fit into 3:2, 4:3, or 1:1 aspect ratio.

2011-03-28T20:53:00.001+06:00

Time for some Pringles! Yum yum.

2011-03-28T17:27:00.001+06:00

I've stopped taking all my medications. Let's see how long my body and mind can fight.

2011-03-28T17:17:00.001+06:00

I hear voices. Auditory hallucination.

2011-03-26T03:02:00.001+06:00

I hate to admit, but I'm suffering from erectile dysfunction. Possibly the side effect of 1 of the 7 medicines that I'm taking everyday.

2011-03-20T05:09:00.001+06:00

I'm too fat to fit into 48x48 pixels!

2011-03-20T02:38:00.001+06:00

My ears are gonna burst! Listening to episode 500 of A State of Trance live from Johannesburg!

2011-03-14T13:02:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Britney Spears - Femme Fatale.

2011-03-13T03:08:00.001+06:00

I'm 85 kg. Horribly overweight.

2011-03-08T15:30:00.001+06:00

Happy women's day, have a happy period!

2011-03-07T19:57:00.001+06:00

Bought a nifty fifty. Took some test shots and already in love with it. Superb bokeh and tack sharp pictures.

2011-03-05T19:21:00.001+06:00

At Bashundhara City with Mou. Shopping spree!

2011-03-04T09:34:00.001+06:00

On a photowalk at Panam Nagar, Sonargaon.

2011-03-03T23:37:00.001+06:00

It's Trance Thursday on DI.FM! Playing Global DJ Broadcast now, followed by A State of Trance and rounded off with Club Elite Sessions.

2011-03-02T22:28:00.001+06:00

Starting a new medication for blood pressure from tonight, Propranolol instead of Atenolol. It's sort of a downgrade.

2011-03-02T08:58:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: ATB - Sunset Beach DJ Session.

2011-02-26T22:22:00.001+06:00

Album of the day: Scooter - Under the Radar Over the Top.

2011-02-25T05:01:00.001+06:00

60 Shots Season II starts today at Drik Gallery: http://go.ekushey.com/60shots. 60 shots of 60 young photographers.

2011-02-21T10:13:00.001+06:00

I'll be in Dhaka University area for the whole day, if anyone wants to meet up then give me a call!

2011-02-20T06:05:00.001+06:00

It's raining in Dhaka! First rain of 2011.

2011-02-19T23:42:00.001+06:00

Upgraded to Flickr Pro for another year: http://flickr.com/russelljohn :¬)

2011-02-04T02:39:00.001+06:00

I'm suffering from short term memory loss... I keep forgetting what medicines I took and ending up taking them twice. :¬(

2011-01-31T02:24:00.001+06:00

Bangladesh has no future. Bangladesh has no future. Bangladesh has no future.

2011-01-26T05:54:00.001+06:00

I just had the most realistic nightmare ever! What an awful experience.

2011-01-12T14:45:00.001+06:00

"Your Pro Account is going to expire on 13th of Jan. That's in 1 day!" - Flickr

2010-12-31T10:28:00.001+06:00

Last day of 2010! 2011 will be a challenging year for me, but I'm hoping for all the best. Perseverance + resilience = success!

2010-12-22T04:25:00.001+06:00

"This install will take 10-70 minutes depending on your hardware. Now is the time to go get another cup of coffee/jolt." - cPanel

2010-12-12T23:36:00.001+06:00

এক হালি ডিম ২২ টাকা, এক হালি বেনসনও ২২ টাকা। :¬(

2010-12-12T23:33:00.001+06:00

এক হালি ডিম ২২ টাকা, একটা হালি বেনসনও ২২ টাকা। :¬(

2010-12-12T19:56:00.001+06:00

Shine on, even on your darkest days.

2010-12-10T23:26:00.001+06:00

2011 will be a difficult year for me... I can feel it.

2010-12-09T22:10:00.001+06:00

BDnews24.com stole my picture! http://j.mp/ghoImW -- thieves!!!

2010-12-09T15:19:00.001+06:00

My way, or no way. Agree with me and save time.

2010-12-08T19:38:00.001+06:00

I'm proud to be a part of the attack that took mastercard.com down. Next target: paypal.com. Operation Payback in progress.

2010-12-07T06:48:00.001+06:00

Mess with the best, die like the rest!

2010-12-03T02:42:00.001+06:00

Jump, jump, jump DJ, pump up this party!

2010-11-28T07:31:00.001+06:00

The Independent published a picture of mine as today's Snap of Dhaka (page 25). They ruined the colour though.

2010-11-26T22:39:00.001+06:00

Went to a photowalk in Dhamrai and then attended the November meetup of BLUA... time management can be a big headache sometimes.

2010-11-19T04:37:00.001+06:00

You should never burn bridges, as you never know when you may need to walk across the same path in the future.

2010-11-09T11:53:00.001+06:00

Reached Bandarban after 12 hours of journey from Dhaka. Checked in at Hotel Four Star.

2010-11-07T10:03:00.001+06:00

Tintin in Bengali: http://wp.me/pxrmg-fV :Â¬)

2010-10-12T07:16:00.001+06:00

"CSF is running on this machine. Do NOT flush the firewall."

2010-10-09T14:37:00.001+06:00

A short report on last week's ISOC meeting: http://j.mp/isocbd.

2010-10-07T00:30:00.001+06:00

Just got back home from ISOC Bangladesh chapter rejuvenating meeting. Next meeting will be held in 3 weeks time.

2010-10-01T07:39:00.001+06:00

My serum creatinine level is 1.0 mg/dL, which means my kidneys are functioning OK. Time to celebrate it by drinking more alcohol!

2010-09-27T10:25:00.001+06:00

One of my client's website went down due to abnormal amount of hits he received for the keyword "Prova". Crazy Internet surfers!

2010-09-22T18:21:00.001+06:00

Bought a new cellphone: Nokia 5530 XpressMusic.

2010-09-10T23:48:00.001+06:00

A tremor with magnitude 4.8 rocked Dhaka and surrounding areas. Epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) south-east of Dhaka.

2010-09-10T23:33:00.001+06:00

Holy fuck, what an earthquake!

2010-09-10T23:30:00.001+06:00

Holy fuck, what an earthquake!

2010-09-10T20:19:00.001+06:00

I don't understand Japanese, but I'm already in love with Ayumi Hamasaki! Electronic dance music at it's best.

2010-09-02T21:48:00.001+06:00

Prova part 4, codenamed "lollipop" released. Now on a cellphone near you.