Milan mein Milan was an invitation by friend living and working in Milan to visit him. I had promised him (rather myself) that I will visit him. I guess now the time has come.

My flight to europe is on this wednesday early morning. Even though I am not sure about the complete itinerary but the rough plan is
Apr 30 – May 1 – Paris
2-3-4 – Rome
4-5-6 – Florence, Barcelona, Pisa etc
7-8-9 – Milan and near by
10- not sure may be wordcamp in Milan
11-12 – Dubai
13 – Back in Bangalore

I hope to blog/twitter my entire trip. You have many options to subscribe to my blog. If you have time follow me and give some suggestions on the go :)

Note: I wont be carrying my mobile. Hence the fastest way to reach me is to DM/@ on twitter or emailing me at this domain.

What it YAP?
YAP – is Yet Another Podcast is a weekly podcast about technology. The discussion topic can vary from brain fsck, web to opening coffee machines. In our first three episode we have had AWS, EEE PC, Google App Engine, Semantic web etc. It can span anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour.

History:
Veetrag and Geo had a long time dream of starting a podcast. Recently Topa jokingly mentioned about starting a podcast to Veetrag. They pulled Geo to create pilot episode of YAP. I joined them starting second episode. First two episode had lot of @infy related content so they are limited to @infy. From the third episode we decided go internet.

Picture taken by WesleyNeo while recording 3rd episode. Topa, Geo, Veetrag and Thej (me) from left to right.

Home of YAP is presently hosted by Veetrag and here is the RSS feed for subscription. BTW go download the YAP E3. I am sure its not the best tech podcast around but with your comments and suggestions it can be one. Let us also know if you are interested in participating.

YAP 3 is about semantic web and our guest is wneo. The show notes has all the related links and references.

Note: YAP is on twitter too.

Me, Veetrag, Prsn, Shailen, Nimish are at IIMB now. I am blogging from EEE PC, its s really cool tiny device that is bloggers dream [That was KV]. We recorded a video using built in camera of EEE PC. Here is the video.

We will update you through out the day Updated with pictures. Keep reading. [updates] Some pictures from Barcamp 6. ( All of them were shot by Veetrag )

Size of EEEPC in comparison to other gadgets. Thinkpad – EEE PC – Ipod Touch
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Yet another addition to my backpack is Eee pc. Its so small and light that I can carry it anywhere like a regular notebook.

Its 900gms with 4gb hd and 512 mb ram. The default OS is Xandros with KDE. It has all required software installed except scite (thats my default text editor). My usb modem is not working yet. The Xandros doesn’t have wvdial installed. I need to install it.

It has 3 usb, one ethernet, wifi and memory card reader. The touch pad is not very sensitive it lags. The keyboard is small but enough for me.

All in all its worth 16k. We will have to wait until I complete my europe trip to get field results.

I am usually a backpacker hence i don’t carry many things while traveling. But there are few of those that I cant miss.

1. Digital Camera : is number one on my list. I don’t have to give reasons right?

2. Mobile with camera and browser: I usually carry my k750i which can act us my quick (or back up) camera. The camera of k750i is pretty decent. Won’t believe? check these pictures from streets Kolkatta. I also use my mobile to keep in touch with friends and family. You might think thats an obvious function of mobile. But when I am traveling I avoid making more than one call per day and usually keep in touch with friends using internet. Hence good browser/apps is necessary. I use opera mini and some Java applications. Read the rest of this entry »