More than a month since my last post…!
Not a great start to my blog, thanks to a chain reaction. Ah! I’m not talking of Chemistry but instead a chain of events that kept me screwed.
It was in March when i came to know of Microsoft S2B, a Project Contest at a National Level. I immediately pitched myself, i expected that would give me a hands-on and it did! While we were on it, we had our college Technical Symposium coming up and while the core team was being formed, i took up making up the Website from the knowledge i gained of Web Technologies from S2B, the website was up very soon and it was the day of our Symposium.
We had the first set of winners announced that meant it was my job to bring it up on the website. While we were discussing on it, we saw two guys holding some posters and looking lost, we went up to them to realize they were people from GNU a.k.a Free Software Foundation. They were there to give a seminar.
We introduced them to our HOD and then we squeezed in time for their seminar which was not on the schedule. It lasted for about an hour, and when i thought ‘Seminars’ usually meant ‘Boredom’, this one changed all that. Simply the content in that little seminar was overwhelming, it kept us all glued to our seats.
In the end we were told they were going to conduct a training camp based on GNU technologies for two weeks. The seminar was done with, it was time for questions. I raised my hand only to find out i was not at all alone, suddenly everybody seemed to fight for the microphone. Everybody obviously had profound interest in the camp.
We wanted to involve ourselves in Free Software Movement – AP, they were already doing some really exciting things like e-Swecha, a Linux OS for Engineering students. They suggested us to form a GLUG (GNU/Linux User Group) to start up things. We wanted to, but we then realized it was better we start to ‘Use Linux’ before we form a group (Thats the only way, in fact) 
That very chain reaction meant i was finding myself riding on a single wheel cycle (S2B), having to balance a Table on my NOSE! (Linux) While that was not enough, there was a Lion that was let loose (End Semester Exams) !! Okay, i acknowledge the exaggeration. But i wouldnt be off by much.
And talking of exams, one more and i’m done. So there it goes, ‘The missing Month’ in my blog.
