The H Factor » FOSS http://hiran.in Hiran Venugopalan is here! Sat, 09 May 2009 13:16:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 സ്വാതന്ത്ര ദിനം ഞങ്ങള് അടിച്ചുപൊളിച്ചില്ലേ…… http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%a6%e0%b4%bf%e0%b4%a8%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%9e%e0%b4%99%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%99%e0%b4%b3%e0%b5%8d-%e0%b4%85 http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%a6%e0%b4%bf%e0%b4%a8%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%9e%e0%b4%99%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%99%e0%b4%b3%e0%b5%8d-%e0%b4%85#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:17:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%a6%e0%b4%bf%e0%b4%a8%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%9e%e0%b4%99%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%99%e0%b4%b3%e0%b5%8d-%e0%b4%85/ കര്‍ത്തതിന്റെ ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍….

വേദിയും കാണികളും….

ജിസണ്‍, എസ്.എം.സിയെ പറ്റി പറയുന്നൂ
അനിവറും സ്വാതന്ത്രവും…..മഹേഷ്, ഇന്‍സ്റ്റാള്‍ ഫെസ്റ്റിന്റെ തിരക്കില്‍…..

ശ്യാമില്ലാതെയെന്തു സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യദിനാഘോഷം………..
വേദി….

ഹുസൈന്‍ മാഷ്….

ഇന്‍സ്റ്റാള്‍ ഫെസ്റ്റിലെ ആള്‍ക്കൂട്ടം….

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%a6%e0%b4%bf%e0%b4%a8%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%9e%e0%b4%99%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%99%e0%b4%b3%e0%b5%8d-%e0%b4%85/feed 0 Forging the font @ Chennai http://hiran.in/blog/forging-the-font-chennai http://hiran.in/blog/forging-the-font-chennai#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:32:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/forging-the-font-chennai/ Thanks to have a wonderful time, the accident, the food, the class and the fonts. I am still at MIT, just after concluding my two day full-fledge hands on session on font designing with font forge. The slide was same as what I used earlier for Letter Made Better talks which is available here.

Yesterday, just before entering the campus, I had a pact with Tamilnadu Roadways by having a small accident. It was also from amachu who coordinated all the thing here, from my tickets to food. At night me and he had to watch the film “dham dhoom“, which is really horrible and the lack of a Jeeva, who died in an accident while the shooting is specifically seen over the film – infact what he directed and what others did can be simple understood over watching the film. Any way having a film from Chennai, the city of film was an experience in many way :)

Back to the font designing – the team here has done something over by now which includes making up of a mailing list, a group in lauchpad :( (all those ubuntu guys are always with that stupid thing!) and planning to register at savannah. Well, All the Best and Thanks for all!

Note : This is for the first time I am writing a blog over projector!!

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/forging-the-font-chennai/feed 0 At MIT with font http://hiran.in/blog/at-mit-with-font http://hiran.in/blog/at-mit-with-font#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:47:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/at-mit-with-font/ Forge the font session is now on fire at Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai. The day one is over and was a wonderful experience for me. A train trip from Palakkad to Chennai with lot of fun, a bike accident sponsored by Amachu and the session for 10+ people, (which includes Kevin!) on fontforge – it was wonderful. All loved font designing and was much eager to learn the idea…


The day1 contained with very basic things, introduction of fontforge, unicode, inkscape and designing and a hands on session to development of font. The next day contains indic font issues, substitution and developement concepts. Will blog after that.

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/at-mit-with-font/feed 0 Sujith hacks Canon A720IS on Linux Gazette http://hiran.in/blog/sujith-hacks-canon-a720is-on-linux-gazette http://hiran.in/blog/sujith-hacks-canon-a720is-on-linux-gazette#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:47:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/sujith-hacks-canon-a720is-on-linux-gazette/ Congrats to Sujith for his article on LG. Link to article.

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/sujith-hacks-canon-a720is-on-linux-gazette/feed 1 No to Patent – Web Banner for the show! http://hiran.in/blog/no-to-patent-web-banner-for-the-show http://hiran.in/blog/no-to-patent-web-banner-for-the-show#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:47:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/no-to-patent-web-banner-for-the-show/ The first protest in Indian history against Software Patents. Initiated by Free Software Users Group Bangalore and FOSS Community India. The Candle light vigil to “Say No To Software Patents” is a occasion to raise civil society voice against this back door Trojan to Indian patent system is on 23rd August 2008 in front of Town Hall near Corporation Circle, Bangalore.

I cannot be there, as I have certain other functions here and due to financial crisis. So here is a small work from my side. A button (in fact a poster!) for the promotion of this event which will look like the image below.

No Patent for Softwares

Background image is a photograph by puremango on flickr under CC(BY-NC-SA).Link.
Copy the code below and paste it on your web logs. pages. and even in emails! Spread it out!!
No Patent for Softwares

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/no-to-patent-web-banner-for-the-show/feed 0 Logo for Swathathra Malayalam Computing http://hiran.in/blog/logo-for-swathathra-malayalam-computing http://hiran.in/blog/logo-for-swathathra-malayalam-computing#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:34:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/logo-for-swathathra-malayalam-computing/ The logo for Swathathra Malayalam Computing, the free software localization and language based software development team based on Malayalam language is now ready. The logo is designed by Ravi Sangamithra along with Hiran Venugopalan and the design is based of the Malayalam letter ഋ [U+0D0B], which is supposed to be the most beautiful glyph in Malayalam language. The glyph is rarely used these days and is not present in any other South Indian language. The logo is designed in two patterns – asymmetric hand generated one and symmetric one. Also a traditional way of writing Swathanthra Malayalam Computing in Malayalam is designed as a part of logo.



The designers thank Nicu, a wonderfully talent artist for his valuable helps for designing the logo and also the SMC team who shared ideas and criticized the design. More details on logo here.

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/logo-for-swathathra-malayalam-computing/feed 0 സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങിനു് ലോഗോ http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%af%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b3%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%ae%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%af%e0%b5%82 http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%af%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b3%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%ae%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%af%e0%b5%82#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:12:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%af%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b3%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%ae%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%af%e0%b5%82/ ലയാളം മാത്രമറിയുന്നവര്‍ക്കു് കൂടി ഉപയോഗിക്കത്തക്ക വിധത്തില്‍ സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്‌വെയറുകള്‍ ലഭ്യമാക്കുക എന്ന ലക്ഷ്യത്തോടെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പറ്റം ഭാഷാസ്നേഹികളുടെ കൂട്ടായ്മയായ സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങിനുവേണ്ടിയുള്ള ലോഗോ തയ്യാറായി. അധികമൊന്നും പ്രയോഗത്തിലില്ലെങ്കിലും മലയാളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും ഭംഗിയുള്ള അക്ഷരമാണു് “ഋ” എന്നത്‌ ഒരല്പം കലാവാസനയുള്ള ഏതു മലയാളിയും അംഗീകരിക്കും. അതുകൂടാതെ, ദക്ഷിണേന്ത്യന്‍ ഭാഷകളില്‍ മലയാളത്തിനു മാത്രം സ്വന്തമാണു ഈ അക്ഷരം എന്നൊരു പ്രത്യേകത കൂടി എടുത്തു പറയേണ്ടതായുണ്ട്‌. അതുകൊണ്ടു് തന്നെ ഈ അക്ഷരത്തെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയാണു് രവി സംഘമിത്ര, ഹിരണ്‍ വേണുഗോപാലന്‍ എന്നിവര്‍ ചിഹ്നചിത്രം രൂപകല്പന ചെയ്തതു്. ഒഴുക്കന്‍ മട്ടിലും തോതനുസൃതമായും എന്നിങ്ങനെ രണ്ടുവിധത്തില്‍ ഈ ലോഗോ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടു്. ഇവകൂടാതെ കൈയ്യക്ഷര രീതിയില്‍ മലയാളത്തില്‍ “സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ്” എന്നെഴുത്തും ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.



പ്രസിദ്ധ ചിത്രകാരനും ഫെഡോറ, ഓപ്പണ്‍ ഓഫീസ്സ് തുടങ്ങിയവയ്ക്കു് വേണ്ടി കലാകാരനായി പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്ന നിക്കുവിന്റെയും സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങിലെ അംഗങ്ങളുടേയും വിലപ്പെട്ട ആശയങ്ങളും വിമര്‍ശനങ്ങളും ചിഹ്നരചനയ്ക്കു് പ്രോത്സാഹനമായി. അവര്‍ക്കു് നന്ദി.
കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങളിവിടെ.

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b5%e0%b4%a4%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%af%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b3%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%ae%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%af%e0%b5%82/feed 0 http://hiran.in/blog/324 http://hiran.in/blog/324#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:21:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/324/ It finally happened. The talk was schedule for 11PM and started at bit moment before noon. The slides where same as old just with some of my font screen shot. A new slide was introduced – ” I am a film addict – if you have some good films, give me right NOW!” just for the fun of it. The session was a long, in fact the longest that I had done on font designing, about 100+ minutes. The number of students where less compared to old talks and was quite when compared to total participants for the mukt. Some guys came in the last odd minutes and told that the lunch was ready, making the session to have a sudden death. That was really an experience! Any way it happened!

]]> http://hiran.in/blog/324/feed 0 At Mukt.in http://hiran.in/blog/at-muktin http://hiran.in/blog/at-muktin#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/at-muktin/ Me along with Shyam reached Hyderabad today by 2PM as to attend Mukt.in I just entered to the venue, got a seat and wifi connection. My talk is supposed to be at tomorrow morning. Wait for more. Let me hear the talk by Ajay Kumar on Sahana DMS, GSoCer 2008.

at thrissur railway station, as the train arrives.
]]> http://hiran.in/blog/at-muktin/feed 0 The Phoenix experiment design contest http://hiran.in/blog/the-phoenix-experiment-design-contest http://hiran.in/blog/the-phoenix-experiment-design-contest#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:11:00 +0000 hiran http://hiraneffects1.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/the-phoenix-experiment-design-contest/ The Phoenix is set! Get ready for the ultimate The Phoenix experiment design contest.

Authors of the experiments found suitable to included in the Degree/PG course will be given the setup they have developed along with a Phoenix kit. In addition to that a Rs. 10000/- cash award goes to the best experiment.Idea dead line is 31st of Aug-08.

More at link

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