It's exciting to know the results of GSoC 2009 selections, where 6 from my batch got selected. The following is the list of participants from my batch. (I think I didn't miss anyone...)

Nimantha Baranasuriya

OpenMRS  - Proposal for Implementing the Audit Module (Data Integrity Module) for OpenMRS

Thilina Buddhika

The Apache Software Foundation - Improving Rampart Tests

Gihan Chamara

Sahana - SahanaOCR module

Senaka Fernando

Ptolemy Project - Integrating Ptolemy and Esper

Hiranya Jayathilaka

The Apache Software Foundation - Implementing SQL Authorization Support for Derby dblook

Nimalaprakasan Skandhakumar

Creative Commons - Creative Commons Add-in for OpenOffice.org Updates

Yes, I also got selected. Its exciting as this is the first time I've applied and got selected. More updates about my GSoC project activities will be posted at my GSoC2009 blog at http://projects.techt3.com/gsoc2009/.

Also there are 14 selected candidates from CSE, including the 6 from our batch and 8 from our junior batch. As a university it seems we have 18 projects selected from UoM, which includes the 14 from CSE and 2 each from Tronic and IT.

Good luck to all the participants...!!!

Problem:
I'm using grep to search for an error and want to display the surrounding lines also as they contain related information. How to do that?

Solution:
Using grep -C <# of lines to show above and below> <search> <file>

The following prints the matched line, along with the 5 lines surrounding it.

$ grep -C 5 "search" sample_text

Also we can use grep -A or -B to display number of lines above or below the matched line.

The following prints the matched line, along with the 5 lines after it.

$ grep -A 5 "search" sample_text

The following prints the matched line, along with the 5 lines before it.

$ grep -B 5 "search" sample_text

Reference:

• man grep
• Live filter a log file using grep and show x# of lines above and below

Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important feast in the Christian calendar.I wish you "Happy Easter".

Today is my second "First day at WaveNET", yes it is, because I had another First day at WaveNET sometime back during my industrial training in 2007.

Nothing much has changed here since then, or somethings have. So the day started as just another normal day, but didn't have anything much to do till lunch, except for a meeting with HR and HPM. I was assigned to the --------- team.
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Feeling bored.... So end of post... :-)

Ramanan pointed me to a short film Smart Card, produced and directed by James Oxford, is a science fiction film about the horrors of living with modern technology, where every transaction is done through one system, Smart Card.

Part 1:

Smart Card (2005) - Part 1 on YouTube

Part 2:

Smart Card (2005) - Part 2 on YouTube

I found this one interesting as I have been in a project for sometime where we are dealing with some smart card stuff. Smart Card is a smart film that will make you laugh, think, and then start to worry about the dangers of letting technology get the best of you. This well executed storyline has won many awards from various film festivals for Best Short Film, details here.

Thought I feel it is too dramatic to think this would happen in near future, I think we are little too much addicted to technology and there might be day when we start to go behind technology.

The full film can be downloaded from the Oxford Entertainment website, where you can get many more details about "Smart Card". You can also download Smart Card directly from here.