Harsh J

They are just too boring. :\

Maybe I need to move my ass up to the Eloor lending library at T.Nagar and get some good novels. Long time since I read anything but programming books and course books.

Most of you would probably know about this, but anyways.

Project Euler is a site with a large set of mathematical and programming problems. And they are no way a piece of cake, cause they make you think, think hard.

Here’s their “About” for additional information:

Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.

The motivation for starting Project Euler, and its continuation, is to provide a platform for the inquiring mind to delve into unfamiliar areas and learn new concepts in a fun and recreational context.

What’re you waiting for, let those knuckles crack!

Here’s my profile page at Project Euler.

Thanks to Sykora for introducing that to me.

Continuing my movie-watch-and-kill-holiday-time run, I saw the third part of Rush Hour today. Nothing’s changed in it. Chris’s still the reason I liked it, Jackie’s still the reason I enjoyed it. And as always, the credits are crazy too!

Though compared to Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2, this one is a bad one. Jackie’s getting too old. He should be playing Pat Morita roles, as is rumored now. Chris Tucker, he should try Opera singing, he’ll rock the Operas.

I’d rate it a 7/10. Medium entertainer, worth killing a lazy afternoon for it.

I wish the fights were more fun like the first part.

Saw the first part (Die Hard 1) today, and it was very good! Just enough action per frame to keep one going without scrolling the bar front.

But funny thing about the movie is that there are some rather weird scenes and lines. Like for example that media thing. There wasn’t a need for showing that media guy’s rise to fame and that punch at the end, etc. Likewise, when the LAPD first attacks the building, the soldier running across the bushes makes a silly ouch as if some rose thorn pricked him. No connection to the movie whatsoever *shakes head*.

But Bruce Willis, he totally rules! This is the oldest movie of his I’ve seen so far. He hardly looks like his young self anymore! And the movie wasn’t bad at all for a 1991 one. It was realistic in its approach too, unlike most of these bollywood movies that still are.

I’d rate it a 9/10.

Next up is of course, Die Hard 2 and Die Hard 3. And if I can get 4 later, perhaps that too.

I’ve tried a lot of ways to do this thing in Linux (Ubuntu) and finally I found the easiest one to use.

Called simply as ‘chm2pdf‘, this is a small script written in Python and it uses a few dependencies you might have to install first.

Now to install it, simply follow this guide:

1. Install dependencies by running in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install htmldoc libchm-bin python-chm

2. Download chm2pdf by clicking this.

3. Now extract the downloaded file.

4. Open your Terminal and browse to the folder you extracted and run:

sudo python setup.py install


5. You’re done!

Now to use it is very simple:

In Terminal, type:
chm2pdf -book filename.chm
(Where filename is obviously your required file to be converted.)

And surprise surprise, a PDF copy will be waiting for you just next to your CHM file!