Gautham Ponnu

I am

Gautham Ponnu. I also go by the name Gapo (the flow). I'm 20 years old. Right now I'm doing my undergraduate degree in Electronics. I aspire to mind my own business one day.

Stuff I love

Tinkering computers. I am a Linux enthusiast. I enjoy understanding how computers and operating systems work.
Working hours on at a time for a cause, for something that I believe will improve humanity.
Designing websites as a hobby.

Feeling the wind blow through my hair when I go vroom ... vroom in my unicorn.
Reading Books -books in which you could sometimes fall right into them as if each page was a hole into another world.
The Grass nestling against my feet and the sweet touch of football. Also am an avid follower of the EPL.

I'm involved in ...

THE FIRST LECTURE SERIES

'The First Lecture' [ TFL ] is a series of lectures given by students for students. It consists of a series of short, carefully-prepared talks on though-provoking subjects to foster learning, inspiration and share worthwhile ideas. It is an initiative I started and am passionate and involved with.

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NAN - Not Another Notepad

NAN is a distraction-free, zen style editor whose aim is to create a writing experience like never before. NAN is built for minmalistic pleasure and to provide a visually appealing UI .

Download NAN

SHRUTI

Shruti - meaning harmony, is a clean,minimal and meditative theme for Googles newest and greatest browser Chrome. It's aim is to provide relaxing, soothing browser experience .While many minimal themes already exist, this one is more based upon providing a better overall feel.

Install Shruti

My blog

I started blogging around 2005 in blogspot ( Hey, everyone has to start somewhere ). However, I could never keep up with it and it was never much fun. In a rejuvenated effort I began blogging (seriously) again. I blog on anything in the galaxy, without discrimination.

My blog is called Ipse Dixit, a latin phrase meaning he himself has said it. It comprises of my thoughts and feelings upon the various issues of life. In this blog, I post about my life, what I think about it, books, Music, Software and Technical Tutorials.

My other blog

Somewhere around 2010 I realized that my bloggin was of two types primarily my geek side and the philo side. That was when the idea of creating a new blog to chronicle ‘the geek in me’ originated. A little bit of thought and a little bit of hand-coded magic ...

And then was born G33k — my official tech space where I maintain my tech conquests and adventures. Here, I share links, information, tips and views upon — Web 2.0, Upcoming web technologies, Linux desktop customization, programming, Bash scripts and other random stuff in not any necessary order.