http://prashantkatwa.com a blog by Prashant Katwa Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:46:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are so many Drupal themes out there now. In my opinion most of them aren't very good. Sometimes its hard to discover the really nice ones. So, below I've complied a list of a few of the best Drupal themes that I've come across. They're also worth mentioning because ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2009/06/29/best-free-drupal-themes/ Have you every wished for a simple way to keep track of your favorite TV shows? Well I've been using a simple TV calendar for about a year now to let me know which of my favorite shows are going to be airing new episodes, what time they come on, ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2009/03/30/keep-track-of-your-favorite-tv-shows/ All the Carolina students rushed Franklin St after the UNC vs Duke game tonight. Here are some photos: [gallery link="file"] Video Clips from Franklin Street - After the Carolina win over Duke [101-87] - February 11, 2009 Get the Flash Player to see this player. Get the Flash Player to see this player. http://prashantkatwa.com/2009/02/12/franklin-st-in-chapel-hill-nc-after-unc-beat-duke-feb-11-2009/ Things that I've learned while being in Australia: The proper pronunciation of Melbourne is "Mel-bin". Tea can mean dinner. Toilets don't flush in the other direction. In fact, water just rushes down in all directions. There is the "bush" (rural areas) and then there is the "outback" (out where nobody really lives). Kangaroos aren't as ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/12/28/things-ive-learned-in-australia/ Random photos of my time in Australia. [gallery] http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/11/21/fun-in-australier-photos/ Just wanted to say I miss UNC and I'm happy that I'll be going back soon (not that I don't like Australia). =) http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/11/07/i-miss-unc/ [caption id="attachment_164" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="(photo: abcnews.com)"][/caption] Congratulations to Senator Barack Obama, the next and 44th President of the United States of America. What an amazing campaign! I'm proud of North Carolina which just barely made it blue. Early in the night Obama was leading and then suddenly he started loosing the margin ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/11/05/congratulations-to-barack-obama/ If you haven't noticed already, my blog has a new URL. Miles Away From Nowhere now resides at prashantkatwa.com (previously at blog.katwapro.com).  Make sure to change your bookmarks and update your rss feeds. Also, if you're wondering, milesawayfromnowhere.com also redirects to prashantkatwa.com. http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/11/05/new-blog-url/ Microsoft's next version of Office will include web versions of its office applications. Office Web apps will allow users to create, edit, view, and collaborate on documents on the web. The apps will include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote. It seems Microsoft is trying to get in the game with the ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/28/microsoft-office-on-the-web/ [gallery] http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/28/queensland-in-photos/ So we get off the tram at Flinders St. Station and walk down a couple of block to Little Bourke St. We're look for a specific street name. I forgot the name, but we do find it. It's actually an alleyway-kind of sketchy. It's in the middle of Chinatown, so the ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/24/shanghai-dumplings/ Every year Sangam, the South Asian awareness student organization on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill, hosts an annual intercollegiate dance competition known as Aaj Ka Dhamaka. For the past three years, I've had the opportunity to serve important roles in the planning and execution of this major production. In ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/22/aaj-ka-dhamaka-2008/ Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo. I came across this video promoting Obama the other day. I found it to be well made and the motion graphics are pretty awesome. It was created by MC Yogi, produced by Robin Livingston, ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/19/vote-for-hope/ Apple is holding an event on Tuesday to announce updates to its notebook computers. Rumors suggest a new portable laptop line, cheaper MacBooks, MacBook shell carved out of a single piece of aluminum, and perhaps new NVIDIA chipsets instead of Intel's chipsets. We'll have to wait and see what Apple has in store ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/10/12/apple-event-on-october-14/ The following is a list of things that I happen to disagree with in regards to university studies. Please excuse me if I sound like I'm whining. Lectures longer than 1 and 1/2 hours Honestly, a college student's attention span is very limited. After about 45 minutes of lecture, more than half ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/09/22/university-and-things-i-disagree-with/ So, if you didn’t notice, I changed the default image that was at the top of the Australia section blog template to reveal a series of real photos from my trip! Every time you refresh the page, you should be able to see some of my favorite photos that I’ve ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/09/20/random-header-image-rotation/ Yes, yes, I know that its been a month since I updated my blog. For that I apologize but I just get busy. I have like 5 blog posts that I've been meaning to write. Hopefully I have time to write them all before I forget. Also, if you didn't notice, ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/09/09/trip-to-sydney/ Okay so I've been in Australia for a little over three weeks now. Australia is probably as far as you can get from the East Coast of the US. So I thought that I'd never really see anything related to the East Coast or North Carolina or even UNC here. ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/07/22/tar-heels-in-australia/ Although I've only been here for like three weeks, I've taken over 200 photos. I've uploaded most of them to Facebook and I've provided the links to view the first two albums on my last post. The main reason I've added them to Facebook instead of like Flickr or my ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/07/22/photos-from-down-under/ Sorry I haven't written a blog for like a week, but I've just been busy doing things here and there.  This past week was orientation week for the Study Abroad / Exchange Students.  It was alright, pretty boring as I would expect any orientation to be. But now I guess ... http://prashantkatwa.com/2008/07/07/orientation-week/