Words From Bhutan

What happened to me in my high school is that, I was trained to study, study and study the textbooks and the notes given by the teachers. All that seemed to matter was a good result - a colorful result. Today I regret a few things looking back into my high school days, thinking I never did enough. I should have developed a good communication skills. I should have read a lot of books. I should have learnt how to write well. I should have learnt how to explore beyond the borders of the classrooms.  What I thought in my high school days was that I would get an ample of time to read and improve my communication skills in my college life. But doing this is quite a herculean task. These are some of the things that keep one surviving after high school. Looking into this fact, wishing to develop these skills after high school is quite foolish. It is my opinion that it's right time for the students  to acquire all these skills in high school. What I would suggest are: ...

By definition socialengineering is a discipline or art of manipulating people so that they share their confidential information . It may start from collecting information as simple as your legally registered name, date of birth, passwords or bank information depending on the interest of the exploiters. These criminals may collect information based on what they are targeting from their victims. Image from Google How can I be a victim of social engineering? Art of social engineering starts from getting trust – something like the exploiter becoming friends with his or her victim. Thus, social networks are great plethora of information about people around and finding targets are much easier. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are on which these exploiters may start manipulating people . What else social engineers do? This depends on what the social engineers are looking for. Common social engineering attacks include: 1.        E...

Not many Bhutanese of my age, and above are aware about programming. Not many Bhutanese parents influence their children to become programmers, computer scientists, system analysts, or web developers. Not many Bhutanese think these professions as lucrative as being a civil engineer, an architect, a lawyer or a teacher. But these professions are the orbit on which today’s world rotates. Image from Google However coding is not limited to IT professions only. It has become a medium with which we interact with the machines we live with for our life’s comfort. Making one’s children learn the art of coding is inevitable. Starting to learn how to code only at university level has become a traditional method. It is high time we start crafting coding skills in our children not looking in job’s perspective but at making our children understand the digital world we live in. Coding is not only about learning a sophisticated high-level programming language but learning to solve pr...

Ever got your flash drives infected by Shortcut virus? It is said to be Trojan that consolidates every file in your portable devices and put it into a hidden file. This creates a shortcut.exe file giving no option other than to click on it. Once the file gets executed, it installs malicious applications. There are several methods to remove it from your devices. Here is the method that I found working. Follow the instructions given below: 1.    Open your command prompt (run as Administrator). 2.    Type the drive letter of your flash drive or external hard disk and a colon after it. For example, G: 3.    Once you did it you are directed to your infected device. Now type:  attrib G:*.* /d /s -h -r -s  4.    And click Enter on your Keyboard. 5.    Now it’s done. Go open your drive! A sample to guide you.

Today the Internet keeps the world moving. There is so much one can do with the Internet, however so much to care about. Security is one of the concerns one must be taking into account. Here are some of the things that one must be taking care of while using it. Keep your passwords super-strong : A strong password is a mixture of numbers, special characters and both upper- and lower-case characters. Using different passwords for different accounts is also a good practice. Some would recommend changing your passwords at least twice a year. Never share your passwords. Secure Connection : Many Internet connections are not secure, especially if they’re Wi-Fi connections. One should be aware that that Wi-Fi that one uses in coffee shops, airports, and hotels are risky to your email and bank accounts. One solution to this issue is to use the connections only if public networks are secured using WPA or WPA2 protocol . Use P...

Image source: http://www.ancient-origins.net/writers-list It has always been difficult for me since I started my college life. In terms of academic performance I am just surviving. Also I have begun losing my interest in the art of writing  –  not because I don’t get time for it but for reasons I may never get to understand. Maybe I just got lost of my track. I have begun losing my interest in reading. Not reading would definitely make writing difficult. During my recent summer vacation I came to understand that I’ve been a bit lazy for the last two years. I have been losing something I might never  be able to recover. So I began thinking I should be getting back into my interests of writing and reading. I am a bad reader. Somebody told me a bad reader is a bad writer. The art of writing begins with the art of reading; just as how well you chop wood would be determined by how good you are at sharpening your axe. From the book I would have ...

Every morning I get up with a hope of living yet another day.  Every evening, I end the day thinking I could have done  better than this.