Coming a bit late but I wanted to jot down my thoughts on Opera Unite. My first thought, it is an awesome concept with the potential to change the way the Internet is used and also a huge boon for the us users, but in a different manner than envisaged by the Unite team. But [...]
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My Thoughts on Opera Unite
June 22nd, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: darknet · data · dht · information · opera · p2p · sharing · unite · web_server
Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store – A short story
June 16th, 2009 4 Comments
Feeling: blank Listening to: Metallica – Master of PuppetsRead a trippy short story recently – Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store. It is a short science fiction-fantasy about, hmm, Books The story is written in a nice easy style at a good pace. It features takes on the recession, layoffs, google and other topics with a hint of geek [...]
Tags: Science Fiction · short-story · story
Tempus Fugit
June 13th, 2009 8 Comments
Listening to: -Human – MetallicaOh yes it does.. It was just sometime ago that I was going through the whole application process. And now it seems to be that time again. Work had been hectic the past few weeks. Completed a major task at work so things are better now and seem to be slowing down [...]
Tags: application · apps · Books · fuze · mba · mp3 · Music · sandisk · sansa · Work
Change in Hosting
April 27th, 2009 Comments Off
Feeling: accomplished Listening to: Pearl Jam – Brain of JMoved my domain from Dreamhost to Hawkhost. Will be some downtime while the DNS propagation goes through. Dreamhost had been giving me problems with email, most commonly with Webmail. Also the site faced a fair amount of downtime. Hence the switch. Let’s see how’s Hawkhost
Tags: blog · hosting · living-life · rambler
Of flayings and impalings and…
February 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
A virus from an infected flash drive infected my system. So I basically spent the last 4 days (including today) trying to clean out my system. Having run at the least about 6 different anti-spyware/malware/ware and 2 Anti Virus applications to scan my system, all of which show the system as clean, the system is [...]
Tags: computer · malware · os · pissed · spyware · virus · windows
It’s been a while
February 1st, 2009 6 Comments
Feeling: AnticipativeSo… I’ve been off the blog for quite a while now. Travel, work and other stuff have kept me away along with a general sense of lethargy related to blogging. However, I’m trying to get rid of it, re-prioritize my activities and try and do stuff which I enjoy. Anyway, a belated happy new year. [...]
Tags: blog · camera · Canon EOS 40D · dslr · Life · new year
Book Review: Javascript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
November 9th, 2008 2 Comments
Feeling: sleepyThe phrase “JavaScriptmaster” and Douglas Crockford are considered synonymous in the web development world. When I heard that Crockford was writing a book on JavaScript, especially a guide to the better features of one of the most maligned (and perhaps abused) but popular languages in the current web development industry, I was sure I wanted [...]
Tags: book reviews · Books · Computer programming · Douglas Crockford · javascript · JavaScript: The Good Parts · JSON · Programming · Programming language · Review · web development