February 2012
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“Hackers believe that essential lessons can be learned about systems—about the...”
– http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/zuckerberg-hacker/
December 2011
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MIUI ROM App Force Close Issue Fix
This fix will only work if you know what your doing. You need to have a rooted phone but then again if you are on MIUI (or any custom ROM) you will know what the below means.
I use the MIUI ROM from Galnet (http://galnetmiui.co.uk/landing/ics-builds/) ICS builds for my Samsung Galaxy S I9000. I noticed last night that a lot of my applications started force closing on their own. I looked at the...
November 2011
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Conspiracy Theory: Google, Gmail and the iPhone
Some background -
Google released a native Gmail app for the iOS platform - iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.(Read the links for more info)
The theory -
People have been using iOS devices for over five years now. They have grown to love the iPhone and have faithfully accepted its flaws and upgraded whenever required. The iPhone is a stunning device and this is not a rant against it or its platform....
October 2011
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How a well designed mobile application and decent...
Well to be completely honest, I stopped blogging on Tumblr a few months after I got my first Android phone. The reason behind this was simple - the Tumblr Android application was terrible and could never post a single thing through it on my really slow GPRS connection. I gave this up altogether and began using Facebook, its Android application and mobile site really worked.
I began posting all...
May 2011
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"Wrong" SMS
In India, the chances that you receive phone calls from people dialing in the wrong number. is pretty high. We usually refer to such calls as “Wrong number” which also happens to be the most commonly oftenly used phrase to deal with the nuisance.
“Hello is this _____”
“No wrong number” <slam>
Thats how most of those go, some people are more polite...
March 2011
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Are your details in the Income Tax department of...
We all have PAN cards (Permanent Account Number) in India which we often use as identification proof.
I have one as well. I discovered today that though my name, father’s name, photograph and signature on the card are correct, the details in the IT departments database are wrong. i found this out while trying to register on the IT return site as each time I entered my name it checked the...
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Terminal Feedback
I was sitting at my desk a few moments ago when I decided to mess with my terminal. At times when I feel like taking a break, I begin to fidget with either my phone, the computer at work or people around me.
I asked the terminal - Am I working hard enough? Am I productive?
[ The questions mentioned above are in English but they mean the same as the below ]
history | awk...
February 2011
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Proxy Rants
While figuring things out this morning, I discovered that my proxy administrator redirected every blocked domain to a little quote machine informing me politely that I was trying to do something that he had denied me access to already. Here are some of those -
Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it.
— William Shakespeare, “Henry IV”
Snow Day — stay home.
..and before...
December 2010
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Using Google Analytics with Tumblr
Google Analytics is a great free service for measuring traffic on up to five web sites. It can help you learn things like how many users are visiting your blog — and how often, which of your posts are the most popular, which search terms visitors are finding you through, and where in the world your visitors are coming from.
Some blog themes have an option in the Customize area on the...
November 2010
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Designations
[via an email]
Project Manager
A Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.
Developer
A Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.
On-site Coordinator
Is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
Client
Is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a baby.
Marketing Manager
Is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby...
October 2010
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Guess who painted these works of art? Any ideas?...
His name was Adolf Hitler.
[via wisawall:]
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Mobile Photography
I haven’t been posting for a while but I really felt like sharing the following links with you -
http://aaronsgross.tumblr.com/archive
http://gnuhaus.tumblr.com/archive
Please look at their images - really amazing.
What is even more amazing is that they have taken all these pictures on their iPhones, slightly low-res, using an application that adds effects once the image is taken. This...
September 2010
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“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Ancient Chinese Guy
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What it's like to own an Apple product →
The Oatmeal can be amazingly funny at times:)
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Thought-Jot: Imagine, I wish
Lets see if you can image all of the below. I wonder how many of you will actually read through the mess but if it works tweet/post about that.
I wish there was an application that could read my mind and create little notes that I could then use. I wish that my eyes were capable of viewing these notes in space right before me, much like a heads-up display they have in fighter jet pilot helmets. I...
August 2010
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Top 10 Signs the Web is Making You Stupid →
An interesting article on how our web habits affects our intelligence. In most cases, I am sure people are going to relate to this article. I for one did not as I don’t think I am intelligent in the first place :)
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Living with a smart phone
Note: This may sound rather repetitive but I enjoyed writing this though it was edited and re-edited as I don’t want my boss to think I don’t work. I happen to be able to use every little feature the Galaxy S provides. In fact, if you go to http://galaxys.samsungmobile.com/, the time line experience view is exactly like mine :)
I am fortunate to have a Samsung Galaxy S which many...
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“I base my confidence not in my own abilities but in Gods absolute promises”
– odb
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Why did the chicken cross the road
Plato: For the greater good. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a ...
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“The mobile versions of sites are way faster than their mobile apps”
– Vignesh
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WatchIf Microsoft includes technology like this in their operating systems along with other technologies like Kinect, the way we interact with our PC’s as well as the way in which we handle/manage/view our own data will change forever.
Read:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect
http://livelabs.com/
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The Premier League's Top Ten Young Stars
via philosofooty:
By Dominic Vieira, writing from Portugal
10. Marcos Alonso, Bolton (photo above)
Bolton completed a surprise swoop this summer to sign Marcos Alonso from Real Madrid. The 19 year old played for all the Real madrid youth sides since joining as an infant and was one of their most promising youngsters. Marcos Alonso plays as a left-back but has the capabilities to play...
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Friday the thirteenth
Surprise!! What a coincidence, I wonder if this is worth mentioning (post date). The first thing that people actually think of when I mention “Friday the thirteenth” is “Jason” (the mass psychopathic killer in the movie series)
Some quick trivia -
The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia, frigga, meaning “Friday” and triskaidekaphobia, or...
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Can you read this. Its very interesting . . . . →
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit…
[via @sumitknath]
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“If you cant type, you probably can swype, but if you can’t spell, you can...”
– Paul Datta
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July 2010
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“He that is of a merry heart has a continual feast”
– The Bible - Proverbs 15:15
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One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the lunar surface, realizing humanity’s age-old dream - on this day :)
[Read More http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/07/dayintech_0720#ixzz0uCOwghTc ]
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High Touch - ?
What does “High Touch” mean? I first came across this in a process document my boss and managers cooked up about 2 years ago. I didnt give it a second thought actually, I know it meant something like “high class” and since it was used to describe the place I worked in, I was quite happy to see it there.
This word has now gone viral and is in a lot of our material.
I have...
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TCS announces ... it might just happen eh? →
I wonder why it hasn’t stopped people from trickling out.
“Stock options need a very detailed thought process. It has to go through finance and how exactly you want to do it has to be worked out, as compared to a simpler mechanism of variable pay,” he said.
“I think it finally boils down to cash.
Both TCS and Infosys saw attrition rise on the back of higher demand for IT...
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Random Problems Specific Solutions, Random Quotes
I generally have a good time, when things go bad I try converting some of the “bad” to something thats fun in order to maintain equilibrium.
I had been having a normally good month. I had prayed everyday about it and everything was going as planned - the application I was developing was coming together nicely, the other things I was doing were happening quite alright and I...
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“When something beautiful ends, for whatever reason, it’s most important...”
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Mario Ferri: Italian Pitch Invading Legend
via worldcupreport:
By Eric Beard
Anyone watching the Spain-Germany match witnessed what seemed to be your average hooligan invading the pitch like a proper idiot in the first few minutes of the first half. However, this hooligan, Italian Mario Ferri, is actually cult hero in his homeland. We all saw him get tossed around by security guards, but this isn’t the first time he has been...
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“They are intelligent enough to learn how to unscrew a jar and are known to raid...”
– “Paul the Oracle”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_vulgaris
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WatchWaves - Paradise Beach in Pondycherry, India.
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Viral Ideas
I do get interesting ideas at times.
Here is an idea -
This is what happens when it goes viral -
See the difference?
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“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what...”
– Zig Ziglar