Monthly Archives: October 2007

AJAX Picture Gallery using jQuery

October 23, 2007 – 1:44 pm

I have been longing for a custom picture gallery for quite some time, to showcase my pictures, but did not want to go for a ready made solution like Coppermine or Gallery. Sure these are great products with endless features, but would not give me that MADE BY MYSELF feeling So I decided to [...]

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Durga Puja Pandals and Idols in Kolkata- Day 3

October 20, 2007 – 1:14 pm

KOLKATA DURGA PUJA IMAGES - DAY 1
KOLKATA DURGA PUJA IMAGES - DAY 2
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A SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL PUJA ON C.I.T. ROAD

A traditional Santhal dance being performed in front of pandal

Decorative lanterns on trees

A 12 storey Vodafone banner at Ekdalia!
DESHAPRIYA PARK (Google Maps)

A replica of he famous TIRUPATHI Temple in [...]

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Durga Puja Pandals and Idols in Kolkata- Day 2

October 19, 2007 – 5:51 pm

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As I had promised, I’m back with more pictures of the breathtaking Durga Puja scene in Kolkata right now. The fervour is electrifying and the craftsmanship simply scintillating. It seems as if the whole of Kolkata is out on the streets (it actually is!) during [...]

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Durga Puja Pandals and Idols - Day 1

October 18, 2007 – 12:53 pm

CLICK HERE TO SEE LATEST PICTURES OF  DURGA PUJA IN KOLKATA
It was Mahasasthi, 1st day of the famous Durga Puja and I ventured out in the evening for some pandal hopping. Didn’t cover much, but saw 3 famous Pujas of South Kolkata. Below are some of the pictures I took with my cellphone. Will be [...]

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Perl one-liner to sort a hash and return the top most key/value

October 17, 2007 – 3:32 pm

A while ago Deepz asked me whether we can sort a hash and print the top most key or value or both in a single line, in PERL. After a little permutation & combination, I wrote the following piece. I’m sure there must be a more elegant and efficient way of doing it, but this [...]

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Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General Motors

October 17, 2007 – 3:02 pm

Many of you, unlike me, might have come across this long ago, as it is in circulation for years now. But I just received it today and was spellbound by the incident. For those who are not aware of it, it goes like this -
Never underestimate your Clients’ Complaint, no matter how funny it might [...]

By Naveen | Posted in Fun, Thoughts, Whatever | Comments (16)

The Stranger - Amazing Short Story

October 17, 2007 – 11:57 am

I just received an email having a scanned document as an attachment. It seems to be some kind of a literature examination paper of some Soham Bandhopadhyay, and is a short story named THE STRANGER. It has been evaluated as excellent by the examiner and given the 1st place, deservingly so. A brilliant piece of [...]

By Naveen | Posted in Thoughts, Whatever | Comments (1)

Install Perl Modules without root

October 16, 2007 – 11:58 pm

How many times Perl developers have to scratch their heads when they find that there is a module dependency which is breaking their code. Worse, they do not have sufficient privileges to install the required modules on the system. And the worst - there is no immediate way to get the module installed and [...]

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Golden Temple comes to Park Circus for Durga Puja

October 16, 2007 – 11:57 am

I couldn’t resist clicking this morning, as I was about to take cab for office from Park Circus. As always, the Durga Puja pandal at PC is turning out to be magnificent and this year’s theme is Golden Temple, Amritsar. Although not yet completed, with ornamentation and much of the frills yet to be done, [...]

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My First JAPH!

October 15, 2007 – 11:23 pm

Finally after procrastinating for long, I decided to tread the path traversed only by the GODs of PERL - writing JAPHs!! And my brain storming for about 6 hours finally ended with a JAPH, not too bad for a debut, albeit a little amateur. For those of who are still wondering what the heck is [...]

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