All Text/Data is some kind of executable code or program

February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

I just love to see where these technical discussions sometimes end up, or start off for that matter. Reading on a /. post on Largest Hacking Scam in Canadian History, an interesting debate shot off on “There is no data which is also not a program/piece of executable(in some way or the other) code“. Following [...]

Dec

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First post from mobile

December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

Finally i got my GPRS activated yesterday and its been a great experience so far! With apps like Opera browser, GMAIL mobile, Nimbuzz, surfing from your cell is a temptation which you can’t resist. And my SONY ERICSSON is well equipped to provide a pleasurable surfing experience. So here goes my first GPRS blog post, [...]

Oct

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AJAX Picture Gallery using jQuery

October 23, 2007 | 4 Comments

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 tinker [...]

Oct

17

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

October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Oct

16

Install Perl Modules without root

October 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

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 the [...]

Oct

15

WebOSS ’07 – Web and Open Source Conference in Kolkata

October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Finally, the day arrived this Saturday, October the 13th, when the first Web & Open Source Technology Conference took place in Kolkata. It was a great initiative to bring like-minded people on the same platform and share our views on all things Web, OSS and Technology. Since the venue host was WBUT , a large [...]

Oct

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I’m Speaking at WebOSS ’07

October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

The first of its kind Web Technology Conference on Open Source Technologies, WEBOSS ’07 is being organised in Kolkata on Saturday 13th October, 2007. I was pleasantly surprised when Hussain (Hussu) , friend of Pradeep, called upon me to ask whether I would be interested in speaking at the event. The event focuses on Web [...]

Oct

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Multiple Yahoo Messengers simultaneously

October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I just received this forwarded email with instructions on how to activate multiple instances of Yahoo! Messenger on the same machine without the use of any software. I tried it out and its awesome! Working really fine. Just follow the instructions below and you are all set: Go to Start —-> Run . Type regedit, [...]

Sep

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It Ain’t Over Yet!

September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

Perhaps I wrote my previous post (WTF!) too early! Continuing its assault of emails, the count reached a phenomenal 207!! Way to go Calcutta Telephones Click on the following image to get an idea:

Sep

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WTF!

September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

(Click on the image to enlarge) I guess the guys at BSNL need a good sleep! I opened my mailbox a while ago to be shocked by the number of times the payment notification mail had been sent by their mail server. I know that it is an automated process but something is going amiss [...]

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