(PC world magazine with all the free goodies) Two days back I bought the latest edition of PC World computer magazine. Since they would be completing 1 year in India, they had lot of free goodies with this month’s issue, Including 6 free booklets and a DVD with 12 software worth Rs 24,000 (596.12 $)… Read More »
While reading discussions in comp.lang.java.programmer(accessed via google groups) I came across a thread relating to finding user’s home directory in Java. As I read further, I came across a link for most system properties in Java. An idea came to my mind, as how to, develop a system anaylysis program in Java that would present… Read More »
Note that I came across a another cool irc server, related to linux and technology, namelyirc.oftc.net So from now on, if I came across new IRC servers, it would posted as comments to this post. Readers of this blog, are welcome to post thier favorite IRC servers too as comments to this post.Bye
(IRC room of php in Pidgin) Now after successfully logging into irc.linuxchix.org IRC server and getting into a few rooms, I then, tried out to google for more IRC servers and rooms, but could not find much. Suddenly, I realized that, I had overlooked the default server name that appears, when I choose IRC protocol… Read More »
(Pidgin to the rescue again) I have been using Pidgin for a long time now to chat with my friends both in Google(gmail) as well as in Yahoo using this single super cool client. The usual trojans and boot-ins, that is so common among Yahoo messenger users, wont simply, just work in Pidgin, and that’s… Read More »
(A snap taking during our way to Pune ) A small note about the photoThe snap was taken using my c653 easy share kodak digital camera. I had taken this photo while peeping out of the window in the train that we were travelling. Note that, the photo has NOT lost any details, even though… Read More »
(A typical Indian train) Tomorrow me and my family would be leaving Trivandrum by train to visit my brother and his wife @ Pune. Pune is approximately 1850 kilometers(1150 miles) from the place where I stay. So I may not be able to post for the next one week or so. In between, I will… Read More »
I recently came across a thread in comp.lang.python namely The Modernization of Emacs which stressed the need for changing emacs to “appeal to the masses” I actually clicked the thread just because of the sheer number of replies to thread – 269 last count. But upon reading, I found it really interesting. I had almost… Read More »
(Wireshark – network analyzer in action) I was looking for some “Security” / networking tools in astalavista.com and I came across this really cool piece of software listed in the “best 50 softwares” section. Wireshark is a packet analyzer tool that analyzes each and every TCP packet that comes and goes out of your system,… Read More »
(Photo taken using the Kodak easy share camera) I have attached a picture of a flower in our garden that I photographed using my latest, cool digital camera – Kodak easy share c653 camera. Note that I haven’t brushed it up using any image editing tools, its just the raw image, as it is, from… Read More »
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