Monthly Archives: November 2007

BarCamp Delhi 3

I’m attending BarCamp Delhi 3… See ya there.

Flash

I’ve been doing a bit of work on Flash recently, and it’s been an interesting ride so far. I can’t really describe the project, but it wasn’t something too complicated. A ‘Flash guy’ could have finished it in a couple of days, I took much longer. I could wing-it through though, because in the end [...]

Random Ubuntu tip of the day—Spell check everywhere

Note: this post isn’t too user-friendly, so beware. I’ve heard that Macs have a nice global spell-check system. I’ve never used a Mac, but having a single spelling checker at the OS-level seems like a good idea. You won’t need to train the spell-checks embedded in each application individually. I used to have a hack [...]

Random Ubuntu Tip of the Day—Multisync

Multisync is a nifty little tool that lets me synchronize my Sony Ericsson phone with Evolution on my laptop. Every time my laptop starts up, my contacts and calendar items get automatically backed-up to it. My phone’s calendar is my primary reminder system—I have a terrible memory, so I just put anything I have to [...]

Wide vs. Deep

Wide vs. Deep—recommended reading.

On Writing (and reading)

I read Stephen King’s On Writing a couple of weeks back. This book had been on my to-read list for years—I don’t even remember now where I first heard about it. Somehow I never got around to ordering it, and when I did finally get my own copy some six months back, somehow I couldn’t [...]

Security

Hmm… If I’m gonna use public WiFi, I should set up a SSH tunnel one of these days. Putting that on my ever-increasing ToDo list…

Airports

Stuck at the airport, again. My flight’s delayed by three hours. Mumbai airport’s got free WiFi courtesy Airtel, so the wait’s not that bad this time. Nice speeds too.

Updates

Updated simulacra to WordPress 2.3.1. I hadn’t upgraded to 2.3 when it came out, I wanted time to do it right. Haven’t really tested whether all my installed plugins still work, so if anyone notices anything weird, please do tell. Downloaded Simplr 4.0, and then customized it so that it works just like I want [...]

Now blogging

Amit has just started blogging… I look forward to seeing what he writes about.