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Grails ClickToDial(C2D) Plugin v0.1 Released!

2009-05-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

Want to add voice features to your web application? It cant get simpler than 1 command...'grails install-plugin c2d' !The Grails ClickToDial plugin demonstrates the integration of SIP Servlets with the Grails web application framework (e.g. SkypeMe button). Its the beginning of a set of plugins that provide simplicity in converged application development by adding voice-enabling features to a web

Community One East 2009 - Diary of a Student attendee

2009-04-11T17:14:00.000-07:00

Continuing with my post from last year about C1/J1 2008 at SF, I attended the C1E at NYC (as the timing matched perfectly with my Spring Break)Community One(C1) is a developer event organized by Sun focussed around its open source products and its user/developer community. This year, C1 is coming to the East(NYC) and West(SF) coast where the first day includes sessions by Sun and Community

MS Fall 2008 Semester End Update

2008-12-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

My last post was at the beginning of my 3rd semester at Georgia Tech and after 4 months of hardwork, its time to get back to some hackery (and blogging).Looking back, this semester was a lot of fun (more than the ones before) and I worked on some cool projects:Gesture Recognition API for Sensors (in Android) [GERAS] - which was built due to the lack of one in the Android SDK and was heavily

Java One 2008 - Diary of a Student attendee

2008-12-30T22:36:00.000-08:00

A little backgroundJavaOne, the world''s biggest developer conference for the world''s biggest developer community, was scheduled from May 6-9 2008 at Moscone Center, San Francisco. This year for the first time, Sun was giving away free student passes (yes, absolutely free with plenty of extra special goodies!). I was pre-booked with other plans but thanks to a very understanding family and a

Java/.NET/Ruby User Groups in NYC

2008-12-30T20:05:00.000-08:00

I'm here in NYC for a Summer Internship and its a great opportunity to attend the buzzing meetups. Here are the list of groups I could find and I hope to attend as many as I can after a busy day at work.Java:NYC Study Groups JUGNYC Study Groups JUG for SCJP6NYC Java Meetup GroupNY Java Special Interest Groups[SIG].NET:NYC .NET Developers GroupNY .NET Meetup GroupNYC Sharepoint User GroupRuby/

Regained access to this blog!

2008-12-30T13:35:00.000-08:00

phew!While I spent all this time moving to a shared webhosting solution, I ignored this blog and ended up even forgetting my blogger handle for it. I have finally managed to regain access to my good ol' geeky blog thanks to the tip here!

Getting Geeky on Rails

2006-04-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

tIt was high time i checked out RoR, and Sunday seemed to be the best day to give it a shot....Started with checking out some ruby tuts and once i was comfortable with it, i hit the play button on the Django/RoR flick from Snakes and Rubies.The movie was very informative and once i was through with it, i knew what i had been missing by not choosing Ruby/RoR earlier.The transformation was so

Zoho Creator and more...

2006-04-05T07:12:00.000-07:00

Well, this aint a re-post on Zoho Creator, but its not possible not to talk about something when you have spent most of your productive day clicking away to glory and making web apps(yes clicking, and not typing code!)Also mailed the Zoho Support about some much-required features, and was happy to get a positive reponse from their side.You can see my public Zoho Apps here.Aprt from that i will be

Timesheet app using Zoho Creator

2006-04-03T13:58:00.000-07:00

So i needed a simple enough web-based timesheet app for personal use.Came across Zoho Creator(thanks Nirav) and i have my very own Timesheet app now, and its as Web2.0 as you can posibly get!Check out My Zoho Timesheet.Hopefully Zoho Creator will give more power to users who can code in PHP and HTML, but its surely a great WYSIWYG platform, and you can surely create useful apps with a few clicks.

Screencast: The 'new' Hello World!

2006-04-02T13:52:00.000-07:00

So you can do a 'Hello World!' with your new-hot-fav-programming-languages, who cares?Where is the screencast?Yes, the world of web-frameworks has moved to screencasts, the way to show off the MVC-based simplicities.So much so, that the user-community has pretty much started expecting a screencast with the beta, atleast i do! :)Ruby on Rails: Creating a weblog in 15 minutesTurboGears: The 20

Ideas are bulletproof

2006-04-02T06:29:00.000-07:00

Voilà! In view, a humblevaudevillian veteran, castvicariously as both victim andvillain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a

Slashdot goes cute?

2006-04-01T02:04:00.000-08:00

Well, its that time of the year again, and Slashdot have really hit the nail on the head!Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal(I think, this has been due for quite sometime...we all love pink now, dont we?)and dont miss out on the "CUTEST WEB SITE EVER DISCOVERED!!!"Incase you never fancied SQL much, dont worry, the new version is gonna be much easier to grasp: "GIMMIE * FROM TABLENAME"If you

Better days @ Blogosphere

2006-03-31T07:39:00.000-08:00

The last few days on 'Blogosphere' have been good.I upgraded to a port of the Kubrick theme(originally for Word Press) to Blogger, K2 from Blogger Templates.It looks much better, but i had overlooked the template forum, this port needed all verifications to be turned OFF for comments.This led to 'No Comments' on my blog, which i had been expecting, keeping in mind that i have been getting some

Bye-Bye Orkut?

2006-03-30T12:11:00.000-08:00

Google's makin' a hell lot of moolah! i'm glad that its taking a slice outta M$'s kitty :)But the latest buzz on BusinessWeek seems to suggest:"At its current share price of $394.98 a share, a sale of 5.3 million shares would raise nearly $2.1 billion..."and what could be a likely acquisition with this $2.1 billion...well, maybe Facebook!Its a social community, just like Google' Orkut (a place

HOWTO: Start Websphere AS(Linux) App Assembly Tool from Windows using Cygwin

2006-03-27T22:27:00.000-08:00

1 Introduction1.1 PurposeThe document explains the procedure for using AAT for WAS on a Linux machine through a remote connection from a Windows machine. The procedure involves starting the X server on the Win PC and connecting to the remote WAS Linux server. This will allow us to assemble and deploy J2EE applications remotely on the Linux server.1.2 Target AudienceWeb designer, Java programmer

OpenCerti - Community driven PHP certification - Coming 'damn' soon!

2006-03-27T09:38:00.000-08:00

Must've been abt 3 weeks back when Nirav shared the OpenCerti vision with me at The Mumbai PHP Meetup(surprisingly though no1 except the both of us had turned up!)I was seriously looking at some projects to get to work on, but either they were all too far ahead in their development phase or i was far too behind in the project-domain(and this had gone on for quite some time as is evident by the

Better Web Application Development Video

2006-03-12T01:41:00.000-08:00

The video(which i found from my best friend reddit) is by: Sean Kelly(woking at Nasa JPL ) He gives his work background, and the need to look at scripting languages for UI development for the 2000's. The video covers a Hello World app development(using the so popular screencast mode) using the competing frameworks and then a Time Log application(UML below). The metrics coveres

Trade@InklingMarkets

2006-03-07T00:52:00.000-08:00

Define:Inkling - a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" When it comes to trading, shares and all those money-kinda stuff, it does excite me but i safely keep my wallet tucked deep into my pocket and like to believe that its better to stay away as i dont understand them much...Stock Market Sims have interested me and I had developed one in VB, for

A look at AOI Freshers Closing Ceremony

2006-03-06T00:53:00.000-08:00

23503-23 Originally uploaded by Gautam Arora. There are times when a geek does get rewarded for his work!One of such Kodak moments from AOI Fresher's Closing Ceremony...

Work-Shauk and all that...

2006-03-06T00:29:00.000-08:00

Long time no blog!So here is what has happened of late:1.Worked on C/Pro*C, Linux,Solaris,Shell scripts...was looking around for what would help me define my job description, and i guess, i can call myself, an Oracle Backend Developer as of now.Though some J2EE Struts work is also in the pipeline.So i could be shifing to something new...2.Have been doing some PHP with specific interest in the

Developer.com Product of the Year 2006 Winners - OpenSource Wins!

2006-01-12T22:53:00.000-08:00

" Again this year, Sun turned out to be the company taking home the most wins. Sun repeated their honors by taking home five of this year's awards. Java related products overall turned out to be a big winner. "But Open Source has clearly outperformed Sun ... with 6 wins ...OPEN SOURCE-1.Technology of the Year:AJAX From Mozilla Developer Center2.Development Tool of the Year:Eclipse From the

Hackers and Painters OR Dabblers and Blowhards ?

2006-01-01T23:48:00.000-08:00

Like many tech geeks, I too have been reading the essays of Paul Graham, and enjoying them.. (Joel Rules!)But here is a counter-attack of a painter, and a funny one for sure.For anyone who has ever read Paul Graham's essays, this one is also a must...Dabblers and BlowhardsSneak peek into the article:" Computer programmers cause a machine to perform a sequence of transformations on electronically

Start the New Year with a hack to Windows Live Mail

2006-01-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

A very Happy New Year to all!Here is a perfect gift for everyone: A hack to get started with Windows Live Mail....without an invite!Follow the 7 simple steps here and get Live!Note:1. Your location settings should be set to someplace in America, and default language to be English.2.You should Sign In with your hotmail address and password at Step#4Incase of any troubles in getting the account,

TurboGears 0.9...coming soon to a blog near you!

2005-12-10T12:05:00.000-08:00

It might be some time before we get TG 0.9 but the docs are being updated and now a new screencast has been added....a Tunes Tutorial! The video also demos the CatWalk, and I almost fell off my chair looking at it! :)Looking at the roadmap for TG Dilly, its still 60% to do....cant wait to get my hands on it!The docs also highlight the deployment stuff and its much needed as i am hoping to move to

Why Reddit was rewritten in Python?

2005-12-05T20:59:00.000-08:00

Well, Spez has tried to make peace between the Lisp, Ruby and Python warriors with a straight and simple explanation for the Reddit rewrite in Python. "We were already familiar with Python. It's fast, development in Python is fast, and the code is clear. In most cases, the Lisp code translated very easily into Python. Lots of people have written web applications in Python, and there's plenty

Reddit rewritten in Python!

2005-12-05T06:35:00.000-08:00

It a day to celebrate for the Python Geeks ... Reddit in a new Pythonic Avtaar!p.s. got to use my limited python skills at work. A python script to analyse some bugs in .java files under a given target directory (and sub-dirs...).A 20-odd lines code that scans through 2225 files and 201 folders to generate a log file in ~ 4 secs! (This aint for setting any benchmarks though!) Python Rocks! also

Where the 'FLOCK' have i been

2005-12-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

Now thats what i call a browser for Web 2.0 !!!Flock will redefine the way we surf, blog and of course, keep track of bookmarks!For the past few days i have been busy getting myself comfortable with Google Reader (for my feeds), del.icio.us(social bookmarking) and tons of its extensions, Furl (bookmarks where you can search for text within the links), slashdot(this aint new for me though), digg,

Blame it on Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn

2005-11-25T04:16:00.000-08:00

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TurboGears: Python-Based Framework for Rapid Web Development

2005-11-11T05:35:00.000-08:00

I have been trying my hands at TurboGears(TG) for some time now, and though i am still learning the basics and going through the docs, i am slowly falling in love with it...Talking of web frameworks, this one is quite a beauty.There are others in the Python world too like Django(and lets not forget Ruby on Rails, right CodeMonkeys?)I wanted to give a shot at one of these and when i heard of TG at

Form validations for PL/SQL

2005-10-15T03:04:00.000-07:00

--***PL/SQL code for Email validation***---DECLARE t_valid NUMBER(1); t_totallen NUMBER(2); t_counter NUMBER(2):=0; t_atpos NUMBER(2):= 1; i NUMBER(2) := 1; t_pointpos NUMBER(2):= 1; mail_ch VARCHAR2(1); result number; --:GRBEGIN t_totallen := LENGTH(:text_item_email); t_counter := t_totallen; i := 1; t_valid := 1;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Firedrop2 micromini how-to-blog-behind_the_scenes [for win-xp]

2005-09-11T02:19:00.000-07:00

Though the entire process is simple-click-click, here is a small section of what goes on behind the scenes.1.The wxfiredrop.pyw starts the fd2 gui. *.pyw file supresses the command-prompt window.2.Your Weblog is created at C:\Weblog.The following files have been created at 'C:\Weblog'build.ini, build.py, page_template.html, entry_template.html3.Your Weblog has been loaded by the fd2.4/5.A new

# Firedrop2 micromini how-to-blog [for win-xp]

2005-08-27T09:14:00.000-07:00

1.Open the firedrop2 gui by double-clicking 'C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\firedrop2\wxfiredrop.pyw'2.Make your blog by:File->New site...->Choose a content type:Weblog->Choose/Create directory...->Make New Folder->C:\Weblog->Generating files->OK3.Click the 'Open' button on the fd2 gui, and select 'C:\Weblog' from the browse-tree.Note: Your Weblog has been loaded by the fd2.4.Click the 'New'

# Firedrop2 micromini how-to-install [for win-xp]

2005-08-21T06:55:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this how-to is to get you started with the Firedrop2 on win-xp asap! What is Firedrop2? Firedrop2 is a client side weblog creation and web content management system.It is open source and written in Python by Hans Nowak.It is cross platform and runs on Windows,Linux, Mac OS X and most Unix like systems.Fuzzyman has created a plugin creation tool and some nice plugins. Downloads

Lets be more Pythonic ... Part II

2005-08-18T07:10:00.000-07:00

The comments in the previous post sure brought abt a miniature py vs ry code-snippet war:1) List comprehensionsPython: ret=[do_something(elem) for elem in li]Ruby: ret=li.each {|elem| elem.do_something}2) returnIn Python, all functions return a value; if you dont provide return, your function returns the None object automaticallyIn Ruby, everything(methods, prodecures, code blocks etc.) returns a

Lets be more Pythonic ...

2005-08-11T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is C:for (i=0; i < class="entryText"> do_something(mylist[i]);}--------------------------------------Is this being Pythonic:i = 0while i < mylist_length: do_something(mylist[i]) i += 1NO! certainly not!--------------------------------------Then this must be being Pythonic:for i in range(mylist_length): do_something(mylist[i])Nopes!--------------------------------------This one ?for

HOWTO: Installation & Configuration of WAMP - Part 1

2005-08-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

->WAMP:Windows Apache MySQL PHP Apache Web Server Installation: 1.Get Apache Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)2.The only info you need to fill during the installation wizard is: xyz.com www.xyz.com webmaster@xyz.comFor the rest of the screens, just click the next button.3.Apache is installed at "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2" Apache Web Server Configuration: 1.Stop Apache Server

Experience at the Mumbai PHP Meetup August 2005

2005-08-06T12:48:00.000-07:00

I attended my first Mumbai PHP Meetup today, organised at the People Cafe(the Shaadi.com people)It started with a 4-hour workshop on MySQL by Mr.Shantanu Oak, covering the basics and advanced topics and giving a demo of phpAdmin(which i learnt can be used to power the backend of your website.Its a risky deal, but you would be safe if you take your backups and its worth the effort, coz its your

Knoppix and Kanotix

2005-08-04T11:44:00.000-07:00

Knoppix is one of the most popular Linux Live CD, where you just need to pop a cd into your cdrom drive, change the bios settings to boot from cdrom, and the Knoppix OS unpacks itself on your RAM, and runs like a dream.I downloaded the latest Knoppix 3.9 (approx 700 mb) using a torrent, and thanks to my broadband connection, its did not take me longKnoppix 3.9 looked and worked even better than

Zipping away with Python...it's in the air!

2005-08-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

When i last posted about Python, i was still learning the ropes, but a few days at the Python Challenge and my current position at Level 7, has really improved my Python skills.I started Level 1 with a procedural code to break into Level 2, but soon realised that it wasnt in the pythonic spirit and i wouldnt reach far.After a quick glance at the py tutorial again, set my gears in motion and i can

A Simple Port Scanner using Java

2005-07-25T14:41:00.000-07:00

This is part 2 of the ‘Make our own simple networking tools using Java’. In part 1, we developed a simple command-line packet sniffer and now, we will make a simple Port Scanner (Note: We will not be using Threads, so this scanner will be a slow one, but in the weeks to come, we will make one of those fast ones too!) We will divide our work into 2 java files: 1)

Word Press : A Bloggers Dream

2005-07-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

Google's Blogger has done a great job getting young bloggers(like me) to swim in new waters, but soon enough one wants to break free and swim into the deep sea...thats when WordPress(WP) comes along.''WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time

2005-07-22T14:47:00.000-07:00

>>>Python and Jython- the state of scripting universe-Google uses python-currently working on python guis>>>XML and Web Services-xml is hot...>>>AJAX-thats what makes gmail fast!Note: The subject to this post is (?xml version="1.0"?)...replace () with <>, which is not being displayed(No points for guessing why)Infact, its not even being displayed in the 'Previous' links and neither is letting me

Python Challenge - Level 0 conquered

2005-07-19T14:02:00.000-07:00

I came across the Python Challange a few months back while searching for some python resources. I tried my hand at Level 0 for about 5 minutes, but made no progress.Today, after 2 minutes of thinking, I have been able to reach the 1st level :)The Py Challenge is definitely worth a shot.

Develop a Vocabulary Building Tool using Google and Deskbar API - A Proposal

2005-07-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

The best way to build a good vocab(as many would say) would be to read tons of books, novels and magazines in different genres. A hurdle in this direction, is the process of moving onto the dictionary for every new word encountered.A simpler approach to this rather enervating task would be a tool to help us through our vocab building process.Google Deskbar provides a great support to this

Sun's Solaris is now OpenSolaris!

2005-06-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

On June 14, 2005 after a long wait and millions of DTrace downloads, the gates of Solaris were thrown Open! The OpenSolaris project is an open source operating system, a community development effort and a place for collaboration and conversation about OpenSolaris technology. It is aimed at developers and users who want to develop and improve operating systems. The OpenSolaris technology

Games Bond: CounterStrike on TV

2005-06-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

StarOne has launched a Video Games show based on CS, called Games Bond on every Friday at 2030 IST.Format:They have about 8 clans and each week, 2 clans face each other.The game has 2 rounds and 3 battles per round.Battle 1- Aztec (Bomb The Target)Battle 2- Dust (Bomb The Target)Battle 3- Italy (Hostage Rescue)The team which wins the toss at the start gets to choose CT(Counter-Terrorist) or T (

Free But Shackled - The Java Trap by Richard Stallman

2005-05-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here is an article by GNU guru Richard Stallman where he talks about the fact that Java developers are completely dependent on Sun, and its time the GNU get a GCJ(GNU Java Compiler with Libraries), which will lead to complete freedom for the Java coders (just what GCC did for C...)"If your program is free software, it is basically ethical--but there is a trap you must be on guard for. Your

Firefox Tabs: Now with IE7 too

2005-05-18T12:33:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite and most frequently used feature in Firefox, the Tabs, will now be seen in IE7 too!This information is derived from the IE7 blog"Yes, IE7 has tabs. In general, I think tabs are a great idea. I liked them a lot in Office dialogs and in Excel in the early 90's. (I used to work on Office, and I admit we almost added tabs to Word at one point.) I like them in Visual Studio. I

JXTA - Get Connected

2005-05-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

JXTA™ technology is a set of open protocols that allow any connected device on the network ranging from cell phones and wireless PDAs to PCs and servers to communicate and collaborate in a P2P manner.This open source project is licensed under the Apache Software License, encouraging others to join in the effort. The project is evolving daily.Peer-to-peer is a style of computing that allows any

SAP, ABAP and NetWeaver - The Buzz Words

2005-05-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

The name SAP a German company is an acronym for "Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung." This is translated in English as "Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing."SAP is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software product capable of integrating multiple business applications, with each application representing a specific business area. These applications

India's Open Source License - KPL

2005-05-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

Deepak Phatak of the Indian Institute of Technology has kicked off an effort to create the Knowledge Public License, or KPL, a licensing program that will let programmers share ideas with one another while at the same time allowing them to retain the rights to their own software modifications. The license will likely function much like the Berkeley Software Distribution or the MIT License

Borland 'NOT' open sourcing JBuilder to Eclipse

2005-05-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

Continuing with the the focus on The Eclipse platform, on 22nd April 2005, Borland (The IDE Kings) made an announcement to donate the JBuilder to Eclipse.According to Borland's chief executive Dale Fuller:We will give customers something that's differentiated in the market and do it with a lot less investment on our part.It is worthwhile to note that till last year, Borland never had any free

Java GUIs - From AWT to Swing to SWT ?

2005-05-11T10:14:00.000-07:00

Face it, you need to make GUIs. If you're building applications that other people are going to use, you need a graphical interface. If you're building programs for yourself, you want a graphical interface. -Head First JavaSWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) is a graphics library and a widget toolkit integrated with the native window system (especially with Windows but Linux and Solaris are supported as

The Eclipse Platform - Not just an IDE

2005-05-08T08:04:00.001-07:00

What is Eclipse?Eclipse is an open source, Java-based, extensible development platform. By itself, it is simply a framework and a set of services for building a development environment from plug-in components. Fortunately, Eclipse comes with a standard set of plug-ins, including the Java Development Tools, or JDT for short.While most users are quite happy to use Eclipse as a Java IDE, its

Sun's New Look and Old (and some Useless Statistics)

2005-05-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

All Java and Solaris Geeks who frequent the Sun website will be in for a surprise. Check out the 'New Look of the SUN Website'!The old style can still be caught at 31 of their 62 Wordwide sites. So 50% of their sites still need to be updated to the 'new' style.ArgentinaAustraliaBrazilChileColombiaCommonwealth Of Independent StatesCzech RepublicDenmarkHong

Mobile Graphics 3D API (JSR-184)

2005-05-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

Mobile Gaming has become big money internationally for both the developers and the gamers. With better processor speeds and graphic display support for mobiles, the gap between computer and mobile apps seem to be thinning. Mobile gaming is one of the fastest growing sector in the IT industry.With Big fun and Big money, mobile gamers seem to be enjoying the ride too. Take the case of 'Sachin Sapra

The Mystery of Google's PageRank Algorithm

2005-04-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

Chris Ridings,(owner of http://www.searchenginesystems.net/), a custom search engine developer wrote a paper about the enigmatic Google PR. The following contains parts of his original paper ( PageRank Explained or Everything you’ve always wanted to know about PageRank” v1.1, 9 Nov,2001) :PageRank is Google's method of measuring a page's "importance." When all other factors such as Title tag and

Web Mining and Google's PageRank

2005-04-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

Web mining is associated with finding interesting content(or patterns) on the WWW. This concept is based on the Data Mining of large Datawarehouses.The issues involved with Web Mining include: Lots of distributed data Volatile data Unstructured and redundant data Problems with quality of data Hetrogeneous data But the advantages, in comparison are: Structural framefork provided

Blogger Email Bug

2005-04-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

The 'Mail-to-Blogger' functionality makes it easier to be a regular Blogger but there seems to be some bugs which still need to be sorted out with this feature.I have mailed the Blogger team w.r.t a bug, which was discovered by Hrishikesh Thite (who had fallen to the dark side of 'MSN Spaces' due to the email feature, but i'm glad that he's back)The mail to Blogger is as below and adds on to my

Post to Blogger via Email

2005-04-23T15:26:00.000-07:00

How To:1.Login to Blogger2.Click on the 'Change Settings' icon3.Select the 'Settings' tab4.Select 'Email ' option5.Enter a Mail-to-Blogger Address. This is of the format"BloggerLoginName.Secret@blogger.com".6. Save Settings and Republish

Of 'Tiger's and 'Mustang's

2005-04-22T11:55:00.000-07:00

In what is "the most significant enhancement to the Java platform in the technology's nine-year history," Sun Microsystems introduced its new Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) version 5.0, some time back.J2SE v5.0 ("Tiger") is the latest major revision to the Java platform and language; it contains 15+ component JSRs with nearly 100 other significant updates developed through the Java

The Blogger-Java Connection

2005-04-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

I wonder what i did, but i managed to crash Blogger(or maybe they helped me do it...)But it brought out some very interesting results, Blogger uses a Java backend, here is the proof:java.lang.RuntimeException: can't load class com.google.blogger.base.User from databaseat com.google.blogger.dbreader.SqlServer.query(SqlServer.java:1639)at com.google.blogger.base.BaseUser.select(BaseUser.java:116)at

Add-Ons for a Geek Blog

2005-04-21T07:47:00.001-07:00

Now a 'Geek Blog' cannot and should not look like just another blog...right?So i went ahead and added some cool add-ons:1.Statistics2.Alexa Associate Tools3.Firefox Ad Banner and Buttons4.Chatterboxand the search continues......p.s. pointers to these add-ons were recieved from blogs of Faelle and Ajay

A Simple Packet Sniffer using Java

2005-04-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

This document will help you make your very own small and simple packet sniffer using Java or in more explanatory terms, using the ‘waseda’ JPcap library.We will develop a simple command-line packet sniffer application on the Windows platform using the WinPcap packet capture library (you can alternatively use libpcap for UNIX based machines).The document will flow in

Get Set ... Blog!

2005-04-20T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here i am, trying my hand at it again....but this time more determined, more focussed, more blah blah blah....One thing about blogging i cannot do is write about myself, its just not me!But there are things i would like to write about like World Peace, Animal Rights...wotever!I am a Geek and i stand by it.I will be dedicating my blogs to technology.Hang on, the rides about to begin...