I’ve been tinkering around with Python on the N900 and this one one phone hackers will love. You can make the phone do almost anything you want if you know a little bit of scripting. I picked up a bit of python to try making a call blocker which was missing for the N900, and [...]
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Here’s another article from our Guest Blogger Dr. Abhishek Puri on Opera. You can read his previous article here and here
Open Office has gone through various incarnations being heavily promoted by Sun. The best part is that it is a free open source software and be ported across different platforms. But that’s where the “good things” [...]
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Here’s another article from our Guest Blogger Dr. Abhishek Puri on Opera. You can read his previous article here.
Shifting to Linux is fraught with taking a decision in the unknown many a times. This was my feeling when I first pestered with a barrage of questions on the forums as a “n00b”.
We are so much [...]
This article is written by a friend of mine, Dr. Abhishek Puri. He’s a doctor who’s a technology freak on the side. He dabbles around with Open Source software and is a strong advocate for the Open Source community. Here is his experience with setting up Ubuntu 9.10 on his latest laptop.
My trusty Lenovo laptop [...]
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I’ve been using the Kindle ever since they started selling and shipping the international version. I find it a great device to carry around with all my favourite books on it. It also helps in cutting down the book shopping I usually indulge in when I’m at the airport. If you are looking at free [...]
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Here are some webinars from Zend which you may find interesting:
Webinar – PHP Development Best Practices: The Untold Story of Geekville
January 19, 2010 – 9:00 am PST – your computer via webex
Have you ever wondered how you could advance your PHP development? Have you considered using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an Issue Tracker [...]
I just came across a great tool for transcoding videos in Ubuntu. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. They’ve also got Ubuntu installers which make it easy to install this available in a GUI and a commandline version. Using handbrake you can convert your DVDs [...]
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Here’s a free PHP Ebook from Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series. More about this book:
In this book, PHP 5’s co-creator and two leading PHP developers show you how to make the most of PHP 5’s industrial-strength enhancements in any project—no matter how large or complex. Their unique insights and realistic examples illuminate PHP 5’s new [...]
If you’re using Linux as your primary OS, here’s a useful too to check for broken links on your websites. gURLChecker is a simple tool to check for broken links on any website. It can work on a whole site, a single local page or a browser bookmarks file.
If you’re using Ubuntu, it’s quite easy [...]
If you’re new to testing in PHP, and were wondering how to create and run automated tests, here’s an ebook which will help you get the basics right.
Practical PHP Testing is an ebook which is a compilation of articles from Giorgio Sironi’s blog on Practical PHP testing.
This book takes you though the basics of PHPUnit [...]
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Do you want to help create a smartphone concept device of the future? Check outDesign by Community http://ow.ly/1njVy [vinuthomas]
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Gesture Search now available for Android 1.6 and worldwide handsets http://bit.ly/9pbq2K [vinuthomas]
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RT @dineshtantri: Bangalore K-Community round table on innovation & crowdsourcing on 24th March - http://bit.ly/c69CYJ #km #kmers #e20 ... [vinuthomas]
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RT @achitnis: Mobile Developer Conference, 27 March 2010, Hotel Royal Orchid, Bangalore, India http://devcon.momob.in (follow @mobdevcon ... [vinuthomas]
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Back online after a long "offline" weekend - it's great being offline for a few days. Should do it more often. #fb [vinuthomas]
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Listened to Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold.
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Listened to Here Is Gone - Goo Goo Dolls.
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March 13th |
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Now for some unwind time.. Gonna be offline from now till sometime late monday #fb [vinuthomas]
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March 12th |
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Listened to Say You Will - Foreigner.
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Love the punchline in this - RT @guardiantech: The demise of the music industry is visible everywhere but in the facts http://bit.ly/9ilGGG [vinuthomas]
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Everyone's got IPL fever at office. Glad I'm not a cricket fan :) [vinuthomas]
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Lol - thas's a good one you got Mak RT @RN42: http://moby.to/qf1it9 - Multitasking @raghukannan style [vinuthomas]
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I just rated @Issuu Mobile on Android Market and could win a Nexus One! http://bit.ly/a9QM1D [vinuthomas]
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March 11th |
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Cool service- Google Browser Size is a visualization of browser window sizes 4 ppl who visit Google. - http://bit.ly/92EJFG #webdev [vinuthomas]
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Anyone have good recommendations for a PSD / Image -> Wordpress theme service? Need someone to create a theme from an design. [vinuthomas]
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RT @santoshp: RT @dhempe: Bangalore folks RSVP for IPL- http://twtvite.com/IPLBFT just Rs.499 for unlimited booze/starters & watch IPL i ... [vinuthomas]
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This is one lucky dude - Chennai student gets Rs 1.4 cr/year job in Seagate - http://bit.ly/bHIpzX [vinuthomas]
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Getting some simple processes in place needs a lot of patience... To listen to all forms of excuses. The most common is No Time! [vinuthomas]
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March 10th |
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Learning some Python these days. Interesting language. Useful for programming / hacking stuff on the N900. :) [vinuthomas]
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Having a real late dinner back at home. [vinuthomas]
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RT @creativenerds: 25 Awesome Tips to Become a Successful Freelancer http://bit.ly/9u8q3z [vinuthomas]
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Google launches app store. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/10/google-app-store [vinuthomas]
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This is cool - just buy a Windows mobile and then run Ubuntu on it :) - Here's ubuntu running on a HTC Touch Pro2 - http://bit.ly/9IoioH [vinuthomas]
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Eagerly waiting for the long weekend. Just 2 more days to go. [vinuthomas]
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Wow! I'd love to get a home-theater system like this if I had $6 Million - http://bit.ly/9EiRLj [vinuthomas]
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That's cool.. Open standards adoption by a telco RT @rww: Japan's Largest Telco Goes OpenID http://bit.ly/cC80hL [vinuthomas]
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Why am I stuck behind slow moving maruthi 800s on the road tonight? [vinuthomas]
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Just realized next Tuesday is a holiday... yeah! [vinuthomas]
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A Cheaper, Dumber Google Nexus One For India? http://bit.ly/cnjEAp [vinuthomas]
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March 8th |
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RT @mynokiaworld: Cool! Joikuspot for the Nokia N900's out. Now you can convert your N900 into an Wifi accesspoint - http://bit.ly/9vg1Ao [vinuthomas]
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Are these guys crazy? - Use open source? Then you're a pirate! http://bit.ly/bGTeD9 [vinuthomas]
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The history of MySQL AB http://bit.ly/c82RY9 [vinuthomas]
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Be wary of Google patents http://bit.ly/d5objX [vinuthomas]
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Color Scheme Inspiration – Spring http://bit.ly/c9I2qU [vinuthomas]
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