Science

  • Linux in day to day use

    In the world of desktops everyone is talking about Linux market share (non-existent to negligible) but Linux is becoming omnipresent in other segments… from Supercomputers to Smartphones to embedded devices. In fact many of you are running Linux at home (sometimes even unaware that you are doing so!) If you have: And you use Linux…

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  • उघड कुंजी कूटांकन (Public Key Encryption)

    कूटांकन, विषेशतः (उघड कुंजी वापरून) म्हणजे काय प्रकार आहे आणि ह्या तंत्रज्ञानाचा वापर केल्याने आंतरजालावर तुमच्या वैयक्तीक किंवा इतर महत्वाच्या माहितीची बुरुजगळ न होता सुरक्षितपणे कसे व्यवहार करता येतात हे मी एकदा माझ्या मामाला समजावून सांगायचा प्रयत्न करत होतो. ही माहिती इतरांनाही उपयुक्त वाटेल असे वाटल्याने मी ती सोप्या शब्दात येथे देण्याचा प्रयत्न करीत आहे.…

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  • Home Theater Refresh

    My home theater refresh is complete now. I started with the TV, replaced my 43″ Samsung DLP with a 60″ Sony SXRD KDS60A3000 (CircuitCity $1800). Then I realized that my receiver won’t work with the TV, so I bought a new receiver Sony STR-DG910 (CircuitCity $380). Then I realized that I won’t be able to take advantage of the…

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  • My New PC Update

    All the components arrived in the week of Sept 4. My PC was assembled and running by the weekend. I was disappointed at first because no matter what I tried, the OCZ memory won’t run at the rated 400MHz. It only ran at 266. After searching through Abit forums I found that the BIOS version…

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  • How to use Windows Live Writer to publish to Drupal

    Well, whenever I think of a problem, I always check if anyone else encountered it before. And Google is your friend here. Drupal doesn’t appear as one of the supported interfaces under Writer wizard. But it actually works. This (and the last blog entry) was created using the Windows Live Writer and posted directly to…

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  • Trying out the new Windows Live Writer

    This sounds interesting. Now all the Microsoft “Live” programs come bundled into one nice “suite“. The writer looks really polished. Interesting part about it is that when you create a new blog it copies the style sheet from your blog so you can actually see how the text (including all the formatting) will look before…

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  • Daylight Saving Time (DST)

    It’s March 11 already and at least for me everything seems fine. This year the clocks in US changed 3 weeks earlier than normal due to a new legislation by US congress. All my computers (Linux, Windows and Macs) had been patched and they adjusted for DST correctly. But PC World is reporting that some people had problems…

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  • SMS through email

    SMS has become very popular now a days. But what I don’t like about SMS is typing a long message with the 12 key keypad on a cell phone. If given a choice I would quickly send an email rather than SMS. But what if your recipient is away from computer and you quickly want…

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  • Roll-up fry-pan

    Now that is one cool idea! Isn’t it? Handy when you go for hiking… I wonder how heavy it is though!Roll-up fry-pan Cory Doctorow:The Scroll Pan is a roll-up nonstick frying surface — unroll it over the burner and use it to cook your omelets and suchlike.Link(via OhGizmo)

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  • My new PC (Core 2 Duo)

    So I’m all excited again to build yet another PC. If you’ve been paying attention you already know Intel has released a new CPU with new architecture called Core 2 Duo . It’s been getting rave reviews all over the internet. So I decided to jump in and have some fun of my own. I decided to build my own new Core 2…

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