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The Problem Update: (29th October 2009): This guide holds true for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala as well. The only difference is how to restart the hal correctly. I’ll be examining that and posting it here. Update: (29th April 2009) I was facing these problems using the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 9.0.4 Jaunty on a … Read more
Getting the number of Google search results Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2) For us SEO practitioners out there, we often need to check how many pages are returned by Google for our search term. We do this to find out what the competition is, … Read more
Update (November 28th 2009): Now that Mininova has been forced to lose most of its torrents, I’ve removed it from the list. It will be sorely missed and we all mourn its demise Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2) Having implemented a Ubiquity command to … Read more
Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2) As a writer, I frequently need to check the Google PageRank (PR) of pages. My old solution was to have a plug in that gave me the PR of the site I was on. This required me to actually … Read more
It’s no secret to anyone who has been following this blog, that I’ve had some nasty surprises in the US. Right from cell phone contracts to the lack of roadside shops, I have often been nonplussed by the way things are done here. The last incident however, took the cake and the icing on it … Read more
Explains how computers have spoiled Chess and how need to move onto another board game called “Go”
The golden days of classic DOS games like PCMan, Prince of Persia and Wolf 3D. Nostalgia galore!
I’m an avid ebook reader. I’ve been reading ebooks on a variety of devices right from 2004 when I got my first Palm Tungsten T. Since then I’ve had an O2 XDA IIs and finally, an iPod Touch. It’s no exaggeration to say that I’ve given up physical books completely and ever since I made … Read more