We have installed Linux Mint 10 on one of our machines, I chose Linux Mint because its based on Ubuntu and had impressive UI.
but after sometime, got complaint that sound is not working on it. then I rememberd my year long struggle during my college days to make sound working on Redhat-Athlon machine of mine, which didnt work.
Today no one was using m/c, so I just gave a try to make it work. and it worked.
Here is how.
I searched on google..after frantic search for 10-15 minutes. I got following link
Linux Mint Forum - Sound problem
I followed advice from someone called "mads"
1. Run
$ cat /proc/asound/modules'
The output shows the modules.
0 snd_intel8x0
1 snd_hda_intel
2. Add the following lines at the end of your alsa-base.conf file:
# The next two lines prevent my sound modules from switching
options snd_intel8x0 index=0
options snd_hda_intel index=1
Save and exit. Reboot to make changes take effect
Use AlsaMixer to adjust volume.
for me
$ cat /proc/asound/modules gave
1 snd_hda_intel
2nd step i followed as it is.
alsa-base.conf is resides in /etc/mod-probe.d/
I rebooted m/c and login welcomed me with Sweet Startup Sound!
lekin picture abhi baki hai mere dost.. I played a song in mplayer and it didnt work.
I thought I might need to do something extra. but just pulling headphone jack out and putting in solved the problem.
Music is now enabled on Linux Mint 10.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Super Cool - Dynamic Templates from Blogger
Classic
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I am super awed by kind of superb innovation produced by Blogger.
It just neat and clean!
It just gives Wow Feeling!
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Super fast Search
I am super awed by kind of superb innovation produced by Blogger.
It just neat and clean!
It just gives Wow Feeling!
Monday, September 05, 2011
Whats the Sen's Side?
I smell some conspiracy here. Need to check out Soumitra Sen's story.
Sen courted trouble as Receiver - J. Venkatesan - copied from hindu
For the beleaguered Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, trouble started in 1983, when the Steel Authority of India Ltd. filed a money suit in the court against the Shipping Corporation of India for sale of Periclase Spinal Bricks lying at the Bokaro Steel Plant.
On April 30, 1984, the court appointed Justice Sen, who was a lawyer at that time, as a Receiver to make an inventory, sell these goods, and keep the proceeds until the case was decided. Between April 1, 1993 and June 1, 1995, he received the sale amount of Rs. 33.23 lakh.
In 1996, though he was entitled to keep only five per cent, Rs 1.66 lakh, towards remuneration, he kept the entire money in a fixed deposit with ANZ Grindlays (which later merged into Standard Chartered) and later transferred it to Lynx India Ltd, a company authorised by the RBI.
On January 20, 1997, another High Court Bench directed Mr. Sen to be the Receiver in another case and to keep Rs. 70 lakh for distribution among workers of Calcutta Fans. But he deposited this amount also in Grindlays Bank. Between May 14, 1997 and August 6, 1997, he issued several cheques to the workers.
On February 26, 1997, he deposited Rs. 25 lakh (from out of Rs. 70 lakh) with Lynx India, which sank. The shortfall was made up by taking Rs. 25 lakh from the SAIL money and depositing it in the Calcutta Fans account
On February 27, 2003, the SAIL filed an application in the High Court asking the Receiver to return the entire sales proceeds and render true and faithful accounts. He failed to do so until he was appointed judge on December 3, 2003.
On August 3, 2004, the High Court appointed a new Receiver, without asking Justice Sen to refund money lying with him till then.
Subsequently on February 15, 2005 when the matter was posted before another judge, he issued notice to Justice Sen for return of the money. On June 30, 2005 after the High Court ordered an enquiry, it came to light that Justice Sen, as Receiver, never filed any accounts, though he was required to do so every six months.
On November 1, 2005 he deposited Rs. 5 lakh. On April 10, 2006, the court directed him to repay Rs. 57.65 lakh, which included an interest of Rs. 26.26 lakh. Justice Sen went on leave and on his return, he was not allotted judicial work. Between June 27, 2006 and September 5, 2006, he repaid Rs. 40 lakh and on November 21, 2006, he repaid the balance amount.
On September 25, 2007, a Division Bench quashed single judge's order and expunged remarks. The Bench held that there was no material to hold that Justice Sen had misappropriated any amount or made any personal gain.
But on a report from the then Chief Justice of the High court, the then Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan formed a three-member committee to probe the charge
In February 2008, the in-house committee, found Justice Sen guilty of breach of trust and misappropriation. It said he did not have any honest intention since he mixed the money received as Receiver with his personal money. There was misappropriation, at least temporary, of the sales proceeds.
Acting on the report, he was asked to resign or to seek voluntary retirement, but he declined.
In August 2008, the then CJI, K.G. Balakrishnan, asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to initiate removal proceedings against Justice Sen for his misconduct.
On February 27, 2009, 58 MPs of the Rajya Sabha moved a motion seeking Justice Sen's removal.
On March 4, 2009, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha appointed a probe panel headed by the then Supreme Court judge, B. Sudershan Reddy.
On September 10, 2010, the committee held him guilty on two counts — misappropriation of money and misrepresentation of facts to the High Court — and recommended his removal.
On August 18, 2011 the Rajya Sabha voted the resolution to remove Justice Sen.
Sen courted trouble as Receiver - J. Venkatesan - copied from hindu
For the beleaguered Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, trouble started in 1983, when the Steel Authority of India Ltd. filed a money suit in the court against the Shipping Corporation of India for sale of Periclase Spinal Bricks lying at the Bokaro Steel Plant.
On April 30, 1984, the court appointed Justice Sen, who was a lawyer at that time, as a Receiver to make an inventory, sell these goods, and keep the proceeds until the case was decided. Between April 1, 1993 and June 1, 1995, he received the sale amount of Rs. 33.23 lakh.
In 1996, though he was entitled to keep only five per cent, Rs 1.66 lakh, towards remuneration, he kept the entire money in a fixed deposit with ANZ Grindlays (which later merged into Standard Chartered) and later transferred it to Lynx India Ltd, a company authorised by the RBI.
On January 20, 1997, another High Court Bench directed Mr. Sen to be the Receiver in another case and to keep Rs. 70 lakh for distribution among workers of Calcutta Fans. But he deposited this amount also in Grindlays Bank. Between May 14, 1997 and August 6, 1997, he issued several cheques to the workers.
On February 26, 1997, he deposited Rs. 25 lakh (from out of Rs. 70 lakh) with Lynx India, which sank. The shortfall was made up by taking Rs. 25 lakh from the SAIL money and depositing it in the Calcutta Fans account
On February 27, 2003, the SAIL filed an application in the High Court asking the Receiver to return the entire sales proceeds and render true and faithful accounts. He failed to do so until he was appointed judge on December 3, 2003.
On August 3, 2004, the High Court appointed a new Receiver, without asking Justice Sen to refund money lying with him till then.
Subsequently on February 15, 2005 when the matter was posted before another judge, he issued notice to Justice Sen for return of the money. On June 30, 2005 after the High Court ordered an enquiry, it came to light that Justice Sen, as Receiver, never filed any accounts, though he was required to do so every six months.
On November 1, 2005 he deposited Rs. 5 lakh. On April 10, 2006, the court directed him to repay Rs. 57.65 lakh, which included an interest of Rs. 26.26 lakh. Justice Sen went on leave and on his return, he was not allotted judicial work. Between June 27, 2006 and September 5, 2006, he repaid Rs. 40 lakh and on November 21, 2006, he repaid the balance amount.
On September 25, 2007, a Division Bench quashed single judge's order and expunged remarks. The Bench held that there was no material to hold that Justice Sen had misappropriated any amount or made any personal gain.
But on a report from the then Chief Justice of the High court, the then Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan formed a three-member committee to probe the charge
In February 2008, the in-house committee, found Justice Sen guilty of breach of trust and misappropriation. It said he did not have any honest intention since he mixed the money received as Receiver with his personal money. There was misappropriation, at least temporary, of the sales proceeds.
Acting on the report, he was asked to resign or to seek voluntary retirement, but he declined.
In August 2008, the then CJI, K.G. Balakrishnan, asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to initiate removal proceedings against Justice Sen for his misconduct.
On February 27, 2009, 58 MPs of the Rajya Sabha moved a motion seeking Justice Sen's removal.
On March 4, 2009, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha appointed a probe panel headed by the then Supreme Court judge, B. Sudershan Reddy.
On September 10, 2010, the committee held him guilty on two counts — misappropriation of money and misrepresentation of facts to the High Court — and recommended his removal.
On August 18, 2011 the Rajya Sabha voted the resolution to remove Justice Sen.
Monday, August 08, 2011
Boot options for Macbook
You want to try ubuntu or want to boot from live cd. here are options.
Products Affected
MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro
Keystroke Description
Press C during startup Start up from a bootable CD or DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc that came with the computer.
Press D during startup Start up in Apple Hardware Test (AHT).
Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps. Reset NVRAM
Press Option during startup Starts into Startup Manager, where you can select a Mac OS X volume to start from. Note: Press N to make the the first bootable Network volume appear as well.
Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse or trackpad button Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.
Press N during startup Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).
Press T during startup Start up in Target Disk Mode.
Press Shift during startup Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items.
Press Command-V during startup Start up in Verbose mode.
Press Command-S during startup Start up in Single-User mode.
Press Option-N during startup Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.
original link
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1533
Products Affected
MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro
Keystroke Description
Press C during startup Start up from a bootable CD or DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc that came with the computer.
Press D during startup Start up in Apple Hardware Test (AHT).
Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps. Reset NVRAM
Press Option during startup Starts into Startup Manager, where you can select a Mac OS X volume to start from. Note: Press N to make the the first bootable Network volume appear as well.
Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse or trackpad button Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.
Press N during startup Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).
Press T during startup Start up in Target Disk Mode.
Press Shift during startup Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items.
Press Command-V during startup Start up in Verbose mode.
Press Command-S during startup Start up in Single-User mode.
Press Option-N during startup Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.
original link
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1533
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Jungle Tourism Should Stop!
Last weekend I visited Kanheri caves at National Par, Borivali Mumbai.
It was great to visit this spot in the Monsoon. Great view of Real Forest amidst Mumbai which is known to have Jungle of Concrete. It was amazing to see so many Caves in such interiors of Dense forest. One does not stop wondering about people, who carved these beautiful caves and managed to Stay with Tigers and wild beasts aroung.
But something was not great! which is crowd of Mumbaikars Gathered there to Enjoy the monsoon and Small Waterfall near caves. With this beauty around, Indian Junta who dont miss to create a crowd at any chance provided, Why will they spare this Spot.
While watching the Monkeys sitted on tree branches, I felt the rage amongst them, some scared, some aggressive staring helplessly at Vehicles, Crowd of People who encroached on their own piece of land. These animals are owners of jungle, with curious tourists visiting these, What they want is just enjoy the beauty of the space, Click some pictures of their own, to get some instant fame on their Facebook Walls or some just to have fun in Wild.
How it will feel to you if you asked to stay in a home made of Glass and have people around you watching all your movements.
Todays NDTV showing some guy fighting to stop Tourism in jungle. Though It brings lots revenue for Forrest department to maintain jungle well, Tourism is helping to increase pollution in jungle, killing many creatures under vehicles.
I Support this unknown guy in his Cause,
Please Stop this Jungle Tourism!
In the words of Ravindranath Tagore
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let "our jungles" awake.
It was great to visit this spot in the Monsoon. Great view of Real Forest amidst Mumbai which is known to have Jungle of Concrete. It was amazing to see so many Caves in such interiors of Dense forest. One does not stop wondering about people, who carved these beautiful caves and managed to Stay with Tigers and wild beasts aroung.
But something was not great! which is crowd of Mumbaikars Gathered there to Enjoy the monsoon and Small Waterfall near caves. With this beauty around, Indian Junta who dont miss to create a crowd at any chance provided, Why will they spare this Spot.
While watching the Monkeys sitted on tree branches, I felt the rage amongst them, some scared, some aggressive staring helplessly at Vehicles, Crowd of People who encroached on their own piece of land. These animals are owners of jungle, with curious tourists visiting these, What they want is just enjoy the beauty of the space, Click some pictures of their own, to get some instant fame on their Facebook Walls or some just to have fun in Wild.
How it will feel to you if you asked to stay in a home made of Glass and have people around you watching all your movements.
Todays NDTV showing some guy fighting to stop Tourism in jungle. Though It brings lots revenue for Forrest department to maintain jungle well, Tourism is helping to increase pollution in jungle, killing many creatures under vehicles.
I Support this unknown guy in his Cause,
Please Stop this Jungle Tourism!
In the words of Ravindranath Tagore
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let "our jungles" awake.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Linode - RAM, Disk resize, Linode upgrade
We are using linode.com for hosting. So far they have provided very good service and support is quick.
We started with basic version of Linode380. and as we are getting more load on server we wanted to increase capacity.
There are multiple ways to increase capacity..
1) We can buy extra RAM/Hard disk.
2) We can upgrade to New Linode.
3) Buy One more linode and redo setup on new linode.
We chose 3rd option as 1st was costly and in 2nd one, we are not sure abt what will happen to our data in upgrade process.
also we wanted to upgrade our Operating system also.
After that we experimented some things on Old Server, here are observations..
1. Resize RAM (in case you upgrade only RAM)
You just need to reboot your system. You will see extra RAM added after reboot.
2. Resize Disc
no data loss and downtime 5min, system need to shutdown, then you resize disk and reboot. After reboot, you will see disk capacity increased.
3. deploy New linux distribution
We have Ubuntu 9 server installed, We wanted to use Ubuntu 10.04, after deploying new distribution, it automatically created partiition and deployed new Ubuntu there. We have our old data intact in old deployment.
4. upgrade from 512Linode to 768Linode # TBD on 15/07/2011
1. System shutdowns
2. Auto Migration of OS happens - it takes around 5-10 minutes for full migration. Data remains intact. but better have backup
feel free to ask if you need clarification on any point.
We started with basic version of Linode380. and as we are getting more load on server we wanted to increase capacity.
There are multiple ways to increase capacity..
1) We can buy extra RAM/Hard disk.
2) We can upgrade to New Linode.
3) Buy One more linode and redo setup on new linode.
We chose 3rd option as 1st was costly and in 2nd one, we are not sure abt what will happen to our data in upgrade process.
also we wanted to upgrade our Operating system also.
After that we experimented some things on Old Server, here are observations..
1. Resize RAM (in case you upgrade only RAM)
You just need to reboot your system. You will see extra RAM added after reboot.
2. Resize Disc
no data loss and downtime 5min, system need to shutdown, then you resize disk and reboot. After reboot, you will see disk capacity increased.
3. deploy New linux distribution
We have Ubuntu 9 server installed, We wanted to use Ubuntu 10.04, after deploying new distribution, it automatically created partiition and deployed new Ubuntu there. We have our old data intact in old deployment.
4. upgrade from 512Linode to 768Linode # TBD on 15/07/2011
1. System shutdowns
2. Auto Migration of OS happens - it takes around 5-10 minutes for full migration. Data remains intact. but better have backup
feel free to ask if you need clarification on any point.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Cat5-Cat6 difference
The most obvious difference is their transfer capability. CAT5 has four pairs of twisted copper wire and supports up to 100m of Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) transfers. Although CAT5 has four twisted pairs, it only makes use of two pairs. CAT6 also has four pairs of twisted copper wire which supports Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbps) of up to 100m. Unlike CAT5, CAT6 takes advantage of all four pairs. CAT6 has a 2x transfer rate compared to CAT5 but due to the higher price tag of CAT6, it isn't used alot yet.
There is also CAT5e (enhanced). Like CAT6 is makes use of all four pairs but it isn't quite as fast at transferring as CAT6 but does support Gigabit Ethernet so is a popular choice.
There is also talk of CAT7, but thats going beyond your question.
Hope thats of some help.
This is repost from http://www.ozzu.com/hardware/cat5-cat6-cable-t34232.html
There is also CAT5e (enhanced). Like CAT6 is makes use of all four pairs but it isn't quite as fast at transferring as CAT6 but does support Gigabit Ethernet so is a popular choice.
There is also talk of CAT7, but thats going beyond your question.
Hope thats of some help.
This is repost from http://www.ozzu.com/hardware/cat5-cat6-cable-t34232.html
Office LAN design using Common Sense and expenses
In the past I always wonder how lan is designed.
but recently got chance to put lan setup in office.
We moved to quite big place with around 25 people sitting capacity.
I first thought to put 24 connectors
2 * 8 port switch- Rs.1900 (950*2)
1 24 port switch - Rs. 3800
--------------
wall jacks - 250* 24
labour - 300 per jack
we used Cat 6 cable instead of Cat-5 cable (still need to figure out difference)
Cat 6 100mtr cable - Rs. 2800
Cat 5 100mtr cable - Rs. 1900
Our electrician was not available so We called some electrician to do wiring work but he asked 3500. We tried to negotiate with him to take 2700 for work but he didnt want to negotiate. so we fell back to our trusted guy. He did whole work in just Rs. 1700
so It was going out of budget as we are only 8 people team so I reduced total jacks to 10 and cost got reduced accordingly.
Total cost was Rs. 11000 (including labour and material cost to setup lan with 10 pcs)
here comes interesting part lan designing, please refer to lan diagram attached.
Office has 2 floors, Basement and ground floor. Challenge was to keep everyone on single LAN also provide additional lan for ground floor.
but recently got chance to put lan setup in office.
We moved to quite big place with around 25 people sitting capacity.
I first thought to put 24 connectors
2 * 8 port switch- Rs.1900 (950*2)
1 24 port switch - Rs. 3800
--------------
wall jacks - 250* 24
labour - 300 per jack
we used Cat 6 cable instead of Cat-5 cable (still need to figure out difference)
Cat 6 100mtr cable - Rs. 2800
Cat 5 100mtr cable - Rs. 1900
Our electrician was not available so We called some electrician to do wiring work but he asked 3500. We tried to negotiate with him to take 2700 for work but he didnt want to negotiate. so we fell back to our trusted guy. He did whole work in just Rs. 1700
so It was going out of budget as we are only 8 people team so I reduced total jacks to 10 and cost got reduced accordingly.
Total cost was Rs. 11000 (including labour and material cost to setup lan with 10 pcs)
here comes interesting part lan designing, please refer to lan diagram attached.
Office has 2 floors, Basement and ground floor. Challenge was to keep everyone on single LAN also provide additional lan for ground floor.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Installing MySQLdb with Python 2.6 on Mac OSX10.5
It seemed easy but took quite time for me to install MySQLdb library on Python on Mac Osx 10.5
here are 2 links which saved day for me..
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3061277/python-mysql-wrong-architecture-error
I have a fresh MacBook Air, and I managed to get MySQLdb working by doing the following: (Snow Leopard 10.6.6, preinstalled Python)
uname -a
Darwin Braindamage.local 10.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386 i386
Download the MySQL 32-bit dmg file from mysql pages, Install it.
Add the following lines to your ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile):
PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mysql/lib/
export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_64_BIT=no
export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1448429/how-to-install-mysqldb-python-data-access-library-to-mysql-on-mac-os-x
here are numerous step-by-steps on how to build and install the MySQLdb libraries. They often have subtle differences. This seemed the most popular to me, and provided the working solution. I've reproduced it with a couple of edits below
Step 0: Before I start, I assumed that you have MySQL(32 bit version) and Python installed on the mac.
Step 1: Download the latest MySQL for Python adapter from SourceForge.
Step 2: Extract your downloaded package:
tar xzvf MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz
Step 3: Inside the folder, clean the package:
sudo python setup.py clean
COUPLE OF EXTRA STEPS, (from this comment)
Step 3b: Remove everything under your MySQL-python-1.2.2/build/* directory -- don't trust the "python setup.py clean" to do it for you
Step 3c: Remove the egg under Users/$USER/.python-eggs
Step 4: Originally required editing _mysql.c, but is now NO LONGER NECESSARY. MySQLdb community seem to have fixed this bug now.
Step 5: Create a symbolic link under lib to point to a sub-directory called mysql. This is where it looks for during compilation.
sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
Step 6: Edit the setup_posix.py and change the following
mysql_config.path = "mysql_config"
to
mysql_config.path = "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config"
Step 7: In the same directory, rebuild your package (ignore the warnings that comes with it)
sudo python setup.py build
Step 8: Install the package and you are done.
sudo python setup.py install
Step 9: Test if it's working. It works if you can import MySQLdb.
python
>>> import MySQLdb
One final hiccup though is that if you start Python from the build directory you will get this error:
/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.3c1-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg/_mysql.py:3: UserWarning: Module _mysql was already imported from /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.3c1-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg/_mysql.pyc, but XXXX/MySQL-python-1.2.3c1 is being added to sys.path
This is pretty easy to Google, but to save you the trouble you will end up here (or maybe not... not a particularly future-proof URL) and figure out that you need to cd .. out of build directory and the error should disappear.
As I wrote at the top, I'd love to see this answer generalised, as there are numerous other specific experiences of this horrible problem out there. Edit away, or provide your own, better answer.
here are 2 links which saved day for me..
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3061277/python-mysql-wrong-architecture-error
I have a fresh MacBook Air, and I managed to get MySQLdb working by doing the following: (Snow Leopard 10.6.6, preinstalled Python)
uname -a
Darwin Braindamage.local 10.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386 i386
Download the MySQL 32-bit dmg file from mysql pages, Install it.
Add the following lines to your ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile):
PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mysql/lib/
export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_64_BIT=no
export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1448429/how-to-install-mysqldb-python-data-access-library-to-mysql-on-mac-os-x
here are numerous step-by-steps on how to build and install the MySQLdb libraries. They often have subtle differences. This seemed the most popular to me, and provided the working solution. I've reproduced it with a couple of edits below
Step 0: Before I start, I assumed that you have MySQL(32 bit version) and Python installed on the mac.
Step 1: Download the latest MySQL for Python adapter from SourceForge.
Step 2: Extract your downloaded package:
tar xzvf MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz
Step 3: Inside the folder, clean the package:
sudo python setup.py clean
COUPLE OF EXTRA STEPS, (from this comment)
Step 3b: Remove everything under your MySQL-python-1.2.2/build/* directory -- don't trust the "python setup.py clean" to do it for you
Step 3c: Remove the egg under Users/$USER/.python-eggs
Step 4: Originally required editing _mysql.c, but is now NO LONGER NECESSARY. MySQLdb community seem to have fixed this bug now.
Step 5: Create a symbolic link under lib to point to a sub-directory called mysql. This is where it looks for during compilation.
sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
Step 6: Edit the setup_posix.py and change the following
mysql_config.path = "mysql_config"
to
mysql_config.path = "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config"
Step 7: In the same directory, rebuild your package (ignore the warnings that comes with it)
sudo python setup.py build
Step 8: Install the package and you are done.
sudo python setup.py install
Step 9: Test if it's working. It works if you can import MySQLdb.
python
>>> import MySQLdb
One final hiccup though is that if you start Python from the build directory you will get this error:
/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.3c1-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg/_mysql.py:3: UserWarning: Module _mysql was already imported from /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.3c1-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg/_mysql.pyc, but XXXX/MySQL-python-1.2.3c1 is being added to sys.path
This is pretty easy to Google, but to save you the trouble you will end up here (or maybe not... not a particularly future-proof URL) and figure out that you need to cd .. out of build directory and the error should disappear.
As I wrote at the top, I'd love to see this answer generalised, as there are numerous other specific experiences of this horrible problem out there. Edit away, or provide your own, better answer.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Ubuntu - set Server time to UTC
Create a symlink to file localtime:
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
OR some distro use /usr/share/zoneinfo/dirname/zonefile format (Red hat and friends)
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
OR if you want to set up it to IST (Asia/Calcutta):
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta localtime
You can use TZ environment variable to display date and time according to your timezone:
$ export TZ=America/Los_Angeles
$ date
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
OR some distro use /usr/share/zoneinfo/dirname/zonefile format (Red hat and friends)
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
OR if you want to set up it to IST (Asia/Calcutta):
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta localtime
You can use TZ environment variable to display date and time according to your timezone:
$ export TZ=America/Los_Angeles
$ date
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
mod_rewrite to another server
We have hosted our company blog at blogspot.
We wanted to have blog hosted on org website. as people should not leave our website.
First solution was to host blog with some blog engine like wordpress.
Second solution I thought it might be possible to use apache mod-rewrite to internally redirect http://screen-magic.com/blog to
our screen-magic.blogspot.com
I never did it. but I started by websearching. Apache mod rewrite it bit tricky. You never know whats happening.
after several unsuccessful attempts and pemutation and combinations finally got it work.
here is the solution
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule blog http://screen-magic.blogspot.com/ [P]
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Here is working demo
Click to see ScreenMagic Blogs
We wanted to have blog hosted on org website. as people should not leave our website.
First solution was to host blog with some blog engine like wordpress.
Second solution I thought it might be possible to use apache mod-rewrite to internally redirect http://screen-magic.com/blog to
our screen-magic.blogspot.com
I never did it. but I started by websearching. Apache mod rewrite it bit tricky. You never know whats happening.
after several unsuccessful attempts and pemutation and combinations finally got it work.
here is the solution
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule blog http://screen-magic.blogspot.com/ [P]
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Here is working demo
Click to see ScreenMagic Blogs
Friday, May 06, 2011
Salesforce : Non-selective query against large object type (more than 100,000 rows) - Solved
We are customizing SMS Magic package to enable feature for customer where he wants SMS's received
in inbox to be autolooked up in Contacts and should get attached to particular contact.
This is very easy in normal case.
You add lookup field on Incoming SMS object and lookup mobilenumber in Contacts using SOQL. and
assigns lookup field with matching Contacts's Id. I wrote the code and written test cases and everything was good
contactList = [select Id, OwnerId, Name from Contact where MobilePhone = :senderMobileNumber];
till I tried sending actual SMS to his org though SMS went thru to his inbox
but Contact lookup failed.
Now I was stuck. I enabled debug logs and tried to see whats happening and got this.
System.QueryException: Non-selective query against large object type (more than 100,000 rows) . Consider an index filter.
And I was clueless. I tried to search across salesforce forum but every one was stuck on it. I even told my colleague, this seems impossible lets refund client if we have charged him.
Someone suggested on discussion forum, that you need to add index using external_field but Contact is standard object so it was not possible.
then I tried adding another filter
contactList = [select Id, OwnerId, Name from Contact where MobilePhone != null and MobilePhone = :senderMobileNumber];
but thing didnt work.
but sometime later, I thought lets give a try with SOSL.
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/sforce_api_calls_sosl_examples.htm
I tried following :-
List<List<SObject >>searchList = [FIND :senderMobileNumber RETURNING Contact ];
contactList = ((List<Contact>)searchList[0]);
object.Contact__c = contactList[0].Id;
it worked beautifully without any issue.
Another solution for this as per Salesforce documentation is as follows:
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/langCon_apex_SOQL_VLSQ.htm
I didnt try this solution. It should also work.
in inbox to be autolooked up in Contacts and should get attached to particular contact.
This is very easy in normal case.
You add lookup field on Incoming SMS object and lookup mobilenumber in Contacts using SOQL. and
assigns lookup field with matching Contacts's Id. I wrote the code and written test cases and everything was good
contactList = [select Id, OwnerId, Name from Contact where MobilePhone = :senderMobileNumber];
till I tried sending actual SMS to his org though SMS went thru to his inbox
but Contact lookup failed.
Now I was stuck. I enabled debug logs and tried to see whats happening and got this.
System.QueryException: Non-selective query against large object type (more than 100,000 rows) . Consider an index filter.
And I was clueless. I tried to search across salesforce forum but every one was stuck on it. I even told my colleague, this seems impossible lets refund client if we have charged him.
Someone suggested on discussion forum, that you need to add index using external_field but Contact is standard object so it was not possible.
then I tried adding another filter
contactList = [select Id, OwnerId, Name from Contact where MobilePhone != null and MobilePhone = :senderMobileNumber];
but thing didnt work.
but sometime later, I thought lets give a try with SOSL.
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/sforce_api_calls_sosl_examples.htm
I tried following :-
List<List<SObject >>searchList = [FIND :senderMobileNumber RETURNING Contact ];
contactList = ((List<Contact>)searchList[0]);
object.Contact__c = contactList[0].Id;
it worked beautifully without any issue.
Another solution for this as per Salesforce documentation is as follows:
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/langCon_apex_SOQL_VLSQ.htm
I didnt try this solution. It should also work.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Apple Gyan: How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor
# Choose About This Mac from the Apple () menu in the upper-left menu bar, then click More Info.
# Open the Hardware section.
# Locate the Processor Name.
4. Compare your Processor Name to information below to determine whether your Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
Processor Name 32- or 64-bit
Intel Core Solo 32 bit
Intel Core Duo 32 bit
Intel Core 2 Duo 64 bit
Intel Quad-Core Xeon 64 bit
Dual-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
Quad-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
for much beautiful page :
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696
# Open the Hardware section.
# Locate the Processor Name.
4. Compare your Processor Name to information below to determine whether your Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
Processor Name 32- or 64-bit
Intel Core Solo 32 bit
Intel Core Duo 32 bit
Intel Core 2 Duo 64 bit
Intel Quad-Core Xeon 64 bit
Dual-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
Quad-Core Intel Xeon 64 bit
for much beautiful page :
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696
Thursday, February 24, 2011
MySQL setup
When you install mysql server, on your system, you need to some basic things so
taht you can seamlessly access it from any other machine.
1) By default, root user is created without password for Mysql server.
2) From Server , you can connect to MySQL Server using commandline mysql client.
using user root
$ mysql -u root -p
do not enter any password.
3) by default, MySQL Server is binded locally because of this you can not access it from other machines.
You need to comment out following in /etc/mysql/my.cnf
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
4) Still with root, you can not access mysql server from remote machine, solution to this is to create a user with sufficient permissions.
mysql> CREATE USER 'magic'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'magic123'
-> ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'magic'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> CREATE USER 'magic'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'magic123';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'magic'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
I did this mysql setup for number of times but still everytime I go to following link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/adding-users.html
Disclaimer:
This post is for my own reference.
taht you can seamlessly access it from any other machine.
1) By default, root user is created without password for Mysql server.
2) From Server , you can connect to MySQL Server using commandline mysql client.
using user root
$ mysql -u root -p
do not enter any password.
3) by default, MySQL Server is binded locally because of this you can not access it from other machines.
You need to comment out following in /etc/mysql/my.cnf
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
4) Still with root, you can not access mysql server from remote machine, solution to this is to create a user with sufficient permissions.
mysql> CREATE USER 'magic'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'magic123'
-> ;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'magic'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> CREATE USER 'magic'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'magic123';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'magic'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
I did this mysql setup for number of times but still everytime I go to following link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/adding-users.html
Disclaimer:
This post is for my own reference.
HOWTO - Apache2 + Subversion + SSL
We wanted to install Subversion which can be accessed using HTTP protocol while searching on google, we got to nice article at
http://www.debuntu.org/2006/05/20/54-how-to-subversion-svn-with-apache2-and-dav
Here are details...
I needed install Apache2 + Subversion and i have searching for info, etc. and now i'm decide to create this tutorial, i hope you like!
Here we go:
INSTALL APACHE2
To install apache2 run that command:
Code:
sudo apt-get install apache2
(if you want also install php and mysql just follow this Link)
After you will install subversion:
Code:
sudo apt-get install subversion
(in that moment doens't exist the pre-buil binary of the last version (1.2.1), but when it's out you can simple upgrade )
To use svn with apache you need install libapache2-svn:
Code:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-svn
Now is better restart apache :
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
If you don't want SSL go to the last instructions (dav_svn.conf configurations, and users accounts).
Run:
Code:
a2enmod ssl
Add "Listen 443" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Run:
Code:
apache2-ssl-certificate
Create a new SSL configuration file:
Code:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/myown-ssl
Edit myown-ssl file:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/myown-ssl
Change:
Code:
NameVirtualHost *
to
Code:
NameVirtualHost *:443
and
Code:
to
Code:
Add before
Code:
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
SSLProtocol all
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Run:
Code:
a2ensite myown-ssl
Restart Apache:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Last instruction:
Edit dav_svn configuration file and follow the instructions:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf
Restart apache:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Create SVN folder:
Code:
sudo svnadmin create /srv/svn
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /srv/svn
sudo chmod -R g+ws /srv/svn
Create the users account file:
Code:
sudo htpasswd2 -c /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd svnuser
(after asks for a password)
Test SVN:
Code:
svn import .bashrc https://localhost/svn/testfile -mlogentry
That is all!!!
For the SSL instructions i have follow this Tutorial.
About how using SVN see the official SVN book here or visit the official website (Link).
Any error, please report! (and not only in the istructions but also in the english...)
http://www.debuntu.org/2006/05/20/54-how-to-subversion-svn-with-apache2-and-dav
Here are details...
I needed install Apache2 + Subversion and i have searching for info, etc. and now i'm decide to create this tutorial, i hope you like!
Here we go:
INSTALL APACHE2
To install apache2 run that command:
Code:
sudo apt-get install apache2
(if you want also install php and mysql just follow this Link)
After you will install subversion:
Code:
sudo apt-get install subversion
(in that moment doens't exist the pre-buil binary of the last version (1.2.1), but when it's out you can simple upgrade )
To use svn with apache you need install libapache2-svn:
Code:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-svn
Now is better restart apache :
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
If you don't want SSL go to the last instructions (dav_svn.conf configurations, and users accounts).
Run:
Code:
a2enmod ssl
Add "Listen 443" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Run:
Code:
apache2-ssl-certificate
Create a new SSL configuration file:
Code:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/myown-ssl
Edit myown-ssl file:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/myown-ssl
Change:
Code:
NameVirtualHost *
to
Code:
NameVirtualHost *:443
and
Code:
to
Code:
Add before
Code:
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
SSLProtocol all
SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM
Run:
Code:
a2ensite myown-ssl
Restart Apache:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Last instruction:
Edit dav_svn configuration file and follow the instructions:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf
Restart apache:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Create SVN folder:
Code:
sudo svnadmin create /srv/svn
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /srv/svn
sudo chmod -R g+ws /srv/svn
Create the users account file:
Code:
sudo htpasswd2 -c /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd svnuser
(after asks for a password)
Test SVN:
Code:
svn import .bashrc https://localhost/svn/testfile -mlogentry
That is all!!!
For the SSL instructions i have follow this Tutorial.
About how using SVN see the official SVN book here or visit the official website (Link).
Any error, please report! (and not only in the istructions but also in the english...)
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Product FAQ
• Is my product compelling to our target customer?
• Have we made this product as easy to use as humanly possible?
• Will this product succeed against the competition? Not today’s competition, but the competition that will be in the market when we ship?
• Do I know customers that will really buy this product? Not the product I wish we were going to build, but what we’re really going to build?
• Is my product truly differentiated? Can I explain the differentiation to a company executive in two minutes? To a smart customer in one minute? To an industry analyst in 30 seconds?
• Will the product actually work?
• Is the product a whole product? How will customers actually think about and buy the product? Is it consistent with how we plan to sell it?
• Are the product’s strengths consistent with what’s important to our customers? Are we positioning these strengths as aggressively as possible?
• Is the product worth money? How much money? Why? Can customers get it cheaper elsewhere?
• Do I understand what the rest of the product team thinks is good about the product? Is it consistent with my own view?
From SVPG guide
• Have we made this product as easy to use as humanly possible?
• Will this product succeed against the competition? Not today’s competition, but the competition that will be in the market when we ship?
• Do I know customers that will really buy this product? Not the product I wish we were going to build, but what we’re really going to build?
• Is my product truly differentiated? Can I explain the differentiation to a company executive in two minutes? To a smart customer in one minute? To an industry analyst in 30 seconds?
• Will the product actually work?
• Is the product a whole product? How will customers actually think about and buy the product? Is it consistent with how we plan to sell it?
• Are the product’s strengths consistent with what’s important to our customers? Are we positioning these strengths as aggressively as possible?
• Is the product worth money? How much money? Why? Can customers get it cheaper elsewhere?
• Do I understand what the rest of the product team thinks is good about the product? Is it consistent with my own view?
From SVPG guide
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
MySQL - Restart - AutoInc resets to zero
I noticed fact recently that MySQL Table autoincrement Id value resets to zero, if table is empty.
solution to this is, you can reset the counter to
mysql> ALTER TABLE tbl AUTO_INCREMENT = 1000;
solution to this is, you can reset the counter to
mysql> ALTER TABLE tbl AUTO_INCREMENT = 1000;
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Crontab/Cron analyzed - not working issues
It has now become routine job to write shell scripts to schedule jobs on server. (Ubuntu)
Although its routine, still sometime we got stuck with same issues. so I thought lets write a small article
to type out common errors I made.
1) Path -
By default, in cron environment, no Path is defined, so you can not even run simplest of shell file with simple
command like 'date'
you need to define
PATH=/home/sandip/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin/$PATH
your script testCronFile.sh can reside in /home/user/bin. it should have 755 perms.
chmod 755 testCronFile.sh
additionally to make sure that Script is executing.
you can do it using following 2 ways..
1) sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
You would see something like following..
Jan 19 10:08:01 localhost CRON[11593]: (root) CMD (testCronFile.sh)
2) In testCronFile.sh, You can include line like
echo "Testing Shell file" >> /home/sandip/cron.log
so after execution of script, cron.log file would get created with "Testing Shell file" written in it.
for accessing files under root permission from cron, use sudo
$ sudo crontab -e
You can add comments, if you have something else regarding cron files.
Although its routine, still sometime we got stuck with same issues. so I thought lets write a small article
to type out common errors I made.
1) Path -
By default, in cron environment, no Path is defined, so you can not even run simplest of shell file with simple
command like 'date'
you need to define
PATH=/home/sandip/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin/$PATH
your script testCronFile.sh can reside in /home/user/bin. it should have 755 perms.
chmod 755 testCronFile.sh
additionally to make sure that Script is executing.
you can do it using following 2 ways..
1) sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
You would see something like following..
Jan 19 10:08:01 localhost CRON[11593]: (root) CMD (testCronFile.sh)
2) In testCronFile.sh, You can include line like
echo "Testing Shell file" >> /home/sandip/cron.log
so after execution of script, cron.log file would get created with "Testing Shell file" written in it.
for accessing files under root permission from cron, use sudo
$ sudo crontab -e
You can add comments, if you have something else regarding cron files.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
MySQL export large data from command promt to CSV file
If you can cope with table-at-a-time, and your data is not binary, use the -B option to the mysql command. With this option it'll generate TSV (tab separated) files which can import into Excel, etc, quite easily:
% echo 'SELECT * FROM table' | mysql -B -uxxx -pyyy database
Alternatively, if you've got direct access to the server's file system, use SELECT INTO OUTFILE which can generate real CSV files:
SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'table.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
FROM table
Courtesy:
Stack Overflow
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/467452/dump-a-mysql-database-to-a-plaintext-csv-backup-from-the-command-line
% echo 'SELECT * FROM table' | mysql -B -uxxx -pyyy database
Alternatively, if you've got direct access to the server's file system, use SELECT INTO OUTFILE which can generate real CSV files:
SELECT * INTO OUTFILE 'table.csv'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
FROM table
Courtesy:
Stack Overflow
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/467452/dump-a-mysql-database-to-a-plaintext-csv-backup-from-the-command-line
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Story of Elephant
A king had 17 elephants. Then the king died. He had three sons. According to his will, the first son was entitled to one-half of the number of elephants, the second to one-third, and the third to one-ninth. The size of the share couldn't be changed. As 17 is an odd number, and difficult to share among the three, they were unable to find a solution to the challenge. Fortunately for them, a wise man was passing through their country. He was an old friend of their father's as well. The young men described their predicament and asked for his help. The wise man asked them not to worry and set about solving the problem immediately.
He added his elephant to the 17 elephants; they were now 18. He separated 9 elephants or one-half of 18, and gave them to the first son. The second son was given six elephants or one-third of 18. Lastly, the third son was given two elephants, two being one ninth of 18. The total number of elephants given away was 17 (9+6+2). The eighteenth elephant left was that of the wise man who took his elephant back and left, with everybody happy and satisfied. The last elephant is like maya: it came to solve a problem, and having solved it, it removes itself from the scene, leaving no trace of its previous presence.
flicked this story from :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spirituality/speaking-tree/Indefinable-nature-of-maya/articleshow/6636437.cms
I see this wise man as Entrepreneur and last elephant as his Efforts to make things better and no emotions attached.
He added his elephant to the 17 elephants; they were now 18. He separated 9 elephants or one-half of 18, and gave them to the first son. The second son was given six elephants or one-third of 18. Lastly, the third son was given two elephants, two being one ninth of 18. The total number of elephants given away was 17 (9+6+2). The eighteenth elephant left was that of the wise man who took his elephant back and left, with everybody happy and satisfied. The last elephant is like maya: it came to solve a problem, and having solved it, it removes itself from the scene, leaving no trace of its previous presence.
flicked this story from :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spirituality/speaking-tree/Indefinable-nature-of-maya/articleshow/6636437.cms
I see this wise man as Entrepreneur and last elephant as his Efforts to make things better and no emotions attached.
Monday, August 09, 2010
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before They’re Thirty
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before They’re Thirty
I read 6 out of these... 24 to go and 2 years remaining..need lot to catch.
1. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
6. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
7. The Rights of Man by Tom Paine
8. The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
10. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
11. The Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas MertonThe Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merto
12. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwel
13. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
14. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
15. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
16. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
17. Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
18. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
19.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
21. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
22. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
23. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
24. The Republic by Plato
25. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
26. Getting Things Done by David Allen
27, How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
28 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
29, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
30. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgak
I read 6 out of these... 24 to go and 2 years remaining..need lot to catch.
1. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
6. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
7. The Rights of Man by Tom Paine
8. The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
10. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
11. The Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas MertonThe Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merto
12. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwel
13. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
14. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
15. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
16. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
17. Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
18. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
19.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
21. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
22. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
23. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
24. The Republic by Plato
25. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
26. Getting Things Done by David Allen
27, How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
28 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
29, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
30. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgak
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before They’re Thirty
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before They’re Thirty
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Pollard ko itna late kyun bheja?
Today Gangadhar kids were playing against relatively stronger uncle's team. Uncles are all in mid twenties so do not exactly fit to be called uncles but kids are actual kids between 5-14 age group so no option. Even I am an uncle for these kids.
So this uncles team blasted 50 runs of 5 overs. with New rules and DLF maximums, allowed in the ground. they were completely overshadowed. so big score to chase and uncles team being stronger on bowling side too, cut through their batting line up
to take all wickets for some 10 runs. then somehow I shifted my self from fielding team to batting team as I fielded for them for 2-3 balls. as I know how these kids are sensitive to winning the games, I have no option to start aggressive,
so I started wiith 2 sixes of 2 balls, suddenly baccha camp was all excited and started shouting Pollard,
Pollard, so I got in more enthu and hit one more boundry next ball... and the comment came on..
"Arre lekin hamne pollard ko itna late kyun bheja?", (originally in marathi, अरे पण, पोल्लार्डला एवढे लेट का पाठविले? ) With perfect timing and context and with such a innocence that kid spoke,
I just cant stop blushing :) as this is the sentence was on everyones mouth a week back when MI lost to Chennai in IPL,
and at End everyone has this question..."Why do they sent pollard so late?" as pollard blasted 22 in 5 balls still mumbai lost, so Gangadhar kids..:)
So this uncles team blasted 50 runs of 5 overs. with New rules and DLF maximums, allowed in the ground. they were completely overshadowed. so big score to chase and uncles team being stronger on bowling side too, cut through their batting line up
to take all wickets for some 10 runs. then somehow I shifted my self from fielding team to batting team as I fielded for them for 2-3 balls. as I know how these kids are sensitive to winning the games, I have no option to start aggressive,
so I started wiith 2 sixes of 2 balls, suddenly baccha camp was all excited and started shouting Pollard,
Pollard, so I got in more enthu and hit one more boundry next ball... and the comment came on..
"Arre lekin hamne pollard ko itna late kyun bheja?", (originally in marathi, अरे पण, पोल्लार्डला एवढे लेट का पाठविले? ) With perfect timing and context and with such a innocence that kid spoke,
I just cant stop blushing :) as this is the sentence was on everyones mouth a week back when MI lost to Chennai in IPL,
and at End everyone has this question..."Why do they sent pollard so late?" as pollard blasted 22 in 5 balls still mumbai lost, so Gangadhar kids..:)
Monday, April 05, 2010
Salesforce: Timezone, CreatedOn - trivial fix
I was showing list of records with createdDateTime. Created date was being shown in GMT at one place for same record
and it was shown in IST format at other place. I thought both places I am doing same thing but result was different.
It was all Salesforce's magic Apex languange rendering.
following code was showing date in GMT despite global setting being IST.
< apex:pageBlockTable value="{!recentList}" var="item" >
< apex:column >
< apex:facet name="header" >Created On< / apex:facet >
< apex:outputText value="{!item.CreatedDate}" />
< / apex:column >
< / apex:pageBlockTable>
Slight change in the code fixed this issue. removed facet and outputText.
< apex:pageBlockTable value="{!recentList}" var="item" >
< apex:column value="{!sms.CreatedDate}" headerValue="CreatedOn" / >
< / apex:pageBlockTable>
and it was shown in IST format at other place. I thought both places I am doing same thing but result was different.
It was all Salesforce's magic Apex languange rendering.
following code was showing date in GMT despite global setting being IST.
< apex:pageBlockTable value="{!recentList}" var="item" >
< apex:column >
< apex:facet name="header" >Created On< / apex:facet >
< apex:outputText value="{!item.CreatedDate}" />
< / apex:column >
< / apex:pageBlockTable>
Slight change in the code fixed this issue. removed facet and outputText.
< apex:pageBlockTable value="{!recentList}" var="item" >
< apex:column value="{!sms.CreatedDate}" headerValue="CreatedOn" / >
< / apex:pageBlockTable>
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Authentication for CodeIgniter done right
Got good piece of information from stack overflow, by Jens Roland
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/346980/what-code-igniter-authentication-library-is-best
Just republishing it...
Disclaimer: none of the golden words below are written by me.
Authentication for CodeIgniter done right
Here's my MINIMAL required list of features from an authentication library. It also happens to be a subset of my own library's feature list ;)
1. Tiny footprint with optional test implementation
2. Full documentation
3. No autoloading required. Just-in-time loading of libraries for performance
4. Language file support; no hard-coded strings
5. reCAPTCHA supported but optional
6. Recommended TRUE random salt generation (e.g. using random.org or random.irb.hr)
7. Optional add-ons to support 3rd party login (OpenID, Facebook Connect, Google Account, etc.)
8. Login using either username or email
9. Separation of user and profile data
10. Emails for activation and lost passwords
11. Automatic cookie login feature
12. Configurable phpass for hashing (properly salted of course!)
13. Hashing of passwords
14. Hashing of autologin codes
15. Hashing of lost password codes
16. Hooks into CI's validation system
17. NO security questions!
18. Enforced strong password policy server-side, with optional client-side (Javascript) validator
19. Enforced maximum number of failed login attempts with BEST PRACTICES countermeasures against both dictionary and DoS attacks!
20. All database access done through prepared (bound) statements!
Note: those last few points are not super-high-security overkill that you don't need for your web application. If an authentication library doesn't meet these security standards 100%, DO NOT USE IT!
Recent high-profile examples of irresponsible coders who left them out of their software: #17 is how Sarah Palin's AOL email was hacked during the Presidential campaign; a nasty combination of #18 and #19 were the culprit recently when the Twitter accounts of Britney Spears, Barack Obama, Fox News and others were hacked; and #20 alone is how Chinese hackers managed to steal 9 million items of personal information from more than 70.000 Korean web sites in one automated hack in 2008.
These attacks are not brain surgery. If you leave your back doors wide open, you shouldn't delude yourself into a false sense of security by bolting the front. Moreover, if you're serious enough about coding to choose a best-practices framework like CodeIgniter, you owe it to yourself to at least get the most basic security measures done right.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/346980/what-code-igniter-authentication-library-is-best
Just republishing it...
Disclaimer: none of the golden words below are written by me.
Authentication for CodeIgniter done right
Here's my MINIMAL required list of features from an authentication library. It also happens to be a subset of my own library's feature list ;)
1. Tiny footprint with optional test implementation
2. Full documentation
3. No autoloading required. Just-in-time loading of libraries for performance
4. Language file support; no hard-coded strings
5. reCAPTCHA supported but optional
6. Recommended TRUE random salt generation (e.g. using random.org or random.irb.hr)
7. Optional add-ons to support 3rd party login (OpenID, Facebook Connect, Google Account, etc.)
8. Login using either username or email
9. Separation of user and profile data
10. Emails for activation and lost passwords
11. Automatic cookie login feature
12. Configurable phpass for hashing (properly salted of course!)
13. Hashing of passwords
14. Hashing of autologin codes
15. Hashing of lost password codes
16. Hooks into CI's validation system
17. NO security questions!
18. Enforced strong password policy server-side, with optional client-side (Javascript) validator
19. Enforced maximum number of failed login attempts with BEST PRACTICES countermeasures against both dictionary and DoS attacks!
20. All database access done through prepared (bound) statements!
Note: those last few points are not super-high-security overkill that you don't need for your web application. If an authentication library doesn't meet these security standards 100%, DO NOT USE IT!
Recent high-profile examples of irresponsible coders who left them out of their software: #17 is how Sarah Palin's AOL email was hacked during the Presidential campaign; a nasty combination of #18 and #19 were the culprit recently when the Twitter accounts of Britney Spears, Barack Obama, Fox News and others were hacked; and #20 alone is how Chinese hackers managed to steal 9 million items of personal information from more than 70.000 Korean web sites in one automated hack in 2008.
These attacks are not brain surgery. If you leave your back doors wide open, you shouldn't delude yourself into a false sense of security by bolting the front. Moreover, if you're serious enough about coding to choose a best-practices framework like CodeIgniter, you owe it to yourself to at least get the most basic security measures done right.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Find the hidden Atlas :)
Can you see him?
Now ?
Atlas shrugged... tired so flew and hidden behind tree...
Now ?
Atlas shrugged... tired so flew and hidden behind tree...
MySQL timezone setting for IST
Normally on US based servers, default US timezone is used, when creating DateTime in mysql. If your application is served to only India based customers then better to set mysql timezone to show Indian time.
check time_zone* tables in mysql db. if they are empty fill them using following command
shell> mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql
Zone Info database on system.
Such systems are Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X. One likely location for these files is the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory.
mysql>SET GLOBAL time_zone = "Asia/Calcutta";
This blog is writter based on info from mysql website .
check time_zone* tables in mysql db. if they are empty fill them using following command
shell> mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql
Zone Info database on system.
Such systems are Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X. One likely location for these files is the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory.
mysql>SET GLOBAL time_zone = "Asia/Calcutta";
This blog is writter based on info from mysql website .
Friday, February 26, 2010
The Sachin Tendulkar
The Great Sachin Tendulkar.
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 36 years 309 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
Height 5 ft 5 in
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 36 years 309 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
Height 5 ft 5 in
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
It means that the JVM has run out of all the memory that has been allocated to it. You can change the amount of memory allocated for use by your JVM using the -Xms and -Xmx command line parameters.
For example, the following says run MyApp in a JVM and allocate a minimum of 5 Megabytes and a maximum of 15 Megabytes off of the heap in order to do so.
java -Xms5m -Xmx15m MyApp
republished from
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=1300058
For example, the following says run MyApp in a JVM and allocate a minimum of 5 Megabytes and a maximum of 15 Megabytes off of the heap in order to do so.
java -Xms5m -Xmx15m MyApp
republished from
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=1300058
Friday, January 15, 2010
installing lxml on Mac.
STATIC_DEPS=true sudo easy_install lxml
works while
sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml doesnt work
works while
sudo STATIC_DEPS=true easy_install lxml doesnt work
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
CodeIgniter - removing Index.php from path and enable $_GET
Enable Mod_rewrite in apache
in htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
check in your apache config:
AllowOverride All
It works
http://example.com/foo/fun should work
also
http://example.com/index.php/foo/fun works
Get request issue solution got from Al James. republishing it here. thanks Al James.
I have recently added $_GET support to my CI project.
I wanted to do this in such a way as to avoid hacking the CI code. Its actually quite simple.
Firstly, set the config item for uri_protocol to use PATH_INFO:
$config['uri_protocol'] = "PATH_INFO";
This ensures that query string parts dont get treated like the rest of the CI uri structure (resulting in lots of 404 not founds).
Secondly, you need to extend the default Input library in order to stop it clearing the $_GET variable. Place the following file (called MY_Input.php) in your application/libraries/ folder:
class MY_Input extends CI_Input {
function _sanitize_globals()
{
$this->allow_get_array = TRUE;
parent::_sanitize_globals();
}
}
This basically overrides the Input.php class to allow $_GET variables, but does not open up CI to query string URI routing (as it would if we simply set $config[‘enable_query_strings’] = TRUE).
Of course you will need to make sure that your config file specifies you subclass_prefix to be ‘MY_’, i.e.:
$config['subclass_prefix'] = 'MY_';
If its not, you can change the filename and classname of the above code accordingly!
That works for me anyway
in htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
check in your apache config:
AllowOverride All
It works
http://example.com/foo/fun should work
also
http://example.com/index.php/foo/fun works
Get request issue solution got from Al James. republishing it here. thanks Al James.
I have recently added $_GET support to my CI project.
I wanted to do this in such a way as to avoid hacking the CI code. Its actually quite simple.
Firstly, set the config item for uri_protocol to use PATH_INFO:
$config['uri_protocol'] = "PATH_INFO";
This ensures that query string parts dont get treated like the rest of the CI uri structure (resulting in lots of 404 not founds).
Secondly, you need to extend the default Input library in order to stop it clearing the $_GET variable. Place the following file (called MY_Input.php) in your application/libraries/ folder:
class MY_Input extends CI_Input {
function _sanitize_globals()
{
$this->allow_get_array = TRUE;
parent::_sanitize_globals();
}
}
This basically overrides the Input.php class to allow $_GET variables, but does not open up CI to query string URI routing (as it would if we simply set $config[‘enable_query_strings’] = TRUE).
Of course you will need to make sure that your config file specifies you subclass_prefix to be ‘MY_’, i.e.:
$config['subclass_prefix'] = 'MY_';
If its not, you can change the filename and classname of the above code accordingly!
That works for me anyway
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Hathway issues
Few tips and solutions to hathway users:
1) Internet stops working if you change machine.
If you have configured internet to work with one PC/laptop. and its working fine.
and One fine day, you got extra laptop or some friends comes and wants to connect to
internet using his laptop. internet stops working. Sometime if you reboot router,
internet will stop working on either of machine.
This is big headache.
Solution: Call hathway CC, tell them clearly that internet is not working as you changed your laptop. then they will do some reset from their side, and It works like magic, thing starts working on new laptop.
2) Configuring Router:
Better solution is get LinkSys Router and configure it. even if before configuring it, you need to ask hathway people to reset your connection.
There is no direct way to check if router is connected to internet or not, but it should set it as DHCP. it will pick up IP address and status will show UP(DHCP) under WAN.
if its not working after acquiring ip address. go to advance setup->advance routing , select Current mode as Gateway.
feel free to ask if its not working for you.
1) Internet stops working if you change machine.
If you have configured internet to work with one PC/laptop. and its working fine.
and One fine day, you got extra laptop or some friends comes and wants to connect to
internet using his laptop. internet stops working. Sometime if you reboot router,
internet will stop working on either of machine.
This is big headache.
Solution: Call hathway CC, tell them clearly that internet is not working as you changed your laptop. then they will do some reset from their side, and It works like magic, thing starts working on new laptop.
2) Configuring Router:
Better solution is get LinkSys Router and configure it. even if before configuring it, you need to ask hathway people to reset your connection.
There is no direct way to check if router is connected to internet or not, but it should set it as DHCP. it will pick up IP address and status will show UP(DHCP) under WAN.
if its not working after acquiring ip address. go to advance setup->advance routing , select Current mode as Gateway.
feel free to ask if its not working for you.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Automating MS Word
I was trying to fix a bug related to handling a windows document from ASP.net/C#/Windows Server 2003 program.
Some things I had issues and resolved.
1) Access Denied: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Give access to Network Service to refered dll which should be Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll
2) Removing existing watermark from file programmatically.
3) Memory issues
You will notice Winword.exe in TaskManager. which opens after each operation.
better refer following discussion at Stackoverflow.
ASP.net C# - WINWORD.exe
Some things I had issues and resolved.
1) Access Denied: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Give access to Network Service to refered dll which should be Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll
2) Removing existing watermark from file programmatically.
doc.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = Word.WdSeekView.wdSeekCurrentPageHeader;
foreach(Word.Shape s in doc.Application.Selection.HeaderFooter.Shapes ){
Logger.Write(s.Name);
if (s.Name.Length > 24 && s.Name.Substring(0, 24) == "PowerPlusWaterMarkObject") {
s.Delete();
}
}
doc.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = Word.WdSeekView.wdSeekMainDocument;
3) Memory issues
You will notice Winword.exe in TaskManager. which opens after each operation.
better refer following discussion at Stackoverflow.
ASP.net C# - WINWORD.exe
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Running with Gazelles, Eating with Lions
Why this writeup?
ans: To tell the others (excluding bolt), that they should read this wonderful book.
African proverb from The world is flat by T.L.Friedman.
I think, It is right time I am reading this book.
ans: To tell the others (excluding bolt), that they should read this wonderful book.
African proverb from The world is flat by T.L.Friedman.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every mornning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesnt matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running.
I think, It is right time I am reading this book.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Kukudtadao
Why is this writeup?
wrote this golden words in victorious mood, on March 20, 2008.
So We celebrated Holi at talentica with full enthusiasm yesterday. So it started with Tug of war competition,
which definitely we won without any serious competition as being strongest team, with Major, Ryan, Nitin on our side, We were predicted to be winners of competition
and we came true to prediction, defeating oppositions in few seconds. though you might be thinking sandip more and tug-of-war..something is wrong? no man yes I was right there though I didnt play any significant role other than providing some entertainment to spectators when Major was giving fundaes to me about how to stand and how should I pull...it was fun in the end...Winning or loosing doesnt matter in such kind of events. but you should assure that you win :)
wrote this golden words in victorious mood, on March 20, 2008.
So We celebrated Holi at talentica with full enthusiasm yesterday. So it started with Tug of war competition,
which definitely we won without any serious competition as being strongest team, with Major, Ryan, Nitin on our side, We were predicted to be winners of competition
and we came true to prediction, defeating oppositions in few seconds. though you might be thinking sandip more and tug-of-war..something is wrong? no man yes I was right there though I didnt play any significant role other than providing some entertainment to spectators when Major was giving fundaes to me about how to stand and how should I pull...it was fun in the end...Winning or loosing doesnt matter in such kind of events. but you should assure that you win :)
Elements of Sustainable Companies
Why you want to read this?
Well because, I didnt write this.
Start-ups with these characteristics often foretells the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a sustainable, enduring company. We like to partner with companies that have:
Clarity of Purpose
Summarize the company's business on the back of a business card.
Large Markets
Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop.
Rich Customers
Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering.
Focus
Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition.
Pain Killers
Pick the one thing that is of burning importance to the customer then delight them with a compelling solution.
Think Differently
Constantly challenge conventional wisdom. Take the contrarian route. Create novel solutions. Outwit the competition.
Team DNA
A company's DNA is set in the first 90 days. All team members are the smartest or most clever in their domain. "A" level founders attract an "A" level team.
Agility
Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies.
Frugality
Focus spending on what's critical. Spend only on the priorities and maximize profitability.
Inferno
Start with only a little money. It forces discipline and focus. A huge market with customers yearning for a product developed by great engineers requires very little firepower.
Writing A Business Plan
We like business plans that present a lot of information in as few words as possible. The following format, within 15-20 slides, is all that's needed:
Company Purpose
Define the company/business in a single declarative sentence.
Problem
Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer's customer).
Outline how the customer addresses the issue today.
Solution
Demonstrate your company's value proposition to make the customer's life better.
Show where your product physically sits.
Provide use cases.
Why Now
Set-up the historical evolution of your category.
Define recent trends that make your solution possible.
Market Size
Identify/profile the customer you cater to.
Calculate the TAM (top down), SAM (bottoms up) and SOM.
Competition
List competitors
List competitive advantages
Product
Product line-up (form factor, functionality, features, architecture, intellectual property).
Development roadmap.
Business Model
Revenue model
Pricing
Average account size and/or lifetime value
Sales & distribution model
Customer/pipeline list
Team
Founders & Management
Board of Directors/Board of Advisors
Financials
P&L
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Cap table
The deal
Well because, I didnt write this.
Start-ups with these characteristics often foretells the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a sustainable, enduring company. We like to partner with companies that have:
Clarity of Purpose
Summarize the company's business on the back of a business card.
Large Markets
Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop.
Rich Customers
Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering.
Focus
Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition.
Pain Killers
Pick the one thing that is of burning importance to the customer then delight them with a compelling solution.
Think Differently
Constantly challenge conventional wisdom. Take the contrarian route. Create novel solutions. Outwit the competition.
Team DNA
A company's DNA is set in the first 90 days. All team members are the smartest or most clever in their domain. "A" level founders attract an "A" level team.
Agility
Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies.
Frugality
Focus spending on what's critical. Spend only on the priorities and maximize profitability.
Inferno
Start with only a little money. It forces discipline and focus. A huge market with customers yearning for a product developed by great engineers requires very little firepower.
Writing A Business Plan
We like business plans that present a lot of information in as few words as possible. The following format, within 15-20 slides, is all that's needed:
Company Purpose
Define the company/business in a single declarative sentence.
Problem
Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer's customer).
Outline how the customer addresses the issue today.
Solution
Demonstrate your company's value proposition to make the customer's life better.
Show where your product physically sits.
Provide use cases.
Why Now
Set-up the historical evolution of your category.
Define recent trends that make your solution possible.
Market Size
Identify/profile the customer you cater to.
Calculate the TAM (top down), SAM (bottoms up) and SOM.
Competition
List competitors
List competitive advantages
Product
Product line-up (form factor, functionality, features, architecture, intellectual property).
Development roadmap.
Business Model
Revenue model
Pricing
Average account size and/or lifetime value
Sales & distribution model
Customer/pipeline list
Team
Founders & Management
Board of Directors/Board of Advisors
Financials
P&L
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Cap table
The deal
Serenity in Pandemonium
He said, "he wants to go to himalaya leaving everything behind to search for peace"
His friend told him, (tapping index finger on his left ): "man..........peace is here, you dont need to go to anywhere"
This conversation was enough to start one thinking about inner peace, I read somewhere that introvert people get their energy from silence, from being silent,being alone.
Actually I dont know but if you ask me which place, (to clear the air, I think I am an introvert person). I like to go some place most when I am confused, I am unsure about future, I am damn upset due to someone or about something. or one want to get free.....
I love crowded city bus stops. you just go there sit there. The best thing about it is that you are alone with so much things happening around, you can spend any number of hours you want to sit there or stand there, no one will ask you question that why are you sitting/standing there. may be someone can ask about time, if you have wrist watch, or about some X bus going to Y place has came in last Yhrs/minutes. you can ignore him (but not her as abla nari ko help karna chahiye), or you can say you dont know. so apart from this disturbance you would be left alone. so what you do there..then I try to see in people's faces, in their eyes. if some good girl (well you cant stare at her just like that, atleast I cant ) is there I look around to see how many passer-bys who stare at her...I try to read their eyes. and also the passer-bys who ignore her due to their ego or worries..I look at her expressions. though I dont get anything.but just trying to understand things. then everything will leave, catching there buses, and when only 1-2 people remaining there..you know that its time for you to leave as by the time like outside chaos getting vanished, you will find your mind becoming calmer.
If someone is waiting there for long, I try to guess what that person might be thinking..
Serenity in Pandemonium...wordweb zindabad. "Peace in Chaos" was not bad title too..
Its like chaos inside you trying to compete with chaos in outside world, and you try to find meanings of many meaningless things going on outside and may be at that time you find out that same thing is happening inside you the chaos is temporary it will callm down after some time as the chaos outside just be with it.
this is quite old post I wrote it on private blog, just republishing it here.
His friend told him, (tapping index finger on his left ): "man..........peace is here, you dont need to go to anywhere"
This conversation was enough to start one thinking about inner peace, I read somewhere that introvert people get their energy from silence, from being silent,being alone.
Actually I dont know but if you ask me which place, (to clear the air, I think I am an introvert person). I like to go some place most when I am confused, I am unsure about future, I am damn upset due to someone or about something. or one want to get free.....
I love crowded city bus stops. you just go there sit there. The best thing about it is that you are alone with so much things happening around, you can spend any number of hours you want to sit there or stand there, no one will ask you question that why are you sitting/standing there. may be someone can ask about time, if you have wrist watch, or about some X bus going to Y place has came in last Yhrs/minutes. you can ignore him (but not her as abla nari ko help karna chahiye), or you can say you dont know. so apart from this disturbance you would be left alone. so what you do there..then I try to see in people's faces, in their eyes. if some good girl (well you cant stare at her just like that, atleast I cant ) is there I look around to see how many passer-bys who stare at her...I try to read their eyes. and also the passer-bys who ignore her due to their ego or worries..I look at her expressions. though I dont get anything.but just trying to understand things. then everything will leave, catching there buses, and when only 1-2 people remaining there..you know that its time for you to leave as by the time like outside chaos getting vanished, you will find your mind becoming calmer.
If someone is waiting there for long, I try to guess what that person might be thinking..
Serenity in Pandemonium...wordweb zindabad. "Peace in Chaos" was not bad title too..
Its like chaos inside you trying to compete with chaos in outside world, and you try to find meanings of many meaningless things going on outside and may be at that time you find out that same thing is happening inside you the chaos is temporary it will callm down after some time as the chaos outside just be with it.
this is quite old post I wrote it on private blog, just republishing it here.
The story of accident
I thought he was taking right to enter BRT lane,
then I thought left in same lane.
then realized he hadnt seen it,
but he was driving it straight.
it was deja vu.
There was panic I shouted then in a moment we were in the air
and in the next moment, on the road in the pain surrounded by public.
It was like stunt in movie, only difference was we were part of that.
Sometime u know it is going to happen and it happens.
now recovering from accident with bedrest, direct fall on back is so painful.
he was soumya and date was 3rd aug 08
then I thought left in same lane.
then realized he hadnt seen it,
but he was driving it straight.
it was deja vu.
There was panic I shouted then in a moment we were in the air
and in the next moment, on the road in the pain surrounded by public.
It was like stunt in movie, only difference was we were part of that.
Sometime u know it is going to happen and it happens.
now recovering from accident with bedrest, direct fall on back is so painful.
he was soumya and date was 3rd aug 08
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Log4net
Why is this writeup?
brother, to tell you that this is not that difficult and its good thing to have in your code.
Log4net package is used for logging in ASP.net. for more you read wiki.
1) Download Zip file using Wget. there would be good chance that it will unzip. Got this after downloading using Firefox/IE/Safari on Mac. downloaded zip file was corrupted always. finally downloading using wget worked on mac and windows both.
2) log4net usage.
its quite simple and standard
things to checkout before you get frustrate and giveup.
a) Download zip using wget and get proper dll file and add it as a reference.
b) Add line in assemblyinfo file which tells that configuration for log4net is stored in Web.config
c) add proper config info in Web.config file which you can find easily on internet.
brother, to tell you that this is not that difficult and its good thing to have in your code.
Log4net package is used for logging in ASP.net. for more you read wiki.
1) Download Zip file using Wget. there would be good chance that it will unzip. Got this after downloading using Firefox/IE/Safari on Mac. downloaded zip file was corrupted always. finally downloading using wget worked on mac and windows both.
2) log4net usage.
its quite simple and standard
things to checkout before you get frustrate and giveup.
a) Download zip using wget and get proper dll file and add it as a reference.
b) Add line in assemblyinfo file which tells that configuration for log4net is stored in Web.config
c) add proper config info in Web.config file which you can find easily on internet.
Yes+
Why is this writeup?
Brother, to tell you something abt art of living, Jai gurudev :)
Did YES+ course in bangalore koramangala...
Talk by Rashmin was quite funny...they created big excitement around bawa but he didnt come...many heart-breaks..
banni hundaga and hundagis and vellaya..added words to kannada vocab...
thanks to kaykay and suman and volunteers...
to clear your mind...
And not to forget...
Dont get high on your own supply!!!
Brother, to tell you something abt art of living, Jai gurudev :)
Did YES+ course in bangalore koramangala...
Talk by Rashmin was quite funny...they created big excitement around bawa but he didnt come...many heart-breaks..
banni hundaga and hundagis and vellaya..added words to kannada vocab...
thanks to kaykay and suman and volunteers...
to clear your mind...
And not to forget...
Dont get high on your own supply!!!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Halwe pe blog to banta hai...
This blog is especially written for people who has tested tasty Suzee ka halwa at our place (list is bit long even we dont know names of people whom we served this delicious dish). if you find it crazy, then its Crazy, To understand this crazyness, you need to eat Halwa at our house, And you are welcome to our house anytime, Any one from us can make Halwa in just 5 minutes.
Who We Are : dhan ten nan
Our Place: HSR, Bangalore
Title Song:
Halwa yeh Halwa..
Suzee ka hai yeh halwa
Breakfast me khate hia halwa
Dinner me khate hai halwa
Subah sham khate hia hum yeh halwa..
Shudh Desi ghee se banta hai yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh...
(on tunes of Jalwa song from Fashion, courtesy Narayan (Nari))
It only takes 2 things to serve a Halwa...a Big Heart and a Halwa...
You can not eat your halwa and keep it too.
You can not eat your halwa yourself.
You can not eat your halwa in others plate.
Halwe ki nadiyan bahegi ab...Nana patekar style
Pyar nahin kiya aur Halwa nahin khaya/khilya to kya kiya jindagi me..
At Resto: Do you want any deserts?
SPSingh: Hum Hamara desert khud banake khate hia... aap bhi aa jao halwa khane gharpe..
There are 2 kinds of people in this world: One who eat halwa and others who dont...
Who We Are : dhan ten nan
Our Place: HSR, Bangalore
Title Song:
Halwa yeh Halwa..
Suzee ka hai yeh halwa
Breakfast me khate hia halwa
Dinner me khate hai halwa
Subah sham khate hia hum yeh halwa..
Shudh Desi ghee se banta hai yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh...
(on tunes of Jalwa song from Fashion, courtesy Narayan (Nari))
It only takes 2 things to serve a Halwa...a Big Heart and a Halwa...
You can not eat your halwa and keep it too.
You can not eat your halwa yourself.
You can not eat your halwa in others plate.
Halwe ki nadiyan bahegi ab...Nana patekar style
Pyar nahin kiya aur Halwa nahin khaya/khilya to kya kiya jindagi me..
At Resto: Do you want any deserts?
SPSingh: Hum Hamara desert khud banake khate hia... aap bhi aa jao halwa khane gharpe..
There are 2 kinds of people in this world: One who eat halwa and others who dont...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Installing Microsoft visual studio 2005 for ASP.NET
Why is this writeup?
- Brother, it will save you lot of time.
Microsoft visual studio 2005 setup on Windows Server 2003
Step 1. first install MVS 2005 - 8.0
Step 2. install hotfix to let service pack install properly
WindowsServer2003-KB925336-x86-ENU.exe
Step 3. download service pack and install it - VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe
Step 4. “c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /Setup”.
Step 2 is required for Service Pack 1 to install properly.
Step 3 is to get ASP.Net web application template to be installed and other things. which is needed to create ASP.NET website project.
Step 4.
This command will flush the Visual Studio template cache and ensure that the projects work correctly.
- Brother, it will save you lot of time.
Microsoft visual studio 2005 setup on Windows Server 2003
Step 1. first install MVS 2005 - 8.0
Step 2. install hotfix to let service pack install properly
WindowsServer2003-KB925336-x86-ENU.exe
Step 3. download service pack and install it - VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe
Step 4. “c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe /Setup”.
Step 2 is required for Service Pack 1 to install properly.
Step 3 is to get ASP.Net web application template to be installed and other things. which is needed to create ASP.NET website project.
Step 4.
This command will flush the Visual Studio template cache and ensure that the projects work correctly.
Love
I was puzzled as to what I would say to you about love. Love is so difficult to describe.
I could just come and sit - if it could be glimpsed in my eyes perhaps that would be it, or if it could be felt in the gestures of my hands, you could have seen it and I could say: This is love.
But what is love?
If it is not seen in my eyes, if it is not felt in the movements of my hands, then what it is can certainly never be felt through my words.
-- Osho
excerpts "From Sex to Superconsciousness"
I could just come and sit - if it could be glimpsed in my eyes perhaps that would be it, or if it could be felt in the gestures of my hands, you could have seen it and I could say: This is love.
But what is love?
If it is not seen in my eyes, if it is not felt in the movements of my hands, then what it is can certainly never be felt through my words.
-- Osho
excerpts "From Sex to Superconsciousness"
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
#fountainhead
The only thing that matters, "my goal, my reward, my beginning, my end" is the work itself, my work done my way. Peter there is nothing in the world that you can offer me, except this, offer me this and you can have anything I'have got to give. My work done My way.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Nice marathi song
Bhatukalichy khela madhali raja anik rani
ardhyawarati dav modila adhuri ek kahani
raja wadala mala samjali shabdawachun bhasha
mazya naseebasave bolati tuzya hatachya resha
ka ranichya dola tenva datuni aale pani?
rani wadli baghat ektak doorachya tara
udya pahate dusrya wata dujya gavacha wara
pan rajala ushira kalali gudh atal hi wani
tila vichari jara ka he jeev ase jodave?
Ka daivane fulnya adhi ful ase todave?
Ya prashnala uttar navate rani kevilwani
ka ranine mitale dole door door jatana?
Ka rajacha swash kondala geet tiche gatana
Waryawarti virun geli ek udhas virani
ardhyawarati dav modila adhuri ek kahani
raja wadala mala samjali shabdawachun bhasha
mazya naseebasave bolati tuzya hatachya resha
ka ranichya dola tenva datuni aale pani?
rani wadli baghat ektak doorachya tara
udya pahate dusrya wata dujya gavacha wara
pan rajala ushira kalali gudh atal hi wani
tila vichari jara ka he jeev ase jodave?
Ka daivane fulnya adhi ful ase todave?
Ya prashnala uttar navate rani kevilwani
ka ranine mitale dole door door jatana?
Ka rajacha swash kondala geet tiche gatana
Waryawarti virun geli ek udhas virani
Click to hear this song
Thursday, August 13, 2009
22
People who are 22s are said to find themselves feeling as if they live in 2 worlds, one which is overwhelmed by the mundane and the other by the fantastic.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Nano space
Well, Talentica readers, your first guess will be wrong as this is not about our funky, new cool office but but but, your second guess should and must be right..Yes!!
its about India's dream 1L car - Tata Nano.
Kahani me thoda twist to hona hi chahiye...yach sathi kela hota ha attahas...
Today we went to croma showroom at Nana-space in aundh. Many spaces here and there...because Nano is small but quite spacious inside and I wanted to make title interesting for some peope.
I didnt get chance to drive but just experience of seating in car was good. I was quite impressed. "Go Fida" punch line should be taken away from Ford cars and should be awarded to Nano.
Tata engineers has done wonders, Congrats Ratan Tata, the visionary and his Nano team. Just waiting for the day, when Tata's avails this Dream for test drive and let our dream come true to drive this car.
its about India's dream 1L car - Tata Nano.
Kahani me thoda twist to hona hi chahiye...yach sathi kela hota ha attahas...
Today we went to croma showroom at Nana-space in aundh. Many spaces here and there...because Nano is small but quite spacious inside and I wanted to make title interesting for some peope.
I didnt get chance to drive but just experience of seating in car was good. I was quite impressed. "Go Fida" punch line should be taken away from Ford cars and should be awarded to Nano.
Tata engineers has done wonders, Congrats Ratan Tata, the visionary and his Nano team. Just waiting for the day, when Tata's avails this Dream for test drive and let our dream come true to drive this car.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The great gatsby
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -
tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . .
And then one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . .
And then one fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Art at Talentica
not able to participate in clay competition but looks like there are talented artists are here.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tshirt design competition at talentica
designed tshirt for team with swati. I think it was not the best but I say, was good try..
Monday, January 19, 2009
mysql - copying data to other db using sqlyog
Sqlyog is pretty good client to access mysql and doing various operation on MySQL. I wanted to make copy of full DB for backup purpose. I took dump using sqlyog (structure+ data). then I was going to create new DB by running this script but noticed
functionality of copying db to other DB in sqlyog. I thought that would be safe. but it turned out that it was taking lots of time. so I suggest its better to copy data using taking dump of db and run those script to create fresh db. wat do you think?
functionality of copying db to other DB in sqlyog. I thought that would be safe. but it turned out that it was taking lots of time. so I suggest its better to copy data using taking dump of db and run those script to create fresh db. wat do you think?
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Google Chart api issues
While working out graphs with Google chart api, We couldnt find ways render some of things properly, we used workaround in some cases.
1) Legends positioning
We couldnt find a parameter using which we can specify distance between legend and x-axis.
workarounds we used:
rendering legends using html
2) Legends ordering
Google is not rendering the legends as per order we give in url. looks like it orders
them alphabetically.
workaround we used:
rendering legends using html
3) Labeling issues
2 issues here
a) when bar is of full lenth, label overlaps bar
b) how to specify space between label and bar.
No workaround
4) length of Y axis
y-axis in not inheriting length of graph.
workaround we used:
use different margins as per number of bars. chbh=25,10,30
using 300 instead of 30 works.
1) Legends positioning
We couldnt find a parameter using which we can specify distance between legend and x-axis.
workarounds we used:
rendering legends using html
2) Legends ordering
Google is not rendering the legends as per order we give in url. looks like it orders
them alphabetically.
workaround we used:
rendering legends using html
3) Labeling issues
2 issues here
a) when bar is of full lenth, label overlaps bar
b) how to specify space between label and bar.
No workaround
4) length of Y axis
y-axis in not inheriting length of graph.
workaround we used:
use different margins as per number of bars. chbh=25,10,30
using 300 instead of 30 works.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Configuring virtual host on windows in Apache 2
I am running two different apps on my localhost. one is in python and other in php.
I also want to learn how to configure virtual host so that 2 different domain names can point to same ip. it turned out to be quite simple. at first it was not working
because I was writing extra slash at end of documentroot, instead of "C:\work\SandipProject1\trunk\Website", I was "C:\work\SandipProject1\trunk\Website\" and getting permission denied.
in your httpd conf,
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:\work\SandipProject1
ServerName sandipProject1.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:\work\sandipProject2
ServerName sandipProject2.com
</VirtualHost>
<Directory C:\work\SandipProject1\>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
SetHandler mod_python
PythonHandler index
OPTIONS -Indexes
</Directory>
<Directory C:\work\sandipProject2\>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
I also want to learn how to configure virtual host so that 2 different domain names can point to same ip. it turned out to be quite simple. at first it was not working
because I was writing extra slash at end of documentroot, instead of "C:\work\SandipProject1\trunk\Website", I was "C:\work\SandipProject1\trunk\Website\" and getting permission denied.
in your httpd conf,
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:\work\SandipProject1
ServerName sandipProject1.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:\work\sandipProject2
ServerName sandipProject2.com
</VirtualHost>
<Directory C:\work\SandipProject1\>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
SetHandler mod_python
PythonHandler index
OPTIONS -Indexes
</Directory>
<Directory C:\work\sandipProject2\>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
New year change
changed punch line of my blog which I wrote on last new year. which was
Journey
till I cease the walk of life.
Journey
till I cease the walk of life.
Monday, January 05, 2009
excellent and simlpe way to format html email
and it works beautifully across ms outlook, outlook express and gmail.
actually I was having problem in formatting email correct way. original code used inline css styles which was not working, so I changed styles but didnt work so I changed content-transfer-encoding from quoted-printable to 7bit and as always in programmers life, this hack worked for my outlook express. but failed to work on gmail. so on the way to give up, i found following page and tried the way they have asked to format email and it worked!!! woohoo..
see examples inside it
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-HTMLThreading-0105#Appendix%20B
one example for reference
From: Yogi Beera
To: Boo Booz
Message-ID: FD1D3K3KASDDFD17C00805FD459C86BB2BF@POPDOG
Subject: Joke
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
.yogi--picnic-com {
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;
}
-->
</STYLE>
</head>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<P CLASS=yogi--picnic-com>Konck Knock</p>
</body>
</html>
enjoy!!
actually I was having problem in formatting email correct way. original code used inline css styles which was not working, so I changed styles but didnt work so I changed content-transfer-encoding from quoted-printable to 7bit and as always in programmers life, this hack worked for my outlook express. but failed to work on gmail. so on the way to give up, i found following page and tried the way they have asked to format email and it worked!!! woohoo..
see examples inside it
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-HTMLThreading-0105#Appendix%20B
one example for reference
From: Yogi Beera
To: Boo Booz
Message-ID: FD1D3K3KASDDFD17C00805FD459C86BB2BF@POPDOG
Subject: Joke
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
.yogi--picnic-com {
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;
}
-->
</STYLE>
</head>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<P CLASS=yogi--picnic-com>Konck Knock</p>
</body>
</html>
enjoy!!
jquery tooltip bug - IE7 bigger fonts - hack
if you are using jquery tooltip plugin to show pop up. you will notice that on IE7, its showing much bigger font size. reason for this internally its using h3 tag which is not changed if you set font-size of overall div on IE7. so you need to explicitly overwrite the h3 style and set the smaller font-size, it works beautifully for both firefox and ie7.
actually this solution is given on following page but its at bottom. one might miss this so trying to give it more focus through my blog.
http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-tooltip/
by
Monkeytail
31. January 2008 |23:37 @ Jorn
following is the code.
#tooltip {
font-size:10px;
}
add this in your css
#tooltip.pretty h3 {
font-size:8pt;
}
btw above mentioned code didnt worked for me. i took out pretty and it worked well.
#tooltip h3 {
font-size:8pt;
}
I added font-weight:normal to make it look better. so it becomes
#tooltip h3 {
font-size:8pt;
font-weight:normal;
}
Thanks
actually this solution is given on following page but its at bottom. one might miss this so trying to give it more focus through my blog.
http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-tooltip/
by
Monkeytail
31. January 2008 |23:37 @ Jorn
following is the code.
#tooltip {
font-size:10px;
}
add this in your css
#tooltip.pretty h3 {
font-size:8pt;
}
btw above mentioned code didnt worked for me. i took out pretty and it worked well.
#tooltip h3 {
font-size:8pt;
}
I added font-weight:normal to make it look better. so it becomes
#tooltip h3 {
font-size:8pt;
font-weight:normal;
}
Thanks
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
HSBC credit card gotcha
I have a HSBC gold credit card which I didnt use a single time. I got it as free card.
yday I got a credit card statement asking me to pay 2247, first shocked to see bill as I didnt do any shopping using this card. splitup was 2000 rs membership card fees and
247 as service tax on it. so I thought yday I will pay and will stop using this card. also felt cheated by the hsbc.
so discussed this with friends today but they said you just call up customer care and they will waive off the charges. and also mentioned that HSBC people add to your bill for various charges but you can waive it off by calling customer care. I called up customer care and they just waived it off.
so in case, you are having same problem, you dont need to pay it. just call customer care and waive it off.
yday I got a credit card statement asking me to pay 2247, first shocked to see bill as I didnt do any shopping using this card. splitup was 2000 rs membership card fees and
247 as service tax on it. so I thought yday I will pay and will stop using this card. also felt cheated by the hsbc.
so discussed this with friends today but they said you just call up customer care and they will waive off the charges. and also mentioned that HSBC people add to your bill for various charges but you can waive it off by calling customer care. I called up customer care and they just waived it off.
so in case, you are having same problem, you dont need to pay it. just call customer care and waive it off.
The Zen and art of motorcycle maintenance - quotes
Blind Alley, though, If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay,
you've called him a name. You haven't solved anything.
you've called him a name. You haven't solved anything.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Scripts to restart apache/mysql in windows
Currently I am working on 2 projects. both projects involves Apache and Mysql. but configuration used for each project is different and one project is using WAMP. So I was needed to start and stop services to switch between projects I am working. it was becoming quite tedious. so I tried to write a scripts to restart services whenever I was going to switch between projects. I am linux guy so like writing scripts but was new to writing script for restarting services on windows.
following are the scripts to start the services..
A.bat
B.bat
I first started using actually executables from bin directories from respective apps. but It was not working for stopping the service.
I used pause because didnt find sleep command on windows. these scripts I wrote using whatever help I got from windows help service. as I was working from home without internet.
if sc start/stop says service is not installed then you can install the service.
sc install servicename.
you have any better ways of doing this things let me know.
following are the scripts to start the services..
A.bat
sc stop Apache2
sc stop MySQL
pause
sc start wampapache
sc start wampmysqld
B.bat
sc stop wampapache
sc stop wampmysqld
pause
sc start Apache2
sc start MySQL
I first started using actually executables from bin directories from respective apps. but It was not working for stopping the service.
I used pause because didnt find sleep command on windows. these scripts I wrote using whatever help I got from windows help service. as I was working from home without internet.
if sc start/stop says service is not installed then you can install the service.
sc install servicename.
you have any better ways of doing this things let me know.
konneyy - who is this?
I turned my head with surprize...wanting to know from where question came.
"konneyy?" question in high pitch voice, repeated with mischivous smile on his face..
"Hrithik Roshan" I replied..
"Hitik roan" he repeated excitedly and kept repeating with playful smile.
"He" in this story is my 1 and 10 month year old nephew. I was quite surprized because he barely can talk now. and He wanted to know who is the smart guy on Coffee with Karan show. Amazing!!!
"konneyy?" question in high pitch voice, repeated with mischivous smile on his face..
"Hrithik Roshan" I replied..
"Hitik roan" he repeated excitedly and kept repeating with playful smile.
"He" in this story is my 1 and 10 month year old nephew. I was quite surprized because he barely can talk now. and He wanted to know who is the smart guy on Coffee with Karan show. Amazing!!!
Friday, December 26, 2008
cant connect to mysql from client on remote machine, mysql running on aws
error messages you can get are
Error 2003: Can't Connect to MySQL server on 'hostname'
1) enable the firewall for amazon aws ec2 instance.
ec2-authorize default -p 3306
3306 is default port on which mysql runs. If you are running mysql on different port like 3307 or 3309 enable that.
2) in mysql/my.cnf which is mysql config file.
comment out following line which allows connection only from localhost.
bind_address=127.0.0.1
3) log on to mysql with root from local machine
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'user'@'ipadd' identified by 'pwd';
ipadd is ip address of machine from which you are trying to connect to mysql server
user and password are auth info.
useful links
http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Error2003-CantConnectToMySQLServer
Error 2003: Can't Connect to MySQL server on 'hostname'
1) enable the firewall for amazon aws ec2 instance.
ec2-authorize default -p 3306
3306 is default port on which mysql runs. If you are running mysql on different port like 3307 or 3309 enable that.
2) in mysql/my.cnf which is mysql config file.
comment out following line which allows connection only from localhost.
bind_address=127.0.0.1
3) log on to mysql with root from local machine
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'user'@'ipadd' identified by 'pwd';
ipadd is ip address of machine from which you are trying to connect to mysql server
user and password are auth info.
useful links
http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Error2003-CantConnectToMySQLServer
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tata indicom plug2 surf data card
yday bought Tata indicom wireless card, usb one ..from shop new baba mobile store in aundh near parihar chowk, near vishis cafe.
it cost me 2376 Rs for modem + sim.
I opted for recharge card worth 1000Rs with validity 6 months.
Tata indicom main office is opposite to Sancheti hospital, Shivajinagar.
In this rush I lost my Credit card. luckily blocked it before anyone misused it.
it cost me 2376 Rs for modem + sim.
I opted for recharge card worth 1000Rs with validity 6 months.
Tata indicom main office is opposite to Sancheti hospital, Shivajinagar.
In this rush I lost my Credit card. luckily blocked it before anyone misused it.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Again winner of Collage competion at talentica
We, the winner team, Poushali, ryan, Nitin and Sandip, thats me ofcourse. unfortunately dont have photo of team.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
from
wikipedia
McCartney said in 1994 that it merely epitomises the downfalls of life:
McCartney referred to the song when talking about his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard:
Lyrics and video..
Joan was quizzical; Studies pataphysical
Science in the home.
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
Calls her on the phone.
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
Joa, oa, oa, oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go,
A knock comes _ON_ the door.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down UPON her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again.
Teacher gets annoyed.
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
Sce, e, e, ene,
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away,
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times "I must not be
So, o, o, o.."
But when she turns her back on the boy,
He creeps up from behind.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free
(Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them
So, o, o, o.
But as the words are leaving his lips,
A noise comes from behind.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead.
Whoa, oh, oh Silver hammer,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer flash video
wikipedia
McCartney said in 1994 that it merely epitomises the downfalls of life:
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does, as I was beginning to find out at that time in my life. I wanted something symbolic of that, so to me it was some fictitious character called Maxwell with a silver hammer. I don't know why it was silver, it just sounded better than Maxwell's hammer. It was needed for scanning. We still use that expression now when something unexpected happens."
McCartney referred to the song when talking about his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard:
"In the past I may have written tongue-in-cheek, like 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', and dealt with matters of fate in a kind of comical, parody manner. It just so happens in this batch of songs I would look at these subjects and thought it was good for writing. If it's good enough to take to your psychiatrist, it's good enough to make a song of."
Lyrics and video..
Joan was quizzical; Studies pataphysical
Science in the home.
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
Calls her on the phone.
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
Joa, oa, oa, oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go,
A knock comes _ON_ the door.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down UPON her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again.
Teacher gets annoyed.
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
Sce, e, e, ene,
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away,
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times "I must not be
So, o, o, o.."
But when she turns her back on the boy,
He creeps up from behind.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.
P. C. Thirty-one said, "We caught a dirty one."
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free
(Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them
So, o, o, o.
But as the words are leaving his lips,
A noise comes from behind.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead.
Whoa, oh, oh Silver hammer,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer flash video
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Rangoli competition at Talentica
I never thought I will ever participate in such a competition but you never know.
anyway I dont regret taking part in this competition, I think I would have regretted if I wouldnt have participated. so it was fun, trying to do thing which you are doing first time amidst sledging, jokes played on your work..:)
btw this was not original idea, but baloons Idea was soumya's innovation. :)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Tenant information form for Pune Police
Tenant information form for Pune Police
Its need to be submitted to pune police.
you can get it online here.
http://www.punepolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/Cir_Ord_Not_Frms_Notifi/PERSONAL_INFORMATION_OF_TENANT.pdf
Thanks to comment by Anonymous.
Its need to be submitted to pune police.
you can get it online here.
http://www.punepolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/Cir_Ord_Not_Frms_Notifi/PERSONAL_INFORMATION_OF_TENANT.pdf
Thanks to comment by Anonymous.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
2oct celebration with Gandhiji
2oct celebration with Gandhiji
The Clean Earth Movement which is involved in tree plantation on the Baner hill and in garbage management activities in the Baner-Balewadi area announced the Clean Rivers initiative to start on Oct 2nd.
Their aim is to get the Mula and Mutha rivers to their earlier state of being rivers rather than the current state where they are looking more like sewage canals and swamps.
The first step in that regard is to clean up the Ramnadi river that flows from Pashan lake into the Mula river. the sewage canal that flows under the bridge at Hotel Mahabaleshwar, but it actually starts off as a clean river !
Pune Municipal Corporation staff and local activists will explain the plan and also start cleaning activities at this time.
It was nice to be part of this initiative.
some pics from those events.
If you are resident of baner/balewadi and wish to be part of this movement, get in touch. or just
visit baner hill on sunday morning at 8 to plant and watering the trees.
Let it be Success. Go Green. Live Green.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Good news - Blogging made easy - Omeego connected to SwitchABit now
Good news - Blogging made easy - Omeego connected to SwitchABit now
now I can blog easily and more frequently as I connected my Omeego account to Blogger using SwitchABit..
thanks omeego, blogger and switchabit for making my life easy.
now I can blog easily and more frequently as I connected my Omeego account to Blogger using SwitchABit..
thanks omeego, blogger and switchabit for making my life easy.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Bollywood teaching people english
Bollywood teaching people english
kidnap..movie ka naam english me..
lyrics from this movie english me..
mausam yeh awsome bada..
public have no choice to learn english ..then
good for in general increasing english language knowledge among
junta..
kidnap..movie ka naam english me..
lyrics from this movie english me..
mausam yeh awsome bada..
public have no choice to learn english ..then
good for in general increasing english language knowledge among
junta..
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Twit Twit Twitter
started using twitter more actively...
one can spy on me..on
http://twitter.com/sandipmore
one can spy on me..on
http://twitter.com/sandipmore
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