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I am tired of the news channels. They have breaking news all through the day every single day. I remember a time when the term Breaking News was reserved for something very important and had a national significance. What bothers me more is the increasing pessimism in the news [...]
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Good news of the day-September 25, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Environment, good news, Ozone, ozone hole closing, Ozone layer on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ideas I had sent to Steve Jobs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ideas for apple, India iPod, India iTunes, iPod, iTunes, Steve Jobs on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an extract from an email I had sent to Steve Jobs on April 8, 2008. I, of course did not receive any reply These are a list of feature requests for iTunes and the iPod.
We in India are huge fans of what we call ‘Filmi music‘. In the western world it [...]
Ideas for a Academic book publisher
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book publisher idea, Ideas University Library, Tata Mc Graw Hill, Text Book on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Loooong back I had sent some suggestions to a Tata McGraw Hill representative who used to visit our campus with some ideas to improve the text book experience in colleges. I am yet to receive a response or see any of it in action as of today. Posting it here hoping someone at some publishing [...]
The professor and the two cups of coffee
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, good news, important things life on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got this as an email forward today. I want to blog it so I remember to read it often… If you happen upon this entry and enjoy it too, then that’s nice too!
When things in your life seem, Almost too much to handle, When 24 Hours in a day is not enough, remember the [...]
Cleaning up my mp3 collection with ID3 Tags
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ID3 Tag, ID3 Tagging Microsoft Vista, Id3 tool, iTunes, Mp3Tag on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was a regular user of ID3 TagIt! I was forced to look for alternatives once I got a new laptop with Microsoft Vista. ID3 TagIt! does not work on Vista and the developers have stopped work on the tool. My problem is I need a file renaming tool and a tool for editing Id3 [...]
Why?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Why do we feel inspired?
Why do we lose inspiration?
Why do we hesitate to say nice things to people?
Why can’t our lives be slower?
What is the hurry?
Why is every road journey a challenge to get from point A to B in the shortest time possible?
Why is our professional life devoid of any personal feelings?
Why is love [...]
24-Tony turns bad
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 24, Jack Bauer, Tony Almeida on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love to admit this. I am a BIG fan of 24. Have watched every episode from the night David Palmer was attacked as a senator. Season 7 is such a refreshing change from the monotony that had creeped in into the plots right from season 5. I definitely did not like the whole season [...]
Information theoritic approach to database normalization
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BCNF, 3NF, Database Normalization, Database Design, Data Model, Information Theory, Entropy, Shannon on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been recent work on revisiting the definitions of database design using normal forms. For a long time now, the work of E.F. Codd has been the seminal work on defining the ‘goodness’ of a relational data model. Generations of data modellers have used the definitions of the third normal form and on rare [...]
To Wiki or not to wiki
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged documentation, people, software, software development, wiki on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Software development is very different from classroom projects. Everyone knows that! But, what is surprising is that a lot of software development is exploratory and if you are used to MSDN style documentation to help you with your software development, it aint’ going to happen! In my current project all (ALL) knowledge is stashed away [...]
