Category: Techstuff
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Code exercise – Memory Game
Why am I coding? My immediate goal in learning to code, is to be able to appreciate the _poetry_ written by my colleagues and the lovely community of open source. I believe understanding this code will also help me do my day-to-day work as a support engineer so much better. My current job has made…
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My first computer hardware ever
People usually frame the first dollar they earned for the sake of good memory and motivation. I was going through my dusty storage cupboard and happened to spot my first ever computer related hardware. It took me on a ride down the memory lane. Back in late 1980’s the only time I could use a…
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Type like Pu. La. Deshpande with PuLa 100 font in Marathi or Devanagari on WordPress
‘Be Birbal‘ – A digital agency based in Pune, India did a remarkable and generous contribution to the lovers of Marathi language and literature. They launched a font made using the beautiful handwriting of legendary writer and artist – Pu. La. Deshpande, affectionately known as PuLa. What’s more the font can be requested for free…
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Resurrecting a 2008 Macbook.. with Ubuntu
There couldn’t be a better way of celebrating Easter, than bringing back to life an ageing 2008 Macbook whose WiFi chip blew the second time since I took it second hand from my brother in law. The device would also not get further OS updates since Apple would want to push you to meaner and…
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WordCamp Kochi – My first experience as a WordCamp Speaker
I am out of words to express the joy of my first experience as an approved WordCamp speaker. The talk itself, the hospitality and camaraderie within the community, all of it and more was truly heart warming! My first WordCamp as an attendee was WordCamp Pune 2017 which was incidentally in the same month when i…
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Micromax Ignite LPQ61408W – First hand review of slim and light laptop
I have been an ardent ‘collector’ of laptops. If you dont know what i mean, my friends and kin will tell you more about it. I was looking for a light and slim laptop, since the older ones were taking toll on my back while travelling. While i was waiting for a good second hand…
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Camcorder to high res webcam in simple steps – using TV Tuner
A couple of years back i bought a Sony HandyCam and was hoping to use it as a webcam for an annual webcast of Ganesh festival celebrated at my home. The usual webcams designed for desktop use, are sloppy when it comes to webcasting a larger space. The handycam as a webcam, not only gives…
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Google’s bite of an Apple – Is Eden getting closer?
I am a voracious user of Google services and a big fan of most of them. One of my early online hobby used to be discover all that’s listed under the “more” option of the Google header, one service at a time. In the recent span of time, Google+ has been creating waves (sorry not…
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UIDo or UIDont – Concerns on Aadhar
Yet another Card – a wildcard or a joker? Government after government, citizens have been bombarded with a new series of cards. All these cards in the past had a similar proposition – being able to serve as a one point identity. We had ration cards, voters cards (where we looked like goons, to match…
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Google Chrome Full page ad – Browser Wars – Now at a desktop near you
Everybody loves watching Google and her moves, with the curiosity of watching Magician Pasha with his hand in the top hat. Presto! and we have here today — Google Chrome Full Page color ads in leading Indian Dailies… Blogs, Tweet-o-sphere, and all modes of communication is abuzz with the question… What made Google, the largest…