Monthly Archives: June 2008

Jukebox in a single line

If you are like me, who starts starts iTunes with default library and realize you have heard the same song 8 times in the last week, here are two one-line-Jukebox scripts for you. The scripts randomly choose and play songs … Continue reading

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Installing command line MP3 player

mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player for layers 1,2 and 3. I was playing with Ruby scripts and needed a command line mp3 player which was not a resource hog. Steps I took for my OS X … Continue reading

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The coward behind the curtain

There is two types of ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance due to virtue – In people who are not exposed to education and thus information. Such ignorance is not just to be pitied upon, but one should try to help them … Continue reading

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Firefox 3 in Punjabi released

Due to the hard work of Punjabi localization team, Firefox 3 includes the release in Punjabi. What is interesting is that only Indic languages that were included in the Firefox 3 Official release were Gujarati and Punjabi. Even Hindi, the … Continue reading

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Started with hundred pushup challenge

I’m pretty regular at gym, however I do not like to do much weights. I came across hundredpushups.com and found the idea of reaching 100 pushups in 6 weeks pretty cool. At this point I can reach a max of … Continue reading

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AjitJalandhar.com now proudly serves you spyware!

Beware! AjitJalandhar.com, one of the earliest Punjabi newspapers online, (and a mouth-piece of a certain political party – but thats a different story) is now serving not just politically biased news, but some freshly baked spyware forcibly to your PC!

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Synchronizing Nokia 6086

I have a cranky old Nokia 6086. And I’m waiting for Android, just because of its open source license. Love this phone(or more appropriately “used to love”), because it used to do task “rarest in its times”. I could use … Continue reading

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New to Rails and using Agile book second version?

With Ruby on Rails 2.1 version already here, I have seen a lot of new comers to Rails using second version Agile book asking this question again and again: Why doesn’t my depot application work? Well because it is based … Continue reading

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Back home Mississippi

As I was checking out, I met Chad Fowler, the author of “My Job went to India“. As I said hello, he asked “Are you a Punjabi?” So the conference came to an end. I liked the city, the people, … Continue reading

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Last day at the conference

Today was the last day of Rails Conference. I attended a session on active record and another on what not to do in rails. The main event of the day was keynotes by the core team. DHH got standing ovation … Continue reading

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