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Some misc posts, some random thoughts and some fun stuff

Apr
25
2010

Ten things you shouldn’t post to Facebook

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It’s good to talk, so they say, and you know what? It’s good to share stuff too. Posting a few photos or a quick status update helps us stay connected with friends. Only trouble is, some people don’t know where to draw the line.
And there is most definitely a line. Some things just don’t [...]

Apr
18
2010

What I learnt Today?

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Hello Everyone,
To end the inactive blogging period, I have decided to start a new series of posts on my blog. Each one of these posts would describe something new I learnt during the day. I have chosen to name it “What I Learnt Today?”
Shortly, I would post a tutorial on creating Ribbon Control using Windows [...]

Apr
7
2010

The best video to date

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Jan
21
2010

How to Easily Download Large Number of Images from Flicker.com

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Recently I needed some images to create a dataset for a project I am doing. While Flickr.com seemed to be the best source. All i needed to do was to put in a query and a large number of relevant images would show up. But downloading original images from Flickr.com can be bit of a [...]

Dec
20
2009

Google goggles

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Google has recently launched its latest in image search, called Google Goggles. It is an application for Android operating system that allows a user to perform searches based on images instead of text.
According to the official statement “Google Goggles works best on books & DVDs, landmarks, logos, contact info, artwork, businesses, products, barcodes, or text. [...]

Dec
16
2009

The Nuance of Getting Tagged

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All of us have heard people complaining about a flood of Facebook notifications from unwanted tags. As hard as I have tried, I failed to find a way to prevent people from tagging me without my approval; in photos, messages, notes and wall posts. It appears Facebook does not give its users the ability to [...]

Dec
16
2009

Google Adsense Wordpress Plugins

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Original Article appeared here.
Listed below are 10 best Adsense plugins which help you work smarter with wordpress.

Adsense Deluxe – offers advanced options for managing the automatic insertion of Google AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads to your WordPress posts. Easily switch all AdSense ads to a new color scheme across the entire site.
Adsense [...]

Aug
6
2009

Basic Laws of Technology

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Here are some funny Technology laws.
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Aug
5
2009

Good and Bad Procrastination

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Paul Graham, December 2005 The most impressive people I know are all terrible procrastinators. So could it be that procrastination isn’t always bad? Most people who write about procrastination write about how to cure it. But this is, strictly speaking, impossible. There are an infinite number of things [...]

Aug
5
2009

Richard Hamming: You and your research

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Talk at Bellcore, 7 March 1986 The title of my talk is, “You and Your Research.” It is not about managing research, it is about how you individually do your research. I could give a talk on the other subject– but it’s not, it’s about you. I’m not talking about ordinary run-of-the-mill [...]