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“Language X for Y developer” tutorials are useless
The idea of the polyglot/full-stack developer is pushing all the web developers to continually learn new languages and you might come across a few tutorials on the lines of ‘Python for C++ programmers’ or ‘Go for Java developers’. I don’t think these tutorials are the best way to pick a new language. The premise of…
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Startup Festival Bangalore
The Startup Festival held at Bangalore from 7-10 March 2013, was an interesting peek into a lot of the startup companies based at Bangalore. Here’s what I saw. The Good I wasn’t expecting to see such a big turnout! A shoutout to the organisers (Vlad, Shashidharan, and the volunteers) for the well-organised event. It was…
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Redesigning Windows desktop theme with Rainmeter
One thing I miss about the Windows OS is the nifty selection of desktop applications developed by some amazing people over the years. Macs were too closed and expensive when I started working with computers. While, Windows and Linux gave me an opportunity to dissect my PC and play around with installing different OSes. An…
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The new Nao is awesome!
Dec 13, 2011
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Aero India 2011
Hot day, a huge crowd, and most people would have gotten back exhausted. The arrangements at AeroIndia could have been better. But props to those who attended. Open-air fields are rough. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger haha. Nevertheless, I did enjoy many things at the show — I had to. I can’t hate…
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Turn the volume down
Jan 18, 2010 Reposting comments from a discussion about earphones on slashdot — Re:Turn down the volume (Score:4, Interesting) by Khyber No, your ear drums are not a nerve. They’re a tympanic membrane. Where you lose your hearing is from the loss and the degradation of the three inner ear bones caused by intense sound…
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Humanoid Robots
Dec 9, 2009 I’ve always had a fascination for automation and robotics. The last few years have seen some very interesting developments in Humanoid robots. Honda Asimo, Sony Aibo and Sony Qrio displayed some nifty capabilities early 2000s. Unfortunately Sony stopped the research on the duo in Jan 2006 and Asimo hasn’t seen a new…
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The Art of Engineering
Ever given a curious thought to what happens when that 220 Volts is plugged into the computer? Here goes: A basic circuit converts the 220V AC to a 5V DC and feeds it to the Oscillator on the MotherBoard. A wave of electrical pulses that flips about 109 (1000,000,000) times a second is generated. For…
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Electric Emotions.
Sep 30, 2009 You never compromised. Why should anything be less than perfect. The things you loved to do, you couldn’t. And still been there, done that. Who was it that you actually cared for. Who got sidelined. How many have you left behind — when they wanted you — and then the order reversed.…