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Orkut is screwing my mailbox
Sep 01, 20051 min read

Orkut is screwing my mailbox

I had heard that the server is bad. But I didn't know it could be so deadly. Orkut sent me a friend request approval mail atleast 20 times (as of writing this blog entry)! :( Server spamming eh?! A...

What is your Googlenym?
Sep 01, 20051 min read

What is your Googlenym?

A is a word or a set of words (phrase) that you enter to go to a particular page. It's now a common strategy to remember the Googlenym rather than the entire URL to a website. Just remember what is...

What a vacation!!!
Aug 23, 20054 min read

What a vacation!!!

(This blog is subject to change and refinement. All irrelevant details have been suppressed.) Our final exams ended on June 10th, 2005. It was a satisfying end to a great journey. What happened aft...

Open "source" - is it enough?
Aug 18, 20052 min read

Open "source" - is it enough?

This blog entry is not meant to harm the sentiments of any. What is the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about "Open source"? Well, for me, it's not something exciting. The reason as I s...

IBM is the place you need to work!!!
Aug 12, 20051 min read

IBM is the place you need to work!!!

The more I work in IBM, the more I learn about the system here, the more it makes me wonder "IS THERE ANY OTHER BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD TO WORK? OR IS IT THE 'FROG IN THE WELL' KINDA STORY?"

The XInclude namespace foolishness
Aug 11, 20051 min read

The XInclude namespace foolishness

I was going through XInclude for my project. The project required me to use Xerces SAX parser. My input XML document used 2003 in the XInclude namespace (http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude). The XIncl...

1,286 search plugins for Firefox!!!
Aug 04, 20051 min read

1,286 search plugins for Firefox!!!

Are you looking for some search plug-ins for Firefox (the one that goes into the little text box to the top-right)? Then your search should . You can easily find the search plug-in of your choice h...

New to tagging?
Aug 03, 20051 min read

New to tagging?

Are you a newbie to the concept of tagging? If you are still in doubts about why tagging can be of help, you need to check this .

Random thought
Aug 03, 20051 min read

Random thought

An advice: Read your daily horoscopes at the end of the day, to know how your day went by.

What a week!
Aug 02, 20051 min read

What a week!

What a week it has been! It has been only a week since I joined ISL and my name has been put up everywhere! Know why? I participated in a skit (!!!) and my name was printed in all the posters put u...

The default namespace problem in XSLT 1.0
Aug 01, 20051 min read

The default namespace problem in XSLT 1.0

(This blog is only for my reference. Non-XSLT users please dis-regard this blog entry. XSLT users please suggest some alternatives/comments.) There is a problem popularly called the default namespa...