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Updated my website using XML/XSLT
Apr 16, 20051 min read

Updated my website using XML/XSLT

I updated my website today. I used the " " template from . Initially I had used . But I found that it is very difficult to update the pages since we need to search for the tags where we need to upd...

Finally got my first stipend
Apr 15, 20051 min read

Finally got my first stipend

There were some problems in getting my stipend. After much awaiting finally my stipend cheque arrived yesterday. Thank God!

Semantic wikipedia
Apr 12, 20051 min read

Semantic wikipedia

Combine the power of the "Semantic Web" and "Wikipedia" and you get . What would this mean for normal users? Well, probably in the near future you could see a revived search in Wikipedia that is ab...

Can machines think?
Apr 08, 20051 min read

Can machines think?

The original question, "Can machines think?" I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion. Nevertheless I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opini...

Blog categorizing
Apr 05, 20051 min read

Blog categorizing

I had about the feature that I was missing in LJ. It is about categorizing the blogs into different categories. I tried suggesting LJ about this through a moderated suggestions community. Guess wha...

IMAGINE - the unique event @ Technologix'05
Apr 05, 20051 min read

IMAGINE - the unique event @ Technologix'05

Since the idea was mine, I should take some credits for its success. Most of them (or should I say all) liked the event. The idea: We present a system (software system) to the contestants and ask t...

Problems with search engines
Apr 05, 20052 min read

Problems with search engines

I somehow feel that search engines still suck (sorry for that word, but no better word to describe what I feel). Consider this: I am new to a domain say, "Autonomic computing" and I need more infor...

TechnologiX'2005
Apr 04, 20051 min read

TechnologiX'2005

Whew, what a success we have had! Technologix was organized by us on April 1 and 2 this year. I being the chairman of CSI-SJCE had moments of tension, excitement and relief. :) As usual, we tried t...

Gang of Four
Mar 21, 20051 min read

Gang of Four

Ever wonder how this thing figured here? Well, I am talking about the Gurus' who cataloged the Design Patterns and came up with a solid book (pretty solid since it is hard-bound) called Design Patt...

My Blogroll @ Bloglines
Mar 17, 20051 min read

My Blogroll @ Bloglines

Finally managed to spend some time to get things in place in my Feed list. I now officially release my . No information management related stuff though.

The disadvantage of LJ
Mar 17, 20051 min read

The disadvantage of LJ

With about a year's experience in blogging and commenting on others' blogs, I realized that LJ has one problem. Consider this: Suppose I go and tell my friends (non-geeks) that I have started blogg...

GoogleX
Mar 16, 20051 min read

GoogleX

People criticize me saying that my blog is only full of links. But hey, this is my blog! You are no one to question right?! Coming to the point, I had written earlier about XtraGoogle. Now how abou...