Twitter Updates for 2010-03-22

• RT @drupal Drupal 7 alpha 3 is now available. Try it out now! http://short.to/1ow5n #
• @vinodunny yep #24 is entertaining in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny opt 4 basic HTML version while accessing GMail over GPRS. Also theres a plugin which shows quick summary of mails. @bineshkutty ? #
• @bineshkutty U showed quick preview of new mails in GMail. What's that called? @vinodunny using Exchange. Winmob can't sync frm 2 sources. in reply to bineshkutty #
• #winmobile RT @bineshkutty @shekharg @vinodunny I've never had to opt for Basic HTML for #Gmail Push for Gmail also works without a glitch. #
• @vinodunny Hence Gmail labs Inbox Preview in reply to vinodunny #
• Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Beta 1 out @aseemsood #
• Microsoft OfficeTalk = Twitter within organizations http://short.to/1p0sb #
• @anindyar congrats!!! PARTY!!! in reply to anindyar #
• @anindyar yea rt. "welcome to my party and don't forget to bring ur own plates, food, daru and salad" Anyways congrats. Good move in reply to anindyar #
• It's challenging to stay true to your energy today because you… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/?sign=5 #
• @sharat_j Ref ur photo: http://short.to/1phr8 Another pic taken at same time, same place by anonymous http://short.to/1onor #
• @sharat_j @kbhargava not able to decide which one is better. Pls advise in reply to sharat_j #

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

• This is one of those rare days when the best of things and the… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• RT @mysql_community MySQL Server 5.1.45 has been released – http://is.gd/aLD1G – Includes InnoDB plugin 1.0.6 and >25 bug fixes in reply to mysql_community #
• Tried a Javascipt heavy webapp with IE9 platform preview. IE7 & 8: 30 secs, IE9: 14 secs (Firefox renders it in 5 secs) #
• @vinodunny Does the javascript engine (Chakra) also use GPU acceleration? The app creates lots of checkboxes (4 a tree) via JS #IE9 in reply to vinodunny #
• @Saurangshuk @vinodunny seems so as per the readings. In IE9 GPU acceleration is used for HTML5 media elements like video in reply to Saurangshuk #
• @Saurangshuk End of Flash is what HTML 5 claims after Silverlight @vinodunny in reply to Saurangshuk #
• Joomla extensions site http://extensions.joomla.org/ seems to be down. #
• @dioscouri yep even I can't access Joomla Extensions http://twitter.com/shekharg/status/10624526555 in reply to dioscouri #
• @russelltripp yep even I can't access Joomla Extensions http://twitter.com/shekharg/status/10624526555 in reply to russelltripp #
• @russelltripp hey thanks for the update. Browsing extensions.joomla.org now! in reply to russelltripp #
• @RuiSeabra Ref: "Is Remi's repo the best way to get Firefox 3.6 for #fedora quot; Have you tried Fedora Rawhide Repo? in reply to RuiSeabra #
• @see_people I'm not able to access your website http://seepeoplesoftware.com as of this writing in reply to see_people #
• The CSS for removing Cellspacing in HTML tables is border-collapse: collapse; #
• @pankaj_shukla find out and be sure. in reply to pankaj_shukla #

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

• This is one of those rare days when the best of things and the… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• RT @mysql_community MySQL Server 5.1.45 has been released – http://is.gd/aLD1G – Includes InnoDB plugin 1.0.6 and >25 bug fixes in reply to mysql_community #
• Tried a Javascipt heavy webapp with IE9 platform preview. IE7 & 8: 30 secs, IE9: 14 secs (Firefox renders it in 5 secs) #
• @vinodunny Does the javascript engine (Chakra) also use GPU acceleration? The app creates lots of checkboxes (4 a tree) via JS #IE9 in reply to vinodunny #
• @Saurangshuk @vinodunny seems so as per the readings. In IE9 GPU acceleration is used for HTML5 media elements like video in reply to Saurangshuk #
• @Saurangshuk End of Flash is what HTML 5 claims after Silverlight @vinodunny in reply to Saurangshuk #
• Joomla extensions site http://extensions.joomla.org/ seems to be down. #
• @dioscouri yep even I can't access Joomla Extensions http://twitter.com/shekharg/status/10624526555 in reply to dioscouri #
• @russelltripp yep even I can't access Joomla Extensions http://twitter.com/shekharg/status/10624526555 in reply to russelltripp #
• @russelltripp hey thanks for the update. Browsing extensions.joomla.org now! in reply to russelltripp #
• @RuiSeabra Ref: "Is Remi's repo the best way to get Firefox 3.6 for #fedora quot; Have you tried Fedora Rawhide Repo? in reply to RuiSeabra #
• @see_people I'm not able to access your website http://seepeoplesoftware.com as of this writing in reply to see_people #
• The CSS for removing Cellspacing in HTML tables is border-collapse: collapse; #
• @pankaj_shukla find out and be sure. in reply to pankaj_shukla #

Official WordPress app for Android

After having played with wpToGo app (though for a very short time), the announcement of an official WordPress app for Android phones caught my attention. These apps allow you to manage your blog posts and comments from your Android phone.

I fired Android Market on my phone, searched for “wordpress” and the official app was right at the top, proudly named as WordPress, just WordPress. Yea, that’s indeed the official app! Read the rest of this entry »

Web Scraping with Firefox and PHP, using XPath

Last year, I faced two projects which required automated Web scrapping – to aggregate content from web pages. I evaluated different methods for Web scraping with varied level of success. Thanks to the changing structure of Web pages, non well-formed pages and URL redirects.

Amongst using regular expressions and DOM (Document Object Model) parsing, I used XPath too. XPath works great for well-formed Web pages. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-04

• Trying out Kompozer – based on Mozilla – HTML / WYSIWYG editor http://www.kompozer.net/ #
• flashing my ADP1 with the 4.2.12.1 Cyanogen ROM update @cyanogen #Android in reply to cyanogen #
• The deed is done. My ADP1 is now powered by Cyanogen 4.2.12.1 "Aal izz well, so far". @cyanogen #Android #
• Time to update my #Android phone again RT @cyanogen 4.2.12.2 is up, and this one is completely bug free, I swear #
• You may be resisting the inevitable and the more you fight you… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• @neetaunny 2 tweets from "ur geek" today addressed to binesh. Check his twitter page in reply to neetaunny #
• RT @androinica 11 Android Apps I hope to see in 2010 #androidapps http://goo.gl/fb/3MwS #android #
• @bineshkutty ?? in reply to bineshkutty #
• Today is D Day http://short.to/12er8 #Heroes #TV If I recall, its suppose to be a 1/2 hrs spl. episode #
• RT @_FireFart_ #cmupdater made a 4.5.2 to fix the updatecheck issue. will be on market in a few seconds. Screenshot Support will be in 5.0 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-11-27

• Trying to drag-n-drop files on Google Wave using Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 – which is suppose to support HTML 5 File API. But it doesn't work. Why? #
• @bafic yep. whats your gmail address ? in reply to bafic #
• @bafic most welcome. But the Google Wave invite may take time to reach ur inbox http://bit.ly/7no3AC in reply to bafic #
• RT @twidroid twidroid 3.0 scheduled for monday ++ guest appearance in DROID commercial :] http://short.to/y7d0 — happy thanksgiving! #
• RT @jyotibhargava RT @jyotibhargava: My new post on ROI with Social Media http://jdesignlab.com/ #
• RT @anindyar Outlook 2010 – CopyCat. going the Gmail way. #
• @pankaj_shukla koi apne long left brother jitna mahaan kaise ho sakta hai? in reply to pankaj_shukla #
• My Google Wave invite reached within 2 hours (as per the time when the receipient reported) as opposed to 5 days http://short.to/yjsh #
• As per @pankaj_shukla Google Wave now depicts users (contacts/participants) who are online and waving. Havnt yet checked it myself #
• You may be quite excited about your future, yet there are stil… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• @RalphEhlers have google wave invites and have been interested in it since early access to its sanbox – much before the preview in reply to RalphEhlers #

FTP Backups made easy

I do not recall backing up data over FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in the near past. Thanks to the SSH (Secure SHell) suite of programs like SCP (Secure Copy) and SFTP (Secure FTP), and RSync. But recently I had to setup a scheduled and unattended backup of data lying on a shared hosted server using FTP – the only available option at my disposal.

Wget is a popular and obvious choice to try out for FTP backups. But it didn’t work for me and threw an error saying cannot find .listing file. While I was about to dwell more into wget, I spotted the forgotten hero – lftp. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-10

• @vinodunny lol I thot I alone can play with words (oops tweets) to avail on opportunities to get back at. Honestly, A welcome tweet in reply to vinodunny #
• @kbhargava hmm u r enjoying and "he who shud not be named" is @achitnis – just a wild guess. @vinodunny in reply to kbhargava #
• Lets unite ,before, terrorists create a micro soft bomb, since methods to create it r open source, and throw a googly on our world #
• @vinodunny whats Twitter?- 140 chars blog, blog? – page with HTML editor, #Google #Wave? – chat + plugins with E-mail like interface in reply to vinodunny #
• http://bit.ly/xX3Wm #Twitter #Microsoft #Google #
• @vinodunny before you undermine google wave. Whats Win 7? Performance, security, device support: An Operating System #
• To keep up my pledge to have #Google #Wave always launched, made wave.google.com the home page in Firefox #
• real time (while seeing, what the other person is typing) waving with @aseemsood, rt now #Google #Wave #
• The Mute button in #Google #Wave removes a wave from the Inbox. To un-mute, select the wave under All, and select Inbox #
• RT @kbhargava: RT @honeytech: 20 #opensource base for building social networking websites http://bit.ly/rWyM5 #
• @juhib but aren't u the sorts who like to flip through paper? Why Kindle? in reply to juhib #
• Correct me if I'm wrong, Barak Obama freed ppl facing detention, post 9/11 for unproven charges. So why not a Nobel Peace Prize? #
• @juhib i dont think kindle is worth 13k in reply to juhib #
• @juhib dont think, it flips pages. http://bit.ly/3Oi6qW in reply to juhib #
• RT @androinica LAPTOP Magazine: Android is New Windows Mobile: Android is new Windows Mobile http://bit.ly/Hno6Z #
• RT @vinodunny Nicely put thoughts on #Obama getting the #Nobel Peace Price: http://bit.ly/dctrO #
• #Nokia no. 1 and #Android no. 2 by 2012 http://short.to/t6zh #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-23

• @kbhargava indeed a #fail . #Tweety extension for #GoogleWave does not refresh tweets. #Google in reply to kbhargava #
• my colorful way of doing a DIV based layout http://twitpic.com/ilxec Float left, float right, float here, float there #css #html #
• RT @google: We don't use 'keywords' metatag in web search ranking – see @mattcutts post and vid here: http://bit.ly/3mDd4n #
• Open Source #viruses and #trojans http://bit.ly/U57hq #
• RT @aseemsood first result on Bing is Alta Vista. RT: @GautamGhosh: first result if you search for "search" on Google is Bing! LOL! #
• #Linux on Desktops http://bit.ly/KF5pt #
• RT @google Push Gmail comes to Google Sync for iPhone and Windows Mobile http://bit.ly/1137UB #