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 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-25

• @achitnis hehehe. this question is being asked all over e.g. http://tinyurl.com/ns3d9p windows update? ? #firefox #eu #microsoft #ie in reply to achitnis #
• @achtinis Or perhaps #Win7 #EU should atleast bundle #Wget for Windows http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm #Microsoft #
• How to download an alternative web browser like #Firefox on #Win7 (E or N editions) without #IE http://tinyurl.com/l3vwxz #
• What's up with #Microsoft #XBox updates http://bit.ly/16VEiQ #
• More on how to install alternate web browser on #Microsoft #Win7 #EU edition http://tinyurl.com/ktsv4l. Read para 3 and 5 #
• @aseemsood pardon my ignorance too. How can it render HTML without the IE rendering engine! Remember IETab which u used to use? in reply to aseemsood #
• ahha, just read this: http://tinyurl.com/lhk6ar and #Twitter indeed had cut off spam accounts as I said http://tinyurl.com/mhnwng #
• @aseemsood how was the movie #Luck? in reply to aseemsood #
• @bineshkutty is it related to "todo" ? in reply to bineshkutty #
• @vinodunny http://tinyurl.com/mqopzz Conv. based on subject instead of message-id. I suffix "solved" (say) & conv. breaks? #Outlook2010 in reply to vinodunny #
• @VineetBhatnagar hey thanks. Will try this out in reply to VineetBhatnagar #
• @vinodunny sent in reply to vinodunny #
• RT @pankaj_shukla @kbhargava tempting pic & fabulous photography sir . http://short.to/kqeo #
• @kbhargava Appreciate ur morals on tweeting else u would have said the obvious reg. @pankaj_shukla's temptation rather than "khane ka irada" in reply to kbhargava #
• @pankaj_shukla palne ka ? oh u will wait for the bird to turn 16? in reply to pankaj_shukla #
• @pankaj_shukla ur innocence is touching. I'm crying rt now at my "innocent target". See the link sent by @bineshkutty in reply to pankaj_shukla #
• Why Vinod cannot go to Europe ? Coz he is bundled with IE. Vinod UnnIE @vinodunny #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25

• @bineshkutty a hydroelectricity excuse till the nuclear deal excuse comes in http://tinyurl.com/n7jl5r #bhakra #dam #power #india in reply to bineshkutty #
• @aseemsood @sharat_j is not as tall as you. in reply to aseemsood #
• @aseemsood http://tinyurl.com/mazenf its not geeky at all, its monopolistic and political in reply to aseemsood #
• @vinodunny All i can do is wink in reply to vinodunny #
• #html #css trick. sick of gap between two elements, despite margin and padding set to 0? Try a negative margin. e.g. margin-top:-10px; #
• #infosys Nandan Nilekani appointed chairman of National ID card project – the ID card for every Indian citizen #
• @vinodunny Another free (and open source) .Net based CMS called #umbraco http://umbraco.org/ in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny shiny in reply to vinodunny #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-05

• Decided to blindly follow my new GPS app’s instructions. Result? Stuck in traffic jam which I knew how to avoid, after all im heading ho … #
• .. home #
• Took a U turn. Thank you technology. Thank you GPS #
• Its apparant that I did not Tweet much yesterday #
• @hoshieg thanks in reply to hoshieg #
• @achitnis vinod is asking about E-mail, not abut Tweets in reply to achitnis #
• @vinodunny sending Outlook/MS word formatted HTML mai to Thunderbird/Evolution users is very rude. in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny perhaps u shudnt reply in plain text to html (esp. with tables). Without email client with threaded msgs, the context may be lost in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny sure. Port it to Linux. in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny I was going to predict this reply in the earlier tweet itself in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny web mail does not mean HTML mails (unless hotmail mandates it). All standard based webmails give the option to send PT mails in reply to vinodunny #
• @achitnis actually its not about colors and font but data (in tables) and emphasis (in bold). Useful to have it inline for a quick glance. in reply to achitnis #
• @vinodunny gurgaon is fine in reply to vinodunny #
• @achitnis if u dont disagree that means u agree and agreements cannot be followed by buts Pushpa, I hate tears in reply to achitnis #
• @achitnis ok then coming to gurgaon tomorrow for 2230 hrs show of star trek with @vinodunny @bineshkutty @shekharg to celebrate ur agreement in reply to achitnis #
• @achitnis thats the fun, only 1 MS evangelist will be trapped between us, while expecting that he has come to enjoy StarTrek – the movie in reply to achitnis #
• @vinodunny @bineshkutty 2300 hrs, DT Mega Mall, Gurgaon. I didnt get the SMS/Email from bookmyshow. Took a printout in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny @bineshkutty got the SMS. Jet set go #
• @rahulsah #PHP SDK for Windows #Azure http://phpazure.codeplex.com/ #
• RT @kkumarkg I am working #
• @kkumarkg still, wasn’t it funny that I retweeted it ? in reply to kkumarkg #
• @kkumarkg reg. Open source comp costlier: because seldom they get a piece of the pie and tend to make most out of it @vinodunny in reply to kkumarkg #
• @kkumarkg did u laugh ? Or did u smile ? in reply to kkumarkg #
• @kkumarkg better luck next time @shekharg in reply to kkumarkg #

Display Microsoft Word’s Special Characters through Apache

Recently, I carried out a Linux server upgrade for a client where I did a clean install of the latest operating system/distribution. Since it was a clean install I had to backup and note down the earlier configuration (of mail server, web server, database) and redo those changes. Mostly I preferred not to simply overwrite with the backed up configuration files. I rather documented and edited the configuration manually.

It all seemed to have gone smoothly and the new server has been up and running. But one not-so-fine day, the client started complaining that some HTML pages are not displaying properly. These were showing question marks (?) and some other weird characters. I figured out that these HTML pages were generated using Microsoft Word and had those special characters (closing quotes, double hyphens etc.). I discussed with the client that this could be a web browser problem because it is not able to use the correct character set. Read the rest of this entry »

Slice out my latest post

The second beta of the upcoming version  of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE 8 ) web browser was released last month. One of the touted features of IE 8 is Web Slices.

Many of us cut out articles from the newspapers if we find them interesting. Think of Web Slices to be cuttings from Web sites. But with a difference. If these cuttings (web content) are updated on the respective web sites, you will be notified, as well as your cuttings will be updated. Technically, you “subscribe to a Web Slice”, instead of saying cutting it off which may offend the webmasters

The latest post on my Blog is Web Slice enabled (or say, it is a Web Slice). In fact, it is Web Slice enabled since some time. Perhaps, some of you (who are using IE 8 ) would have noticed it.

Read the rest of this entry »