Google Talk

It is finally out. I just installed it at home and thatz about it. Didnt quite try it out since there isnt any one else on my friends list !!!. I have sent out a couple of friend invitations but havent got any reply back.

27th Aug 05 14:30
I happend to meet Karthik Gopalan (aka KG) online so we decided to give talk a try. I was absolutely amazing. Much much better than what is currently given by yahoo or MSN, I havent tried Skype but this is really quite good, what is even better the size of the app is just 900K.

Error 1714 - while installing iTunes

I was getting 'Error 1714' while installing iTunes I guess it has something to do with the fact that I manually deleted the folder c:\windows\Downloaded Installations\

Since this folder was taking up a lot of HD space on the C drive
Now since I didnt that I couldnt install iTunes updated version since the iTunes installer was loooking for an older version of iTunes to uninstall it and it couldnt find the older installer at c:\windows\Downloaded Installations\

So I downloaded Windows Installer CleanUp Utility that did some clean up.

Google Desktop Episode II

Google desktop search 2.
Just installed it some time back, seems quite interesting. There are some good plugins avaliable for it. I installed the System Monitor plugin.

There seems to be some resources for plugin development, I dont know if I will get the time to read through all that.

Drag & Drop for Images and Layers in JavaScript DHTML Library,

I had a look at drag and drop in Google Personilization site and it was realy nice.
Here is the Javascript and DHTML API that does the same.
This page also some other interesting stuff like adding too tips to links
DHTML JavaScript Tooltips

I can also attach images to the tooltip, like this is a pic of me on a tooltip

Then there is also stuff for dragging and images, like this Picture , taken when amit was over in london can be dragged.


I got the drag and drop to work using this site : http://www.youngpup.net/2001/domdrag/tutorial

Ok the dragging doest work in this blog, since there seems to be some interference between the code generated by blogger.

Konfabulator: The Beginning Widget Writer's Guide

Nice page introducing creating Widgets for Konfabulator. It seems quite good and really easy to write.

RSS 2 PDF - Free Online RSS, Atom or OPML to PDF Generator

This is something quite good, an online PDF converter

Wireless ADSL Router

I am thinking of going in for this Wireless ADSL Modem Router
Linksys

Sony Ericsson Developer World

Development site for Sony Erricson Phones. I am really interested in getting the Nokia N90 phone, since it has implementation for a lot of Java APIs that I am interested in,but since it is still not out here. I guess I will have to go in for another phone, may be Motorazon V3 or Sony Erricson K750i. Still havent decided.

Looking for a Mobile phone with Symbian OS Series 60 Platform, 3rd Edition

I was lookin for a mobile phone that implements the Location API for J2ME.
I then found out that Symbian has allready implemented that API in its Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition.

So I posted this in the Java Ranch forum.

Should I go in for a PSP

I cant decide if I should go in for a PSP ?

Google Personal

Really nice google personal site.
A lot of customization avaliable, you can also add some external feeds to your personal site.
I tried adding linux admin's blog atom.xml feed to my personal site and it worked.

Like here is how you can add my blog to your google personal home page.
1. Go the google personal home page http://www.google.com/ig
2. Click on 'Add Content' on the top left corner.
3. Select the last option 'Create Section'
4. Enter the following URL in text box http://thinking0utl0ud.blogspot.com/atom.xml
5. Click on 'Go'

Hacking the hotel through the TV | Tech News on ZDNet

Nice article.

Stopped by the cops again at Tower Hill Tube Station

I think I am the chosen one since I was stopped again by a cop today but this time it was the Tube station and not the DLR station.
This cop started asking me stuff and then I told him that I had allready been searched, he had a stupid look on his face and I told me that I was searched on friday and he asked me if I had the ticket with me so I showed it to him. He then said that he was sorry and he said that I do have a big bag with me ( big ??? it is just a normal sized bag, and nothing much in it ), told him that if he still wanted to have a look inside he definately can. He said that he said that it was ok and he let me go.

A bit of Hot Coffee for Senator Clinton's mind

An article about how video games affecting childerns mind. I didnt get time to read through it but I guess it should be an interesting read.

Stopped by cops on the way to work

This friday I was stopped by the cops at Tower Hill DLR station at 8:30 am and searched. I also got a ticket containing details about the search and the clothes that I was wearing etc.

Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h: window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all'

This is a nice one, I really had to post it.

Rapid reboots on Dell GX270

For the last couple of days I was having a problem with my PC at work. It just kept rebotting, and I also noticed that it made a wierd sound while starting up. The rebotting was quite random and not related to any problem with a software.
That guy at the help desk was really helpfull and he told me that my profile was really huge, we reduced it by deleting the cache folder in .IntelliJ that seemed to have solved the problem for yesterday, but then today morning I couldnt log into the system at all.

Finally the hardware guy came over and he opened the machine and he told me that a capacitor was fried, I had a look at it and it looked like some puss ozzing out.
He told me that he is taking my PC and going to replace the motherboard and will get it back in about an hrs time, it is good that the problem was related to just my motherboard and not any software, since I didnt want to go through the entire process of re configuring my machine and setting it up to work the way I wanted it to work. Moreover I also dont loose the work that I had done yesterday evening.

I also googled the problem and it came up with this article. I have to say I am luck I dont have this problem with my PC at home since, coz if I did I would have no idea about the actual problem and no way I could get it replaced without paying a huge sum.

The Fabric of the Cosmos

I got this book for my US trip, it is really very good. It is written by Brian Greene, the same author who wrote 'The Elegant Universe'.

Had a really very nice trip to US and did a lot of things, I dont feel like writing much now. I guess I should be uploading all the photos to the internet soon.

Cheap Air, Inc. - Search for Cheap Air Fare at CheapAir.com

Nice site for searching Cheap Air Tickets in US. I think it consolodates data from different sites

Open Source Testing

I wanted some tool for load testing my server side application ( not web based ). I didnt want to write my own load testing application client.

Found some interesting stuff over here.