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USB Flash Drive With Write Protect Switch
The first USB flash drive that I had owned, RiDATA 1 GB flash drive, had a hardware USB write protect switch. This was really cool as whenever I had to take a printout at some Internet cafe, I’d lock it and then only attach it to any computer. This way I was confident that even…
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Creating Audio CD Image
We all have heard of the ISO image format which is a very popular way of backing up data CDs & DVDs. A very easy way of creating an ISO image in linux is by using the dd or dcfldd command. Similarly, in Windows, applications such as Nero have an option to save a CD…
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Synovel CollabSuite Gets Deployed at IIIT-H
After a long wait, Synovel CollabSuite has finally been deployed at IIIT-H, my graduation school. Since I’ve graduated, I wanted to do something significant for IIIT-H and I got this opportunity through my current company, Synovel Software Technologies. This has been the largest deployment of CollabSuite to date, with about 3750 user base and more…
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Pidgin XEP-0136 Plugin
XEP-0136 is an XMPP protocol extension used for storing and accessing message archives. Daniel Kraic has written a Pidgin plugin for accessing these archived messages. Below are the brief instructions for installing this plugin in Debian and using it. Generic installation instructions can be found in INSTALL file. Installation: Download the plugin (https://github.com/danielkraic/Pidgin-XEP-0136-plugin/tags) and extract…
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Tekkeon TekCharge Mobile Power and Battery Charger Review
TekCharge MP1550 is an awesome mobile charger. I had purchased it from Amazon and got it shipped with one of my friends. Few things which I think are really cool about this charger are: Charger supports 7 different connectors. Furthermore there is a USB port, which means that theoretically any portable device that could be…
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My First Smartphone – Motorola Fire XT530
At last, I get my first smartphone – Motorola Fire XT530 which is based on Android. And this was a gift from a very close buddy of mine – Srikanth. He wanted to gift me something for my marriage, and I put it off till my second anniversary as I wanted his gift to be…
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Replacement Laptop Keys
It may sometime happen that a key of our laptop breaks, or no longer works properly. Often the solution suggested for this is to have the entire laptop keyboard replaced. But this is not economical considering that laptop keyboards are pretty costly.
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Buliding Vim 7.3 RPM packages for 64-bit CentOS 5 / 6
Vim 7.3 has one really useful built-in feature – Blowfish encryption. With Blowfish encryption, strong encryption of files is now possible using vim. Here is a short tutorial on how to build RPM packages for Vim 7.3 on 64-bit CentOS 5 and CentOS 6. I have built the packages as user ‘root’. However, it is…
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Diamond Books Publication Online Shopping Review
This is a review of my online shopping experience with Diamond Books Publication (http://www.diamondbook.in/). Without doubt, ordering through your online portal is one of the worst sales experience I have ever had.
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Long Time, No See!
It has been almost 9 months since I’ve posted my last post. Now, that’s a very very very long time. The longest time I’ve inactive on my blog. But now, I’m back! And hopefully, will not repeat this :p. So, here is what has been keeping me busy of late.