http://www.nirenjan.com My personal web diary, with ramblings on different topics Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Shyam for these. சாப்ட்வேர் மக்களுக்கு ரஜினியின் ‘பஞ்ச' ----- பக்(Bug) எப்ப வரும், எப்படி வரும்ன்னு யாருக்கும் தெரியாது ஆனா, வர வேண்டிய நேரத்துல கரெக்டா வந்துடும் ----- நீ விரும்புற ப்ராஜக்ட்ல ஓர்க் பண்ணுறத விட உன்னை விரும்பற ப்ராஜக்டல ஒர்க் பண்ணினா உன் வாழ்க்கை சந்தோஷமா இருக்கும். ----- கஷ்டப்படாம பிக்ஸ் பண்ணுற பக் க்ளோஸ் ஆகாது அப்படி க்ளோஸ் ஆனாலும் ரீ-ஓபன் ஆகாம போகாது. ----- ப்ரோமோஷன், ஹைக், ஆன்சைட் இது பின்னாடி நாம போக கூடாது இதெல்லாம்தான் நம்ம பின்னாடி வரணும் ----- கை ... http://www.nirenjan.com/2009/03/superstars-punch-for-software-engineers/ So as we welcome the new year of 2009, it's time to look back at 2008 and see what all I did. Jan 1 - As usual, woke up and did nothing during the day :). This was during my vacation back home after a grueling semester at Carnegie Mellon. Jan 4 ... http://www.nirenjan.com/2009/01/2008-the-year-that-was/ It turned out that when I'd try to use the open with context menu in windows explorer, it would open the file with notepad by default, instead of showing the actual open with window. A little registry hacking is required to restore the default behaviour. Steps: Open the registry editor and navigate to ... http://www.nirenjan.com/2008/11/windows-hacks-open-with-context-menu/ Saw the movie last night, however, I'll leave the reviewing up to Suderman. Read Sudhish's review here. My take? Nice story, but a bit overstretched. 'Nuff said. http://www.nirenjan.com/2008/11/vaaranam-aayiram/ As you probably know, Firefox 3 has a "feature" to block access to sites that have been reported to be phishing or malware hosts. Ironically, Mozilla's own page titled "It's an attack" has been reported to be an attack site. [caption id="attachment_514" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Mozilla - Reported Attack Site"][/caption] Update: I stand corrected. ... http://www.nirenjan.com/2008/09/firefox-3-irony/ Venkat Prabhu's latest venture has all the makings of a superhit blockbuster movie (according to other reviews out there). I had a chance to see Saroja last night at IMC6 in San Jose. Verdict: A movie about friends who are on the way to see a cricket match, and get lost ... http://www.nirenjan.com/2008/09/review-saroja/ I can't believe how much they milk his image... (via Balaji) http://www.nirenjan.com/2008/08/superfast-superstar/