- February, 2005
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WYSIWYG browser based html editor
Tinymce is a nice WYSIWYG browser based HTML editor. It transforms the way the <textarea > element appears. Handy for providing users a way to edit their content. Does not work on safari
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A anti-spyware tool is becoming a necessary add on for windows machine now. The other necessary add on is certainly an antivirus. Any AV suite can bring a PC to its knees. Whenever I see a AV doing a full system scan, my heart goes out to the poor IDE drive. With MS entering the anti-spyware and antivirus department, I cannot keep thinking "first create the problem AND then charge money to pretend to solve it." ... nice strategy
Hmm... if anyone near Mayur Vihar (Delhi) wants to migrate to Linux, you know where to ask
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02-Feb-2005
On 1st February I joined a new company, Data Armor. With the new job, I also became one of the many Delhi commuters (someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work) . At my first job, I was lucky enough to have my office located at a fifteen minutes drive from my home. The traffic on that part was pretty light. However, the new office is at least forty five minutes drive, and that too through the very heavy traffic. I start out early in the morning and thus (have been able to escape) traffic snarls in the morning. However, the journey back is quite another story. I have to snake my way through bicycles, scooters, bikes and fast moving buses.
On the positive side, I am working as a programmer right now, which is a very important change from my previous job as a programmer/sysadmin/team leader/support guy. I have always liked programming and got sucked into sysadmin-ing since I worked on Linux and knew a bit about networking. However, I do not really grudge being a sysadmin. It provided a bit of extra butter on my bread (through freelancing jobs) and bought me in tune with quite a few interesting people.
I think the problem right now is to chalk up a routine which balances my job+commute time+reading and learning time+ time for my efforts in the linux and php community.
Defined tags for this entry: My take on life - January, 2005
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Open source or Free software
In his essay describing why people should use the term "open source" instead of "free software", ESR says that the term "free software" is ambiguous. Specifically, the term Free Software can be interpreted as "Software you can get for zero price". Unluckily, this is a bug in the English language itself. In Hindi, we have the words "Mukt" or "azad" which accurately describes the spirit of the Free Software.
At first glance, "Open Source" seems to have overcome this problem. However, this term too is open to being misinterpreted. Most people believe that "Open source" means that you have access to the source code. For example, Sun has made the source code Java available for download. Does it make it Open Source ? No, it does not. To be identified as Free or Open source, a software should grant its users the freedom to can read, redistribute, and modify the source code without any discrimination against persons or groups. The type of license that Sun provides is "look but don't touch".
Robert Scoble shows another mis-interpretation of the term "open source". In his blog post he says:
What he describes will make the project transparent, but not open source.Open source has become a metaphor for things done in public view with public input. Actually, [Microsoft is] a leader here. Check out Channel 9. It's the first step along the road to open source marketing.
Though the term "Free Software" is ambiguous, it is still better than Open Source. At least
I can say "free software", and by free I mean Mukt
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strange coding practises
Fair warning to all, heavy geek joke ahead. While reading the comp.lang.php Usenet group, I came across this exchange
ctrl+alt+delete writes: I am interested in learning PHP programming and am wondering what IDE people use to work on their projects.
Chung Leong replies to ctrl+alt+delete: I don't use an IDE at all. For my PHP projects, I get assistance from my teacher, Ms Anne Sullivan. All my coding is done by rubbing her palm and touching her elbow.
R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah clarifies Chung Leong's answer : Chung's doctrines are sometimes too global and sometimes too local to grasp.
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Small courtesies
Small courtesies shown to others do add to to make big positive karma for you. And by small courtesies, I really mean the small things - like a thank you note sent to the developer who worked till midnight on debugging your site to make the Java script work on the fucked up Internet Explorer on Mac. Note to self - send thank you notes to people whose articles I find useful.Defined tags for this entry: My take on life -
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