Got iPrimus Broadband

Till a couple of months back, me and my flat-mate were sharing the ADSL broadband service from Dodo [http://www.dodo.com.au]. It was quite stable and had very little downtime in the 4-5 months duration that we had used it. Now that we have a new flat-mate and…

DOTSGeoCoder Web Service

DOTSGeoCoder Web Service [http://ws2.serviceobjects.net/gcr/GeoCoder.asmx] is a ServiceObjects public web service to obtain the latitude/longitude of a locale. It seems like a nice helper service which can be easily integrated with a Google Maps app.…

CrypTool

CrypTool [http://www.cryptool.org/] is a freeware program which enables you to apply and analyse cryptographic mechanisms. [via Tejas [http://www.itejas.com/index.php/2005/09/22/learn_cryptography_with_cryptool]]…

VB.NET vs C#

VB.NET vs C#! The fight goes on, even as VB 9.0 and C# 3.0 specs are out. Top 10 reasons VB.NET is better than C# [http://www.vbrad.com/pf.asp?p=source/src_top_10_vb.htm] and Top 10 reasons C# is better than…

Hurricane Rita

I just got an e-mail newsletter from my web host – JaguarPC [http://www.jaguarpc.com/], addressing concerns regarding Hurricane Rita that seems to be heading towards the Houston Greater Area. The JaguarPC data center facility is around 60 miles north of the direct hit zone of Galveston. The storm could…