Acrylic [http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/default.aspx], an upcoming graphic design application from the guys at Redmond. I suspect it will utilize the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named “Avalon”) coming-up in Windows Vista.…
“Baraf ka muqaddar apne hi paani mein pighal jana hota hai (The destiny of ice is to melt in its own water”. I really really wish for the movie Swades [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2004/10/23/yeh-jo-des-hai-tera/] (we, the people) to be shown on Doordarshan instead of the…
“All the ‘shayari’ in the song Kajrare kajrare is taken from the messages written at the back of trucks” shares Gulzar, further on us not loving our Independence [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1462200,00110003.htm] … “Humlog sirf independence nibha rahe hain … We celebrate progress only an on individual…
Somethings get a bit funny, a bit satirical and at times a little ironical with certain issues in India. A few thousand people die of draught in a state and a few thousand die of flood in the neighbouring state. It seems that even after 58 years of Independence today,…
Denis Bauer’s Reflector.SQL2005Browser [http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools/SQL2005Browser.aspx] is an add-in for Lutz Roeder’s .NET Reflector [http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/] that can be used to browse .NET assemblies stored in a SQL Server 2005 (Yukon) database.…
6 questions about problematic Ajax development [http://weblogs.asp.net/jasonsalas/archive/2005/08/14/422521.aspx] [via Jason Salas]…
Edusat: A revolution in Indian education [http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/28gi.htm]. A virtual classroom project aimed at the universalisation of education for the illiterate 35 percent of India’s billion-plus population.…
I must quote this interesting analogy on Anthropomorphism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic] by Deepak Mankar (QuiteATake [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7170_0,00030007.htm] fame … yours truly on HT [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2004/07/18/your-truely-on-ht/]): > The trouble with poetry is that it doesn’…