d4Modelizer goes open source

d4Modelizer ORM goes open source [http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/pal_pritam/archive/2005/08/16/131969.aspx]. I used D4M a couple of weeks back with a C# project and found it to be quite simple & useful. I’m gearing at developing a really simple ORM [http://en.…

Citroen C4 Ad

The new Citroen C4 (homepage [http://www.citroen.com/CWW/en-US/RANGE/PrivateCars/C4_5p/default/C4_5p_Presentation.htm] ) promo ad [http://www.theembassyvfx.com/citroen.html] is really cool … a robo-car daning to Saturday Night Fever! Now who thought of that mate 🙂…

Performance Comparison of Distributed .NET

Performance Comparison of ASP.NET Web Services, Enterprise Services, .NET Remoting [http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwebsrv/html/asmxremotesperf.asp] and the System.Messaging (MSMQ) [http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwebsrv/html/systemmessperf.asp]…

Microsoft Acrylic

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.…

Vande Mataram

“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…

Kajrare

“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…

Cowboys of Delhi

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,…

Reflector.SQL2005Browser

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.…