November 2005

Google Netherland is the default

Google is redirecting me to Google Netherland (google.nl). Has someone hacked their locale directing modules?I changed browser default language a couple of times, and it was responding correctly to those language change, I used both IE and FF but still I’m directed to Google Netherland I got you Google!!

Enterprise Ruby on Rails

Yet again Ruby on Rails vs Java stack argument. But this time it’s a true and tried case study for using Rails to write an enterprise-class health care system – CenterNet (or at least part of it) and its comparison with the use of Java stack. The system according to the mailing list post is N * 1,000 dedicated...

Facial Recognition, on a desktop near you

A smile was drawn on every face I showed the alpha site of Riya! The idea is magnificent: Let Riya client go through you photos (desktop, web, etc…), Feed Riya with the names of people on some of the pictures, and Voila! you can search your photos (and future ones) with the names of the people/the places/the scenes/the signs...

12 Weeks With Geeks beats The Apprentice

What an idea! A documentary about a group of interns at Fog Creek, during a real world assignment of designing, developing and delivering Copilot in 12 weeks. Boondoggle Films presents a journey through the world of software development from the perspective of a unique upstart, four quirky interns, and the world of The Geek. Aardvark’d: 12 Weeks with Geeks...

Measure Map

I was finally invited to preview Measure Map, a wonderful blog management tool (alpha release) from Adaptive Path. The tool has many nice features (and more yet to come)- Number of Visitors (daily). Links (both in and out, with friendly search terms). Comments (Daily). Browsers. Countries (Compete with flash map). Popular posts Visiting Times. Events (yet to come). I...

JRoller Feature or Bug?

JRoller haven’t reset the hit counter on my blog for a couple of days (or those of other blogs too as I can see). Is this a feature or a bug? Should I be resetting the counter explicitly?

I Want To Three

Thanks to the post by the serious traveller, Faiser, who’s recently introduced me to Google Reader, now, I can read a list that’s of real help. The list is from Phil Bradley and it is the I Want To list. You can find solutions to things like “Send large files to friends”, “online sharable spreadsheet”, (personal favourite) “Freak out...