Friday, April 21, 2006
Plug
A relative of mine(from wife.gov's side) recently opened a pub in Vizag, India. Its called 10 Downing Street and is a franchisee of the original one in England. Decent outfit. If you are ever there in Vizag you might want to drop in. It is opposite the Waltair Club.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The hunter 44760 thermostat at Lowes
On reading an earlier post of mine regarding replacing thermostat a friend requested my help and decided to replace his too. It took him nearly 6 months(Oct 2005-April 2006) to get the same thermostat at Lowes. The Lowes staff just asked him to check periodically on the stock for this particular model even after he offered to pay to per-order the thing. And when he did get it it was the lone one there. This thermostat has the same features as a Honeywell one which is $99 at Home Depot and is in stock all the time. I dont know what the geniuses at Hunter were thinking.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Worst cars of the millenium
A friend of mine recently forwared this link from carstalk to me. Absolutely hilarious.
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Worst-Cars/results1.html
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Worst-Cars/results1.html
Friday, March 17, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Volvo
The other day a guy from the office ran his car into mine in the parking lot. Here are the results.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Friday, February 03, 2006
Banning the incandescent light bulb
Here is an interesting article about banning the incandescent light bulb.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Bulb info
Another excellent site regarding bulbs and their sizes that I picked off from brickbroad.
http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/literature_library/catalogs/mini_sealed_beam_catalog/
And this one too
http://www.normanlamps.com/
http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/literature_library/catalogs/mini_sealed_beam_catalog/
And this one too
http://www.normanlamps.com/
Path of an Ipod Nano
1. SHENZHEN, CN
2. ANCHORAGE, AK, US
3. LOUISVILLE, KY, US
4. PHILADELPHIA, PA, US
5. LINTHICUM, MD, US
6. BALTIMORE, MD, US
7. GAITHERSBURG, MD, US
This is the path that an ipod took to reach me once I ordered it from Apple. Pretty amazing. It was shipped via UPS. The first 3 might be common to all US customers because I believe there is a core UPS hub in Louisville, KY. From there on it is routed to other hubs within the country for region specific delivery.
2. ANCHORAGE, AK, US
3. LOUISVILLE, KY, US
4. PHILADELPHIA, PA, US
5. LINTHICUM, MD, US
6. BALTIMORE, MD, US
7. GAITHERSBURG, MD, US
This is the path that an ipod took to reach me once I ordered it from Apple. Pretty amazing. It was shipped via UPS. The first 3 might be common to all US customers because I believe there is a core UPS hub in Louisville, KY. From there on it is routed to other hubs within the country for region specific delivery.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Video editing prereqs
http://www.videoguys.com/started.html
Minimimum system requirements are listed here
http://www.videoguys.com/system.htm
Minimimum system requirements are listed here
http://www.videoguys.com/system.htm
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Remote debugging with VC++ .NET 2003
The main application is to execute on a machine R and the development environment is on machine H.
H(hh.hh.hh.hh) <---- Remote Debug ---> R(rr.rr.rr.rr)
The following configuration needs to be done to enable debugging the app remotely.
It is assumed that VC++ .NET 2003 has been installed on both machines.
=== Remote(R) machine configuration ===
Login as administrator.
Goto Start--> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management. A window pops up.
Goto ComputerManagement(Local)-->System Tools-->Local users and groups-->Users
Right click and click the "New User" button. Enter username as the same one that is being used on the H machine. i.e lets says user jdoe on machine H is using his/her VC++ 2003 IDE to debug the app on R then we have to create a jdoe user on R. The password needn't be the same though. Enter the user name and password in the boxes. Uncheck "User must change password at next logon" box and check "password never expires". Hit the Create button. The user jdoe will have been created.
Goto ComputerManagement(Local)-->System Tools-->Local users and groups-->Groups
Click on Administrators. Then click Add. In the "Enter the object names to select" type in jdoe or whatever username we have created above. Then click the ok button. Do the same for the "Remote Desktop users" and "Debugger users" groups.
Run the Visual C++ Remote Debugger as follows.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Packages\Debugger\msvcmon.exe" -tcpip
A shortcut can be created for the above command on the desktop for convenience.
=== Host(H) machine configuration ===
Create a shared folder on H as follows
subst F: \\rr.rr.rr.rr\C$
In the IDE goto Project-->Properties. Set the values as follows
After the remote debugger app is run on R start the IDE on H and Goto menu Debug-->Start. See that the app launches on the remote machine.
H(hh.hh.hh.hh) <---- Remote Debug ---> R(rr.rr.rr.rr)
The following configuration needs to be done to enable debugging the app remotely.
It is assumed that VC++ .NET 2003 has been installed on both machines.
=== Remote(R) machine configuration ===
Login as administrator.
Goto Start--> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management. A window pops up.
Goto ComputerManagement(Local)-->System Tools-->Local users and groups-->Users
Right click and click the "New User" button. Enter username as the same one that is being used on the H machine. i.e lets says user jdoe on machine H is using his/her VC++ 2003 IDE to debug the app on R then we have to create a jdoe user on R. The password needn't be the same though. Enter the user name and password in the boxes. Uncheck "User must change password at next logon" box and check "password never expires". Hit the Create button. The user jdoe will have been created.
Goto ComputerManagement(Local)-->System Tools-->Local users and groups-->Groups
Click on Administrators. Then click Add. In the "Enter the object names to select" type in jdoe or whatever username we have created above. Then click the ok button. Do the same for the "Remote Desktop users" and "Debugger users" groups.
Run the Visual C++ Remote Debugger as follows.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Packages\Debugger\msvcmon.exe" -tcpip
A shortcut can be created for the above command on the desktop for convenience.
=== Host(H) machine configuration ===
Create a shared folder on H as follows
subst F: \\rr.rr.rr.rr\C$
In the IDE goto Project-->Properties. Set the values as follows
| Menu | Field | Value |
| Configuration properties--> General | OutputDirectory | F:\appdir |
| Configuration properties--> Linker-->General | OutputFile | F:\app\app.exe |
| Configuration properties--> Linker-->Debugging | Generate Program database file | F:\app\app.pdb |
| Configuration properties--> Debugging | Command Arguments | -debug |
| Configuration properties--> Debugging | Debugger Type | Native Only |
| Configuration properties--> Debugging | Connection | Remote via TCP/IP (Native only) |
| Configuration properties--> Debugging | Remote Machine | rr.rr.rr.rr |
| Configuration properties--> Debugging | Remote command | c:\app\app.exe |
After the remote debugger app is run on R start the IDE on H and Goto menu Debug-->Start. See that the app launches on the remote machine.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Worth Winning(1989)
This is a romantic comedy starring Mark Harmon and Madeleine Stowe. Mark Harmon stars as TV anchorman Taylor Worth who is bet by a friend that he cannot make 3 women want to marry him at the same time. As he goes about the bet he falls in love with one of the women(Stowe). Then of course all three of them find out and make his life miserable. It struck me sometime this morning that the title may be a play on the Worth name in that it may be
1. About Worth(Taylor) winning the bet
2. About whether the woman Taylor falls in love with is worth winning inspite of her disgust for him about the bet
The music soundtrack is typical 80s and is brilliant.
1. About Worth(Taylor) winning the bet
2. About whether the woman Taylor falls in love with is worth winning inspite of her disgust for him about the bet
The music soundtrack is typical 80s and is brilliant.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Sabrina(1954)
"Democracy can be a wickedly unfair thing Sabrina. Nobody poor was ever called democratic for marrying someone rich"
So says a Chauffeur to his daughter, who is in love with the man's master. The 1954 version of this movie is simply brilliant compared to the 1995 one. There is a sophistication and superb elegance with which all characters play their parts. And of course being black and white add its own richness. Other excellent quotes from the movie can be found here. It was astounded to learn that Audrey Hepburn was 24 when she acted in this movie.
So says a Chauffeur to his daughter, who is in love with the man's master. The 1954 version of this movie is simply brilliant compared to the 1995 one. There is a sophistication and superb elegance with which all characters play their parts. And of course being black and white add its own richness. Other excellent quotes from the movie can be found here. It was astounded to learn that Audrey Hepburn was 24 when she acted in this movie.
Google and its email system
When Google released its email service to the public(over a year ago) there was(and maybe still is) speculation that its particular way of signing up people only by invitation was a way for the company to generate interest in the service. i.e if one chap has a google email account he can send invitations to a limited number(5 or 6) of people to sign up, and those people can invite their friends and so on. The strategy, no doubt, was a success since gmail accounts are among the most coveted, for those who dont have it. Some days ago it struck me that there might be another logic behind google's move. There is a theory that every person in the world is "connected" to every other person my atmost 5(or 7) people. i.e if you pick 5(or 7) of yours friends and then they pick 5(or 7) of their friends and if the process is continued, then you might "reach" all the known people in the world. I dont know how far this theory is true but it seems to me that google may have wanted to test this or believing in it relied upon it.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
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