Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}
I'm an IT professional/FOSS Geek living and working in New Delhi, India. Currently for the most part I work as a Technical Consultant developing Open Source ICT solutions for social and societal inclusion. I am a a FOSS enthusiast, I want to create an awareness about FOSS through the work I do. Below are the latest updates from a some social networks I subscribe to.
April 2010:
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Steve Jobs Thoughts on Flash!!!
Steve Jobs today posted an open letter explaining Apple’s position on Flash, going back to his company’s long history with Adobe and expounding upon six main points of why he thinks Flash is wrong for mobile devices… In summary, Jobs pointed out that Flash is proprietary, insecure and unreliable, a drain on battery life and …
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Deadlines Keep Me Rocking…
How many of you love to work under pressure??? I’m sure majority of you don’t like it… I noticed a unique quality in me couple of days back… I work and understand much better under stress… And that means deadlines are the best example of that… Mostly i finish my work couple of hours before …
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F***MyLife!!!
This is no fill in the blanks game… Its a pretty awesome site… Actually to get the zest of the site you just need to fill in the blanks… It’s a famous twitter hash tag and a unique social web 2 place to write about what annoying you or makes you sad… I think all …
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Life Ain’t No Walk In The Park!!!
Sometimes when we are happy we think that everybody in this world is happy, willing the day to finish at the same awesomeness level we enjoyed in the morning… On the other hand, there are many people who are thinking of how to sleep and where at that day… We are so used to seeing …
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Access MSSQL with Python!!!
I started using Python a while ago and one of the things I need to do is to be able to connect to Microsoft SQL server from Linux servers… Its suprising that only a few projects are alive for it… One of them is the commercial MxODBC from eGenix, while the other is called pymssql… …
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Signs of Negative Thinking!!!
“The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.” ~ Dalai Lama Negative thinking, in all its many-splendored forms, has a way of creeping into conversations and our thinking without our noticing them… The key to success, in my opinion, is learning to …
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How to install Easy Install for Python!!!
How to install Easy Install on Ubuntu Linux $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential How to install Easy Install on Windows Go to http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install Right click on “ez_setup.py” and save the file to “c:temp” Open a cmd.exe prompt “cd c:temp” “python ez_setup.py” How to install Easy Install on Cygwin $ cd /tmp $ wget …
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Who/What is qq829.com???
I can see that like mine, many sites are being linked to by qq829.com… While surfing the web about it the most information I came across was from this link… The conclusion drawn is that the owners of the domain have been involved in malware and spamming in the past but there’s no real explanation …
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NoSQL Movement!!!
There is a community thats been buzzing for quite a while now… Its called NoSQL… As well all know Relational databases are a pain (you know where)… They force us to twist are object data to fit a particular RDMS (Relational Database Management System)… Well then why use it???
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What is it about Apple???
One questions has been bugging me for a long time… “What is it about Apple, that it generates such a massive following???” I know numerous people who just have to buy the latest thing Apple has to offer… One of these Apple nerds bought the latest iTouch even though he had got the newest iPhone …