I was just thinking of starting a course for Computer Science and Electronics Engineers who have just passed out of College. The topics that I thought of covering can be split into the following sections, covering what I call the basics. Basic Networking / Internet Protocols (TCP/IP, NWLink, NetBios ) Application protocols, ports, configuring POP,SMTP,IMAP,NNTP,FTP, Routers,ADSL, dynamic DNS,WIFI…
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How to show update availability for a windows program on a PHP/Drupal site ?
With the release of the new version of Jaledit, I thought of introducing a new feature to all my programs. It’s the typical check for updates. I found that Opera does something similar, where in, when the check for update menu option is clicked, a message is displayed if there are no updates. If there’s an…
GPRS Activation and Deactivation procedure for BSNL Postpaid connections
Being one of the early adopters of GPRS in Kerala, I thought I knew what’s going on with BSNL GPRS. Time and again I was proved that my knowledge is limited. I wanted to change my GPRS Plan to Plan 199 and had thought that required a letter. I had suggested to BSNL employees and…
Does the ATM/Debit Card Expire ?
Yesterday I got a new Visa ATM card for my Federal Bank Account. The expiry date is in 2017. The previous card was valid only for 3 years and the new one has a validity period of 10 years. I was told the old one will work without any problems. I tested and it indeed worked….
So Why Should I have a personal domain name ?
Of course for businesses you have no choice, you got to get one for the n number of reasons that you might get on a Google search. Long time back my good old friend Shankar Subrahmanian asked me What do you do with a domain name ? So here are the pros and cons of…
WordPress Upgrade
I just did a WordPress upgrade to 2.3.1. The main attraction was keyword support with WLW. I’ve started to like WLW like anything. After the upgrade I still didn’t see the keywords option, just discovered that I got to enable properties from the View menu and don’t forget to update your account settings from Tools-Accounts.
Hosting outage
Today, there was a long outage of my site, looks like Manas Hosting is best described by keywords cheap and unreliable. I will have to let everyone know about their poor service and not fall into trap of their Google ads. There were lots of database errors off late and they couldn’t answer most of…
BSNL GPRS configuration
Yesterday I happened to go to Calicut BSNL office. I had an issue with my mobile connection where call forwarding didn’t work. I tried changing the mobile and trying various options, but no luck. Called customer care and they asked to do the usual stuff, turn off the mobile, remove SIM, blah blah. Its…
Excel Rounding Bug and its solution
For many days I was working on a software for automating the daily accounts of our theatre. The software I developed will generate a QIF file that can be imported to Microsoft Money. I used excel automation within delphi to do the printing of DCR (Daily Collection Report). A copy of the DCR is provided…
Evaluating CMS
After long searches and researches, I have finally concluded that I need a CMS and CMS made simple seems to be the winner. Serendipity,joomla and many others were considered but CMS made simple seems to be the simplest. Now I’m just thinking of the content build up hosting etc. It will be hosted on http://sunish.net…