tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78165732012-01-19T16:55:15.019-06:00Ramblings about technology, operating systems, programming, gadgets, and modern life.Tarun Agnanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18306137429631713827noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816573.post-1135568131252037522005-12-25T21:29:00.000-06:002005-12-25T22:05:57.210-06:00

At about 9:30 p.m. CST I submitted a story to Digg.com. Then I visited my submitted stories page. What's this? An edit button beside my submitted story!Clicking on the Edit button results in this page:As a frequent submitter to Digg, I've been waiting for this feature. Hopefully, they'll add the same functionality to comment posting.Update: Apparently the edit feature is disabled a few minutes

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The recent deaths of several people directly or indirectly related to excessive playing of computer games have raised fresh concerns.read more | digg story

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The Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan has smart hotel rooms that can keep track of guests' preferences and change the room conditions automatically (e.g., adjusting room temperature and lighting conditions based on the guest's preference, and alerting maids when the minibar is running low on soda)."read more | digg story

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How do you debug a site that gets more hits than Digg and Slashdot?read more | digg story

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RSS is a subscription format that gives you the option to instantly get notified when new torrents are added to our site. If you have a torrent client with support for RSS you can even let it search for your favorite series and automatically download new episodes as soon as they show up.read more | digg story

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Do you need a Java/J2EE or C++ developer? Then I may be able to fill your needs. I received a B.S. in Computer Science in late 2004. I have six months of professional experience as a Java Developer.Most of my programs have used SQL databases. Getting experience with connecting Java applications to huge databases was an eye opener. It has forced me to make more performance conscious decisions

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This site will relauch in a few days at Agnani.com. I will transfer my hosting from blogger to Dreamhost. So check back in a few days.Thanks to a comment on my "Web Host" post, I was reffered to an awesome deal on Web hosting by Dreamhost.Dreamhost is having a special promotion if you sign up for their Crazy Domain Insane. If you enter the code "777" during Step 5 of your order, they will take

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First of all, let me say I'm a huge fan of Family Guy. The first three seasons were part of me. I was a living, breathing Family Guy encyclopedia. I would quote the wise Brian or do a pretty close impression of Chris but somewhere along the line it all stopped.Well for one reason I graduated college so I can't have a serious conversation about FG anymore. But something else has changed. I just

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If you're a Internet veteran, you'll recognize Project Gutenberg as one of the greatest resources online. The Gutenberg catalog contains thousands of public domain e-texts such as H.G Wells's The War of the Worlds. The only "problem" with the site is its lack of additional formats. All works on Gutenberg are available in plain text and HTML. This is fine for your computer, but for PDAs that's a

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As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I bought a new DVD burner. The only bad part was that it was OEM and didn't come with any software.At the time my DVD burner was installed I downloaded the Nero 6 demo and used it happily. That was until the demo expired and I needed a replacement. I came across CDBurnerXP Pro, which is a CD/DVD burning software. I was quite impressed as I looked through

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A discussion over at This Week in Tech Episode 11 about Ultra Wide Band (UWB) got me thinking about how technologies evolve. We all know computers are built on standards. We have hardware standards such as PCI and IDE and software ones such as HTTP. How exactly did these standards evolve?The trend I've seen is there are two or three possible standards for any emerging technology. The driving

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Tomorrow I will post an article called "Pushing the Boundaries of Tech". Stayed tuned for that. Right now I need to get some sleep!Good night

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I am considering moving to a new web host. I've had the domain name Agnani.com for a few months now. Right now Agnani.com forwards you to this site. I used to host my site on my university account, but that ended when I graduated. Since then I've been looking for good web hosting service.All I really need is PHP and mySQL. I'll probably run the Mambo Content Management System. I might play around

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IntroductionNow and then a new wind comes along in the ebb and flow of Linux distributions. OK, so I know PC-BSD is not Linux, but it's close enough. It's fair to say without going into technicalities and politics that BSD and Linux are cousins in the operating system world. It is also true that there is some cross-pollination between the two. I'm sure some BSD users have ogled at Linux

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I hardly purchase new hardware, but when I saw the 16x DVD +/- burner for $49 at Newegg.com, I couldn't resist. I've had about a month to make good use of it and I would recommend it to anyone in the market for a fairly cheap drive. I also bought a 100 pack 16x DVD-R Verbatim media for around $40 from my local computer store. I could have got a better deal with the media online, but I didn't want

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I was channel-surfing tonight and I ran across a show entitled "Open Source Software" on UWTV. That channel is for University of Washington students but it is also one of the "public channels" included with DISH Network. I'm aware that UW has a pretty good Computer Science department so that got me interested in the show.After I finished watching a very poignant discussion (which included a

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I love NPR and one day they ran a story about illegal immigration. They profiled they Gonzalez family, who have been living illegally in Jefferson City, MO for the past 14 years. What separates them from other illegals is they managed to get caught and are facing deportation.As a legal immigrant myself, the story touched me personally. I fired off a quick email to NPR. The next day, I got a reply

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