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Command Line Dictionary Using Groovy WS

Monday, July 18, 2011

Alas, another 15 years has passed since I’ve last posted. This time it was prompted by a fairly simple need: to lookup a word via the command line. Now, I already had a very simple solution to this using WordNet. That is simple enough: sudo apt-get install wordnet Then simply type: wn hello -over You [...]

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Blogging With Org Mode and Emacs

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Org Mode is a really nice mode for emacs, I use it daily to keep todo lists, but it does a lot more. For this post I’m not going to talk about the details of org mode, but if you’re not familiar with it and are interested, I found Abhijeet Chavan’s article on linuxjournal to [...]

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Follow RTC on Twitter

Sunday, July 26, 2009

We only tweet from the console! http://www.twitter.com/reverttoconsole

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“Revert to Console” for Language Translation

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

So you might be sitting around asking yourself, “Do I really need a web browser or collection of clunky travel dictionaries to translate to and from different languages of the world? Isn’t there a command line tool that can do the same thing and make my life easier, while making me even more awesome at [...]

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Bringing the Browser To The Server (Just Discovered This)

Saturday, September 13, 2008

John Resig posted an awesome article a little over a year ago, and I’m just getting to it. I’ve been developing a javascript presentation, primarily focusing on scope and functions, to a group of Java developers. I’ve used JSUnit and Firebug to work with javascript quite a bit, but frankly, I don’t really like either [...]

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A Machiavellian Approach to Software Development

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

If you are a software developer and haven’t realized by now that a BS in Computer Science should be at least 50% BA, then you must be living the good life and I envy you. Though users love to believe that software development is a perfect science that is as predictable as manufacturing wing nuts, [...]

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Install multiple IE (IE4, IE5, IE5.5, IE6) as a standalone for testing

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Although, most UI Javascript frameworks say that their script “works” in all browsers, it’s quite the opposite. As a developer, you might wanna save your ass till a last moment surprise. And you would want to test your web application or website on all web browsers, atleast for a sanity test. Typically this involves IE [...]

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How to disable your macbook pro display while using an Apple cinema as main display

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

I just bought my 23″ Apple Cinema Display and connected my Macbook Pro, the first thing I opened up was eclipse and it has never looked better before. So much real estate, that you already feel so super productive, like crazyBobLee. Well, that’s just a feeling. Every tech company should have these, atleast for their [...]

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How to find a good programming job

Friday, December 14, 2007

You’ve been here before: After two weeks of working around the clock, you discover that the people handing you requirements still don’t know what they want. You’re delirious from lack of sleep, and everyone around you is just pointing fingers, no one is actually helping. It sucks, and it happens frequently enough that it almost [...]

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Google sponsored links point to fraud/scam shopping sites. Beware

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The next time you google for a Digital SLR Camera (like the new Canon 40D or Nikon 200D) or a LCD hi-def TV,  beware of fraudulent websites being shown in the Google sponsored links on the top and to your right of the browser search results! Some of these sites, promote with a price [...]

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