Burad's Blog » web http://www.aburad.com/blog A computer nerd who would soon be an MBA Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:53:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Sometimes yahoo is better http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/05/sometimes-yahoo-is-better.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/05/sometimes-yahoo-is-better.html#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 22:19:52 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=227 And it was proved yesterday night. Actually I was looking for installing latex on my web domain (hostmonster). So here I dont have root permissions and I might also had to deal with other issue. I thought of going the easy way and just google it as someone must have done something similar. But I tried variation combination (latex on web hosts, latex on hostmonster and other search queries too) and got nothing.

Then after some time I thought of giving yahoo search a shot (though I was not quite sure that it would fetch me anything more useful). So when I search (latex on hostmonster), voila the first result was exactly what I needed. Now I’m eager to try installing latex(/tetex) on my web hosting account. And yeah i’ll keep update you, how it went.

Share, what search engine do you use and which do you find better.

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/05/sometimes-yahoo-is-better.html/feed 2 New Webpage :) http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/02/new-webpage.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/02/new-webpage.html#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:57:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=210 Hi everybody….
As I have graduated from IIT bombay completing my B.tech in computer science, so my webpage there wont be available for long. So I have taken a new web domain : http://www.aburad.com with hostmonster till now services are good for what I paid. Right now i have just shifted my iitb page there, but soon will be posting new stuff…so watch out !!

And I have also shifted my blog from http://burad.blogspot.com to self hosted wordpress blog: http://aburad.com/blog. Please update your bookmarks and feeds.

Visit: http://www.aburad.com
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]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/02/new-webpage.html/feed 1 Inovation in India/IITs http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/01/inovation-in-indiaiits.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/01/inovation-in-indiaiits.html#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:27:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=208 I read this interesting article by Bernard on State of Inovation in India. I agree with him that lot have changed (improved) but still we have yet to see Google/Microsoft from here(IITs). As he mentioned one of the main reason is playing things safe.
The fundamental issue in India is the risk/reward equation. It is simply too easy for a young developer in India to get paid a lot by an outsourcing firm; then enjoy being headhunted every year for more money.

One more issue is difference between IITs and Stanford providing inovation to world. Important difference in giving good startups is because lack of implementation of ideas here in IITs. In IITs atleast some good projects (Mtech & Btech projects) are worth transforming into good business opportunities but they die as you pass out from there or after its being graded. I will agreed with comment made by Amit that

There are many socio economic reasons why young people in India hesitate to implement an innovative idea. Current trend of high paying jobs in MNCs will make entrepreneurship ever lesser attractive… especially in software.

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2008/01/inovation-in-indiaiits.html/feed 0 Trapped in infinite loop http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/trapped-in-infinite-loop.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/trapped-in-infinite-loop.html#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:23:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=204

Found this at Wellington Grey
(via Boing Boing)

Also see : Cats not that funny A true expression of my feeling :)

Related Link: A comic break

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Economic Times: Broadband initiatives: Speed it up
The government proposes to offer all citizens of India free, high-speed broadband connectivity by 2009, through the state-owned telecom service providers BSNL and MTNL. While consumers would cheer, the move holds the potential to kill the telecom business as we know it.

Read disscussion regarding this on Slashdot.

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/india-to-offer-free-broadband-by-2009.html/feed 2 Double century of posts : A comic break http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/double-century-of-posts-a-comic-break.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/double-century-of-posts-a-comic-break.html#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:54:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=201 I found this Best of Blaugh through webyantra. So enjoy…


Here are the other webcomics that i love:

My collection of dilbert comics: Dilbert, IIT and Linux
Related Posts:
Great Amul Ads !
Damned funny Unix humor

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/double-century-of-posts-a-comic-break.html/feed 0 Paint Online http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/paint-online.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/paint-online.html#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:33:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=200 These days i’m getting so many websites which allows you to draw online..here is a list of some
Flash Based:

HTML < canvas > Based:

Java Based:

Related Post :
Paint Chat !!
Web2.0 Applications

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/04/paint-online.html/feed 2 Network Ban !! You need to interact !! http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/03/network-ban-you-need-to-interact.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/03/network-ban-you-need-to-interact.html#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:30:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=195 Last night we lost out internet connection(includeing LAN)…which now we will have ot face everyday from 11PM to 12:30 PM.
Read more about it..

Register Put down the internet and go get some fresh air

Techdirt: Indian Engineering Students To Have Internet Cut Off Each Night To Encourage More Social Interaction

CNN : Stop surfing, make friends, Indian students ?????

Update :
IBN Live :will web restriction help??

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/03/network-ban-you-need-to-interact.html/feed 0 OpenID ?? http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/02/openid.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/02/openid.html#comments Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:01:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=190 > OpenID – What is it, and why everyone is talking about ityou can also go through..Authenticated Distributed Search (OpenSearch, OpenID)Add OpenSearch to your site in five [...]]]> today i read this article which explains what openid is ??
Lately OpenID has been hitting the front page of digg, del.icio.us, and many other large websites.

Read More>>
OpenID – What is it, and why everyone is talking about it
you can also go through..
Authenticated Distributed Search (OpenSearch, OpenID)
Add OpenSearch to your site in five minutes

Additional link(offtopic and old article but i came across this well written article and couldn’t resist posting it.. ):
What Every Webmaster and Web Developer MUST Know About Ruby on Rails and AJAX It’s not a tutorial, it’s not a “how-to” but he explains very well just what the heck all this.

]]> http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/02/openid.html/feed 0 Improving interactivity with Javascript http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/02/improving-interactivity-with-javascript.html http://www.aburad.com/blog/2007/02/improving-interactivity-with-javascript.html#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:37:00 +0000 burad http://aburad.com/blog/?p=188 HTML controls other than conventional Push buttons, radio buttons, check boxes, select boxes, and text inputs, can power up forms, webdev using javascript to increase interactivity and easy (for users). List of such controls includes : slider, Date picker, Smart text boxes, Advanced tooltips, Auto validation etc.

Read more friendly bit >> Improving interactivity with Javascript
In addition, I find image maps also very handy when it comes to intereactivity when used properly with tooltips…as i used them in Paint Chat.

Bonus link[ :) ] DailyBlogTips > Web 2.0 Webdesign Tutorials
Related post :

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