Sayonara for Harry Potter?June 20th, 2007 It would be interesting to read the final episode in the Harry Potter saga, if not for anything but the morbid curiosity of young Harry's fate. In many ways I am happy that it ends here.
Harry Potter: A Death That Made No SenseFebruary 5th, 2007 It has been a couple of years since the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and now it is Harry Potter time again with the scheduled release on 21st July of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. I had a nagging thought since Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince (Rowling, please make your future book names shorter), you guessed it, about the death of Albus Dumbledore.
Harry Potter and The Order of Children... Lessons LearntFebruary 22nd, 2007 Harry Potter and The Order of Hackers
Everytime a new Harry Potter book comes out there is an unannounced competition within hackers to be the first to scan it (ocr it) and post it online. Russian servers are an obvious choice as they are harder to track and shutdown.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows: Voldy Got Moldy...July 20th, 2007 I have to say Mrs. J. K. Rowling loves her Harry Potter fanbase too much and listens not only to their requests but their humors too.
My Favorite Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows QuoteJuly 21st, 2007 My favorite quote and song from Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows. The song has a spoiler.
Top 12: Best of Humor in Simple ThoughtsSeptember 24th, 2007 Simple Thoughts has always been about technology. However occasionally I like to post something humorous.
Why Harry Potter Fans Are Outraged On NYT Premature Review?July 20th, 2007 I was reading the outrage of Harry Potter fans regarding the premature review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book. I had read the review and it contains some spoilers like the meaning of deathly hallows, number of deaths (I am amazed that someone took the pain to actually count it!) etc.
Humorous Take an Harry PotterSeptember 11th, 2006
Time For Working Vacation & Random ThoughtsJuly 9th, 2007 After we complete an outsourcing effort for a F 500 and wrap up dispatching all the upgrades for Translator 5.0, we will collectively go for a period of "working vacation" lasting about 2 months or so. What is a "working vacation"?
My definition of "working vacation" is when we tie all the loose ends, upgrade infrastructure, hire new employees and train them, setup few additional dedicated servers (any recommendation?), switch web server, fix and add features to Comment Guard plugin for future release, setup 24/7 site and server backup, prototype new ideas, develop spike solutions etc.
5 Tips To Be A Master Wand Fighter Wizard / Witch (in Harry Potter's World)August 24th, 2007 I realized that it is very easy to be a master wand fighter in Harry Potter's wizarding world, unless off-course you are protected by love-charm in which case you can continue doing whatever you are doing and you will still be protected. Others' please read the 4 minute guide with 5 tips (+1 bonus) to become a master wand fighter.
Reparo WordPress MySQL Comment Table...Why?August 20th, 2007 Nowadays my WordPress comments table is frequently getting corrupted and I have to repair it. The MySQL table repair command does the trick.
A Plan for Stopping Online Music & Book PiracyAugust 14th, 2007 Online piracy is assuming alarming proportions and will continue to do so with the popularization of internet and better bandwidth availability to customers. Online piracy affects every material that can be moved online - music, video, books and software.
4 Simple Rules for Balancing Life & Work...October 6th, 2007 Everyone talks about balancing work with life. It is not easy as anyone who tried knows.
Firefox Tip: How to retain multiple open pages (tabbed) across operating system restartMarch 25th, 2005 I often work with multiple webpages open at the same time. I have tendency to use online documentations and work mostly on browser based applications.
How To Add Revision Number, ID Automatically To Subversion Files in Two Simple StepsOctober 25th, 2006 Revision number of a file is an important information. Two most common uses are in serialization and in making version specific database upgrades for an application.