Date: 10/18/07     Keywords: no keywords

I recently got two interesting comments from a scammer. The comments are very interesting because it preys on the need of people to snoop around other’s MySpace account (or life in general) to dupe them of their own account information. Let’s first look at the comments (currently in moderation and will never be approved): HACKING A [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hacking-myspace-account-dont-get-duped-by-false-promises-scams/

Date: 10/18/07     Keywords: no keywords

I never thought that BSNL, the world’s crappiest broadband service, can get any more crappier, but it did. BSNL DataOne is notorious for rapidly switching between up and down states, so fast that it will make your head dizzy. How deep is the connectivity problem with BSNL DataOne? I decided to collect some hard statistics [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bsnl-dataone-broadband-worlds-crappiest-broadband-service-just-got-crappier/

Date: 10/18/07     Keywords: no keywords

Wish all Indian’s and others a Happy Durga Puja / Dussera and many happy returns of the same. Our offices will be minimally operating till Sunday on account of Puja Holidays. Note: Durga Puja is a festival of conquest of good over evil, of light over darkness. It is also associated with the harvesting season similar [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wish-you-happy-durga-puja-seasons-greetings/

Date: 10/17/07     Keywords: no keywords

Network masks is a notation to group IP addresses. Let’s take a familiar analogy. My phone in US was 510-595-3830. 510 was the area code which included a large group of phone numbers in San Francisco-Oakland-Emeryville area. Similarly IP addresses are also grouped by their network prefix. Netmasks are important for allocating sub-networks to individuals [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/network-masks-netmasks-for-dummies/

Date: 10/14/07     Keywords: software

iPhone Elite hackers have finally posted ways to un-brick your iPhone (make it usable again) after it has been rendered useless by Apple’s iPhone firmwire upgrade 1.1.1. Any iPhone which was modified (software) to unlock the SIM card to use it without AT&T subscription or switch to a different provider were affected by the upgrade. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/iphone-how-to-recover-from-111-firmwire-upgrade-in-4-steps/

Date: 10/14/07     Keywords: microsoft

Top level domain names like taragana.com or microsoft.com are available for a low price of under 10$ per year. However if you do not want to spend even that amount then you get a top level domain name (like angsuman.co.nr or www.angsuman.co.nr) absolutely free. How to get free top level domain name? co.nr is an initiative to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-free-top-level-domain-name/

Date: 10/14/07     Keywords: programming, html, java

Experts-Exchange provides deceptive advertising and gives impression that the answers on the site are inaccessible without (paid) subscription. However the answers in Experts-Exchange are visible in plan sight should you know where to look for them. Let’s find out how. Let’s take a sample page like ( http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Java/Q_20828801.html ). Now go to the end of the page [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/experts-exchange-how-to-get-answers-without-subscribing-paying/

Date: 10/14/07     Keywords: linux

Autoexec.bat is a legacy file in Windows which is executed every time you start Windows. Commands you want to run with startup of windows, and applicable to all users, are added to autoexec.bat. Let’s see how you can do the same with Linux. First of all Linux provides a powerful mechanism to create startup scripts which [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-autoexecbat-in-linux/

Date: 10/11/07     Keywords: no keywords

Run the following from command line: cat /proc/cpuinfo Share This

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/linux-how-to-find-processor-details/

Date: 10/08/07     Keywords: no keywords

The single biggest difference between Tata Indicom Broadband & BSNL Dataone Broadband is the upload speed. With BSNL your upload speed is limited to 5-7 KBPS. With Tata Indicom Broadband / VSNL your upload speed is limited to 512 KBPS. The other major difference is the availability of static IP with Tata Indicom Broadband. Unless you [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/unlimited-plans-tata-indicom-vsnl-broadband-versus-bsnl-dataone-broadband-single-biggest-difference/

Date: 10/08/07     Keywords: software

PmWiki is a popular wiki software which uses the file system to store wiki pages. We use for our intranet and to document our processes and systems. One of my rising concerns was that it wasn’t backed up at all. So I came up with a simple script to backup pmwiki regularly to our Subversion [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-backup-pmwiki-in-subversion-code/

Date: 10/08/07     Keywords: no keywords

One implied restriction on commenting on this site: I will allow commenting by a minor so long it it appropriate. However I will never allow displaying their emails or any other personally identifiable information in their comments. I recently received an email from a minor (as he / she says) who wants to make friends. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/i-never-thought-i-would-say-this-commenting-by-minors/

Date: 10/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

iPhone Magic embed src=”http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf” flashvars=”m=12402311&v=2&type=video” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”430″ height=”346″> AT&T iPhone Bill (30 pages) iPhone versus ePhone iPhone Calamiri Commercial Parody iPhone Shuffle Leave Steve Jobs Alone! Share This

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/6-selected-iphone-humor-parody-videos/

Date: 10/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

I am not joking. The beautiful shooting star that you saw and probably wished for something might just be a pile of shit of astronauts burning up in the upper atmosphere. Check the first video for an unintentionally funny presentation on design of space toilet and the second for an actual demonstration. Hat tip: Wired Blog Share [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-beautiful-shooting-star-might-be-just-plain-shit/

Date: 10/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

Domain Name Servers resolves domain names to IP addresses. However how can you resolve the domain names of the domain name servers? For examples our domain name servers are at ns1.taragana.com and ns2.taragana.com. They resolves the domain names of all our sites like blog.taragana.com or stemcell.taragana.net. But how can we resolve the domain names ns1.taragana.com [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-register-resolve-your-domain-name-servers/

Date: 10/06/07     Keywords: web

I am changing my domain registrar of one of my domains from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. Changing domain registrar is definitely a non-trivial process for any non-web-savvy person. Here are the steps I followed: First I logged in to Network Solutions site and set my domain protection to off. I requested authorization code from the same screen [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-change-domain-registrars/

Date: 10/06/07     Keywords: no keywords

Everyone talks about balancing work with life. It is not easy as anyone who tried knows. I have some experiences with both and I have 4 simple rules I use to balance work & life. It is based on two simple premises: 1. I am working to lead the life I want to lead and keep [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/4-simple-rules-for-balancing-life-work/

Date: 10/05/07     Keywords: google

I wrote an article on a Google interview question in June, 2006 describing the problem and offering a simple solution. What makes this article interesting is that several people came up with better ideas and very thought provoking comments. If you are a puzzle enthusiast, you will surely enjoy the article; if not for the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-thought-provoking-post-from-past-google-the-puzzle-of-dropping-eggs-or-what-makes-web-20-click/

Date: 10/02/07     Keywords: no keywords

It is all about iPhone firmware update 1.1.1. This new firmware update from Apple disables most of the SIM unlocking methods that were used to allow the iPhone on non-AT&T network or simply use the iPhone without subscribing to AT&T. It also disables using of third party applications on iPhone. If you dare to use [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-iphone-heading-for-class-action-lawsuit/

Date: 09/28/07     Keywords: no keywords

You can download all the previously unavailable telecommunication protocols here. For example, have you ever wondered about the FAX protocol? You can now get it for free here. This opens the domains to open source and small enterprises, which was so far restricted only to big businesses. Share This

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/open-telecommunication-protocols/