Date: 08/21/07     Keywords: linux

A guide to easily disable IPv6 support on your Linux workstation / server: 1. Add the two lines, if not already present, to /etc/modprobe.conf: alias net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off For Fedora 7 you should add the command to blacklist instead as shown below: blacklist net-pf-10 Note: I haven’t personally tested on Fedora 7. Note: Try to copy-paste these lines instead [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-disable-ipv6-on-fedora-linux-why/

Date: 08/21/07     Keywords: mysql, sql

Nowadays my WordPress comments table is frequently getting corrupted and I have to repair it. The MySQL table repair command does the trick. However it is bothering me. I am suspecting there are multi-threading issues with WordPress comment processing code which is triggering as I am having huge load recently. I wonder if other bloggers [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reparo-wordpress-mysql-comment-tablewhy/

Date: 08/20/07     Keywords: software

Doom is a 1993 computer game by id Software which is a lamdmark in the first-person shooter genre. It is widely recognized for its pioneering use of immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming on the PC platform, and support for custom expansions. It single-handedly revolutionized the gaming industry. I am not much of a gamer, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-play-doom-heretic-hexen-strife-in-linux-free/

Date: 08/20/07     Keywords: no keywords

ExtJS ComboBox doesn’t advertise, in its documentation, any way to get the selected index of a ComboBox. Looking at the code I realized we can use the undocumented property selectedIndex. However there is a catch. ComboBox.reset() doesn’t set the selectedIndex to -1, which it should. So whenever you use selectedIndex, remember to reset it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/extjs-hack-how-to-get-selected-index-of-extjs-combobox/

Date: 08/20/07     Keywords: spam

I received a rather interesting article as comment on my blog (quoted below). Let’s see how this can be an intelligent spam by utilizing a less-known loophole in WordPress’ in-built comment spam protection logic. Valentine Water Valentine’s day 2007 - and it is raining cats and dogs. Which is a particular good time to capture rain water [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-this-comment-spam/

Date: 08/20/07     Keywords: web, hosting

My old IP addresses are presumably having some issues according to my dedicated web hosting provider LayeredTech. So on their suggestion we will change our IP addresses this weekend. You may face some disruption in accessing this website for sometime this weekend. I am trying to take this opportunity to implement round robin load balancing [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ip-address-changes/

Date: 08/20/07     Keywords: no keywords

In ExtJS you can create ComboBox which loads data from the server. You can also code so that new data is loaded from the server in response to an event like changing selection of another ComboBox. However it also means that the filtering is done remotely which is slow. In ExtJS ComboBox automatic filtering is a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/extjs-hack-dynamic-combobox-remote-on-demand-loading-with-local-filtering/

Date: 08/18/07     Keywords: web

I am now immersing myself in Web 2.0, more so than ever. You will find me reading TechCrunch, and A-list blogs more often and doing all round research on our next product. Next two months I am taking a break from daily-schedules. You will find me in contemplative mood, almost always. I was looking forward [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/web-20-immersion/

Date: 08/18/07     Keywords: no keywords

I faced quite some problems, to say the least, in configuring Pidgin / Gaim to connect to OpenFire XMPP Server on Fedora Core 6. Here are the detailed steps for a no-brainer configuration of Gaim for OpenFire: 1. Click on Account->Add/Edit menu 2. Click on Add button in the Accounts screen 3. Select XMPP / Jabber as your [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-connect-to-openfire-xmpp-server-from-gaim-pidgin/

Date: 08/18/07     Keywords: google

I faced quite some problems in configuring Pidgin / Gaim with Google Talk on Fedora Core 6. Here are the detailed steps for a no-brainer configuration of Pidgin for Google Talk: 1. Click on Account->Add/Edit menu 2. Click on Add button in the Accounts screen 3. Select XMPP / Google Talk as your protocol 4. Type your screen name [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-configure-google-talk-on-pidgin-gaim/

Date: 08/16/07     Keywords: no keywords

So far so good. Despite all the negative perceptions about Tata Indicom, I found the connection more stable than BSNL Dataone. So much so that I have today upgraded to their 1 Mbps unlimited plan. I have also kept my BSNL Dataone 900+ Unlimited broadband plan. The BSNL Dataone plan will simply serve as a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tata-indicom-broadband-experience-versus-bsnl-dataone-broadband/

Date: 08/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

I wish all Indians, in India and abroad, a happy Independence day on its 60th anniversary. I hope it heralds the beginning of ongoing prosperity and happiness for the whole country. May the country live upto its glorious past and may we even excel it.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/happy-indian-independence-day/

Date: 08/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

I glanced over the Facebook source code for both index and search pages. As an enterprise developer of some experience, source code is always interesting to me as it provides an insight into the health of a company. The interesting highlights of the Facebook code are: 1. Facebook writes pretty clean code & maintains coding standards. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/5-facebook-source-code-secrets/

Date: 08/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

The challenges UK is facing in trying to quantify services in public sector like schools and hospitals. The results are often scary and exactly opposite to what was intended. However looking at how bad the government services in India perform (”sucks” would be almost too polite way to put it), I think it is much [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-problems-of-quantifying-measuring-service/

Date: 08/15/07     Keywords: blogging

All things being equal can blogging give you a distinct edge in employment? As an employer myself, I think the answer is a definitive yes. Let’s see the reasons why. When a blogger mentions his blog in his resume you get another way to know about him and to evaluate him. A blogger is a known [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-blogging-can-give-you-an-edge-in-employment/

Date: 08/14/07     Keywords: no keywords

I discovered a really cool way to use Subversion, my favorite version control system - automatic versioning / commit on save. Essentially with this simple tweak you can use subversioned files like you would use any ordinary files. You can open them in any editor, create or delete them. When you save a file it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/subversion-hask-automatic-versioning-on-save-with-subversion/

Date: 08/14/07     Keywords: no keywords

I discovered a really cool way to use Subversion, my favorite version control system - automatic versioning / commit on save. Essentially with this simple tweak you can use subversioned files like you would use any ordinary files. You can open them in any editor, create or delete them. When you save a file it [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/subversion-hack-automatic-versioning-on-save-with-subversion/

Date: 08/14/07     Keywords: no keywords

Simple things should be simple. While starting with ExtJS, I saw a screencast on Grid which used a rather dubious method of making an AJAX call using an actual form element. I hunted for a better option and I came across a better option - Ext.data.Connection. Here’s an working example on how you can easily [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-make-ajax-calls-with-extjs-easily/

Date: 08/14/07     Keywords: software

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. A viable plan for stopping online piracy will take into account the numerous p2p distribution and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-plan-for-stopping-online-music-book-piracy/

Date: 08/13/07     Keywords: sql

In short in HSQLDB cached table sucks in terms of performance. To elaborate I was running a program which takes around 9 hours running on two medium sized cached tables (bigger one 163 MB). I changed the tables to memory tables (default) and it now takes less than 10 minutes. Let’s see how we can [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hsqldb-cached-table-versus-memory-table-performance-conversion/