Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

Over the last few weeks, it's become obvious that America's immigrant community is seriously out of touch with the American cultural mainstream. Mainstream Americans don't go in for protest marches anymore (mass protests are so '60s). But demonstrating a mind-boggling degree of cultural obtuseness, hundreds of thousands of immigrants turned out for nationwide rallies opposing [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/real-americans-sulk-whine-doesnt-protest-one-more-job-for-immigrants-ousourcing/

Date: 04/17/06     Keywords: web

The most annoying thing about web these days is the prevalence of Macromedia Flash based eye candies and advertisement. Not only they are an irritating visual distraction (in most cases), they also consume way too much CPU. I often leave my computer open for days and then things start really slowing down until I restart [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/recommended-firefox-extension-flash-block/

Date: 04/16/06     Keywords: no keywords

I strongly support the Naramada Bachao Andolan spearheaded by Ms. Medha Patekar. She is on a indefinite fast to promote the cause of several thousands of people in the valley and for protecting the ecosystem. The Sardar Sarovar Project aims to significantly drown large areas in Narmada basin to create a humongous dam which will severely [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/i-voice-my-support-for-narmada-bachao-andolan-save-narmada-river-from-humongous-dam-movement-you-should-too/

Date: 04/16/06     Keywords: no keywords

This is for WordPress Plugin and Theme developers. Don't read further if you are not one of them. To get an extra argument in your filter (say for a 'bloginfo' filter) you have to specify not 2 but actually 4 as number of arguments in add_filter (read below for details). The returned data are: first argument, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-accept-multiple-parameters-in-wordpress-filters/

Date: 04/15/06     Keywords: php, java

Java / J2EE (Java EE) API development should now focus on adding ease of use methods to the API. Often such methods will be redundant. However such redundancy is welcome as de-normalization for faster data access. Java is lagging behind PHP in ease of use. Let's see two examples. BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream())); Most of us [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-needs-to-add-ease-of-use-redundant-methods/

Date: 04/15/06     Keywords: java

In my experience much of the complexities a newcomer faces in the Java world is understanding extraneous stuff like handling exceptions or formatting data etc. Today I was requested for the nth time (n -> infinity) how to write a simple socket client and server (actually debug one). Java tutorial is good but it is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/understanding-java-simplified-hello-world-for-socket-programming/

Date: 04/14/06     Keywords: security

This is primarily a security fix release patching 5 critical defects and one high priority defect. Couple of them are regression defects (introduced in 1.5). The major feature is Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-1502-released-with-critical-security-fixes-recommended/

Date: 04/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

The FDA and the CDC have issued an alert to health care professionals and patients about Renu lens solution that can cause a rare eye infection caused by a fungus, Fusarium Keratities. The infection is rare, but serious - and can cause permanent loss of vision. The FDA reports that several patients have experienced significant loss [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fusarium-keratitis-contact-lens-fungal-infection-in-17-states-caused-by-contact-lens-solution-fda-warns-precautions-included/

Date: 04/12/06     Keywords: java

Java Studio Enterprise provides a complete solution for architecting and implementing large-scale enterprise applications in Java EE. Sun plans to open source major elements of the Sun Java Studio Enterprise as a project on NetBeans.org - NetBeans Enterprise Pack. The NetBeans Enterprise Pack is based on Java Studio Enterprise, an award-winning IDE that includes a number [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-open-sources-sun-java-studio-enterprise-enterprise-class-development-tool/

Date: 04/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

I was amused to see Joel Spolsky's mugshot on my blog. And then I realized… Behold the power of BlogAds. Look on the right sidebar to see his mugshot. (I wish I could hire him for my company) Ah well, welcome Joel.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/joel-spolsky-adorns-my-blog/

Date: 04/11/06     Keywords: software, java, microsoft

Silent installation of Java SDK (Software development kit) This applies to 32-bit Windows and silent installation of the J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK). JavaTM 2 SDK (J2SDK) installations are built using InstallShield Developer 8.02, which is based on Microsoft Window Installer 2.0. This product contains built-in support for silent or unattended installations. This document tells how [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/silent-jdk15-jre15-installation-tips/

Date: 04/11/06     Keywords: browser, database

WordPress Filters are functions through which data flows or is changed. They're good for making on-the-fly changes to data (like adding acronyms to certain words). An exhaustive list of all filters available in WordPress 2.x along with annotations (where available) are provided. Note: Filters are sitting between the database and the browser. Everything that flows from [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-2x-filters-comprehensive-list-for-plugin-and-theme-developers/

Date: 04/11/06     Keywords: blogging, google

I found this hilarious blog entry (in present context) by Marc Fleury against RedHat via Blogging Roller site. He adorns RedHat with some choice epithets which I am sure he wouldn't like to be reminded in present context. So understandably his blog has been sanitized but Google cache isn't so kind. Some interesting quotes from Marc [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/so-jboss-was-finally-bought-by-open-source-wannabes-and-girly-men/

Date: 04/10/06     Keywords: java

The beauty about Java community is that they never shy of creating yet another framework for any new / good idea. You have seen dozens (or more) of dependency injection (IoC) frameworks. It has happened again. Rails has not one, not two but three competitors. Now you don't have to learn yet another language (Ruby [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/move-over-rails-we-have-grails-trails-and-now-sails/

Date: 04/10/06     Keywords: java, linux

I am very happy for JBoss. Redhat has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JBoss. This is sure to have long ranging implications for Java / J2EE adoption on Linux. "It is at Red Hat's very core to help unlock the power of open source and open communities to innovate across industries, geographies and economies," [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/redhat-acquires-jboss-great-news-for-java-and-linux-community/

Date: 04/10/06     Keywords: technology, web, microsoft

Why did Apple, after all these years, finally decide to support Windows on their machines? It is surely not because they have grown a friendship with Microsoft. As Bootcamp website stated: "More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-why-of-bootcamp/

Date: 04/10/06     Keywords: linux

Hardlinks and symbolic links are common to Unix / Linux / Solaris file systems. However they are not normally available under windows. The NTFS filesystem of Windows NT4 / W2K / WXP / WXP64 supports HardLink functionality, but HardLinks can only be created via the POSIX command ln, which is shipped with the Windows resourcekit. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-create-hardlinks-junctions-and-symboliclinks-on-windows/

Date: 04/09/06     Keywords: php

Often we (php developers) need to log certain messages in order to debug our script. Here I will describe the default syslog method and a much simpler (and better) way to log your messages quickly and painlessly. PHP manual suggests using syslog for logging. Problems with syslog The problem with syslog is that its implementation is system [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-logging-in-php-file-based-one-liner/

Date: 04/09/06     Keywords: no keywords

BSNL DataOne is undoubtedly the world's worst broadband service, and I have seen many. The service is erratic. It frequently gets disconnected and stays disconnected for hours. Overall I can avail their crappy service for about 30-40% of the time at best. The worst part of their service is that it often gets disconnected every few [...]

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

Date: 04/09/06     Keywords: spam

I took a look at the data we are sending to Akismet, a WordPress plugin for comment spam protection, for each comment submitted on your blog, if you use this plugin for comment spam prevention. I have recently started using Akismet, a WordPress plugin from WordPress author Matt Mullenweg. I have to say I was [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-matt-mullenweg-wordpress-author-know-about-you-wordpress-akismet-plugin-user/