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Re: You may travel with Spotify, but only for 14 days.

eric — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:41:18 -0000

That's no longer an options, so it seems. I didn't find a thrustworthy sweed either ;-) so i fixed it by setting up a uk based vpn ( hat tip: http://spotify-fans.blogspot.com)

Re: How to Design Programs(HtDP) Series

azharcs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:07:21 -0000

Thanks a lot, Will start blogging about it from this week. It would great if you can give me feedback about my upcoming posts about HtDP. Thanks for the comment :)

Re: How to Design Programs(HtDP) Series

azharcs — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:49:34 -0000

Thanks a lot for your wishes. I sure hope to finish HtDP and blog about it very soon.

Re: You may travel with Spotify, but only for 14 days.

azharcs — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:43:17 -0000

Just go to edit profile and change the country to your real country. It will work.

Re: git ready » what git is not

azharcs — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:40:22 -0000

Nice site, hope to learn a lot from here. :)

Re: What is wrong with Chinese and Indian Parents?

azharcs — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:03:14 -0000

Good to hear that you found what you really like. :)

Taare Zameen Par FTW

Re: What is wrong with Chinese and Indian Parents?

azharcs — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:14:41 -0000

True, but shouldn't learning be more about curiosity rather than fear. I totally agree with you that Real World tests everyone, not matter who they are. Thanks for the comments. :)

Re: Open Coffee Club Bangalore – January Meet-up

azharcs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:27:21 -0000

Thanks for the correction, i totally forgot January 18 was the second meetup of the year. Thanks for the comment.

Re: about me

azharcs — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:21:54 -0000

alai kum salam. Very true, can't be a better time than this. Talk to you soon again.

Re: Top 10 most useful webapps of 2008 at lifeinlists.com

azharcs — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:51:01 -0000

I haven't used IntenseDebate but i have heard a lot about them. I am currently happy with Disqus, so found no reason to change. I would say right now, Disqus has a slight advantage over IntenseDebate because of their Sesmic and Facebook Connect Integration. Apart from that, they are clones of each other.

Re: Top 10 most useful webapps of 2008 at lifeinlists.com

azharcs — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:20:28 -0000

Its good to know 3 YC companies are on the list. Some are really innovative and Disqus has been my favorite all along.

Re: Top 10 most useful webapps of 2008 at lifeinlists.com

evbart — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:40:13 -0000

Yeah, I forgot disqus was yc. I found out about it through fred wilson, so I associate it more with union square than yc because of that for some reason.

You ever use intense debate? Its interesting that automattic picked them up. Don't know much about them or the acquisition, but I'm assuming discus wasn't for sale or was priced out?

Re: Explaining Microsoft Shoe Circus Ad

azharcs — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:44:43 -0000

Yes, very true, the ad was pretty complex for a normal person. I really liked the 'I am PC' ads too.

Nobody can beat Apple creatively, but i also believe Creativity is overrated. I also didn't think Microsoft thought of gaining new customers from this ad, for them right now it is about retaining those 85% or 90% of the PC users who are slowly moving from Windows to Mac or Linux.

Re: Strive.

azharcs — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:27:43 -0000

The whole human civilization lives on Hope, we hope there will be a better tomorrow, we hope there is less war and more peace, we hope nobody dies of hunger. When we hope, we actually pray, some people hope to idols, some hope to invisible force, some hope to themselves(athiests). But we as humans will never stop hoping, until the world becomes perfect.

Re: Dreams…!

chaos — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:51:09 -0000

its pure narrow mindedness.. I mean why on earth do u think that being a software engineer can be no ones dream.Its just that u were born in bangalore, and have all friends who are software engineers... and here its like a prototype, any middle class guy opts to be a se because he can find an easy job.
Now can u just get out of a box and think, if you were not in bangalore, say u were in dubai or some country, where the most common profession is not SE, you would perhaps say, being a SE is achieving a dream.

Besides if someone sits in a garage and codes then its a dream and if someone sits in a cubicle and does the same its "sit in a cubicle all day and type crappy code".. cmon...

This has happend to me.... I like to code, and any bit of work is interestng when u dont know how to solve a problem and u have to find a solution.
When i get into my work, i get so engrossed that i forget my out look, i dont check mail, i forget my communicator and everything.... its just my work and me.... This is liking what u do
But when u sit down to study or code and then you find an interesting link and share it with ur friends, in bet or you find time to twitter "I am reading how to code ruby" or something like that... thats wen you are not totally interested in what u do and u are forcing it on yourself...
may be its not a dream, its a fantasy because u see many people do that and become successful and you want to be them.
The destination is not a dream, the road to the destinatino is....

Re: Dreams…!

Azhar Chougle — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:05:51 -0000

Ditto man - good point, I don't want to become a pilot, but I still love playing Flight Simulator.

Re: Dreams…!

azharcs — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:38:55 -0000

@pavan I am sure, it was nobody's dream to sit in a cubicle all day and type crappy code. Now you will say, we all have to make a living and we have to do crap work. People need purpose in life, It defines their whole life. Ask an artist what he loves, and he would say Art. Ask a entrepreneur what he likes and he says product. Majority of the people who don't follow their dreams are the people who complain about their jobs, their boss, their pay and all that crap. If they had followed their dream, they would have nothing to complain about. The reason they complain so much is because they didn't make the important decisions in their life(somehow parents, peers and practicality took over) and now they complain to tell that those decisions were wrong.

Re: Dreams…!

azharcs — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:18:23 -0000

@azharc - What you are saying is kinda true. We evolve as humans and our dreams too. Just look around, how many people are software engineers because of choice rather than peer pressure or parental pressure. Dreams should not be associated with practical concerns. Pilot's might make money or not, but the very reason we all wanted to become pilot was flying fascinated us and we loved it. When we were kids, we didn't care about how much money pilots made. Just watching a plane made us happy. I wanted to be a soccer player when i was a kid, as i grew up it only got tougher and like a sheep i quit it and had a very good reason, soccer players make less money in India, one injury might finish the career and all that. Those were just reasons for me so that i could quit something and find a easier dream.

Re: Commercial capitals of India

azharcs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:28:46 -0000

One of your best blog posts and so very true. Religion has become a joke now because of this commercialization and with these entrepreneurial priests.

Re: M A S U M

azharcs — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:05:31 -0000

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Re: M A S U M

azharcs — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:04:54 -0000

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Re: Intelectual vote bank goes bankrupt

azharcs — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:16:21 -0000

Nice Article, India is breeding a bunch of opportunistic fools. These Intellectuals are the one who make more noise when there is a bad government but when the voting day comes, they have one of the best answers "How can my single vote change something". Poor people are way more responsible than this Intellectuals. They would rather concentrate more on Obama, Clinton Campaign than their own state or country.

Re: M A S U M

azharcs — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:12:36 -0000

Awesome thing.

Re: Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, May 7

azharcs — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:29:30 -0000

Fox Network is really at the top, this shows republicans and neo-conservatives outnumber the good guys.

Re: About Me

azharcs — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:57:44 -0000

Password manager is really not a break through idea, You won't believe it but most of the browsers come with them inbuilt. ha ha

Paradox - a statement that contradicts itself. Are you contradicting yourself, i hope not .

Parody - Humorous or satirical mimicry, Make a spoof of or make fun of - This is true because you are mimicking my about me.