My laptop at work has some network configuration issue (I think) leading to Outlook not finding the server – sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But every other application uses the internet/intranet just fine. Only Outlook doesn’t work and I’m tired of reading the mails from a web interface because it is painfully slow and […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Whoa to Woe
After a month of bliss, I caved in and got a new phone. After all, there are few super() invocations that I want to override (any Indian son/daughter would know what I mean). The good part about not having a mobile phone was the bliss of being “free”, I suddenly had more time to spend […]
Sights of a little town
Why p2p in a browser
When Opera announced BitTorrent support within the browser (two years ago!), it never made sense to me. After attending Dr. Satish Menon’s “Video Goes Viral” talk yesterday, I am convinced that is the way to go. The funny thing is that there are no benefits to the user, if anything, it is a downside for […]
Thought for the Day
Everything is okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end. — Anonymous
Moxie
Yep, Moxie. That’s the codename for the next version of Flex. And it was one of the suggestions by yours truly in the internal discussions. Why this name? My reasoning was: flex -> strength -> http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/strength -> mana, pizzazz, moxie, thew, … Ely liked the name ‘moxie’ a lot especially because of the way the […]