Embedded Databases and all…

Been trying out different embedded databases for the past few days. And am not sure which one is the best. The background is this: We have a desktop application in C#, and are sending data from desktop to the PHP backend on the server. Since the data is going to be large, we want to […]

અૌરતની અાંખો િજંદગીભર બુઢ્ઢી થતી નથી

While I was returning from Ahmedabad, Ashok gave a few books to pass on to dad. I had a lot of time on the way back, and picked up Chandrakant Bakshi’s Ego. Here’s something he wrote: અૌરતની અાંખો િજંદગીભર બુઢ્ઢી થતી નથી… In English, it translates to: A woman’s eyes never get older… So very […]

Girgit Firefox Add-on

Shantanu told me about a new Firefox add-on he has written a while ago. He also discussed it during the Mozilla Indic meet we had. It’s quite nifty, and I thought I should share it with Create an account on Mozilla if you don’t have it. Login to your account. Check Show Sandbox in Profile […]

How to empty a file without deleting and recreating it?

Was working with log files and wanted a quick way to empty them and recreate them. rm and touch would do it, but found something simpler: [code]cat /dev/null > filename[/code] As simple as that!

Magnet opened new office in Ahmedabad

We opened our new office in Ahmedabad last week. The operations started this Monday and the future is bright. Ashok and Vishal are camping there to setup the operations and take Magnet to new heights. We will have a team of about 20 PHP developers there to start with, and expand as we go. We’ve […]