This time when we went to Pondicherry on the year end, we took two cameras – I took my Rebel XTi and my wife the LX3. While uploading our photos to Flickr, we had a problem. We wanted to merge our photo sets, but because of the different photo naming conventions of the two [...]
Entries Tagged as 'tech'
Adding new CA certificates in Ubuntu (Jaunty)
August 8th, 2009 · Comments · tech
A quick tip. I couldn’t find this from a quick search when I really needed it.
The problem – command line programs like fetchmail use the system wide openssl CA certificates to verify the authenticity of the server certificates they are provided when they connect to an SSL server like POP3 or IMAP.
Sometimes, you will have [...]
Using the official Flickr uploadr on Ubuntu
July 6th, 2009 · Comments · tech
I normally use jUploader for uploading photos to Flickr from my Ubuntu Jaunty box. However, since I got the amazing Panasonic DMC-LX3 compact camera, I have been uploading HD videos too to Flickr. Now none of the FOSS tools that I know of support video right now. Since I insist on uploading photos in the [...]
Tags:flickr·linux·ubuntu·wine·winetricks
Akamai awesomeness and Opendns lameness
April 23rd, 2009 · Comments · tech
Akamai footprint awesomeness.
My IP address.
sandipb@pluto:~$ wget -O – -q http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp;echo
122.167.0.79
sandipb@pluto:~$ host 122.167.0.79
79.0.167.122.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ABTS-KK-Dynamic-079.0.167.122.airtelbroadband.in.
Akamai CDN for downloading Adobe AIR.
sandipb@pluto:~$ host airdownload.adobe.com
airdownload.adobe.com is an alias for airdownload.wip3.adobe.com.
airdownload.wip3.adobe.com is an alias for airdownload.adobe.com.edgesuite.net.
airdownload.adobe.com.edgesuite.net is an alias for a1396.g.akamai.net.
a1396.g.akamai.net has address 203.101.62.10
a1396.g.akamai.net has address 203.101.62.11
sandipb@pluto:~$ host 203.101.62.10
10.62.101.203.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer dsl-KK-static-010.62.101.203.airtelbroadband.in.
I am downloading from a server [...]
Getting more printable PDFs from texinfo manuals
February 12th, 2009 · Comments · tech
Texinfo manuals are used primarily by various GNU projects like Glibc, gcc, gdb, etc. Texinfo is an extremely powerful format for writing high quality professional documentation and can be easily converted to HTML, PDF, Docbook XML and various other formats. The language features tex macros which are quite easy to pick up, and much easier [...]
Removing encryption from (legitimate!) PDF files on Ubuntu
January 10th, 2009 · Comments · tech
Many service providers have started encrypting the statements that they send you. While at some level, it does add some amount of security when the path to your inbox is not very secure. However, it is sometimes a major pain when you want to archive your emails. This is because every provider has decided on [...]
Paying credit card from your bank electronically
August 23rd, 2008 · Comments · tech
(If you want to skip all this background, and go directly to the steps to make card payments through ICICI Infinity, click here)
With Indian banks making life worse for customers using their credit cards, especially while paying their dues, I am exploring the mechanisms available to make payments for credit cards electronically. After all, if [...]
Tags:banking·credit cards·icici·infinity·RBI·standard chartered
Get your facts straight about the Opendocument Format
November 6th, 2005 · Comments · tech
Here is a great article on Linux Journal about the new Opendocument file format. For those who dont know much about this, think about the word .doc files that you have might have been using all this time. Opendocument is an alternate file format similar to .doc, for storing your word processing documents.
Opendocument file [...]
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Interesting wxpython case study
July 15th, 2005 · Comments · tech
I have been busy in the last few days migrating my mind from web based apps to native apps. Currently, I am reading about wxpython as a possible answer.
Here is an interesting post on the wxpython mailing list on how to use python + wxPython + Twisted + zope + XSLT.
Also some discussion on the [...]
Wordpress XML-RPC bug and 1.5.1.3 Upgrade patch
July 5th, 2005 · Comments · tech
A Serious XML-RPC bug has been discovered in PHP XML-RPC applications. Upgrade your PEAR library. Wordpress has come out with a new version fixing the problem. Unfortunately, they still don’t provide an easy way to upgrade. Here is the patch file to upgrade your Wordpress installation
**How to upgrade Wordpress in one step**
Download the patch file [...]
