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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'tech'
One liner to convert Maildir/ to mbox using mutt
January 7th, 2009 · Comments · General
If .news/ is the maildir that you want to convert to the mbox news, this one-liner will do the job for you.
mutt -f .news/ -e ’set confirmcreate=no; set delete=no; push “T.*<enter>;snews<enter><quit>”‘
(Gleaned from this mailing list post )
Apple is as big a threat to FOSS as Microsoft
October 24th, 2008 · Comments · General
Many FOSS enthusiasts do not realize is that Apple is as, if not more, significant threat than Microsoft in the war for software freedom.
Most of the technical arguments that FOSS evangelists have, fall apart when you are talking about Apple and Mac Os X. Mac Os X has very less, if not none, of the [...]
Using ffmpeg on Ubuntu to convert DV videos for video sharing websites
September 21st, 2008 · Comments · General
To begin with, this is the problem that I had. I had recorded a short clip using my Panasonic NV-GS330 camcorder. I had to upload it to Vimeo, my video sharing website of choice.
From the camcorder to the computer
Importing the video from the camcorder to the laptop was not much of a problem. I plugged [...]
Tags:ffmpeg·kino·linux·panasonic·tech·ubuntu·video·video editing·vimeo
Draft of Indian Government’s policy on Open Standards in e-governance released
September 4th, 2008 · Comments · General
Thanks to Vinay Sreenivasa for letting us know on the ILUGD list:
The government has released a draft version of a Policy on Open standards for e-Governance. It is presently open for Public review.
Please find the policy at the link below-
http://egovstandards.gov.in/Policy_Open_Std_review
The policy seems to have some really good points like-
5.1) Mandatory Characteristics:
5.1.1)Selected Standard should be Royalty [...]
Why I returned my Mac
August 5th, 2008 · Comments · General
I realize the title of this post is a bit provocative, but I could not think of any other way to put it.
Some weeks back, I got a new Mac Book Pro at work. This was my first exposure to Apple’s computer products, and after the initial few moments of aah-ooh’s wore off, I started [...]
My first 419 mail in hindi!
June 21st, 2008 · Comments · General
My first 419 mail in hindi!, originally uploaded by Sandip Bhattacharya.
Came to the moderator address of ILUGD. Interestingly, it was sent from a gmail account but asks you to mail to an yahoo account instead.
The network effect of Flickr’s social photography
June 17th, 2008 · Comments · General
On April 8, 2008, Powerhouse Museum based out of Sydney, Australia, released their publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr, becoming the first museum in the world to do so. Earlier on Jan 16, 2008, the Library of Congress had released over 3000 photos on Flickr.
What is common between these two contributions was that the [...]
Helpful error messages – Airtel
June 15th, 2008 · Comments · General
Ah. Of course. Thanks. I will do just that … wtf??
Tags:ISP·service provider·tech
The Microsoft Tax Refund campaign at ILUGD
May 20th, 2008 · Comments · General
ILUGD is presently furiously discussing a legal procedure to get refund for the Microsoft Tax applied to all desktops and laptops that you buy from the branded market in India.
Here is a good definition of Microsoft Tax.
Some relevant snippets for the impatient.
The Microsoft tax is an unofficial, but commonly used term that refers to [...]
