Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Broken Appointment System In Indian PSKs (Passport Seva Kendra)s

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Siva

7am in the morning is a bit too early for me to be awake (as I sleep quite late). And writing a blog on top as early is even rarer (actually first). But I got to write this discussing the … Continue reading →

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Building an App using HTML5 & JavaScript

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Siva

Coming from C++, Java, Perl, Python and JavaScript background for OOP I just couldn’t take Objective-C. I think there are a good set of libraries and Objective-C also has a good set of language level features but the syntax is … Continue reading →

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Creative Hiring

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Siva

As I am with software background, this is about software engineers. How do you hire smart software engineers? Historically, companies recruit via Campus Interviews and Online Job Postings.  Some companies did it via cryptic bill board messages, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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Visualization

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Siva

I wasn’t really planning on starting my next post with a one word title starting with V like the previous one. This happened purely by accident and I will provide the history first. Some of my close friends are aware … Continue reading →

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Virtualization

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Siva

In my previous post Protecting Software Programs I talked about my experiments to get some old games up and running. I did some more research and I am going to enumerate some of the lessons learned and the best practices … Continue reading →

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Protecting Software Programs

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Siva

After upgrading to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard I realized that some of my old games I got for my son are not working. I didn’t even realize till then that those games worked only because of a technology called … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard To Mountain Lion Upgrade

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Siva

I have a late 2009 27″ iMac which I bought April 2010. When Lion came out I didn’t upgrade as I wasn’t sure what all was involved in doing it, especially backup part. Now after Mountain Lion came out, after … Continue reading →

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