Category Archives: Review

Sat 16 Jul 2011

CSIA Website, debug=”true”

Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:37 AM by shirish in Programming, Rants, Review | 1 Comment

We frequently hear reports about “hackers” successfully bringing down some of India’s premier websites. The IPL-T20 website was once “defaced” and the hackers politely left a message stating that they had exploited a common SQL injection vulnerability.  It’s no surprise … Continue reading →

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Sun 27 Feb 2011

Windows 7 v/s Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM by shirish in Review | 3 Comments

I’ve always been a big fan of Microsoft Windows operating system. But now I’m required to work in the Ubuntu/Linux environment. If you ask me, that’s a big change – it’s like changing your religion. Frankly speaking, it almost feels … Continue reading →

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Wed 14 Jul 2010

Convergence of the Real and Virtual

Posted on July 14, 2010 at 8:26 PM by shirish in Facebook, Review, UI | Leave a comment

Call me paranoid, but organisations like Facebook and Google are growing alarmingly powerful as they continue to mine personal information out of individuals all over the world. The amount of personal data Facebook holds is arguably much more than any … Continue reading →

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Sat 16 Jan 2010

Men Of A Certain Age

Posted on January 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM by shirish in Review | Leave a comment

I have never come across a TV show with characters so honest, with story-lines so simple yet hilarious, with situations so real and with outcomes of those situations so true. After watching the first 3 episodes of the show at … Continue reading →

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