Category Archives: Tips

Wed 23 Jun 2010

Facebook Status Updates via RSS

Posted on June 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM by shirish in Facebook, Tips | Comments Off

It was possible more than 2 years back. It’s possible now again. Facebook Status updates are now available via RSS. This opens up quite a range of applications for Facebook Inc. One application I can think of right now is … Continue reading →

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Thu 20 May 2010

PAGE_FAULT – It’s not necessarily your hardware’s fault

Posted on May 20, 2010 at 9:59 PM by shirish in Tips | Leave a comment

I started receiving a nasty Stop message or “Blue Screen Of Death” (BSOD) as it was popularly known in Win 98 SE days, ever since I changed my motherboard. The new Gigabyte GA-EG45M-UD2H was logically the most likely culprit, causing … Continue reading →

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Wed 20 Jan 2010

[HOW-TO]: Facebook Notifications in your Opera Web Browser

Posted on January 20, 2010 at 12:09 AM by shirish in Facebook, Opera Web Browser, Tips | Leave a comment

It’s about time I shared my secret about how I respond to Facebook messages so quickly. Recently, my friend compared me to a “bot” who spends his entire day lurking around on FB just because of the speed with which … Continue reading →

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Sat 24 Jan 2009

Error while trying to run project: Could not load file or assembly ‘”Shirish’s Flame Thrower”’

Posted on January 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM by shirish in Programming, Tips | 34 Comments

If you’re a programmer, I’m sure you’ve had your share of frustrations when it comes to using Mic*osoft Corps. products. MS provides probably the most intuitive and user-friendly IDE’s for programming, but they’re lousy at one very important thing. Debugging … Continue reading →

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