webbing the nittians

Like any premiere college in india ,NITT has its own share of successfull alumni too and what better way for students to learn than from the men who actually did it .
Ever wondered how it should be talk/interact with people who passed out a decade ago and are up their in the ladder where you [...]


exciting new start

yes,its pretty exciting now .My restlessness in holidays gave rise to a small hack,the twitter hack ,twitter.com/meninblue ( update: The scores and commentary was taken from their wap feed ) .Shortly after i released it ,i got a hello mail from Krishna Vedati ,the CEO of a silicon valley startup and they kindof liked [...]


openid powered

Openid is slowly becoming the standard for user authentication .Wordpress went open first ,soon blogger has followed suit .
For those who don’t know what openid is ,
“OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that [...]


setting up your own sms gateway in linux

SMS gateways allow for the sending and receiving of SMS messages to or from devices and used to provide SMS network connectivity to third parties.You will need a mobile phone (supported) and sms gateway software.
While there are many propreitory solutions ,we went looking for opensource and free software .Kannel and gnokii ended up as best [...]


Trying out belenix

Now that we have an official Open Solaris user group in our college ,i can find execuses to find computers and free internet .Last weekend i download belenix 0.6.1 and wanted to test it out .So i created some extra gigs on my laptop and installed it out .
Surprising that even though belenix has come [...]