ThreadLocal vs Synchronize & Example

Environment: Java 6

Recently I was looking into capabilities of theThreadLocal. And I decided to test everything against a SimpleDateFormat instance. Unfortunately the SDF is not a thread safe. So in a multi-threaded environment you can avoid concurrent modifications using “Synchronized”. I ran 100000 iterations over small set of 3 dates. Now it was time to implement same thing using ThreadLocal.
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January 2nd, 2011 in Java | No Comments | 1,243 views

Dec 12

Longest Common Subsequence Java Implementation

Recently I needed to implement LCS (Longest Common Subsequence) algorithm from dynamic programming for solving one of the problems. So I ended up writing quick implementation of LCS. For more details on LCS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_common_subsequence_problem
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December 12th, 2010 in Algorithm, Java | No Comments | 1,417 views

Nov 25

Entrepreneurship Instinct

Recently read this article which describes about few pointers required for your entrepreneurship journey:

Be passionate
Provide value
Do research
Stay focused
Start small

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November 25th, 2010 in Entrepreneurship, Random Picks.. | No Comments | 969 views

Nov 11

Resolved: Request timeout for icmp_seq Mac OS X

My Setup: Mac OS X 10.6, Comcast Modem, Linksys router

Recently I noticed that suddenly my internet use to slow down. I started digging out for the exact problem. While pinging to Google I received following response:

64 bytes from 74.125.115.147: icmp_seq=3024 ttl=50 time=34.063 ms 64 bytes from 74.125.115.147: icmp_seq=3025 ttl=50 time=30.229 ms 64 bytes from 74.125.115.147: icmp_seq=3026 ttl=50 time=35.426 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 64 bytes from 74.125.115.147: icmp_seq=3027 ttl=50 time=32.416 ms 64 bytes from 74.125.115.147: icmp_seq=3028 ttl=50 time=31.934 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 2

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November 11th, 2010 in Mac OS, Other | 2 Comments | 4,163 views

Nov 11

Watch The Social Network movie (2010) for free

I just love this movie, and wanted to watch it again. Finally, here is a link where you can watch “The Social Network” DVD print online for free.

Megavideo Link: The Social Network (2010)

(*Disclaimer: I’m not related to the movie upload or distribution by any means & just providing a resource which is freely available in the public domain.)

November 11th, 2010 in Free Services, Random Picks.. | No Comments | 432 views

Nov 07

Inspirational Speech – By Shiv Khera

Another inspirational speech by Shiv Khera

“Winners don’t do different things, they do things differently.”

November 7th, 2010 in Inspirational | No Comments | 1,018 views

Nov 04

Inspirational Stanza From ‘The Road Not Taken’ – By Robert Frost

Beautiful stanza from “The road not taken” by Robert Frost

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

November 4th, 2010 in Inspirational, Personal | No Comments | 380 views

Nov 04