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Aug 18

Quickly Turn Your Blog Or Website Into OpenID


Instead of creating a new OpenID, I wanted to turn my website into OpenID. Follow this steps to convert your website or blog into OpenID.

  • Create your identity using third party sites like myopenid
  • Add following lines to <Head> section of your homepage


    <link rel="openid.server" href="http://www.myopenid.com/server" />
    <link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://[YOUR_OPENID].myopenid.com/" />

  • Your blog/website is ready to be treated as a OpenID. Don’t forget to test it though ;)
Aug 15

Port 22: Connection Refused, Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6


If you run into an issue where you can’t get into Mac OS X machine through SSH….then follow these steps:

System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login > Check

Aug 13

Resolved: Silly Issue with Hadoop Node Format


I started setting up hadoop cluster with 2 servers. And somehow couldn’t get past the ‘namenode format’ stage. That was strange considering I wasn’t a newbie. It consistently threw the following exception now matter what I did:

[XXX]$ bin/hadoop namenode -format
INFO namenode.NameNode: STARTUP_MSG:
/************************************************************
STARTUP_MSG: Starting NameNode
STARTUP_MSG: host = hadoop1/127.0.0.1
STARTUP_MSG: args = [-format]
STARTUP_MSG: version = 0.20.2
STARTUP_MSG: build = https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20 -r 911707; compiled by 'chrisdo' on Fri Feb 19 08:07:34 UTC 2010
************************************************************/
Re-format filesystem in /data/hadoop/name ? (Y or N) y
Format aborted in /data/hadoop/name
INFO namenode.NameNode: SHUTDOWN_MSG:
/************************************************************
SHUTDOWN_MSG: Shutting down NameNode at hadoop1/127.0.0.1
************************************************************/

And finally I resolved it. It turned of to be a silly case sensitivity issue. So “Y” was suppose to be uppercase…Damn!! :)

Aug 13

Solved: Random Connection Time Out’s – Comcast/Linksys


Somehow yesterday my connection started timing out randomly. I’ve Comcast Modem + Linksys Router supporting couple of server on ethernet & couple of laptops on wireless. The problem was pretty strange because not all request were timing out. So the network was working in a distorted fashion.
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Aug 11

Jackie Evancho – Young sensation on America’s Got Talent


Now this is a talent I’m talking about; America’s Got Talent finally discovers sensational Opera prodigy .. Jackie Evancho.

Watch this…

Gifted Singer Jackie Evancho Performing on America’s Got Talent:

Aug 10

1M USD Puzzle Solved? Is P=NP? Vinay Deolalikar


Today I came across this post where one of the computer scientist Vinay Deolalikar from HP labs solved one of the long standing unsolved puzzle in Computer Science field. He is claiming “P is Not Equal to NP” & on verge of publishing a paper & will get 1 Million USD.

http://www.claymath.org/millennium/P_vs_NP/

The latest draft can be found at “P is Not Equal to NP
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Aug 05

Google Wave Takes Plunge


Unfortunately Google Wave takes a plunge :( :

“Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.”

- Urs Hölzle, Senior VP Google
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Aug 05

5 Killer Apps For Jailbroken iPhone 4


1. iD3 The beauty of a jailbroken iPhone is that you can skin it like crazy. iD3 ($1.99) gives a gorgeous high-tech makeover to your Lock Screen, icons, and even various built-in apps (like Calculator, Dialer, and iPod). It also customizes user-interface sounds. It’s just one of more than 100 available themes; pick any of them to give your iPhone a fresh, distinctive look.

2. IntelliScreen The iPhone is long overdue for some kind of functional, Windows Mobile-style “Today” screen. IntelliScreen ($9.99) brings your calendar, e-mail, and text messages to the Lock Screen, plus custom news, sports, and weather. Setting up your layout can be a bit tricky, and the screen can be slow to populate, but it’s still the best use of the Lock Screen I’ve seen to date.

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Aug 03

Don’t Be Serious, Be Sincere


Excerpt From Chetan Bhagat’s inaugural speech at Symbiosis in 2008:

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.
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Aug 02

Find out how do you write?


I recently came across this very interesting website which tells you how do you write. The website has writing analyzer which is build on top of sophisticated statistical analysis tool. Based on your choice of words and writing style it will align you with writing author.

This stuff is worth experimenting. You can try it here

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