Inverse Karma

Finally I’ve found time to write something on IK once again. If you had read my last post Heya!, you would know that I’m away from home, away from unlimited internet access, and away from an Indian-style toilet.
It’s almost a month since I’ve been here, and here goes my tirade on all things good and [...]

Overwhelmed with the fantastic response to my Google DNS Helper, I decided to write a much better version of it, not restricted only to using Google Public DNS but other popular public DNS services.
Presenting the DNS Helper
The name says it all. The utility runs in your Windows notification area and provides a popup menu to [...]

2010 has gotten off to a great start! After a long (and frustrating) wait, I finally got my iPod Touch this week. I had been saving for it for quite some time, and let me tell you, its well worth the wait!
It is truly every gadget freaks dream device. My friend went totally ape shit [...]

Earlier this week, Google announced a new service – Google Public DNS. For the uniniated, DNS is a system that converts simple website addresses like www.google.com to IP addresses like 209.85.231.99. So for every website you visit, your browser requests the DNS to resolve the IP address before it can show you the actual page [...]

With portable memory becoming cheaper everyday, more and more devices are pushing the memory capacity to unprecedented levels. The ubiquitous iPod comes with a mammoth 160GB space (the Classic version). Even your mobile phone could take up to 4GB or 8GB SD memory cards. So what do you do with all that storage space lying [...]

Recently, I dug deep into my cupboard (the one with old books racked in it, just to remind myself that I got an education) looking for something and for once, my eyes fell on my calculator. Scientific calculators are the true friends of engineering students – they never back out during trying times (tough luck [...]

A good amount of IK readers own Nokia phones, and many of them also use the accompanying Nokia PC Suite. It is a great piece of software of course, but have you noticed it adding a ‘Nokia Phone Browser’ icon in your My Computer that you can’t just get rid of?
Wait.. Why get rid of [...]

Considering my last post was almost almost a month ago, I’ve decided to tell you what’s been keeping me busy. This month was simply more than I could have ever asked for – busy busy busy! The month started off with a new OS on my machine – the awesome Windows 7. Moving backups, setting [...]

Last month, I decided to learn .NET. A few classes later, I had started coding simple Windows applications. In my VB6 days, I was obsessed with coding a Snake game and had actually succeeded in it (but it looked so ugly that my friends still laugh about it after 5 years!). I’ve been learning C# [...]

Recently, Hari showed me a photo taken by his “periya photographer” friend. Having been a budding photographer for too long, I decided to top that photograph with one of my shots. A great opportunity came along as I went to Pondicherry with a band of friends. Always the official photographer, I was entrusted with shooting [...]