!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Well for everybody, a very happy and prosperous 2009!!

And my advice,



!!SLOG IT OUT!!

:D :D :D :D

Bugging it........ the Debugger way :-D

Well it's not at all funny.... projects are gud have but tough to complete when you got all the responsibility.

The project I am talkin' of is under a Internet/Application Security company which hosts automated penetration testing( just read it testing ), and I was lucky to get a project under Jonathan Brossard, the lead researcher.

Well abt jonathan, he's simply a professional with plethora of data base. And when it comes to answering ques.... there's no fooling around with him :-D.

But having worked hard and long at the project, and doing almost everything single handedly( though i have a no use brilliant partner :-( ), I am really in a soup. The tough part is that the project is Implementation and that too from scratch, there are no guaranteed results and the methology is extremely Alien and adding to it... i am using the Kerningham paradigm( read it the C language :-D ).

But what I all aim for is to give a suitable try to it, 'cause i have no idea if i'll be able to compete the project. I am just hoping for my partner to come back.... gosh Praveen i know u r the best at it... :-D.

Newayz wish me best of luck :-D

Spring Sem.......... shedding the dull leaves

Well here we go.... the Spring Semester!!

Like most colleges we have two Semesters per year, Autumn from July-Nov and Spring from Jan-April.

In terms of masti and dhoom, Spring certainly cuts through with the hallmark events Kshitij-Techno Management Fest and Spring Fest- The cultural fest.

Well apart from that we have our Department Fest- Bitwise, Algorithm Intensive Proramming contests to add to the excitement of Programming Geeks out there.

Comming to the point.... while writing this blog post, Ist day of Fourth( Spring ) Semester, and also marking the margin b/w year flips, I resolve to certain things i want to change:

1. Leave some of my habits( i better do, 'cause i violated one just now :-( )
2. Get hold of plethora of work i have at hand, specifically my Project which is now sorta lingering.
3. Get hold of open source so that i could have a crack at Google Summer Of Code by the end of this Semester.
4. Take my responsibilities as the Secretary( Technology Gen Champ. TSG ).

More said than done...... Lets Do It !!!!

When I started with Open Source

Well it's not unobvious that I always wanted to do Programming and thats why I took Comp.Sc. as a course to start with.

First thing that was on my mind was to learn Linux/Unix and during my first year i was fully dedicated to learning it at any cost, whatever it took!!!

I got some books( out of nowhere ) on Red Hat Linux and read them to get an introductory feel... what I realized during all this was:

It's not tough to "learn linux/unix" but it's tough to "unlearn windows"!

Well I started off with the all familiar Bash Shell and then did a Online Scripting Course, that too on Bash.

To test my skills i participated in a simple project hosted by our College Senior aimed at writing a script for customizing and installing softwares on Debian( Ubuntu ) working internally. FYI, we already have a debian( binaries, as i am informed ) mirror in place and gives us 10mbps speed.

And bang there is where i came to actually reading a project code, finding the fallacies and henceforth my first one-to-one correspondence with Open Source. Though it was short lived I came to learn about the basic development tools/stuff like:

code.google.com/p/ repositories
SVN/CVS version control softwares

Well it helped me a lot to clear some doubts which generally dont have a starter's introduction, but as I said there's a difference b/w "interesting" and "interested" ;-)

Pidgin- What the hell is this

For all the Window fans here's my opinion:

"Computer is like an air conditioner, when u open WINDOEZ it stops working :-D"

Pretty true, windows is perhaps the most homely name around and also the most famous one. And the heart of the youth and exclusively again for Windows platform is a Chat Client named Google Talk or GTalk.

What I see in next 10 years is complete monopoly of Google and it's products, and here's an interesting list of some of them:

1. Gmail--- Obvious
2. Orkut--- Youth just looooveeeee it
3. Gtalk--- Just dont ask me
4. Code Google Repositories
5. Google Docs
6. Blogger

And most are using atleast three of above mentioned stuff.
FYI, Google servers run on Linux blood[;-)]

But what the hell is Pidgin. Pidgin is an Open Source Multiprotocol Free Chat Client.

Wait wait, let's be slow........

Open Source: You have the Source Code to do the exploiting
Multiprotocol: It has suport for different protocols, you may run Yahoo, AIM, Gmail accounts all a the same time.
Free: The best part, you never pay for it.
Chat Client: Just as Gtalk is.

But why dont i use Gtalk, to be honest Gtalk is embedded everywhere, and now even Orkut has added it's functionality. But as i am a Developer i just dont get enough food just by seeing things done and nywayz Pidgin is way too powerful than Gtalk.

Gtalk is also supported only on Windows whereas Pidgin can run on every damn machine that has a C compiler( Be assured everyone has one ). You might give it a try here:

http://www.pidgin.im/
http://www.pidgin.im/download/windows/
http://www.pidgin.im/download/source/

The above links sum it all, have a go if u feel inspired ;-)!!!!

I have done a bit of Source Code digging and will let u have a feel of what i have done. Maybe then you realize the satisfaction of letting code run to your beat ;-)

My Tryst With Open Source

Well practically speaking the world of open source is perhaps the most unorganized and hapazad business around. The lack of coordination and standards clearly reflects the type of people who actually get into it, and moreover in India it has really weak roots.

How many of us actually know open source and how many of us have had a feel or experience of the same. Well take my word, "Open Source" sounds interesting but as Canfield says- "There's a difference in interesting and interested", and if you dare think that Google will help you out, you are perhaps mistaken.

In my various posts i will take you through my experiences through open source and how it's treating me right now.

FYI, i have also written a full fledged guide on how to hack WinXP having only physical access and perhaps a poor 10x CD-ROM but have misplaced it somewhere on some remote blog :-/.

Anyways, I shall be taking you on a ride with open source and you may bang me anytime with your experiences or suggestions!!

News of The day: Bush Shoe a hit game :-D

So this is the latest buzz in Times Of India:

An Iraqui Journalist threw a Shoe on Prez Bush, only before throwing the other!!!

Reportedly culprit, a TV reporter, Muntadar al Zaidi was tackled to ground only after he had succeeded in his efforts.

Well he gave a bid adieu: "This is a Farewell Kiss, you Dog"

But the interesting part, the various online managers have made it a big hit in online games and the funniest of them gives the player a chance to throw some 10 shoes. If u are able to hit him...... guess what u get, a Greeting: YES U CAN!!!

Well Obama shall be pleased at it.... ;-) If not publicly, but atleast when he enters his bathroom :-D :-D.

Here is a link i found....

http://kotaku.com/5110547/shoe-attack-on-president-already-turned-into-a-crappy-flash-game

Also for interesting pics and fun:

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=78628&sectionid=351020201