Apr 5, 2008
Lets start with this:
I received Vista SP1 update. I have installed Vista on a 13 GB partition, and I had only around 700 MB left. After downloading the update, it said minimum 2GB required. So I set out to explore what is eating so much memory. Turned out Windows folder took a good 10.2 GB of it. And digging deeper the system32 folder took 4.17 GB and there was this other folder named winsxs which took...
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Vista WinSXS woes & MS Brilliance.
Apr 3, 2008
Styles for Movable Type 4
Very few themes/styles are available for Movable Type 4 as of now. The nice themes over at The Style Archive do not yet work for MT4. However 3 of those themes have been ported and I’m using the Hemingway theme for my blog over at Gaa Gaa Gubbi. Installing these themes is very easy. This is one of the things I liked in MT4 over WP2.5, although number of themes available for WP far outnumber MT4.... read more
Apr 2, 2008
Movable Type Open Source Hosting.
I searched a lot for a free hosting service where I can test run a movable type 4 open source blog. You can access the installed blog here. The problem I faced was file size limitation in most free web hosts, which is usually 300KB. After a lot of looking around I found this very good web host which provides free plan with lots of advanced features at x10hosting. This host has much higher file size... read more
Mar 23, 2008
The New Media.
I was looking at YouTube 2007 video awards. Lots of cool content. Way better than traditional TV made by the “professionals”. Well these are professionals too, but different. The content connects more than TV. It sort of exists in the same environment / context as we do. And not just the content/topic they concern with, but also the medium, tools, people, etc,. My favorites from the pick: The... read more
I code. I take pictures. I eat people's head. I observe and appreciate different creative expressions. I like analyzing people interactions. I like teaching and explaining things. More here.
