http://xabhishek.com Abhishek Nandakumar Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:46:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All in all, if you are looking for more bang for the buck, go for the Nokia N96. Lookwise and as a fashion symbol, we still say there is no beating the iPhone! All the iPhone analysis that's been going on is shocking. And the whole buzz about school kiddos wanting ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/24/the-n96-is-a-better-iphone/ This is simply idiotic. Even if a hacker figures out a way to make voice calls from an iPhone procured from our stores using a non-Airtel SIM, he will not be able to access any of the ‘Airtel Live’ or ‘Airtel Apps’ features built into all the iPhones sold by Airtel. Yeah, ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/22/airtels-challenge/ The first computer I played around with was a machine with an Intel Celeron 300Mhz processor, 32MB RAM and 1GB of hard disk space. Installed on it was an illegal copy of Windows 95. I was 8 and did not have the slightest idea about why we should pay for ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/17/remembering-windows/ Most of the Algorithms I implement are in Java and C++. I've been using TextMate instead of TextEdit to write code for the past two weeks and I find TextMate is simply great for writing code in C++ and Java. The editor is fine but I somehow felt I should be ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/14/smultron-and-textmate/ After upgrading to iTunes 7.7.1, this is what I discover when I open the iTunes Store. I was initially shocked when the Music Search wasn't working on the store and it redirected me to the Advanced App Store Search. India just got added to this page(and so did Pakistan; surprises ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/12/itunes-store-india/ For the first time in college today, I lost control of myself. Here is Group A of students(including me) trying to organise a welcoming party for the freshers(students joining this year) with the planning process going on for half a month. Group A had a couple of students(not including me) ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/08/06/hierarchy-and-ego/ No other desktop application makes it this easy. For Mac, Windows and Linux. LinkConnect http://xabhishek.com/2008/07/25/yahoo-mail-free-pop3-and-imap/ Must watch. I am not sure what the movie would have looked like without that superb Heath Ledger who will no longer be seen. Not exactly like the comics but very, very good portrayal of characters. And was it the Nokia Tube I saw in the movie? Cannot rate such a ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/07/22/the-dark-knight/ My new Flickr account is going to be THE Flickr account I use from now. It's also easily accessible through flickr.xabhishek.com. If you prefer an unmasked URL then http://flickr.com/photos/xabhishek/ is where you have to head to. The photostream is live. http://xabhishek.com/2008/07/15/fresh-start-to-flickr/ 1. revieware - I'm not sure this really ever took off. People still prefer to use their own blogs to post reviews and things they find interesting. I think revieware as a community website was a failure because there was no real aim. A review website built to allow anybody ... http://xabhishek.com/2008/07/15/the-passing-away-of-spaces-on-the-web-i-considered-important/