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Shivanand
is a blogger from Bangalore
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Latest posts by Shivanand
Stand up comedian : Awesome Ending
Filed under: Bollywood, Entertainment, Humor, India, videos Tagged: Bollywood, Entertainment, global warming, Humor, India, Technology, terrorism, videos...Read more.
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 11:12 pm
Jyoti Basu: An Appraisal
Jyoti Basu: An Appraisal Reading the above article makes me wonder, how well people remember every close miss, mistakes, follies one makes . With out giving credit to his contributions. I’m no great fan of CPI(M) or Jyoti Basu, however the way the article is written intrigues me. If Jyoti Basu...Read more.
Posted on 26 January 2010 | 2:34 pm
Icon : Frederick Forsyth
The first part of Icon felt as though I’m reading one of the best thrillers. The first 2/3rd of the book is awesome fast paced and action packed. However the remaining 1/3rd is disappointing after the initial build up. The story is set in late 90s after the break up of USSR to Russia. The enti...Read more.
Posted on 21 January 2010 | 12:43 am
Icon : Frederick Forsyth
The first part of Icon felt as though I'm reading one of the best thrillers. The first 2/3rd of the book is awesome fast paced and action packed. However the remaining 1/3rd is disappointing after the initial build up.The story is set in late 90s after the break up of USSR to Russia. The entire deal...Read more.
Posted on 20 January 2010 | 1:07 am
Second visit to Parikrama
My second visit to Parikrama, met Chaitra today. She was all enthusiastic as usual with bucket loads of questions. We got some time to discuss a few things from where we had left it, from our last meeting.***Today It was supposed to be a careers open house for the kids. They get a chance to know the...Read more.
Posted on 16 January 2010 | 3:37 pm
Head-Start in Python
Wanna learn Python ? Following link points to a great way of learning Python.http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/Learning Python using games... a good way I feel...Read more.
Posted on 13 January 2010 | 11:53 pm
A thought from nowhere
Today while riding, back from office to home a thought from nowhere struck me. I recalled a friend talking about a colleague of his who took a couple of days off from work, because her dog gave birth to puppies. We made fun of it, and criticized the lady for not having her priorities right, for havi...Read more.
Posted on 11 January 2010 | 10:04 pm
NSXMLParser : Nuggets
I was trying to parse an xml of the form between the tags: text xml1 & text xmlNSXMLParser was for some reason was considering & as a delimiter and was calling - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string thrice, once for text xml1, second time for & and third...Read more.
Posted on 24 December 2009 | 1:32 pm
Shell scripting 101
I had to automate the build system today. The task was simple however my shell scripting knowledge is somewhat limited. I've done itsy-bitsy work on shell scripting but nothing extensive. Today in the process of automating the build I got to learn a few things, might be trivial but they were learnin...Read more.
Posted on 7 November 2009 | 12:28 am