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Using Barcode Scanner for buying books in India 2

Using Barcode Scanner for buying books in India

isbn.net.in is the easiest way to get book prices from all e-stores in India. Given an ISBN code it gives prices from almost all e-stores in India, Very useful. But if you want to check book prices on the go (specially in a physical book store), then it’s not an easy. It’s tedious...

Javascript API for wordpress posts 1

Javascript API for wordpress posts

I have been looking at ways of using my activity stream. The stream is a WordPress blog and has various kinds of data (status msg, pictures, links and posts). Eventhough wordpress provides certain xml based APIs, I wanted something simple, that works on client side. One of the requirement was to pull the...

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Wines of Bangalore

This blog post is not for under 18 (under 21 in some parts of the world). If you are not legally allowed to consume alcohol them dont read further :). Okay, for the record I like beer but then once in a while I like other alcohol too. Wine tastes good and also...

Support Bribe Bandh 0

Support Bribe Bandh

We need laws similar to RTI for activists to fight corruption.I think unless we citizen ask for it we wont get it. I Paid a Bribe as part of Bribe Bandh is collecting one million signatures to influence the Indian Government to tighten its laws against corruption. BRIBE BANDH Go ahead show your...

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Kindle and hacking heroes

After a very long break I am back into reading books. I must say my attention span has reduced. I had to concentrate hard for the first twenty pages to get into the groove. No internet (actually avoiding it) helped. I was at Hyderabad airport and flight was delayed by an hour. I...

From Java to Python 16

From Java to Python

If I remember properly I haven’t learnt any new language in last three years. All I had done was learning more libraries in Java, PHP and JavaScript. Partly because I was not interested in learning completely new language and its ecosystem. Also because there was no need. All my bread and butter work...