My standard output on the web. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8110236-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @skant)http://logs.shashikant.in/<p>Another weekend popping in. Just got this idea for an android based game.<br/>I think I am gonna dive into Android this weekend.</p> <p>Also, we have or first Delhi HN meetup [ <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/delhi-hn-meetup%5D" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/delhi-hn-meetup]</a> this sunday:<br/><br/><strong>Details:</strong><br/>21st Nov, 2010, 3PM IST <br/>Connaught Place, New Delhi <br/>Costa Coffee, L Block, Near Nirulas <br/>Map: <a href="http://bit.ly/byiQcJ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/byiQcJ</a></p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1620468899http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1620468899Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:16:00 +0530<p>&#8220;Start Hacking&#8221;</p> <p>Those are the words written on my white-board in front on my desk. I am into a plethora on things right now: android, html5, css3, arduino&#8230; nothing is really giving me that real rush to &#8220;start hacking&#8221; something.</p> <p>Going back to read &#8220;A certain ambiguity&#8221; till then.</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1601769306http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1601769306Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:21:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb12yj3EVe1qzw5smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Serenity.:</b> <p>Location: Sultanpur Sanctuary Lake</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427872049http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427872049Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:02:11 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb12y6R91u1qzw5smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Ripples change perception:</b> <p>Location: Sultanpur Sanctuary Lake</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427870267http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427870267Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:02:11 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb12ye0kCe1qzw5smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Upside uʍop ?:</b> <p>Location: Sultanpur Sanctuary Lake</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427871430http://logs.shashikant.in/post/1427871430Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:02:11 +0530<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7TTKlJ3H4PQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands? <br/>Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it <br/>Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air? <br/>Have you ever looked fear in the face <br/>And said I just don’t care?</span></p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/583871875http://logs.shashikant.in/post/583871875Sun, 09 May 2010 17:55:23 +0530<p>Warez, Serials, Cracks &#8230; everyone uses them sometime or the other. <a target="_blank" href="http://youserials.com/">YouSerials.com</a> is a pretty comprehensive warez site. Find out its usefulness yourself.</p> <p>Cutting to the point, <strong>YouSerials recently blocked you from viewing the serials till you take some sort of survey</strong> which lead to other &#8220;Buy Viagra&#8221; sort of sites. This was pretty annoying, so I looked into their code and saw that they were making an XHR call to get the serials, which was absolutely good news.</p> <p>So, I made this bookmarklet <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://logs.shashikant.in/post/92209810/what-are-bookmarklets-and-how-to-use-them">which you can drag to your toolbar</a> and click on it  once the search result page is displayed on YouSerials.com.</strong></p> <p><strong><span class="bookmarklet"><a title="Drag this onto your toolbar" href="javascript:(function(e,a,g,h,f,c,b,d)%7Bif(!(f=e.jQuery)%7C%7Cg&gt;f.fn.jquery%7C%7Ch(f))%7Bc=a.createElement(%22script%22);c.type=%22text/javascript%22;c.src=%22http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/%22+g+%22/jquery.min.js%22;c.onload=c.onreadystatechange=function()%7Bif(!b&amp;&amp;(!(d=this.readyState)%7C%7Cd==%22loaded%22%7C%7Cd==%22complete%22))%7Bh((f=e.jQuery).noConflict(1),b=1);f(c).remove()%7D%7D;a.documentElement.childNodes%5B0%5D.appendChild(c)%7D%7D)(window,document,%221.4.2%22,function(%24,L)%7B%24(%22#rtable%20tbody%20td%20a%22).bind('click',%20function()%20%7B%20%20%20var%20urlid%20=%20this.href.match(/%5Cd+%24/)%5B0%5D;%20%20%20var%20t%20=%20this.parentNode;%20%20%24.get(%22/jq_serial.php%22,%20%7B%20id:%20urlid%20%7D,%20function(data)%7B%20%20%20jQuery(%22a%22,%20t).after('&lt;p&gt;'+data+'&lt;/p&gt;');%20%20%7D);%20%20%20return%20false;%20%7D);%20%7D);" target="_blank">Crack YouSerials</a></span></strong></p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/468250192http://logs.shashikant.in/post/468250192Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0530hackbookmarlet<p>Coding some stuff in .NET for fun&#8230; Visual Studio still impresses me with the ease I can write C# code without actually learning it&#8230; and the form-designer is by far the best I have seen till date.</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/353162830http://logs.shashikant.in/post/353162830Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:32:57 +0530<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6iylByF01qzw5smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>An Evening in Aizawl:</b> <p>Aizawl, Mizoram - View from my bedroom window around 7 in the evening.<br/><br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizawl</a></p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/224945302http://logs.shashikant.in/post/224945302Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:58:02 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks2wlnLIeb1qzw5smo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>King Spider:</b> <p>Taken on a misty morning in Aizawl, Mizoram. <br/> The web is still wet with the morning dew. Spidy seems to be waiting for its web-breakfast.</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/222866024http://logs.shashikant.in/post/222866024Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:02:16 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kl7fvav0Yoh9ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The last leaf.. finally falls</b></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257532http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257532Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:05:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kl04dykofeYImo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Splashes of childhood</b></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257426http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257426Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:05:00 +0530<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kkrq0JKhC5efPo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Dreaming big</b></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257302http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257302Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:05:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kkmmuKYXB4z0Mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The India Gate after sunset:</b></p> <p>The India Gate is one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in World War I and the Afghan Wars.<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate</a></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257205http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257205Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kkhqeTbYx9UEio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Road to Rashtrapati Bhavan:</b></p> <p>Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, located in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Until 1950 it was known as “Viceroy’s House” and served as the residence of the Governor-General of India. It is at the heart of an area known as Lutyens’ Delhi.It is the biggest residence of any Head of the State in the world.<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan</a></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257122http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146257122Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kk10uoDJ0LcIro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Phoolwari</b></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256839http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256839Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0530<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kkbvsBeUPl67oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The canopy:</b></p> <p>Standing right behind the gate is an empty canopy, also designed by Lutyens, and inspired by a 18th century Mahabalipuram pavilion, that till Independence of India in 1947 had the statue of King George V, which now stands in the Coronation Park, Delhi.<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate#The_canopy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate#The_canopy</a></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256986http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256986Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0530<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/MI2amyADRq6kk5s2ATj2iIcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The India Gate:</b></p> <p>The India Gate is one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in World War I and the Afghan Wars.<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Gate</a></p> <p>(Photo taken by me as part of <a target="_blank" href="http://worldwidephotowalk.com">Worldwide Photwalk</a>- July 18, 2009)</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256899http://logs.shashikant.in/post/146256899Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0530<p>What do you think about the new &#8220;Times of India&#8221; website layout&#160;?</p> <p>Compare it to &#8220;Hindutan Times&#8221; website. Both the websites shot below&#160;:</p> <p><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Homepage/Homepage.aspx" target="_blank">Hindustan Times:</a><br/><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr333/shashikants/ht.png" align="middle" border="2" height="320" width="400"/></p> <p><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/" target="_blank">Times of India:</a><br/><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr333/shashikants/toi.png" align="middle" border="2" height="320" width="400"/></p> <p><br/>Personally, I think Times Of India needs a bunch of web designers with more originality.</p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/139657102http://logs.shashikant.in/post/139657102Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:14:00 +0530<p>It seems IRCTC did finally take a note of the issue I had mentioned <a target="_self" href="http://logs.shashikant.in/post/89977991/irctc-privacy-security-breach">earlier</a>. <br/>It now shows this error message if you try accessing the print page the way I had mentioned in my <a target="_self" href="http://logs.shashikant.in/post/89977991/irctc-privacy-security-breach">earlier post</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr333/shashikants/irctc-fixed.gif" align="middle" border="2" height="32" width="526"/></p> <p><br/>This was a persistent issue for the last 2-3 years but now has been finally fixed.</p> <p><b>BLOGGING RULEZ :)</b></p>http://logs.shashikant.in/post/138925721http://logs.shashikant.in/post/138925721Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44:00 +0530