Guess what donald trump just started blogging here is the link to his blog.
Its really funny how he glorifies himself in his entries :
- "My career is a model of tough, fair dealing and fantastic success--without shortcuts, without breaking the law........"
- "The glamour and grandeur of my buildings and my life are no mere trappings."
Category: Blog,Trump,Celebrity
Joystiq.com describes how to run windows 95 on a PSP . This gives you an idea how powerful the PSP can be , really impressive.
However it might not be very practical typing using your PSP joystick :P .
source
Category: PSP,Windows
Got this picture from boingboing, it shows a praying mantis eating a humming bird, which is something really really rare.
To bad we dont have neither humming birds nor praying mantis in MRU , however we do have spiders and pink pigeons , wonder when i am gonna see an spider jumping on a pink pigeon :).
full story here
Category: Bird,Insect,Mauritius,Photo,Pic
Echo 2 is a web framework having support for the cool Ajax technology. I had a look at the mail demo online , it really comes really close a RIA app.
The framework echo users really gives you the potentials of building applications online instead of pages linked together. Personnally i think this concept rocks and its strongly growing in acceptance and popularity.
You can download Echo 2.0 from here its 4.7Mb download in zip format.
Category: Web,Ajax,Echo,Developer,Download
If you have a Gmail account or use Google map this is what powers them ..AJAX.
Not only does it have a cool name but it has several advantages too:
1. You don't need to submit your form and wait for your page to refresh , AJAX allows instant field checking and saving , a bit like how a desktop application would work.
2. A single screen interface : consider having one Application page which captures all the display table , forms , etc.. of your application on a single screen.
3. Easy to implement : you use AJAX tag librabries and a servlet and el presto ...google like functionality on the fly.
You can create forms with auto completion , interactive popups , the possibilities are endless.
Midnight coders have implemented their webORB presentation server which actually allows AJAX and FLASH RIA clients to connect to JAVA applications.
Category: JAVA,AJAX,webORB,Google,RIA,Flash,Developer
Here is a transcript a mail interview I had with CEO of Goowy , Alex Bard, on the now growing in popularity flash mail App:
1. what technology does goowy use for the server side processing is that J2EE and on what server does it run?
We use .Net on the server side.
2. what niche of users are you trying to target?
We are targeting the iPod generation. It is a generation that transcends age and culture and a state of mind. We are targeting people who appreciate form, function, elegance, and embrace new technologies.
3. Where is the goowy head office located?
We are located in San Diego, California.
4. Is goowy planning to stay free for ever?
We will always offer a free version of our service. We truly want to make a difference in how people interact on the web and want to ensure that everyone has access to our services.
We will also offer premuim services in the near future which will provide increased storage, and additional advanced functionality.
5. What are the future functionalities that goowy is planning to add?
We are working a lot of exciting things in our lab that are a combination the amazing suggestions and feedback we have received from our members and our vivid imaginations.
"Its kind of fun to do the impossible" - Walt Disney
6.Hope thats not too much questions :) .
Not at all...your support has been great! Help us spread the word!
Category: Mail,Flash,Goowy,RIA,.Net,Technology,Interview
As promised here are the pics i took at Grand Baie of Michael Shumacher's ferrari.
The ferrari was the attraction of the moment with loads of people trying to take pics of the car.
Category: Michael Shumacher,Ferrari,Photo,Grand Baie,Super U,Car,F1,Mauritius
As of 10 am today , am 24 . It seems that I share this date with l'abbe Pierre and the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima..which is a very sad event i must admit.
Still this is how i spent my day , woke up with an sms from my best friend who is studying abroad in Pakistan..followed by a series of birthday sms from friends and relatives in Mauritius.
Was really nice nothing really special except that i slept almost throught out the day which is the best gift i've had since a while and I saw Michael Sumacher's former F1 car at Super U , Grand Baie. I got the pics on my phone , i'll post them as soon as possible online.
Category: 24,Javed Mandary,Birthday
Nice features come with this new version of Goowy code-named Goowy (Re).
Here is a list of them :
1. New bar which allows you to switch between different modes desktop , mail , calendar , today , options , help.
2. Ability to load a less flashy version of goowy for people with slow internet connection speed.
3. Goowy games which seems to be a very innovative concept , play games while reading your mail.
4. A google toolbar.
These are things that really want you to use goowy + you can customize your desktop. And the way the windows open up is way so cool , i love flash.
On the other hand being a flash application what i would have really liked is the ability to move objects on the goowy desktop, RSS feeds and definitively more publicity on Goowy so as it becomes trendy ..(thats why am writing this blog entry ..hhhehhe)
Category: Goowy, Flash, Mail, RIA, Cool
New site on mauritian web okkaz.com , is a supposed to be dedicated to "petites annonces", however right how its kind of empty. Most people preferring using servihoo's version of the same system.
If we compare the two, Servihoo outclasses by a mile Okkaz in terms of functionality , clarity and response. Although Okkaz has a nice interface , there are some things which are really not acceptable namely the fact that prices are displayed in euros instead of in Mauritian Rupees . This could be extrapolated to indicate that the guy running the Okazz bought the site from some french software maker or something.
Okkaz should try to put more emphasis on delivering useful content to be able to switch people going to servihoo onto their site.
Category: Okazz,Mauritius,Site
My dad always told me that the meaning of the name 'javed' meant 'good person', i always thought so but today i learnt that this was not the case . This is what my name really means:
JAVED
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Iranian, Arabic
Derived from Persian jawid meaning "eternal".
If you want to know the meaning of your name just follow this link .
Category: Name,Site,Arabic,Persian
Just went on a tour inside Flickr's new feature called interestingness. The feature allows you to view the most popular pictures submitted by flickr users , i was really surprised to see some very nice pics that could turn out to be excellent wallpapers :) .
There are also other features on flickr such as a year ago today , sets and groups for you to navigate through different perspective of photography.
Category: flickr,Photo,Mauritius,Art,Camera
Yes you are not dreaming there is actually thewebsiteofeverything. However the definition of everything is limited to only mammals .. a website dedicated to providing a wide array of information on mammals of all sort .
This is something i would have liked when i was in primary school .. although there was no internet at that time.
Category: Mammals,Website,Site,Mauritius
Lately i got a virus called MCM it is detected as an ".exe" with allows the mcm suffix appended to it, you can get it in the form of mcm.exe , mcm[1].exe ,etc...
Although i had Symantec Antivirus and the Microsoft Anti-Spyware installed, both were unable to remove it on my system. After a few searches i came across this page , which explained how to remove the crap out of my pc using hijackthis.
Hijackthis did identify mcm in its log but that too didn't help to remove it , so i had a look at the running processes and there was one "system.mcm" . I first had to terminate the process and then had to go to windows directory where there was a copy of this "system.mcm" file stored. Next step was to delete this "system.mcm" file.
That did it , nothing better than a hand to hand combat with a virus.
Category: MCM,Virus,Removal,Spyware,Malware
Fancy having google logo with your name? Well this is possible with the Google Logo Maker .
You just write what you want to put as "google" logo and presto ! I know it has absolutely no usefulness but still its fun ..
Category: Google,logo,Javed Mandary,Mauritius,Site
Watched Star Wars Episode 3 yesterday : Revenge of the Sith . Coooooooooooooool movie with loads of yummy animations.
Just found this forum where fanatics write about how they create their model star wars spaceships , whats surpring is that some of these models can actually fly!
Category: Star Wars,Model,Aircraft,Spaceship
Just tried to find mauritius using the new virtual earth map service from msn.Well according to the search result , Mauritius does not exist or has not been discovered yet!
Being on a 56kb dial-up line did not help things out , it takes ages for the page tiles to load , I wouldn't recommend any of you to navigate a map if you are not on broadband.
I am very much disappointed by the interface offered by msn , there is however a new feature called the "locate me" which is useful when you get lost somewhere between africa and alaska. Or if you don't on which continent you currently are due to amnesia or something or better if you are a secret agent and it happened that they shipped you somewhere without telling you where.
Now there are 2 ways to get msn to find you . The first one being to install a software on your pc ...no thank you and the second method is to having msn analyse your ip.. i prefer this option . However msn was unable to find me ....logical since they have not discovered Mauritius yet!
My recommendation use Google Maps instead , its faster and nicer to use from my perspective .
Category: Virtual Earth,Msn,Mauritius,Google Maps,Map
According to the official website of Microsoft the name of the next version of Windows has been changed from Longhorn to Windows Vista.
Here is the video of the announcement of the new Windows Vista. I would have prefered they kept it Longhorn , it was much more mysterious and charming than Vista .. well hasta la vista Lonhorn.
Category: Windows,Vista,Longhorn,Mauritius
What would you do if you were stranded on a desert island....given that you got broadband connection allowing you to download any software on the net, (lets say its a cyber-desert-island and WIFI-enabled using solar panels to power up your laptop). Which programs would you choose to download?
The C-net staff put to the question have given out some answers. Its funny and at the same time you get to discover new downloads.
full story
Category: Download,Cnet,Story,Funny,Mauritius
Isn't this new Samsung mobile , the Samsung SCH-v740, really wicked? .. although it does look like the Motorola Razr.
Actually when you have a very very not so close look ,its almost identical to the Razr!
As a picture is worth a thousand words , here is 3000 words to prove it:
Category: Samsung,Phone,Motorola,Razr
