March 2012
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Installing cURL & Git on Mint / Ubuntu Linux
I started working on Windows for my Ruby on Rails (RoR) environment. It worked fine for couple of days but now I started getting different types of error and trying to troubleshoot those for last two days and am not able to resolve it.
In my research during troubleshooting, I came to conclusion that Windows is not the best environment for developing on Ruby on Rails. Hence, I selected to go with...
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Rubular
Came across great site - Rubular.com - for all Ruby/Rails coders who want to review their regular expressions.
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Learning Ruby on Rails
I have just started exploring Ruby on Rails. I took introduction to C, VB and couple of other languages during my college but never got a chance to implement any of the programming after I passed those classes. I wanted to start programming, and one of my main reasons was to develop thinking process. To challenge my brain to think differently and improve logic, which I thought would be great to do...
April 2011
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Gmail Motion
This is crazy! It feels like Deja vu running all over me again. Last year, I was thinking it would be great if we can have sign language and speech recognition built in our everyday life. It would be interesting to see how it will change our work style and I think it will give a great energy to our boring office routine. And here we have Google Motion almost after year. I love Google for this...
November 2010
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Divya Mistry, my brother, introduced me to this...
August 2010
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Ahmedabad BRTS overview.
Ahmedabad, a metro city of Gujarat has installed a Bus Rapid Transit System. This system is one of it’s kind in South Asian region. You will get a great idea of the system after watching following two videos. Great work done my honorable minister of Gujarat, Mr. Narendra Modi.
April 2010
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For all Mac and HD TV owners.
Winscape is a software application that runs on OS X 10.5 or 10.6 that will change the way you wake up every morning or need to create a romantic atmosphere in your room or need a change of place while seating in your own room. Possibilities are endless. It also has an iPhone application to use as a remote control. Check out the video and link blew for more information on how you can create your...
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Great advise for startupers from Loic Lemeur
3 advise for anyone who wants to launch his/her own startup from Loic Lemeur, founder of Seesmic.
YouTube - 3 tips if you want to launch your own startup
March 2010
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February 2010
7 posts
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Creative Advertisement
Creative Advertisements on Vehicles:
Few other creative ads:
You may find some other good ones (some are common and some are repeat photos from above) on WebAir Blog.
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Ice Skating on Bolloywood songs during winter...
Hats off to the trainer, choreographer and both skaters. Amazing job.
YouTube - 2009 GPF Davis White OD
YouTube - Meryl Davis and Charlie white - Ice Skating on Bollywood Songs
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List of house plants that can be used as Air...
According to article posted on air-purifier-reviewsite.com blog, NASA research shows that “House plants can purify and rejuvenate air within our houses and workplaces, safegurading us all from any side effects connected with prevalent toxins such as formaldehyde, ammonia and benzene.
Here are the results of the NASA research study:
Common name / Scientific name / Score
1. Areca palm /...
Gujarat - A short film
Gujarat is one of the fastest growing states in India. Following short film was presented on Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 2009. I am proud Gujarati.
YouTube - Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
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My vegetarian Pho experience...
I made the Vietnamese very well known dish called Pho, which is a sort of noodle soup, and it turned out pretty nice. Better than I thought. BTW this post might be repetitive for many following me on Facebook [FB] as I have uploaded the pictures there but wanted to give out my recipe to you so you can make it at home as well and enjoy different cuisine. So it was a long weekend and at my place I...
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Augmented reality - Bing Maps
Check this video out.. specially at 4:00 minutes. This blew my mind away. What a concept and realization of that concept. Mind blowingly off the hook!
My respect has grown for Microsoft!
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INSTALLING HUSBAND!!!
I came across following pretty funny conversation and thought of sharing with you all. Enjoy! (by Anonymous) A woman writes to the IT Technical support….. Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under...
January 2010
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Gujarat - Growth engine of India | Why I love and...
These are the few reasons why I am so proud of Gujarat (where I spent most of my childhood while completing schooling) and hat’s off to Mr. Narendra Modi for his work and dedication to make state of Gujarat one of a kind.
Following video is a must watch for anyone and everyone connected to or want to know about current status of Gujarat (western state of India).
Gujarat has taken a...
December 2009
4 posts
Punjabi - Merry Christams
Punjabi way of Merry Christamas!
Indian Spiderman
Pretty funny video:
Santoon Electronica
Amazing mix of East & West. Great work.
YouTube - Santoor Electronica
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November 2009
2 posts
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SixthSense by Pranav Mistry on TEDIndia
At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry showed demos of SixthSense and other tools that would help our physical world interact with the digital world. He also showed an outstanding, amazing, mind-blowing “paradigm-shifting” , out of the box, innovative papertop (in my own words) technology. I know I am prasing Pranav a lot, not because we share the same last name, but he has some amazing work that...
Excellent Video on Crush It! tour by Gary...
Once again, excellent speech / video by, leading social media marketing giant, Gary Vaynerchuk. Spare your one hour and watch this video. Mind blowing and thought provoking!
October 2009
3 posts
Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success | Video on... →
Great presentation of many things we know but dont realize on daily basis. Excellent.
September 2009
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Vegetarian Sushi
Yesterday (Saturday, Sept 19, 2009) evening I was working and to take time off thought of making dinner and started looking around what is available and what I can make. I wanted to have something different than usual and was craving for Sushi for long time… My wife and mom are vegetarian. My wife didn’t have positive experience with Japanese cuisine (being a vegetarian, of course, due...
Ten Green Modular Shelving: shelving and tables...
Do you have glass bottles sitting around? Make use of it - create shelving and tables using glass bottles.
Get your step-by-step information at: Ten Green Modular Shelving: shelving and tables using glass bottles - Via Instructables.
Make a Kegerator (via Wired)
DIY - Kegerator. Looking for kegerator - no need to spend hundreds of dollars. You can make your own kegerator with a small fridge and CO2. A great add on to your bar and if you don’t have one you can create now.
Check out video below:
Check out step by step instructions on Wired - How-To wiki.
August 2009
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How To Improve Your Memory Video | Memory... →
How To Improve Your Memory on Howcast
Very interesting video. I would highly suggest you take 2mins and 50seconds to watch this video. By taking very simple steps, one can increase memory with 30%. Hope this would be helpful to you all.
July 2009
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Innovative advertisements on some of the sensitive...
Excellent, innovative advertisement on very sensitive subjects of our lives. Thought provoking. Most advertisements listed are keeping India in mind, however many subjects such as global warming, safe driving, smoking, child labor etc are not only relevant to India but also a global issue. Looking forward to your comments on each.
Check out my Flickr stream:...
June 2009
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FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
I have started managing Mahalo’s FOSS page: http://www.mahalo.com/foss
Please check the page and let me know what all things you would like to see besides the link to FOSS software. I will also start posting about different FOSS software on this blog. Looking forward to create a site or wiki for FOSS database.
Ask questoins or give your suggestions below in coment section.
March 2009
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January 2009
2 posts
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Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam, admits fraud. →
Ramalinga Raju, chairman, founder & CEO of Saytam Computer Services, admits fraud. He resigned after disclosing that he had falsified the accounts of the the company. Satyam was a leading Indian outsourcing company having more than one third of the Fortune 500 clients, with a giant workforce of 53,000 and with operations in 66 countries. Mr. Raju has admitted 50.4billion rupees ($1.04...
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Happy New Year!
I would like to wish everyone a great health, happiness, prosperity and continued success of each new day that brings new hope, new joy and new beginning to your lives.
December 2008
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Many Happy Returns of The Day!
Shout out… to my brother Divya. Today , December 28, is his Birth Day. I wish all he wants on his birthday and always. “That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.” — Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Wishing Divya more of the happiness and success he has earned and so richly deserve.
Connect with him:
http://divyamistry.com
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Merry Christams!
Hello Friends!
Would like to wish all my friends and family Happy Holidays! & Merry Christmas!
Enjoy!
Nathan's Food and Wine Crash Course - Real Simple →
CIO strategic competencies for 2009 | IT Project... →
10 Tips for Monetizing Social Traffic Through... →
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Early Christmas Gift for me!
I got an early Christmas gift from my brother. This is one the most precious gift I’ve got… It is a book, 101 Wines, by Gary Vaynerchuck. The book is signed by Gary, a person I look upon as one of my mentors. Thank you so much Divya.
You can visit him at
- http://divyamistry.com
- http://twitter.com/divyamistry
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/divyamistry
Open source makes serious headway in the U.S.... →
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Top 10 Ways to Lock Down Your Data
A great article on data security by Lifehacker.com. Web browsers are not very secure in terms of data security. Flaws were found in internet explorer and firefox security which, lacks in protecting users from spyware, viruses and password sniffing. Article by Kevin Purdy gives great insight on software tools available in market to help individual protect their data. With use of these tools and...