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  • Election Results Day

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    Today is the election results day of the largest democratic nation in the world.This is the first time I cast my vote after missing it 5 years back.Henceforth I shall…

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  • Create a Macro to draw a horizontal line in Textpad

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    Tip Courtesy: Veera Sundar ( http://www.veerasundar.com ) 1. Press Ctrl + Shift + R (Record Macro), which starts a macro recording session.2. Continuously press the ‘_’ (underscore) character for about…

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  • howdy 2009!

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    At the onset of every year, many people make many self committments ( a.k.a resolutions). But as the days passes, getting drowned in their life, job and many other priorities,…

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  • Atleast, this time.

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    Luck seems to be smiling at me from past 2 weeks. Yet to get more clarity. Things seems to be working for me and will take little more time before…

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  • Ubuntu

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    At last, after keeping CDs idle for about 1 year, I installed Ubuntu in my laptop. It is cool and simple. I could finish it in second installation attempt. First…

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  • Working with CruiseControl-2

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    Another issue which took considerable amount of my time to resolve is the following. Issue: D:\CruiseControl\BuildServer\WorkArea\SampleCCProject\build-cc.xml:10: The following error occurred while executing this line: D:\CruiseControl\BuildServer\WorkArea\SampleCCProject\build.xml:56: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils.createTempFile(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/io/File;ZZ)Ljava/io/File; Resolution: This is…

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  • Working with CruiseControl-1

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    While working with CruiseControl I faced the following issue. But I could not get help from Google. Hence I am listing the issue and its resolution. Issue: D:\CruiseControl\BuildServer\WorkArea\SampleCCProject\build-cc.xml:10: The following…

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  • Python for loop

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    In Python, the for loop works differently.If we try to modify the loop iterator variable, it will be simply skipped and iterator will continue from its next value irrespective of…

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  • Learning Python

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    Started learning Python using A Byte Of Python by Swaroop CH few weeks back.Started loving this programming language. It’s so simple and easy to learn.Also gathered couple of other good…

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  • Learnings at the Railway Ticket Booking Counter

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    During the festive times, getting train / bus tickets is getting very difficult.People are booking well in advance as soon as the bookings begin. For Indian Railways, it is 90…

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