Akash Xavier

Hi Blogger, Bye Tumblr. My new blog at http://akashxavier.blogspot.com

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0530

Hi Blogger, Bye Tumblr. My new blog at http://akashxavier.blogspot.com: All my blog posts have been...

ShoutJam: Welcome Ram Bhat !!!

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:19:21 +0530

ShoutJam’s now run by a small team of two. I just found another guy excited about the idea I...

ShoutJam now stable

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0530

There was a technical fault in the ShoutJam system which prevented it from being active today...

Now tinkering with OpenStreetMaps, Gosmore and routing

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:06:18 +0530

I’ve got myself a new problem to solve, routing on maps based on live traffic data. Well,...

PyS60 Bluetooth stress tests

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:21:00 +0530

I’ve been testing my phone’s bluetooth connection to my PC. Here’s my config:...

Workaround for PyS60: Sending SMS in a loop

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:55:00 +0530

It isn’t possible to send SMS in an iteration in PyS60 since the messaging.sms_send() will...

Auto-Commit mode in Python-SQLite

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:17:00 +0530

I executed all the insert statements for SQLite in Python and was wondering why my database was...

How staying away from the computer helped me

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:07:35 +0530

My first thought when mom forced me on a trip to to a pilgrimage with her was “What the hell...

Yes! The beginning of something begins today

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:41:02 +0530

Confusing huh? The beginning of something begins at the end of today which is also the beginning of...

Bluetooth programming in Python

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:48:51 +0530

I have been tinkering with my bluetooth dongle and Nokia N70 phone trying to make a connection...

Compiling libfbml for Facebook Open Platform on Ubuntu

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:44:00 +0530

Heard a lot of people saying that this Facebook Open Platform’s libfbml compiles fine on...

You know the "Security Rings" in PHP? :D

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:42:00 +0530

I just cleaned my cupboard and found a lot of old print-outs of tutorials and worked-out algorithms....

Kubuntu (8.04) bug fix for Dolphin file manager

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:10:00 +0530

I just switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu. Infact screwed up my ubuntu install due to another fatal bug...

Tinkering with Shindig OpenSocial container

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:04:30 +0530

Just downloaded and setup the Shindig OpenSocial container. Getting a ‘real’ social app...

Yeah! Got OAuth working with OpenSocial today!

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:03:49 +0530

Learnt how to use OAuth in OpenSocial apps. It took a dozen-dozen page refreshes and reuploads of my...

Sinatra: a beautifully small ruby web framework

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:22:00 +0530

Sinatra: a beautifully small ruby web framework: I just found this on Adam Wiggins’s blog...

411 Public service

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:42:00 +0530

411 Public service

"A line of code a day keeps the recession away."

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:13:00 +0530

“A line of code a day keeps the recession away.” - Akash Xavier :]

Announcing a new app and OpenSocial CSS Kit

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:01:00 +0530

Update: I just put up the project at http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-css-kit/ The project is...

Some work with Haml

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:07:54 +0530

Finally, I could design a fairly attractive UI for my app. Got to work with Haml and I’m...