Post in the new blog post a/c

This is a post to test the new template i have applied and also testing the place where it is getting published.

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Blog movement

I am moving my blog temporarily to http://vikramjb.blogspot.com. All future posts will be posted there. This is just a temporary move as we are changing our hosting provider.

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Finally I am an MCP

phew..!! After 5 years of postponing i am finally an MCP. I just need one more paper to complete MCTS Web. I don't see that happening this year as i have enough work to do both officially and personally. I have started to write down requirements for a small Google calendar like application for internal use. I am planning to do the whole thing with Asp.Net + Ajax. It would be a good experience for me. On a side note, i read it SharpDevelop's blog that they are looking for people to help out in fixing bugs in their latest(3.0) WPF version. I hope to contribute to some including the Asp.Net designer that i have been tinkering for so long.. Anyways gotta go now..

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Project Asp.Net Editor begins..

I finally found a way to position the controls in a WebBrowser control. With that working i think i finally can start work on the Asp.Net Editor I have been thinking for a long long time now. I would be able to provide full support for dragging and dropping html controls and resizing them and also positioning them just like we do in Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition except that i have not yet figured out how to support web server controls. I am gonna start work on a stand alone prototype and finish it in couple of weeks. Yes i am slowly programmer ;-). I found a lot of help on positioning controls in a sample HTMLComponent released by Nikhil. This code was later released as WebMatrix.. Anyways there are lots of work to be done, including my official work. Gotta go now..

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Beautiful Painting in MS Paint

Two observations

1. I really wish i had this talent
2. I wonder what this person could do with Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.

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Minor Updates

Hi there,

I know it's been a long time since i posted. These days i find myself working really hard :(. My back ache has gone from bad to worse. Mike mailed couple of weeks back saying he's gonna move the site to Asp. net so that means more fun for me ;). I am slowly brushing up my asp.net skills. I will also be writing the MCTS web certification next week. Other updates i am slowly learning XAML using SharpDevelop's latest offering. It's still in its alpha but it really looks promising. Initially i had started coding to include some control's into the toolbox as Daniel had suggested, but i never got around to finish it. I just installed the latest sharpdevelop 3.0 binary and it seem's they have already included it. What i am going to do now is pretty simple, I am going to use SharpDevelop's latest alpha offering to create a small photo management application fully in 3.0 IDE. This will help me learn the new features and also find more bugs with SharpDevelop 3.0. I sincerely hope this will go well, i plan to start this task next week or so.. i hope i dont get major work by that time..

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PHP + Apache + MySQL + PhpMyAdmin + PhpBB

Finally i was able to install latest version of Php , Apache , MySql, phyMyAdmin and PhpBB. The automated installation of Php didn't work well in my machine. I had to completely remove and manually configure it to run with apache. Only PhpBB was a breeze to install and Apache too was pretty simple to install, however i need to remember to change my Htdocs path though. I just can't seem to find the link where i can actually do an online preview of the themes of PhpBB and download them if needed.. Anyways i am going to start work on IDevNet site once all is ready. I hope to complete it in another couple of weeks if all goes well..

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It's Aliveeee

Finally i got my Bill tracking application for brother in law's company running. I am done with one module, got couple of more mods to complete. I have lot to fine tune in the complete module. But nevertheless that is one module less for me :D. Here's a screen shot

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A Poem

I was browsing one of the Google groups and i saw couple of lines which made me write the rest. The first four lines are not mine, but modified. The rest are mine fully mine. I wrote it for Geetha Priya (my better half).

I make mistakes, my heart seeks repentance
My tears will always fall, so does yours
The world is turning, and I am learning
What matters most of all, I am not alone
Neither are you, we are together in this world
To support each other, to scold each other
To love each other

There was time when i cried for you..
I still do, but not out of sadness
Not because you are away from me
Out of happiness that you finally became one in me
You are there in my heart, forever inside me
Etched in my heart your image lives
Etched in my heart you live

This is all i could think of now. If something else occurs in my mind will remember to post it here.

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Nhibernate and my woes

I am finally giving up on Nhibernate. I tried to configure it for Firebird for a small project of mine but no luck. I tried for three days and i couldnt find a guide that "I" could understand. There are tons of guide out there for SQL Server and Nhibernate but only one or two for firebird and Nhibernate. Unfortunately for me, i really didnt understand any of it. So for now, the billing project is going back to the small class i wrote for firebird, its not the best of the solution but neverthless for my small application that will do. I should be able to complete the application in another 4 days if i work 2 or 3 hours daily. I have two weeks to finish it starting now..

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Update on Life and other stuff

Its been really long time since i updated my blog. Life has been hectic for me. Official duties has increased these days. They have also put me on to another project with java base. Not yet sure as to what my role is in that but i will get to know once they start assigning work. Talking about java, i recently completed SCJP 1.4. It was difficult writing that exam for "me". After 6 years i was writing a online exam and thankfully i cleared it with a respectable score. Next up would be the DotNet certifications. Other big news in my life is i am getting married soon, only two weeks back (June 3rd to be exact) i got engaged to Geetha Priya, my class mate from NIIT. It was long period of courtship which is finally blossoming into marriage. More details on that later, i will be updating a photograph me and would be(priya) in the same post soon enough. On other stuff, i finally have started work on the ill fated Billing Project and parallely working on IDevNet site static design. We finalized a design from www.openwebdesign.org. I just need add an appropriate logo and put some content to it. Well that's it from me now.. i will post more since i have net connection at home now. Hmmmm let's see if i am able to do that with all the work around ;-).

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Turning off gridlines in Excel Worksheet

I spent half of yesterday figuring out this. So i am posting it here so that it will be reminder for me and for other's :).  Here are the instructions...

1. Select the worksheet.

2. Goto Tools->Options->View tab - Windows Options section.

3. Check or Uncheck Gridlines to show or hide them.

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Reason is YOU Priya

Listening this song and dedication goes to you my love :).  This song is my Hoobustank.

"The Reason"
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear
I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You
and the reason is You [x3]
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

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First day in Bangalore

Reached Bangalore last night. After a hectic day, just took sometime to post a blog. The city is the same as that i saw couple of years back. Nothing seems to have changed. I have been in blore couple of time before but never as a permanent fixture. I usually came for a day or two, this time it will be for a year or two.. I only hope things go well.. getting a cell no. is my number one priority..

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Last day in pune

Yeap.. Yeap... This is my last day in pune. I am counting hours for my departure from pune city. I am getting transferred to Pune and I will join IBM Bangalore the coming Monday (26th Feb). I've had a love hate relationship with pune. I loved the climate here and my housing society where I stayed (it was so damn peaceful there). I hated the traffic here, the dust pollution the roads and some people who where so freaking insensitive about the cleanliness factor in the roads. Talking about traffic I hear it is much worse in blore and for me if pune is bad I don't even wanna think about blore now. I will worry about that when i start commuting to office. Got lots of work today and this week has been hectic for me and, surrendering the landline, talking to the house owner, interacting with the movers and packers guy. And to top it all our office work just increased big time, i have a deadline next week and i need to complete a major portion of the code by March 2nd. Oh man the next couple of weeks are going to be maaad.  On Idevnet, me and mike have shortlisted a design from www.openwebdesign.org. Mike is having some hosting changes done, he is kinda leaning towards asp.net plan. If it works out we will doing the site Asp.Net otherwise we will move to back to php. In the meanwhile i need to get my php and asp.net skills sharpened to get the flow of the site development. Well people i need to go out for lunch, the friends have been asking for a treat and today we are going out for a small lunch. Once that is done need to sort out some minor stuff in office like surrendering desk keys and stuff and then i am done. I just need 10:30 to come, so that i can fly to the comforts of my home. Of course the madness will start again next week.. but that's a different story.. for a different time... Signing off for now, be good and do good :).

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Windows Live Writer and other updates

I just reinstalled windows live writer. I am way too lazy to open up my browser and login to blogger and click a series of buttons and type my rant. So I installed writer to help me being lazy ;-). Just came from a coffee break, feeling refreshed now. The manager said he will confirm my transfer details today. Hopefully it shouldn't take longer than a week. In other updates, I plan to completely rewrite my Bill Tracking application that I wrote for my BIL's company. They needed some new features and I had to change my database design for that. I thought if I am going to change the database design why not change the code base and make it more OOP. I wrote the previous application in VB.net and the new version I am gonad do it in C#. Its time I seriously started learning C#, I mean with the current application its gonna be a relative easy since half of the code is gonna be database oriented and some of it are already there in another db related application I wrote. The main difficulty or the main rewrite comes in the form UI. I have planned some radical changes to the UI. I was drawing up some mockups in the free time I got today morning while traveling the bus.  Couple of screens are left though, but gonna start with the base screen first and then proceed with it. Ok gotta go now, got some official work to do ;-). Till I meet you bee gooood and dooo gooooood :)

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Updates On Life

Its really long time since i posted anything in my blog. I have been busy with one thing or the another. The work at office has been really hectic partially because of the new Java mod that i was asked to write. My java knowledge is not much which in turn increased the load on me. Anyways i have completed it to the best of my knowledge. Now its upto Dhruv or me to take it up later sometime. I have been asked to finish some VB (Yuppppieeeee !! :D) tasks before i touch anything else. Anyways, i have some more news that needs to be posted but i am lacking time. Will post it once i get some free time. Till then be good and do good :)

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Latest Updates

It has been an hectic vacation for me. I was busy with house work most of the time when i was in chennai. Some good stuff also happened (yesterday). It was something that i was waiting to happen. Now it has happened, i only hope the rest of the procedures also happen smoothly. That's news from me so far, will post more when i find some free time l8r.

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