Implementing UIDL
I was trying to figure out how to implement the UIDL command as part of a POP3 daemon I am building using Node.js. UIDL is an optional command in RFC 1939, but many POP3 clients use it in the...
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Today was Bersih’s peaceful rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. Approximately 50,000 Malaysians turned up to support Bersih’s call for free and fair elections, despite water cannons, tear gas...
View ArticleConsole.log-ing objects
Console logging object’s is straightforward in Node.js. A basic console.log(object) works well in printing out member variables and functions of an object: var obj = { "name": "ditesh", "age": 13 };...
View ArticleGoogle Plus Gets a +1
Note: This is a long read, but if you make it to the end, I’d appreciate your comments Google+ is the latest social offering from Google. It was launched end June, and has had a rapid ramp-up with an...
View ArticleTough & Competent
In 1967, a cabin fire in Apollo 1, scheduled to be the first manned lunar landing program, killed all three cabin members. Gene Krantz, most famously known as NASA’s flight director during the Apollo...
View ArticleProduct Evaluation 101 (from the other side of the fence)
Been evaluating products for the last couple weeks. Here are some observations: Have videos that show the product at work. I can only read/watch so much marketing talk (it’s always the same talk). Show...
View ArticleThere needs to be a better Jobstreet
I’ve been hiring developers for a number of years now. Jobstreet is generally the go-to hiring portal. Here’s the resume of the median candidate I find on Jobstreet: Name, race and religion...
View ArticleTo Hitch
Who can forget Hitchens iconic phrase: “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence”? He’s easily one of the most prominent intellectuals and accomplished orators of...
View ArticleThe Chilli Rush Experience
I just had an orgasmic chilli high at The Chilli Rush. I came to know of the outlet through colleagues and given my attraction to all things spicy, my interest was piqued. The outlet serves pretty good...
View ArticleHitchens, 1949-2011
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth,...
View ArticleShort Malaysian Domain Names
I needed to find three letter (or shorter) domain names ending with .MY. A lookup in the Malaysian Domain Registry was required. Fortunately, this was easily automated: for i in `grep...
View ArticleOn password expiry policies
The benefits to password expiration policies are not especially clear, yet many large corporations and enterprises choose to implement such a policy. The reasoning in implementing such policies is that...
View ArticleBersih 2.0
Today was Bersih’s peaceful rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. Approximately 50,000 Malaysians turned up to support Bersih’s call for free and fair elections, despite water cannons, tear gas...
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