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MeeGo 1.0 and Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released
While I was busy with the randomness of life, awesomeness hit the world of mobile Linux. Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released For all you proud owners of Nokia N900s, go and upgrade to the recently released PR 1.2 update for Maemo5. This update really, really improved the performance of the phone. Better multimedia playback, faster browsing…
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Review of Ontario Linux Fest 2009
Two weekends ago I went to Ontario Linux Fest 2009, held here in chilly Toronto for the third year in a row. And for such a young conference, it was quite good. In fact good enough, that longer review of the event is in order: Morning Keynote – Changes to the GPL The day started…
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Excuse the Dust
I apologize again for the silence earlier this week. I meant to post a few posts earlier on, but I did not get around to it. Also you may have noticed that I’m updating this blog. In fact in general I am updating and cleaning up my “Web” presence in a big way. Hence I’m…
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A Mobile Internet for a Frantic Lifestyle
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, and I hope everyone not had a great holiday but also found a myriad of reasons to be thankful for. I know I did. But now I’m going to hijack that thought. I’m thankful that I subscribed to that data plan. Well, we’ll see how thankful I’ll be with the inflated…
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Web Play Made Fun with ExtJS
At work I’ve started working with ExtJS for the user interface for the web application I’m helping develop. I’ve always had reservations about using Javascript. Or rather I’ve always hated dealing with inconsistencies in DOM handling in browsers. Whenever I deal with CSS, I always hate dealing with cross-browser checking. Fortunately with increased popularity of…