firebird components

firebird is a free database engine which is fast and unlike sql server does not have to be detached from the processes when a snapshot is taken.. the latest version is 1.5.3 .. it supports .gdb and .fdb database types…
i was working on a setup program that installed an emergency server on one of the [...]

mta enemy #1 = heat!!

because of the ongoing onslaught of the summer heat, power consumption has risen tremendously thanks to all those a/cs running at full blast!! because of that, a lot of the older fuses are blowing up and hence power outages are on the rise.. the heat has affected mta the most, new yorks public transportation provider… [...]

my new fan

i bought a pedestal fan from home depot yesterday. what’s the big deal?? well a lots.. ionizer, timer, height adjuster upto 52″, half the width of a conventional pedestal fan and to top it all, it comes with a REMOTE CONTROL!!! now i can sit at the comfort of my bed and go clickity clacking [...]

13,000 lines and one button click

so theres xml, something that everone knows.. and then theres xslt 2.0 which as of today has only a draft recommendation which was formally published in nov,2005. and there are only two free fully functional processors in the whole world for it… saxon ( developed by michael kay, a member of the xslt recommendation commitee) [...]

today

heres something that i heard today.. a man who was 29 years old suffered a massive heartattack while playing volleyball and passed away.. leaving a 26 year old wife with despondance and a plethora of questions… for the humankind it was just another soul that visited earth and went by.. but for his [...]

superman

in my opinion, the funniest scene in the superman movie was the part where u see superman in the emergency room (ER).. talk about irony!! the epitome of power in the room of the distraught..

aphonic

lets say u come to know that a person u know has been diagnosed with a terminal disease… right before u pick up the phone to call him, u think of what words could give him some consolation.. u think and think and think.. u then make a decision… dont pick up that phone.. [...]

life

I never really gave it a serious thought until now.. my life involved various kinds of activities that kept me too busy to even stop and think about it.. but around 3 months into work, i realised that i had entered into the viscious circle of life that consisted of the routine work-eat-sleep-work, i kinda [...]

dll.. a rookies intro

DLL stands for Dynamically Linked Libraries and does exactly what it stands for.. hee he.. ok ok .. heres a small background…
ive heard a lot about DLLs when i was in college… in fact ive been hearing about DLLs for the past 5 years!! i kinda figured that it was something important and indeed it [...]

delphi vs. C#

C# and Delphi have the same father. Anders Hejlsberg. C# is from microsoft and delphi from borland..
i was initially a C# guy, but now im starting to like DELPHI more than C# . here are some random thoughts why…
1. there are lesser layers and so the program runs faster in delphi
2. more comfortable to access [...]