Posted in Computing, tagged adobe, buzzword, google docs, online editor, word on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I assume that most web-aware folks have seen or heard (or used) Google Docs, the online word editor by Google. It is certainly not the only one in existence and today I’ve tried Buzzword:
Since it’s Adobe, the interface is a cool dark Flash interface (it seems that they are building lots of stuff round this [...]
Posted in Computing, tagged C++, STL errors on February 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
STL is a great library to use when programming with C++. It contains loads of helpful data structures (stacks, queues, lists, … 
and a set of useful algorithms (sort, swap, min, max,… which are efficiently implemented. However, there’s a major problem with STL; how to decipher the error message.
In the sample C++ program below, I [...]
Posted in Anime, tagged Samurai X, Trust and betrayal, Rurouni Kenshin, Reminisence on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
First of all I’d like to explain the different parts of this anime; I myself was confused about it to start with. Chronologically we have the following in the series:
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (Reminisence)
This is an OAV (4 parts) that is the prequel to the anime Rurouni Kenshin. It tells the story of Kenshin [...]
Posted in Computing, tagged passion, programming on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other day I was asked that question again: “What does it take to be good at programming?” Normally I would analyse, think and blurt out a list of crap list a set of qualities and but that day I just spontaneously replied: “Passion“.
Everyone can draw but with varying ability ranging from drawing a [...]
Posted in Computing, Mauritius, tagged MBC, news on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the major contribution of Claude Shannon to Computer Science is the Information Theory. In simple terms, the Information Theory states that:
The value of Information is inversely proportional to its probability of occurrence.
For example, saying that the Sun will rise in the east tomorrow is insignificant information - the sun rises in the east [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Mauritius, Cybercity, ebene, urbanization on February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Ebene region has, since a couple of years, witnessed massive developments with buildings growing like mushroom after rain.
Indeed, just by walking round and counting you can easily spot around 10 buildings with at least 3 more under construction. While this is all good for our development, it does not seem like there is any [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged Mauritius, religion, valentine on February 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
St Valentin … a la Mauricienne
Posted in Computing, Mauritius, tagged africa, Linux, open source, software on February 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
What’s the price of a Computer these days? At $750 (~ Rs 30 000) you can get a pretty decent one - maybe powerful enough to play some of the latest games! So for most office (typing, spreahdsheet) jobs and browsing, a simple $600 (~ Rs 25 000) PC will certainly do the job.
However, [...]
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