Puleen Patel

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

Finally Ubuntu 7.10 was released on October 18, 2007. And I decided to upgrade (the broken) installation of Ubuntu 7.04 on my desktop. I am impressed with this release, lots of neat stuff in there, specially compiz fusion support out of the box. That is a HUGE WOW factor!

But, I am sad to say that dual monitor support isn’t there (atleast it did not work for me, out of the box) and I am going to see if it can be configured manually.

Screenshot of my Ubuntu desktop linked.

Cheers!

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Core 2 Quad Powered

A few weeks ago I finally decided to retire the old PIII-500 Linux server and replace it with my then workstation (AMD powered). In order to make this transition I needed to build a new machine and a few weeks ago, I did just that. Read the rest of this entry »

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Adobe AIR Tour - September 26th 2007 @ The Guvernment / Kool Haus, Toronto

Adobe AIR bus tour will be touring across 18 different cities in United States and Canada. They will be stopping by on September 26 in Toronto at The Guvernment / Kool Haus. I’ve been spending the last few weeks working with AIR and creating small tiny proof-of-concept applciations, strictly for learning purposes. Once read about this tour, I was all excited. I had planned on attending this tour date, registered for it and looking forward to going there and getting a chance to play with Adobe AIR and talk to some experts.

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Yahoo! GO 2.0

A few days ago, Yahoo! released their Yahoo! GO 2.0 application for the Cingular 8525 Windows Mobile phone. Being a gadget geek, I had purchased this phone sometime around March 2007 and have started using it again. With the release of Yahoo! GO 2.0, I decided to check it out and install it to give it a try and see what the buzz was all about.The beauty of the phone is that being a 3G phone, it has built-in WiFi access. This is great, when you want to jump onto a free WiFi HotSpot and check your email. What’s great about Yahoo! GO 2.0 is that, it allows for all the information to be at your fingertips. The Windows Mobile application allows you to check real-time traffic along with weather, sports, news, and your Yahoo! powered email.

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The Dark Knight

A teaser trailer is out for the new Batman movie. Just saw it on YouTube and felt like sharing it.

Enjoy!

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Back from Newfoundland

After spending the most memorable six days of my life in the great province of Newfoundland and Labrador, I am back home in Toronto. Only to fly out to Tampa, FL for work. Over the weekend, if and when I have some free time I intend to update this entry and write a little more about my trip to Newfoundland and the great people I met and new friends that I’ve made there.

Cheers!

Update: Added some pictures from the trip.

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NDesign Studio & Glossy Blue

This entry is dedicated to Nick La (NDesign Studio) for creating the Glossy Blue Wordpress theme. I absolutely love this theme and felt that I had to take the time and thank Nick for his beautiful creation.

Cheers!

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First look at Pownce

After signing up for it a few weeks back, today I received an invite to register for Pownce. Overall Pownce is just another way of exchanging information between friends. Information such as links, files, events. These are the basics that you get with a regular account. Read the rest of this entry »

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Blog-On-The-Go

Very first entry submitted via BlackBerry 8800 mobile phone.

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Ingredients of Success

I haven’t written anything on here for a while. I came across a great article today. It mentions a few good points of what success really means and how it should be defined. Having read the points, I felt the need to share it with whomever that might be interested. The article can be found at, Success Recipes. Read the rest of this entry »

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