Sunday, May 13, 2007

CSV Reader Quick and Dirty

Well, this program like many others was developed by me, for me.
I needed a better utility than notepad to view my log files which
are in CSV format. What better way to spend a weekend than developing
a new utility?

The CSV format may look simple but it can get pretty complicated if
you take into account "all" capabilities of CSV format. If you don't
believe me take a look at this:
http://www.shaftek.org/publications/drafts/mime-csv/draft-shafranovich-mime-csv-02.html

Anyway, I didn't really need a CSV reader which supports the full CSV
specification. I just needed something which can read "my" log files!
As it turned out, many of the data-exports and log files generated by
other applicatoin were also read successfully by CSV Reader.
This was reason enough for me to believe that this little utility might
be useful to others and this is why I am making it available on the www.

Here's a screenshot:
Screenshot

MD5 Hash of Executable: E9D023ECEB07A8AF421F155CCD6224BF
MD5 Hash of ZIP: 63CB43CF9AF08CFA0629540B96E175F8

Download It!

Monday, May 7, 2007

A Paradoxical approach to Energy Saving and ECO Friendliness

Here's a post about an electric sports car.
http://news.com.com/Silicon+Valley+engineers+peek+at+the+Tesla/2100-11389_3-6181574.html?tag=nefd.lede
Good thing: "its electric" and should be Eco-friendly.
Paradox: It a two seater! Why not use a bike? If you are going to waste so much energy running a car, at least make sure 4 people can travel in it!

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Version 1.1 of Net Use

Just 2 days since I posted the "NetUse" utility and there's already a new version!
Improvements:
- Old "net use" connections are remembered so that when you want to connect to 'that server' you never seem to remember, its listed in the 'New Connection' dialog along with the login id you had used for it. Passwords are not remembered so you will need to put in the password again.

Download It
MD5 Hash of Setup: 875FFDC77AA32242748BDA7FD0A3D734

Thanks to Harsha for giving the idea.

Friday, May 4, 2007

My Favorite Breakfast

Here's an tasty and easy to make breakfast for those days when YOU have to do the cooking and your wife wants to take it easy:
3 tablespoons of finely chopped garlic
1 whole onion cut fine
1 can of baked beans
Whole grain brown bread
1 teaspoon of olive oil

Heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil in a non-stick pan for 2 minutes
Add the garlic and onions for about a minute
Just as the garlic and onions start getting golden yellow, add the entire can of baked beans.
Add 2 tablespoons of red-chilly sauce
Add 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce
Add 2 dried red-chillies broken into 1cm sized pieces
Heat for another 2 minutes
Serve piping hot with toasted bread.

YUM!!!!