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Proto.in July 08 Edition

The atmosphere was electrifying at Proto4 – and the talks were doing everything to make the conference even more interesting! The presenting startups didn’t got much time to attend the conference talks – we were quickly rushed for the rehersals which were to prepare us for the upcoming showcase on 2nd day of the event. [...]

Static call graphs for Ruby code

Ever since my bug list for ApnaBill.com started to go down, I was worried that what am I going to do in all the free time which will suddenly be created. So much so, I was even creating unnecessary tasks and them scratching them out upon realizing that they are just not needed – sure [...]

Running IE6 on Linux

I had to run an IE only app in office today but didnt wanted to boot into Windows! Two reasons for that I hate Windows I have forgotten my login password from past 3 weeks Ask google on what can be done for the situation & it’ll redirect you to a script called ies4linux. This [...]

Whats up with GPRS speeds in Delhi?

No, I am not connected to any Wifi access point – its a plain old GPRS connection from Idea Cellular!!! I took this screenshot a few days ago when I managed to stream a full 12 MB video off the GPRS connection! The speeds I was getting were mind boggling – averaging 15K per second, [...]

Page 3! Yay!

Being on the day’s Page 3 brings a different feeling all together! Check out the Reader’s Speak coloumn! Direct link to access the Epaper & this is what I had said – I had thought that everyone would have a same thinking – but oddly enough, the others had a different opinion to sound. Hmm!

First signs of E61i in India

I’ve been searching like mad – all across the Mobile showrooms in Pune for any signs of E61i – but without any luck. Until just now, out of nowhere, thought of checking a hit on EBay.in & to my surprise, this dude is selling it for 24k, which seems like a 2k more than what [...]

A true Hero

Just spoke to Gaurav & found out that he’s enterpreneur’d http://www.hostcurry.com with a friend. & truly speaking, I’m really impressed. It takes more than just a business plan to start something like this – courage, time & ability to face an eventuality of heavy losses (personal & financial). I’ve been planning to start something but [...]

Managed to beat them all!

10-Jul-2005 – when I had registered makuchaku.in domain (infact it was a sponsored domain), I always dreamt of being on top of google search when “Mayank Jain” was searched. But MAYANKJAIN.{COM,FI} were already taken & since they were a direct hit for the search term, they always occupied a place above my website – & [...]

Now a member of The GNOME Foundation

Dear Mayank Jain, We are pleased to inform you that you are now part of the GNOME Foundation Membership. You are now eligible to become a candidate for election and to vote in the annual Board of Directors elections held each November… All the hard work – bugs, patches & keymaps I’ve been contributing to [...]

Expected – E90 announcement at 3GSM World Congress later today

I just saw on Mobile Gazette that Nokia might be announcing the Nokia E90 Communicator later today at the 3GSM World Congress. Wow – it can be a definite successor to my E61. I have not seen much of E90 (its yet to be announced & Nokia was keeping its release under tight security), but [...]