Word of the day : Schadenfreude

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/12/29/7460709/newscast-bloopers-2014 

iPhone 6 , 6 Plus links

http://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/iphone-6-screens-demystified

http://oleb.net/blog/2014/11/iphone-6-plus-screen/ 

BrowserLink for static html,css, js(website project) Visual Studio

This will be useful for website projects that has just static html/css/jsfiles like AngularJs.

Create Website project
Add html,css,js
Add the following to web.config (below)
Run website using iis express
Browserlink should be enabled by now.
Make changes to these files and press Ctrl + Alt + Enter to update all connected browsers using browserlink.

web.config snippet.

  <system.webServer>

    <handlers>

      <add name="Browser Link for HTML" path="*.html" verb="*"

           type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

           resourceType="File" preCondition="integratedMode" />

    </handlers>

  </system.webServer>

  

    <system.web>

      <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />

      <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />

    </system.web>

Lost phone - links

Find my iPhone
iCloud set phone on lost mode
Change passwords of bank apps, icloud, etc..
Find IMIE without fone: iTunes select Preferences from menu, then select Device, then hover mouse over iPhone name and it will give you the information.

Learn Lang links

Anki - flashcards

Your local library for a book-based mini-course. I actually find these to be fine in many cases

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-1/tab/vocabulary

http://omniglot.com/writing/english.htm

www.pimsleurapproach.com

livemocha.com

duolingo.com 

Links for today 9/23 : iPhone 6 and 6+

iPhone 6, 6 + : list of all reviews

http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2gmdju/comprehensive_list_of_iphone_6_and_6_plus_reviews/

Smart phones by sizes

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/09/a-panoramic-visual-guide-to-plus-sized-iphones-and-other-smart-handsets/

Links for today Oct 8 2014

Swift resources :
http://www.skilledup.com/learn/programming/6-best-free-swift-tutorials-programming-new-language/

http://swift.topcoder.com/resources/

ThethanKottai - used for water purification http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Strychnos_potatorum

The Healthy Programmer

Book I am currently reading about health and fitness. Looks interesting with info backed by scientific research. Highly recommended for programmers.

Tv Digital audio to headphone [Links]

http://www.hifiberry.com/products/dac/first-steps/

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/244271-my-dac-raspberry-pi.html

http://blog.zalewa.info/articles/auroralamp.html

Lg 2014 LED Tv Info

http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-42LA6200-42-Inch-LED-LCD/dp/B00BB9OOL0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1392618505&sr=1-1&keywords=42la6400
Most amazon product pages have a comparison table at the bottom to compare prices.

Short desc abt each model and how it differs from other models : http://lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lg-lcd-tv/lg-lcd.html

LA7400 = LA6400  + 2.1 speaker, 240Hz

Bazaar in madurai n chennai / watches

Cont'd.. from my previous post abt music systems... this is abt watches..

Bazaar - we go there just for checking out electronics aftr office hrs or weekends. new tvs, music systems, etc. he was fond of electronics, sony portable tvs, portable radio, etc. we bought some mp3 cds - year 2000/2001 hits (10-20 films). I see lots of calculators in office.  parents gave me a digital watch with mickey cover (bought from bazaar) . Next watch i remember we all got mani/me/bala was around 6-8th standard :analog in 3 different sizes... 

Nxt one was after I got placed in Infy 2005-06. bought a costly one for around 1500 Rs . Titan showroom near simmakal (that had Amirkhan collection Ad) with mom n mani. I bought a watch for Bala (fast track)  after my visit to madurai from infy mysore or chennai. 

http://wikimapia.org/10305823/Meenakshi-Bazaar

Chennai burma bazaar : this is when i was in college..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Bazaar

Read an article on milliblog : http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2014/01/19/a-very-personal-take-on-sony-neotank-gtk-n1bt/  Pioneer Music system. First Cd player that Dad bought from bazaar. More abt bazaar in my next post... 

Remember listening to a cd (bombay/ basha combo) particularly to uyirae. 

Coming back to music. sony cd walkman . used to listen to this when i travel from chn to madurai.  - sad story behind this - lost this in college.  Could remeber exact model - looks like this one with a cool remote.

next is philips portable radio. listened to chennai fms. nxt is sony cellphone with media player .

Links Feb 1 2014

AngularJs
Log service : http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.$log
Intercept exceptions using ExceptionHandler : https://github.com/bennadel/JavaScript-Demos/blob/master/demos/error-logging-angularjs/index.htm

General
Access Token oAuth code http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh454950.aspx

Bike Presta Valve

Presta Valve : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presta_valve

Video abt PrestaValve.

other type: Schrader Valve

Parallels , IIS and mobile safari

Setup VM to shared/bridged network mode.

http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?22146-Parallels-and-IIS
"As i right understand in your VM using Host-Only network mode and this IP-address was assigned by DHCP service maintaining host only IP-addresses range. If you want to assign to guest OS some IP-address from your local network then change type of network adapter to Bridged-Network (or Shared)."

If the mobile device and VM are in same wifi network, use the ip address of VM to navigate to the local hosted site..

Setup new machine Win 8.1 notes

Chrome
7zip
Fiddler
notepad++ (plugins : jsontoolnpp)
VS 2013
Resharper
Web essentials
TortoiseSvn
Sql server localDB
rescuetime
Everything void tools

Win 8 and running VS 2013 admin

		"In Windows 8, you have to right-click devenv.exe and select "Troubleshoot compatibility". select "Troubleshoot program" check "The program requires additional permissions" click "Next", click "Test the program..." wait for the program to launch click "Next" select "Yes, save these settings for this program" click "Close"

Do the same for C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSLauncher.exe."


www.hanselman.com/tools