http://www.akshaymehta.com Tips, Links & noteworthy stuff... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:41:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If a man speaks in the woods with no woman to hear .. is he still wrong? I can't believe Murdock beat out a million other sperm. If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. (Hal Abelson) In order to make an apple ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/10/08/interesting-quotes/ I bought my iPhone 3G on the day it was launched in India: August 22, 2008. I had to go book mine a day before and I guess that made it easier, I did not have to wait in a queue. I just landed at the store, showed my booking ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/08/25/iphone-3g-tips/ Apple plans to introduce the iPhone 3G to new countries this month. The company said that the latest iPhone would go on sale in 20 additional countries by August 22. The announcement came during a quarterly conference call with financial analysts in which chief operating officer Tim Cook and chief financial ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/08/03/iphone-3g-in-india-on-august-22/ Following are the common traits of good programmers. logical curious nature tenacious patient self-confident detail-oriented methodical polite creative calm analytical cooperative rational ability to see the implications of a decision desire to solve problems seeks mental challenges self-motivating ability to focus works well alone focused  Lifestyle & Habits Are socially inept and “normal” people who expect things like stimulating and thought-providing conversation with them will be disappointed. Struggle with a social life because they ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/03/22/characteristics-of-great-coders/ After having worked with Safari 3.x for Windows beta for the past few months, I'm glad that Safari 3.1 is finally released. I have tested it on an application with considerable javascript code and I do agree with Apple's claims to have faster javascript processing. "In addition to loading web pages 1.9 times ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/03/19/safari-31-released/ This was written in response to one of the inevitable "Why programming language is better, x or y?" questions that pops up with great regularity on USENET.  I thought I'd take a stab at answering it for all time ...Let L be the set of all programming languages ever conceived ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2008/03/10/how-to-pick-a-programming-language/ ....is the case when it comes to the Taj, as opposed to Atithi Devo Bhava. Indian citizens are charged $0.50 entry fee to see the monument, while Atithi's (foreigners) need to pay $20 for the same. It only potrays our greedy culture. Foreigners can also have the same feel when ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2007/07/01/atithi-looto-bhava/ I downloaded and tried out the new Safari Beta for Windows. They claim that it's the fastest browser around, I'm beginning to believe them. It has the full mac look and feel built in - and I think the fact that it's not using windows libraries to render it's graphics ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2007/06/21/apples-safari-on-windows/ A fellow went to Texas for a conference. When the conference was finished, he returned to the airport to catch his plane home and thought how much he had missed his wife while he'd been gone. "I'll take her something to show her how much I've missed her," he thought. He looked all ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2007/05/21/the-texas-airport-cookies/ Papa John’s International Inc. is offering the Queen of England and other members of the Royal Family free Papa John’s pizza for life, in both the United States and the United Kingdom, in honor of the queen’s visit to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby on May 5. Papa John’s headquarters is in Louisville, ... http://www.akshaymehta.com/2007/05/08/free-pizza-for-life/