"Not all scattered pieces are of broken glass"
My Experiences
And, I’m back!
Jun 18th
I’ve decided that I need to celebrate the release of WordPress 3.0. So, I’ve given a thought about the best way to celebrate! And guess what? Using it & spreading the word will the best (both for myself & WordPress too 
). So, I’m back to my blog. And this is not like my previous times !!! I’m going stick around updating my blog for quite some time (a couple of months, for a minimum).
Let me start with what happened during last few months. Actually, many of them I wish they didn’t happen or they happened other way.. 
- I tried to get a driving license at Noida, but failed because of lack of local address proof. Seriously, going back to my hometown just for getting a license – doesn’t it sound stupid?
- With no license, my dream of a getting a bike got wiped away !
- I’m getting bored (read as vexed, irritated and so on…) of Noida ! What a stupid place it is !! Isn’t it?
- Laptop is troubling me a lot…. Currently under repair. Wish I get it back soon!
- Lost all the contacts from the mobile!
And the good part: Google I/O 2010 brought back my interest in Web & Mobile development, due to which, I decided to spend atleast 40 hours in the coming couple of months learning Android. I’ve also decided Learning is going to my major focus area for a couple more years!!
So, wish me luck in putting things into execution !
The Benefits of Failure
Feb 12th
This is video of the speech by the famous J.K. Rowling at the Harvard Commencement, 2008.
So, whats in the video?
- It has some humor in it, especially the first 150 secs. I’m sure a few smiles you’d certainly escape from your tender lips..
- She talks how ‘being poor’ influences (or atleast attempt to) your life and all in it including career, passion etc. etc.
- And the core part – The benefits of failure. I think she had put this part in action in a great way, or else, after watching this video, why did I desperately want to fail in a big way despite my fear of failure??
Now that I mentioned I fear failure, let me tell what my mind tells me right now. “You do not fear the failure itself, but your fear its after-effects. Its capable of taking everything fro you !”. But my heart is encouraging me – “When you had done everything from scratch, why do you fear to do it again? It’d easier this time.. !!”
I know it sounds funny, but really can’t help. Perhaps, this is why people call – “An idle brain is the Devil’s workshop”
New Domain
Jul 14th
Hi!!
A post from me after a long time, and this time I’ve news to share. I bought a domain name for myself [not a great domain name, though ]. I found a place to host my site temporarily for a few months.. 
As can obviously be seen, this is powered by wordpress. I’ve taken a bit time to import all my previous entries into this blog [from Blogger, Y! Blog]. In case, u need any help regarding the first step to migrate from blogger to wordpress, I’m happy to help you…
The main purpose to get a domain is: I do not want to lose touch with web development & i wouldn’t be laxy if its my OWN domain / site. Now that I’ve got a domain for myself, I’m planning to host a few small services on my site. Keep looking this blog once in a while. [I suggest to go for the RSS feed].
Looking forward to develop for my site..
Things to remember for Android !!!
May 3rd
- android:layout_width and android:layout_height are compulsory for all nodes.
- The outermost container should contain the attribute: xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
Dojo :: A Javascript Library
Jun 7th
Been trying to look into Dojo Toolkit for a few days… The features are good and I wondered why it wasn’t the No.1 ??? But, as days passed, I found a few worse things with that toolkit……
- It was heavy-weight toolkit.
- It loads all the JS files (summing to 700KB) even though not at all necessary…
- Requires a high efficient system .. An ordinary system cannot work well Dojo …
- It takes up all the RAM of the system, hanging the system for a while….
So, I thought its better to shift to some other toolkit — May be JQUERY is better ……
Let me try that also….
Sai Prasad
