I’ve finally made the move — migrated this blog from Nuclues to WordPress.
The database migration went smooth (though I had to use some tricks), but I’ve now to fix the image URLs manually and also work on modifying the template. Over the next few days I guess, depending on when I’ve time in hand.
Adios to Nucleus, my faithful blog engine for 3½ years.
I needed a second set for myself, so bought a cheap one — Samsung E250. It comes with all the stuff that I need, such as Bluetooth, EDGE, MP3/AAC support, Java, FM radio, and most importantly good looks… well, it has got it all.
It has a sucky camera (VGA, 640×480 pixels), but I’ll never need to use it. My Sony Ericsson W810i comes with a very good camera but I’ve hardly taken any shots with it. It will also no doubt have some very cool apps available including games, online bingo, videos and other things like that. I don’t need too many apps but it is always nice to have a few things to play around with.
E250 is very light-weight (80 grams) and has interesting features such as mobile tracker, voicemail, offline mode, and more. Not bad for a $100 phone!
Got my new laptop today, Toby bought it for me from Germany.
The specs are: 1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 mobile processor, 1GB of 667 MHz bus DDR2 memory, 2 MB L2 cache, 120 GB SATA hard drive, 15.4″ WXGA “CrysalBrite” TFT-LCD display (1280 x 800), double-layer DVD burner, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, 56 Kbps ITU V.92 modem, Gigabit Ethernet, Intel PRO/Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Type II and 1 ExpressCard PCMCIA slots, 4 USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 1394 FireWire port, 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD), infrared port (IrDA), mini-DIN S-Video output, microphone and speaker and so on.
And oh, it comes with German keyboard… there are some extra keys, and Z is placed on Y and vice versa!
In order to keep you all more updated on my whereabouts I’ve started micro blogging from today. You’ll get to know what exactly I’m doing from morning till night, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Visit http://russelljohn.blogspot.com to find out what I’m doing right now, and what I did earlier. Keep track of me round the clock!
I’m considering sending a formal complaint to ICANN and IANA against BTTB. I’ll be meeting ICANN officials in February, and I’ll surely discuss about BTTB’s mismanagement of .BD ccTLD.
Here’s what raged my anger: I wanted to register a domain that expired over a year ago, but BTTB officials told me that it’s not possible if I’m not the “original” registrant. According to their dumb rule, anyone who registers a .BD domain becomes the “owner” of that domain for life. Even if he doesn’t pay the yearly due it’ll be marked as a registered domain and BTTB won’t allow anyone else to register it. Can BTTB get any more dumber than this? Do they understand how the domain registry business works?
QR Code acts like a bar code, but it’s two dimensional and smarter. It also has a higher capacity of handling data. While conventional bar codes can store up to 20 digits, QR Code or “Quick Response” code hold up to several hundred times more. I’m very impressed with this Japanese innovation and I’m sure you’ll be too after you find out what it’s capable of.
You can decode QR Codes with a camera phone. VGA camera is good enough, no need of fancy 3 megapixel ones. You need to install a QR Code decoder on your phone, my favourites are i-nigma and Kaywa Reader. Here’s how to get them:
Now that you’ve installed one of the above programs, let’s decode a QR Code. Let’s try with this one:
Decoded correctly, the code above would display my phone number and will you if you want to call or not. The same way, it can decode URLs and take you directly to that site; decode SMS that can be sent on a preassigned number; decode contact information that can be added on your phone’s address book. And yes, simple texts can be encoded and decoded as well.
Generate your own QR Codes from this site or this one and play with it.
