Cat's HideOut

Seperating Line Numbers Off Source Code

2009-01-14T15:34:00.001+05:30

This started as a good day , the day of pongal and i am on leave . No offices,computers and stupid IT people to stare at and completely happy .

When one of my clients had asked me , if i could get some 4000 youtube embed codes onto a website for a niche oriented website creation .

Hmmm , If it was 40 something , i would do them by hand , but 4000 is lol . So i had tried on some php classes on the wild internet and could find some libraries for help .

i found tellinya's xml rpc client as appropriate for the job , http://www.tellinya.com/read/2007/10/02/174.html# .
When i was about to copy the code from tellinya , i was posed with a problem ,

He had given the source code along with line numbers and i couldnt get the code out . it had line numbers on everyline on the left .

Hmmm :(

But the solution took less than a second .

I copied the source into a textfile and sprung up Excel .

Following were the steps i took to throw off the line numbers ,

1) Open the text file in excel and you would get the following import wizard . Click next to continue , as ours is delimited text.

2)Select Others and enter ‘.’ as period is used to seperate line number from the source code .

3) Press finish and copy the second column into a text file . WE ARE READY to rumble .

Thus was the day saved

A Flash based Color Scheme Generator

2007-05-22T15:37:00.000+05:30

Flash based Color Scheme Generator

I think , this is a must have , and must be used tool for every web developer . A Flash based Color Scheme Generator . I have been searching the wild for , color scheme generator , but found the web based ( javascript ) scheme generators , to be abnormal .

Though , they were doing their job , i find them , unusual and normal . Thus i landed this flash based Color Scheme Generator .

Features ,

Generates Color schemes , for web pages using color codes
Generates , using Hex Codes
There is a very great feature , of a Random Color Scheme Generation . You might be delighted to find nice color schemes using this feature .

And , how can this tool stand , against the adobe's kuler ?? This tool is simple and elegant and does the specified job perfectly .

Choose schemes , have fun .

Rani Revamped : The Making - Part 1

2007-04-19T23:06:00.000+05:30

Its been really a long time , since any posts . So , i thought of writing down this series , Rani Revamped . I own the site , www.rani-mukharji.com , and i am currently in the process of revamping it , with a fresh new look .

Preferably , i would try to give it a Web 2.0 look , with nice big fonts , wet floors , and on the whole a rich Rani experience , to all of visitors of the site.
The site , actually gives out , everything related to Rani Mukherjee , the bollywood fame , from pictures , wallpapers , to her latest news and videos.

From , its initial launch , i have designed and redesigned the site once . The initial version was lame enough , and was black in color . The next version , which i redesigned was using Red as the base . It was refreshing with its bright look and was welcoming enough that my site's visit went up from an average of 10 daily to ,30,60, and 80 , when on writing this post.

So , again , after a long gap , i am thinking of giving the site , again a new look and feel . And this time , i have chosen Orange as my site's base , though my users have opted for green on my site's web poll .

And this whole post series , i have taken to describe the steps in building my new Rani theme , with Orange as my base .

Before we begin , the thing that actually brought me towards Orange , was that wordpress theme .

ScreenShot - Alternate 0 Wordpress theme

The theme was best suited for my needs because ,

The typography with the fonts was really awesome
The color combination was welcoming , with orange as background , and using black and white to display text
It was using an optimal amount of line height to display text , really what i wanted .
It had the navigation bar , on top , which i prefer to keep all important links in one place
It was perfect for online news and post display .

So , since this theme , suffered from a strong orange light , i thought of putting the whole site , into an orange box .

So , my first and foremost work , after choosing my wordpress template was to make my very own rani mukherjee banner .

Since orange was my color , i had to imbibe , into my banner , the following namely ,

The Name of site , in a bold typeface ,
The major color as orange , to reach out with the template
And most importantly a Photo or many , of our fame , Rani Mukherjee
And other eye candy items , to improve the overall view of the banner

So , this is the end of episode 1 , where we have just discussed facts , and in the following post , we will look at the process , i used to create the simple , but nice banner with photoshop .

Tiny Applications : For Your Cute Computer

2007-04-01T09:31:00.000+05:30

Hey , fellas , found a new cool site , with lots of great links and stuffs . Man , i always suffer with a weird disease as long as i am with my system . Yeah , i always , like to have my system , as a clean lean kiddo with just the software it needs .
Not much and i hate bloated code , so every program that i install , i want it , to be the most efficient one . Efficiency , is with everything a program depends and works on . Size , CPU , power , tweak and hack capabilities , etc ..
Most , of my wandering activities , are concerned with and i do search for small and efficient applications that can get my job done .
More or Less , this actually , goes one on one with the UNIX philosophy , "Each of the unix tools in the box , does only one job but the one job they do well " .
So , i try to go for such applications , for my system . Appearance , is only the next thing i look into an application .
So , during my quest , i found this site very interesting and informative , and the author sure deserves a great credit .

TinyApps - www.tinyapps.org , is a site , that bookmarks the smallest applications over the internet along with answering all the categories concerned with the programs , namely internet , files , system etc..

Be sure , to have a look this site , when you have time , and i am sure , you would love this site .

My bookmarks of free PHP forum scripts

2006-12-21T15:11:00.000+05:30

So , my next need , and my work is focussed towards collecting some of the quality PHP forum scripts available on the net , for free . My brother wants a script , that could perform a functionality like the Yahoo answers , but doesnt want users to fill in a long Signup form , and enter the forums .

He wants it to be crisp and sharp , asking only the necessary information .

So , here i go . And hey , i dont order them in any order . They just come in an unknown order . :D . ( or maybe something orders them ) .

PHP Bulletin Board - http://www.phpbb.com/
Simple Machines Forum - http://www.simplemachines.org/
Mini Bulletin Board - http://www.minibb.net/ ( Both free and paid are available )
Vanilla - http://getvanilla.com/
PuNBB - http://www.punbb.org/
bbPress - http://bbpress.org/ ( From creators of Wordpress )
MyBB - http://www.mybboard.com/
Phorum - http://www.phorum.org/
UseBB - http://www.usebb.net/
IceBB - http://www.icebb.net
QuickSilver Forum - http://www.quicksilverforums.com/
Unclassified newsBoard - http://newsboard.unclassified.de/
Viscacha - http://www.viscacha.org/
K4bb - http://www.flyingwithfire.com/k4/index.php

Those are the forums , i could bookmark for now . More will be added , and your contributions are most welcome , with comments as the medium to tell me .

And yet , one more thing is what i have to share , is that YaBB is another one of the exceptional forums , but the thing is , it is written and runs on Perl , rather than PhP . So , have time ? consider visiting ,

YaBB - http://www.yabbforum.com/

The Video Community - Updated

2006-12-08T13:35:00.000+05:30

So , this time , managing my Rani site has been quite a work and i have moved myself onto learning new techniques . This is the time , where i am indexing some of the great video upload sites , i could find on the internet . So , if you kinda know new sites , please comment me and let me know .

This is my work , towards , opening the video community to lamers . I am one , when writing this post . :D

And before i forget , i could find great resource remixing and reusing videos for purposes at the creative commons . Dont forget to visit , http://creativecommons.org/video/ , and also not to forget the Del.icio.us community , http://del.icio.us/popular/video .

Thanks in advance . :D

Youtube - www.youtube.com
Google Video - http://video.google.com
Videojug - www.videojug.com
Vimeo - www.vimeo.com
Metacafe - www.metacafe.com
Sharkle - www.sharkle.com
Yahoo Videos - http://video.yahoo.com/
ZippyVideos - www.zippyvideos.com
Revver - www.revver.com
Flixya - www.flixya.com
VideoEgg - www.videoegg.com
MSN Video - http://video.msn.com
Divx Stage6 - http://stage6.divx.com/
Cbs5 Video Library - http://cbs5.com/video
Kutv Video Library - http://kutv.com/video
OurMedia - www.ourmedia.org
The Open Video Project - www.open-video.org
DailyMotion - www.dailymotion.com
iFilm - www.iFilm.com
VideoVat - www.VideoVat.Com
vSocial - www.vsocial.com
vMix - http://www.vmix.com

CMS hideouts

2006-12-08T08:16:00.000+05:30

I am happy to have found a new site , which sponsors , new Cms content . Actually i thought of starting one myself , to index all the nice cms's out there . But now , that i can turn my head towards , www.cmswire.com , i am happy with it .

So now , my analysis , towards using the best cms for my job , will just consist of reading out the reviews out there . my time will be saved .

Happy me , :D

Free Image tools for Web Masters and ME

2006-09-10T08:57:00.000+05:30

So , am busy searching for Image Editing and GIF Animation tools , let me bookmark here , all the sites , here . If it helps you , please comment me , and let me know .

Webmaster Image tools - Contains links to loads of image editing tools contains Shareware also
BATCH Image Convertor - This is tremendously useful , as it can work on a BATCH of images
Image Play - Great open source software , to put image effects , filters and create great images
Microsoft GIF Animator - Gif animation tool , for Animated GIF Creation . This link is a direct download of the GIF Animator
Easy Gif Animator -This software aint free , but i think it serves the purpose . Try downloading the 20 day trial , and getting those keys from the internet .
UnfreeZ - Excellent Tiny Free Opensource GIF Animator Software

Back Again ,

2006-07-30T17:53:00.000+05:30

I know , it seems rather idiotic , to write "Back and Back ..." , but it seems so and really happens that way . Really this 400mB connection is sucking the kind and i cant cope up with it .

But i think i had found the perfect alternative to keep off the internet , lately now .

Yeah , My College is conducting Campus recrutements and i am busy ( alteast showing myself to be :D ) . 2 Weeks before , Infosys , the company currently rocking india ,
the Indian Multinational , came , and took about 110 students from our college , 25 from my class . Bad that i didnt get selected , thats what happened , i Lost .

Yeah , and the next company namely , L&T is arriving , tommorrow , and i am trying to prepare for that . Wish me Luck Guyz , cause i need it this moment .

Leave it , thinking it makes me go insane . Yo !! , whats gonna happen tommorrow ?? .

( But when i write this post , i hear the background music of this movie , on air at my house " Samurai " , its going great . )

Anyway , anybody reading this post, this day , Wish Me Luck Guyz , i need it .

Back is CAT

2006-06-10T11:11:00.000+05:30

Its great to be back , blog buddies . And shit on my ISP , they only gimme 400mb monthly . Anyways , its good to be back on blogosphere and as always the healthy air fills my lungs .
:D

Auroral Activity

2006-03-13T20:04:00.000+05:30

Oh, my its been a long time since i have blogged . Hey , dont shout at me , shout those f*cking Model exams . Those are Damn .
And this time , what do i have for the Normal passer By ??

"Auroral Conflicts " , yeah i have always being astonished , with the Flow of mind , The RANDOMITY , it exhibits , the power to feel and talk inside .
Man , what an eternal Entity , has god created , unexplained with its mind boggling features .

Yeah "Mind is Mind Boggling" ( Recursive paradox hehehe ) , :D .

People , have always and even now , striving to bring upon the same Randomity , artifically , but In vain . Though the field on "Ai" is sure rapid in its development , but they cant explain or even get near to the randomity the mind exhibits .

How can the mind , talk inside us , make us go in "Thought Cycles " , can make us emotionally struck , bring upon our creative side , make us envy , laugh , go angry , feelings , how can anyone explain the Electrics of that Entity , constantly emitting Auroras , of our inner selfs !!!!!!!!!!! ?????????? . Do i see this '!' , or this '?' .

And , how can one explain the situation , " Hey , actually !! , that was the one i was thinkin , how did u know it man ,,,, did u read me r somethin ... " . Yeah the situation where , u were thinkin somethin and ur friend uttered , it as if he had seen inside U .
So , ultimately , is Mind a physical entity , controlled by a bunch of backup cells , or a "Unexplained mental phenomena " ?????????????????

So , i think u got , what was inside me , THINK ABOUT IT , and feel free for ya comments , Im waiting ...........................

' . . '
Im thinkin ,Thinking ,,,
----------------------------
BooTCaT

Blender Jems

2006-02-07T20:41:00.000+05:30

Oh , gr8 . Its been a long time since , i have blogged , and this time i return again to those BLENDER times .
Yup guys & ( not so sure ) girls ( considering even the 60's & 80's ) .

Though im currently , not learnin Blender , ( i lack time :( ) i think i should give people , some resources , if they are currently learning Blender .

So , if u still dont know what is blender or what it can Do , i strictly encourage you to look at their Gallery ( Cause we know , that the application raises interest ) . Visit the Gallery at www.blender3d.org , its really fantastic .

And the complete Noob on Blender should land here , in Order

http://www.bl3nder.com/tutorials/ ( Contains Noob & some Advanced tutes . )
http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/ ( Contains Decent tutorials .. but GreyBeard is gr8 )
http://www.blenderwars.com/
http://www.industrial-meshes.com/modules.php?name=Content
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Blender-3d/1

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=176480 ( This answers most .. man )

And i do , honestly think the above list helps ,

So Happy Blending Guys ,
Have a Nice Day , :-)

The CaT

Gallery Guy

2006-01-21T21:21:00.000+05:30

Hi , folks , and its been a long time , since i have blogged ( really , my eyes r goin shit & i cant cope up ) . And Today , im gonna show you users , a Great Gallery builder software . The funpart o this is that , this is an absolute , f**kin free , Open Source software .

It is JALBUM . ( java based :D)

Equally , made for both Advanced users , & those dont mind lamers , this Album Generator , comes with great features . And i am , waiting to tell you its excellent features . ( Boy oh boy , lemme start ... :) )

(1) First of all , it doesnt matter if you use Linux , Windows ,Mac , Blah blah ... , it uses Cup o java , & hence runs anywhere .
(2) Easy to use , makes this a Gem for Bored Housewifes :D .
(3) Equally complex , cause it has ability to edit the templates , and hence , its great for customized templates .
(4) Integrated FTP , Multi language support , Browser complaint , WIZARDS , scripting support ,BLAH BLAH ....

Hey , it would be great if you could have a look at their site , than me telling me . So , if time permits , have a look at JALBUM .

Oh, my , its time i build my gallery , seeya folks , and HAVE a NICE dAY .

--- BooTCaT --------
`. .'

Fender Blender

2006-01-06T11:22:00.000+05:30

Its been a long time since , i have written about Open source software , and this time its goin to be a little entertaining . I've always been astonished , how a few of those Open source software could grow from a sapling to a whole banyan tree , and one such is BLENDER3d.
It grew from a small , 3d package for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

What can u do , with blender ? , u ask me . what u can do with those enterprise , high costing , resource hungry , softwares like LightWave , Maya , 3dsMax , u can do it with Blender . But Beleive me or not ( hey this aint one o those Ripley's :D ) its free . U dont pay even a cent ( or 50 Cent :D ) .

And u should take a look at its Gallery , man , i couldnt believe my eyes myself , it was awesome.
If time permits have a look .

Blendy Wishes ,
BooTCaT

Dreams are Doors

2006-01-04T20:24:00.000+05:30

Ok , this is one post , i should write , to get myself up . Actually , i am suffering some kinda Worm attack r somethin , that im starting to forget more things per day :-| , ( actually im exceeding the limit im allowed ) .

That thing got me , to read back one of Kalam's Books ( Dr Abdul Kalam is the current president of INDIA , and ofcourse he's a Nuclear scientist ) . So i think nice thoughts should be shared , hence this .

We people , have this situation , ofcourse its normal and everybody have it . Have u had the situation , where u wanted to "Achieve " something , or get something done , that u start to "Think" , over it . You continue your thinking process , so that it eventually evolves , obviously going under and mixing within your subconsious feelings and you start to DREAM on it.

The feeling starts to get strong , and you start to enjoy every moment you think of it , and could attain a heart filling pleasure , by actually thinking of the results , finals , and the fame , which could follow you , when the "Dream" comes true . And eventually we have actually " finished the Project " .

So , friends , i think you could actually gain something useful from this posting of myself . ( Though this one is not GEEKY !! , even geeks require some kinda oxymoron to get themselves go on & on & on & ......... ) .

So , feel that , "DREAMS ARE DOORS " , and try to dream & dream about something you want to complete , let it loop itself recursively & let the dream take you on .

(
Very important ; We see above , what a dream is capable of , but ofcourse it requires other components to "WORK" , and they are

1. Passion for u r work . ( you should actually love what you do )
2. Work if not HARD WORK ( yup , u cant do some kinda Harry potter magic here .. )
)

Leaving you once again ,
BooTCaT ,
http://bootcat.50webs.com
http://lawnmowers.50webs.com
http://catshideout.blogspot.com

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T00:20:00.000+05:30

I Wish you passers by a DoughNut Sweet , Purple colored , Lavender Smelling HAPPY NEW YEAR . And my friend BLOGGING Buddies , get a square of it .

Let this year stay as prosperous as last year '-' (minus) those devastating hits , earthquakes ... blah blah ,, stuff and more Good Sign , Luck , Dreams , Works Added together squared .

I feel so happy , do you ????
If u , then feel free to comment MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!

Friends Meet

2005-12-28T22:51:00.000+05:30

Thank God , My "exams" are over now , But sad , the college opens in jus 5 days . Okae , must enjoy atleast until . So i started today , actually , waking up asusual . The air was cool , happy that i could fill my lungs up with some fresh air ( Rare these days :S ) . I suddenly got a phone call from my old school friend , who said he could drop in , if i was free .
Gladly , i am , so i said that i was waiting , and he dropped in .
And Mind me this posting goes for him .

He is a "should-mention" guy . Actually , was a friend 'o' mine , since those lollypop days . But He was sure a pretty decent , silent guy whom i like for his high thoughts , slow and steady pacing , and his yogi-style of work . Happy , i could have a friend like him .

We started talking and querying each other , since it had been a long time , we have met .
Slowly , he again reached his yogi-kinda "osho" speeches . He advised me , to meditate , and the powers , which he felt from it . And its power to save "mind" from the so called Adolosent diversions , ( which like any other teen ager , i suffer from ) . Actually speaking , my friend saved me "One more Time " , with his speech about yoga & meditation .

Meditation is one of the powerfull mind-control , techniques , which India has given to other countries , and its power is visible from the very art when started to practise .

Thanks to that Guy , I can concentrate , on my Work now ..

BooTCaT ( Meow )

A Very Merry Christmas , passer by :)

2005-12-24T22:20:00.000+05:30

Wish you a very merry christmas and this is my christmas present to you .
Feel Free to Steal me , Stranger :)

With Warm Wishes ,
BooTCaT

:)

(Though i am a hindu , i love christmas :D )

Free Web Design

2005-12-21T09:33:00.000+05:30

I know i missed a lot of people , i feel sorry for them . But anyone , from now , i would like to help . To tell ya , i do WebDesign & i do it for free . Why ??, you ask me , 'cause i like it . So any kind fella need a web design , and can't spend.... on it , please let me know . I want to help & i am glad if i can . But to be clear , i design sites , actually it constitutes the way it looks & feels . I spend my time so that visitors like the way sites are , and i am sure they would like it .

My ( oooollllldddddd ) Homepage is here , http://bootcat.50webs.com
My ( oolldd ( yeah !! relatively new ) ) Buisness site is here , http://lawnmowers.50webs.com

Actually the lawn site is not finished yet , i am sure it will be Gr8 , when it is over ( Fuck those exams , they make me lethargic ... :( ) .

( The Homepage , was one of my first sites , so may be not too eye grasping ... if u thought so .. )

Thank You LANGA

2005-12-20T19:54:00.000+05:30

Hey u wont believe me.....my blog hit went from 530 to 1600 ... And i cant believe it , its due to "MR Fred Langa " ...

Hey , ... thanks for that "christmas gift" .... & i love u very much....

With Loads & Loads of LOVE :)
The CAT
( Man ... i still cant believe this one..)

And Yet , Yet Another reason

2005-12-06T09:03:00.000+05:30

AbcNews

Yet another , security flaw has been discovered , on usage of IE , which makes desktops , vulnerable . Read the above link in order to get the Lo-Down on that .

And see that the "How to avoid it" section , says that , " Neither Firefox nor Opera are vulnerable to this attack ".

But , i think , since IE has 85% of market share , people are focussing on that , to detect vulnerabilities & exploits .

But , lets "think" , of FireFox winning the browser wars , say with 80% of the Market , who knows , Something more deadly things , kinda " Hey i hav never seen anything like this before , holy shits , blistering barbicles , tundering typhoons " , may be waiting .

I dont know , but if you have read upto this one , then please leave me a comment , on what do you think about this and the future ..

Cold Wishes ( yeah.. i'm shivering ) ,
The Cat
:-)

Another Butcher , Poor IE ..

2005-12-01T23:03:00.000+05:30

I hav tol this many times & i am telling this again . Get off IE & get yourself an other browser . WHY ??? u ask me , here's another reason.

Yet & I mean Yet another Trojan hunts down IE , & aint that enough for u to shift over to any other browser . HUH if you dont believe me , then better read this one .

" Trojan horse rides on unpatched IE flaw "
" Attackers are taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer to target users of the ubiquitous Web browser, Microsoft warned late Tuesday. "
- CNET News

To read the whole shit click here
I think that post wont be there long enough , .. Oh My God .

Why , People , Why ? This world & propably the internet is too large for one person , and Aint there any other browser which rather is safe , satisfactory & cute enough ???

"Answer me" , I will because there are many alternatives & my votes go to the free browsers mostly open source .

Answer No 1 : Firefox , This one's simple irresistable , & it juz got better .
Answer No 2 : Opera , This norwegian little cute kiddo , became a freeware (Oh my) .
Answer No 3 : Flock , I cant stop saying about this one , this is sure delicious , ( to bloggers esp , check out the homepage .. ) but still under development .

And the next time , i see one of you using that crap IE & crying over the hunt of your system by a trojan or a virus , ... ( this makes me mad .. :-( ) , I am goin to give you a nice pat , like your mother would do for u , where you ask me , on your Ass (Mind thaone ) .
:) Juz Kidding ,

BooTCaT
http://bootcat.50webs.com

PVR , The DVR Kingdom !!!

2005-11-07T22:42:00.000+05:30

Actually , i came across this , on the video released by one o those Creative Commons .
Who am i talkin about , whom else than Kevin Rose & Dan Huard . I came across one o those sites ( www.thebroken.org ) , i got a mail from them , about their new site ( www.systm.org ) .
Their Second video ( A must see , if u ask me ) , They have explained splendid , about setting up your own DVR , without the hassles , most would face .

Whats a DVR ? DVR stands for digital video recording . Look at this situation , You're not home , u miss ur favourite show on , Tv , what would u do ?
Juz setup the PVR software ( Personal Video Recorder .. ) to juz , record the show , juz for u .
Then u come home , & u missed nothing .

Actually , I've took this topic , because , i want explain about the Open Source PVR alternative that exists ... u know what i'm talkin about , U R Right , MythTV .

U migha heard about the Window$$ Media Center Edition , But look at the cost , I'd rather spend on a 10.2 Home theater , for that .
But Myth Tv , allows what Window$$ crap can do ( mostly ) , with no cost for the ware .
So any show , anywhere in the world , u can schedule , backup & pleasure is with u .

Best of all , No Monthly Subscription .

So Myth Tv a check out , if u drop for the DVR . U r sure 2 stay .

Wishes ,
The CAT

Hunting India with a Cam !

2005-11-06T19:21:00.000+05:30

Im sure Nilesh is taking india, somewhere , with his exotic & vivid photographs . Man , now i know how he's a photoenthusiast . He has won " The Best South East Asian Photoblog " & now i know , how he mould india so beautifully .
He has brought the pleasant landscape , along with the pleasing mountains & nature .
Be sure to visit the site , & iam sure u will feel india & its beauty (esp . The Taj .. ) .

Visit http://shutterbug.nu , Visit India Unveiled ,
( Actually im not supposed to display the photos , But i had no choice .... Sorry Nilesh :) )
Signing Out ,
The Cat .

Best things , Come Free

2005-11-04T21:11:00.000+05:30

Have u ever been frustrated , because u could not get u r media player , play the video u downloaded . Sure if u had been in the net for long u musta had such a situation .

But , luckily there is a single player , which could play almost 98% of the formats available online . Wanna know what it is , yeah Mplayer .
It is a movie player , available for many systems & platforms . It can play any normal MPEG,Mp3 .... to the rarest and mostly not working Matroska container formats , NuppelVideo etc .... ( believe me , only this & only this player , played the "Potter" film i once downloaded .. , not even Matroska's recomended player did !!! ) .

Also ( if u r not a complete up to the brim kinda newbie !! :)) ) , It has a very wide range of output drivers , yeah the one from X11,XV,OpenGL.. to ATi,3dfx and Matrox . ( it can even use MPEG hardware decoder .. )

It also has , what a normal media player has , like On screen display ,subtitles , etc...
Juz look to this page , to see what it can really do ..

Only disadvantage , u would see , is that it doesnt have a GUI ( thats cause its power is from the command line .. ) . But third party Gui's by other members are also available..) .
Only the linux binary has a GUI .

The best part , im gonna tell u is that , the player is available for "FREE" .
Yeah its under the GNU GPL Licence . ( Even the source is free .. if u want it .. )

So i think u musta had the taste , what a true , powerfull Open Source software can do ...

One thing i wanna tell u , is that this player is fighting its way against Software Patents ( this because , mplayer could play any format , mostly it should not play .. for eg Windows Media Video should be played only by a Microsoft licenced player .. ) .
So it's our job to support , the player for fighting against the patents . We can do this by explaining to others the "No use " of patents & why it should not be there .
Mplayer also currently takes Donations .
This would surely , encourage the developers .

So i think i have done something for this wonderful player , ( campaining .. :) )
What about you ??
Support the player , Let Open source GROW !!!!!!

Wishing with Warmth ,,
The CAT

Spyware 2 Spy !! where ????

2005-11-03T15:02:00.000+05:30

I 'm dead sure , that 99% of those , who are reading this article , must have come across spywares , adwares , mal - shits & other kinda stuff .

Yeah , u mustav had situations , like u cant go to u r favourite search engine ( Giggle !!!! ) , Ur connection seems 2 be slow .. ( yeah dead slow mo.. ) , 2 many ( yeah really 2 many .. ) popups blow u out & other situations like that ...

Believe me , i hav seen people spend "coins" , gettin their system clean . Juz Common Sense & set of right tools can get ya out of most ( yeah 90% ) .

At first , if ur a windows XP user (most are .. ), get ur system a Windows SP2 ( cause the windows shit , has 2 many bugs .... & vulnerability pussies .. where others can easily place their penises .. huhuhuh ... Juz kidding ) . You can find it here .

Then kindly follow these points to get those asses outta u r system .

1.) Dont click ( or even see .. ) popups , like " Your system is affected with Spywares " , " Your system 's date is changed " , " Find your weather.. " . They r juz poo's , trying to get u r attention .

2) Dont install any activeX , crack.exe ( kinda.... like this ) etc files , which popup while u surf .

3) Try to avoid toolbars like Mysearchbar , Alexa ... etc .. ( If u dont know what r these , U r rocking .. )

4) Be careful, when u r browsing Warez , Apps , XXX sites ... They say to install some ware , in order to continue .. ( believe me u can do without em ... :)) )

5) Now for some freebie ( yeah kinda , though not fully ..but gr8 4 our job ) toolz.

a) Spyware blaster - This helps in preventing known threats in cookies , dll's ..
b) Spybot S&D - One o those Antispy's .
c) Ad-Aware - Another one .

Install and run a scan , juz quarantine or delete ( yeah whatever the above software says .. )
& try to run a scan ( quick !! ) regularly .
( We are using 3 different softwares .. cause nothin's complete ... )

And u r problems r gone .. ( yeah mos propably..) .....
Thats it , u r gonna love u r browsing experience ( atleast .. :- )
Juz try it ... u will sure hav luck ... i can say .

Warm wishes ,
The Cat . ;-) ( Meow .. )

Illustrator ? What do u think ??

2005-10-21T22:18:00.000+05:30

Hah , My exams are returning & my ideas knock at this time ( Fcuk em.... arghhhh ) .......
I really dont know what to do .. & if i sit right now , i may literally cry at those exams , but this thing is really making me crazy ...

Iam thinking of a site on Illustrator .
Illustrator is a great tool , & if u ask me it is a lot more versatile & powerfull than photoshop ( esp when it comes to the pen tool ... )

I find that the internet lacks sites on illustrator when compared to photoshop ( i find one everywhere ... ) . Illustrator though being a gr8 tool , lacks respect it should have got ..
So i think , i may start a site on illustrator & show what can be done with it & reveal its true power . I may start , & could update regularly . I am thinking about tutorials , links , galleries & etc ............

So any piece of advice ,suggestions , frm anybody i would love it ,
And not to forget , I would love some help from u ... people ... If u are intrested , let me know .
Juz leave a comment .

And , if u r a illustrator guru or something like a illustrator Oracle or something & with a heart to teach , i wont deny any tutorials from you . ( Its really Gr8 man ... :) )

Dont forget to visit my site at http://bootcat.50webs.com

------------ Love & Regards -------------------------------

Wishing Luck ,
BooTCaT .
:-)

Say Hello to Neo !!

2005-10-13T19:28:00.000+05:30

Im tired fellas , cause this has taken me , 24 Hours to finish & it's not complete yet .
Please if u hav liked the art , let me have a comment from you people ( Both Good & Bad ).

I hav used Illustrator to do this .If u are artist , painter , or anything releated with art , be glad to gimme some advice . :) :)

Vectori with inkscape

2005-10-11T16:23:00.000+05:30

I recently came across a new OpenSource vector graphics editing tool named Inkscape (www.inkscape.org) . It's cool .. man , and i think its competing with Adobe Illustrator . After seeing this , i downloaded and tried it on my desktop . To say it's one cool tool to use , and has SVG as its native format . now thats one thing , u gota clap u r hands , :)) . It has all the normal tools one would want for trying vectors for their work & ofcourse the new gradient editor was nice to work with .
I personally like the way inkscape renders its gradients ( believe me , they are better than illustrator ) . but i dont know why , it takes a lot of system resources & this is why its a little heavy ( think , it's cause it uses Pango ... oh don know... ) . otherwise its an excellent tool to work with & can be used for professional works too.. I've even seen a couple of starter tutes in the TUX Magazine (www.tuxmagazine.com ) .

Nothing's better than using it overselves , so next time u are thinking vectors , be sure to give this tool a try ..

And dont forget to visit the gallery section at inkscape.org (http://wiki.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Galleries )

Have a nice day , people .

Try Slackware

2005-10-07T19:25:00.000+05:30

People on this tech world must have sure heard the word 'LINUX' ( atleast from hell ) , though most of em dont know what it is . I have tried a few Distro's which include Redhat,Mandrake,Linspire,Fedora,Knoppix,FreeBSD,Slack (ofcourse ...) .
Of all these distro's , i can tell you Slackware is the linux for beginners who want to learn the Shit out of linux .... yeah nothing comes right for you in this linux ,... u have to try on u'r own if it has to work ur way . Other Distros though may be easy to use .... are not what linux noobs who wanna be Pro's need.

So if u could , please try it once....u will sure stay ...

http://www.slackware.com -> See Slack there.....

Opera 's FREE Folks....

2005-09-30T18:03:00.000+05:30

I've heard from BBC's Clickonline ( www.bbcworld.com/clickonline )... that opera has become free . This is gr8 , cause the world's fastest browser is free too .
On their website , they have specified that it was possible due to their worldwide customer support .

They have removed the banners & licencing fee . Propably an attractive option or alternative or rival or whatever u would call to Mozilla FireFox .(I use both opera & FireFox )

But , i could see certain features that opera excels on , FireFox .

* Initially , it loads faster ( Hey if u ever had a P3 128 Mb Pc u would surely know )

* It renders faster than Firefox ( Now thats for sure , u hav 2 accept with me .. )

* It's seperate from u r system ( contrast to Internet Explorer which is the browser mostly targeted by Spywares ,Adwares etc.. )

* It has other features integerated , like Rss News feeder , Chat & Mail Client .., Notes windows etc..

* And many more features which i can say u would surely love , on using it...

Anyway , its individual preference when it comes to using these browsers and Opera sure has a good

Which Language ??

2005-09-29T07:40:00.000+05:30

Basically , Im a C programmer and i have been programming for the past 2 years for now . but i'm always in a dilema on which language is the best & maybe atleast 2 or 3 i could learn so that i could get a complete vial , for programming .

I do system programming , web design (yeah.... :) ), appz etc ...
and iam a little attracted towards the opensource community which is the best when u wanna learn programming .
I also like the Linux Boxes , so if i wanna program there ( with power ) then maybe , C is the only answer .
And for web designing & programming i think perl & PHP are the Trolls of web world.
So i think i have to learn them too....
U'av got any advises , please let me have it GUYZ & ofcourse GRLZ .....

Trilogy to continue ??

2005-09-29T07:16:00.000+05:30

Recently i saw in one of those sites that matrix was gonna have a fourth part extending the Triology...

Matrix Reentered , i wish its true.....
but no ideas..
Im sure people , enjoyed the first & second , but the ending was not as good as its first two counterparts, so im looking forward for any next Matrix ( :)) ) film , which i think would be better than the first two .

Empty Stomachs ... Empty Posts ... :)

2005-01-06T09:03:00.000+05:30