Null PointerA brilliant (sic) coalesce of Technology (where the emphasis is on Java), Internet, Blogging, Indic-blogging, current-affairs, politics, entertainment industry and topics that concern India.Blogs attack!- October 28, 2005 Forbes magazine has an thought-provoking outburst against the bloggers:Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective. Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and Yahoo.Viahttp://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/blogs_attack South Asian earthquake victims: You can also help- October 27, 2005 Only when a natural calamity strikes we realize our limitations. In the recent earthquake that struck India and Pakistan thousands lost their lives and still more await help in the strenuous weather conditions that will only worsen in the wake of ensuing winter. Desipundit is the flag-bearer of a unique initiative by the Indi-blogdom that will hopefully spread awareness about the plight of the residents of the affected regions and encourage people to donate. Please click on the picture...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/south_asian_earthquake_victims_you No IT Returns for salaries people. Really- October 27, 2005 When it is the Government on the other side, nothing comes to you without the fine print. I came across this interesting comment by a reader on FM's announcement that the "Salaried class would not be required to file Income Tax returns from next year on provided there was no income from any other source".A reader Sharad C. Misra quipped "the Finance Minister's statement is confusing. There would be no salaried person who does not have "Income from Other Sources" under Section 56(1) of the I.T...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/no_it_returns_for_salaries Introducing Avaran Blogger templates- October 27, 2005 I have been planning this for some time and it feels good bringing to you, Aavaran, a site where you can get new Blogger templates with, perhaps for the first time, ready templates for Hindi blogs. Apart from new templates that I propose to add, most of the templates would be adapted from popular themes of other blogwares like Wordpress, which you wish you could have at your Blogger blog. I started with two of the templates I fancied, Read Train and China Red. If you are seeing too much "red"...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/introducing_avaran_blogger_templates Game-shows on Indian telly: hot again- October 26, 2005 KBC has been the impetus for all the Game shows on the Indian tele, but none could fare better. Channels were in a tizzy during KBCs first spell, desperate for their share of the pie they went ahead with hastily assembled murky imitations like one hosted by Anupam Kher on Zee or the one by Govinda on Sony. KBC was able to generate interest even in its second avatar, the format was changed very little and this time it was felt other channels were unperturbed. Content with its singing-competition.http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/game_shows_on_indian_telly God bloggers on the prowl- October 17, 2005 David is back with interesting facts about the blogosphere. The figures may not be too accurate but the growth still seems bizarre to me, 70000 blogs created every day. Though the study shows that as much as 8% of these are spam or fake blogs, it is still a huge number! Technorati thinks that lot many Chinese bloggers are on the prowl but I suppose the God Bloggers would take away the crown next time.http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/god_bloggers_on_the_prowl Think before you write- October 17, 2005 I have been simply amazed by the IIPM episode and the happenings in the Indiblogdom for the past few days. While it cannot be denied that bloggers are supposed to remain united at times of distress such as this, especially when the episode took a bad turn and one of the vociferous blogger has to quit his job, I find it amazing that so many blog posts sprouted steadily grudging against IIPM and Arundam Cahudhary. I cannot vouch for it, but most of the posts contain unsubstantiated allegations...http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/think_before_you_write Bye Bye Bloglet!- October 6, 2005 I was not quite aware of how many readers have subscribed to this blog through Email. Today I checked Bloglet and found that there are 50+ readers who have subscribed, but as usual, Bloglet indicated that the emails were not being sent lately.Bloglets has been one of the most unique and pioneering service, but apart from long unexplained down times the biggest problem with their free service has been - its conflict with the feeds, for instance it was never able to read JRoller RSS feed and kept.http://www.jroller.com/debashish/entry/bye_bye_bloglet |