Solution: First of all, the .ppk file is putty specific one and you need to convert it to the openssh format, so that it can be used with ssh command in the terminal.

To convert the ppk file download the puutygen tool in ubuntu (the commands vary a lil bit depending on the flavour of linux you are using):

sudo apt-get install putty

This will automatically install the puttygen tool.

Now to convert the ppk file to be used with ssh command execute the following in terminal

puttygen mykey.ppk -O private-openssh -o my-openssh-key

Now, you can easily access to remote server using:

Cheers!!!

“Multiple decimal separators in pattern “Rs.###,##0.##”×”

This is a bug in google analytics. The google analytics appends . after Rs symbol which causes some parsing problems on generating reports. The work around for it is to change your currency to $. Your revenue and reports will still be in Rs. and figures will not change, it will simply append $ instead of Rs. You can change the currency by editing the profile of Google Analytics.

Hope this will save time for someone.

Cheers!!!!

Recently, I have been planning a 4 day hike from Bhimashankar to Dhakoba top. With Adil sir on-board, i think its time to cover it during the holi holidays because the more late we do, the more irritating and difficult it will become due to the increasing temperature in Maharashtra. Shown below is a map by Chakram Hikers, they traverse this route in the past opposite of what i intend to take.

Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.

New to GIT:
If you are new to git, you can start digging the documentation in the git website.
or get the pro-git book from http://progit.org/book.

Last but not the least, create a github account and start using it. GitHub is a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system. Github is the best way you can manage and share your code in the cloud.

Install GIT from source on your server with these easy steps:
If you want to setup your own git server within your organization and not use github you can go with the following steps.

1. To install git , you need to have the following libraries that GIT depends on, which you can install using the command below, depending on your system:

   apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext \
   libz-dev libssl-dev

   $ yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel \
   openssl-devel zlib-devel

2. After installing all the necessary dependencies, download the latest version of git source code from website,
   http://git-scm.com/download. Here you can download the debian, windows, osx and solaris precompiled packages or just download the source from the right box under download git.
3. After you have downloaded the source files, compile and install them (yes, you are right using the make and make install command)

   $ tar -zxf git-1.7.2.2.tar.gz
   $ cd git-1.7.2.2
   $ make prefix=/usr/local all
   $ sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

   PS: if you downloaded the precompiled binaries, these steps will not be applied.

Once you are done, you can start using git.

I never thought I would live to see this day but it has come rather too soon. Our only romance with web was afforded by self-set, excruciatingly slow and infinitely troublesome Reliance dial up shared amongst 8 seemingly most enthusiastic users. Waiting for a humble Google page to load, we would dream of broadband connection for every room. A thought so far fetched that thoughts of Mahtam providing the most hygienic food, Professors being liberal and Kisan Mela being replaced by Auto expo seemed way too realistic in comparison.

Although it may seem like an eternity , but its been only 2 years since we left the place. And I am told by various juniors that they now have blazing fast internet right at their desktops. I am yet to see it to believe it because after all it’s Pantnagar and there is a prevalent tendency of blowing news out of proportions. The reported 400 kbps may only be 40 or even 4 kbps , numerous GBs of @#$% downloaded may only be few minutes of FLV vids. But there certainly is some element of truth in the news which is evident by deluge of FB updates and tweets regarding most trivial of matters.

It has brought about a paradigm shift laterally it appears. In good ol’ days (not long ago) the LAN used to be the sole battleground and the only stage. An act was ridiculed, or a gaming achievement was applauded by sharing text or screenshots by the name of Must see or Dekhi bhaiyo . But it has gone to a new level with advent of web. The world is stage now and inevitably there are new celebrities. One particular person that deserves special mention here is certain Mr. Gitanshu Amola whose obligatory “ haha” “LOL” or “ faadu “ after every FB update has become the most visible entity on web.

Most drastic change was revealed by Mr Kutaula (the author of this blog). Once ignorant ( I remember a professor trying to power on a system using button on Optical drive) , professors have learnt to tame the unlimited power of web and unleash it on hapless netizens. Case in point is our own innocent Mr Kutaula caught red handed partying in Noida with seniors while he was short on attendance by quite a margin. While uploading party pics, little did poor fellow know that he was being watched in his own familiar territory? Certain Mr XX of CS department caught glaringly blatant FB updates and pit it against Kutaula’s then defenseless alibi. Now who is to blame is subject to perception, it can be either Kutaula , Prof, general tendency to believe that Profs are ignorant, or FB’s much maligned privacy settings. Whatever it is one thing is sure, Pantnagar has finally arrived on Web. The very distinct border between realms of Professors and students have somehow been erased and have provided us with a common place. And the best part is we too are part of it, watching merrily from a safe distance the fortunes and misfortunes of either party.

1. You are using 0.9.3 or higher version of phonegap.
2. Add
   

   super.setIntegerProperty("splashscreen", R.drawable.splash);

   
   to DefaultActivity.Java (which is your main java file) in the onCreate method just before the
   

   loadUrl("file///asset_android/www/index.html")

3. Make sure splash is the name of your file like splash.jpg or splash.png in the appropriate place in the “res” directory.

Deploy your code again and see your splash screen just before the app starts.

Enjoy,
Cheers!!!

The most awesome thing is that it is free and opensource. So, how to get started on phonegap. It has a very good basic starting guide and good documentation available on its site.

So, start developing your apps and be a part of this awesome community.

Today on the list is Maria Sokolovski an Italian model.
To get more details about her, google yourself. She also goes by the fake name of Neha Dalvi in India.

More pictures at facebook, FM agency portfolio

• Content Layer – HTML
• Presentation Layer – CSS
• Behavior Layer – Javascript

Keeping  your code in three different layers is a good idea because it makes your code more readable, can easily maintain it in the long run,  reuse the code in other projects. One more reason is that people who visit your website may read content using different browsers, mobile and handheld devices, rss feeds so many time you may want to send only the content part leaving back the design and behaviour.

Content Layer – HTML

While writing the HTML code never forget the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Silly). Never mix the HTML code with non-content information.

<p> <font color="red">To make sure your code is readable, keep all the layers seperate</font></p>

The old tags like <font>,<b>,<u>,<i> that describes how the content should look like when its displayed in the browser is a part of non-content information because controlling how your content should look like in browser must always be handled by the presentation layer i.e. CSS

Presentation Layer – CSS

The content of page should entirely be  in HTML and it styling should be specified in CSS code that is applied to the page. CSS can be used in three ways

Inline Style:

<p style="color:red;"> Hello </p>

Inline style messes your html code. So it is surely not the way go.

Embedded Style:

<style type="text/css">
.navigation{
color:red;
}
</style>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"/>

external surely is the real way to go. It keep your html and css separate and you can share your css code across many pages.

Behavior Layer- Javascript

Like CSS you can also use your javascript code inline, embedded and in external file.  Keeping your javascript in a separate file not only ties the behavior of your page in a separate file but also helps to reuse the same javascript for other pages too.

Unfortunately, even  many professional web developers doesn’t understand the importance and happiness associated with writing a semantic, clean code. Out of laziness one may not want to write a css and javascript code in a seperate file but it does benefit in a long run and nothing feels better than having a chilled beer after writing a quality code.

Happy Coding,
Cheers!!!

Going straight this is a thank you post to Mr. Shivansh Pandey for free server space (here free refers free as in free speech, not as in free beer  ) and name.com for providing diwali deal in .in domains.

In coming days,  i will be updating this blog with :

• My upcoming treks/projects
• Personal life experience
• Technology related opinions
• Random PHP code and more techy stuff

Keep reading,

Cheers!!!