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Monthly Archives June 2004

Bittorrent

Bittorrent is a peer-peer protocol used for file distribution. What is good about it is that every downloader also acts as an uploader. The file is divided into smaller sized chunks, each with SHA1 hash. This is great for countering “slashdot effects”, downloading the iso images immediately after they are released. I doubt, though, [...]

Posted 10 June 2004 † amit § Internet ‡ Comments (0) °

extended del.icio.us bookmarklets

Via: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~cmillward/delish.php
extended del.icio.us bookmarklets

bookmarklets that I’ve found to extend del.icio.us functionality
Note:
In the scripts that post to your account, you will need to change USERNAME to your own username. I tried to name the
bookmarklets as usefully as possible, so hopefully the link title is appropriate.

del.icio.us linkulator

Use this bookmarklet to look at the del.icio.us history for any [...]

Posted 03 June 2004 † amit § Internet ‡ Comments (0) °

“The Travails of Single South Indian men of conservative upbringing” or “Why we don’t get any…”

A great piece about why typical South Indian men do not get any good girls in town …
http://sidin.blogspot.com/2004/05/travails-of-single-south-indian-men-of.html
Full text follows below in extended entry…

Posted 01 June 2004 † amit § India ‡ Comments (0) °