Writing by Viksit Gaur
Goodbye Drupal, Hello WordPress
The summer of 1994 holds a special significance for me – it marked my first access to both a “multimedia” computer, and more importantly, the internet. One of the first things my Dad showed me was to use a terminal emulator called Procomm to connect…
Setting up Emacs, Ensime, SBT for Scala code
Ensime is an amazing plugin for developing Scala code in Emacs – it is very similar to the way Slime for lisp works, and works on the same swank RPC system that slime uses. It stands for “ENhanced Scala Interaction Mode for Emacs”, and provides many…
Grep patterns for URLs in logs
For mostly my reference, and anyone else who’s googling for it, <br></br>cat /tmp/my-log-file.txt | grep --only-matching --perl-regexp "http(s?):\/\/*" | awk '{print $1}'<br></br> -- If you have any questions or thoughts, don't hesitate to reach out…
The future of diagnostics
I was just thinking about this the other day! !(https://i1.wp.com/topnews.net.nz/data/iBGStar-IPhone.jpg?w=1050) anofi-Aventis just unveiled the iBGStar: a stand alone blood glucose monitor that can plug directly into your iPhone and iPod Touch. The…
On the technical prowess of drug cartels in Mexico
I came across an (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/how-a-mexican-drug-cartel-makes-its-billions.html?pagewanted=all) today that goes in detail into the inner workings of drug cartels in Mexico – specifically that of the Sinaloa Cartel. This…