If you ever wanted to find out how to confirm that a message you have sent to a blackberry device has been delivered, you can send a message to the blackberry with just < confirm> in the subject. You will get a confirmation e-mail as soon as the message has been delivered to the blackberry device. We usually use it to check latency and other issues on our blackberry server.
HOW TO : Cognos Installation
I tried setting up Cognos (Business Intelligence tool mainly used for reporting) on a test machine for Lakshmi to play around with. After going through the install, I can say with confidence that Cognos has some of the worst documentation :). Here are some quick tips that you won’t find in the official documentation for someone trying to configure Cognos BI 8.x on a Win2k3 server running MS SQL 2005 and IIS 6.0.
- After installing Cognos, run the “Cognos Configuration” tool and change the “Gateway URI” setting to “http://servername:portnumber/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognosisapi.dll” in the environment section.
- Edit the default.htm and index.htm file in the “< cognos install directory >\cognos\c8\webcontent” directory and replace cognos.cgi with cognosisapi.dll
- Open ISS manager and go to Web Service Extension. Add a new web service extension called isapi and add cognosisapi.dll as a required file. Make sure to set the extension status to Allowed.
This should enable you to launch cognos and log into the web interface.
HOW TO : embed Youtube video into your site
Links with information on embedding YouTube video onto your websites (blogs). One from YouTube, which provides information that can be used by anyone and the other that is specific to WordPress
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57788&topic=10519
Tollywood day
Here’s a Youtube video of one of my favourite telugu songs. This movie (Hrudayam) was released when I was in pre-college and oh boy, did it break some hearts :). It also boosted Heera and Murali into stardom (at least in the Telugu world).
Link to lyrics from this song : http://www.telugubiz.net/lyrics/hrudayam1.html
Command to clear command prompt
I always keep forgetting this and finally want to document it. The command to clear your screen when using the command prompt in Windows is “cls“.
Chicago's best Korean Restaurant
If you are in Chitown and want to taste authentic Korean food, I highly recommend San Soo Gap San located at 5247 North Western Ave. Lakshmi and I had dinner at San Soo Gap San for our anniversary :). It is not the most romantic place, but you will really get a kick out of preparing your own BBQ. In addition to falling in love with Korean BBQ, I also discovered a new beer. OB (Oriental Brewery) Lager Beer is a light lager made from Rice. It has a mild taste with a light crisp hop character. Beer lovers should try this :).
P.S: Make sure you don’t wear any expensive clothes to this restaurant. You will end up smelling like smoked BBQ, by the time you are done with your meal :).
In honor of St.Valentine..
Here’s one of my favourite poem by A.S Pushikin .
I remember a wonderful moment
As before my eyes you appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.
In the torture of hopeless melancholy,
In the bustle of the world’s noisy hours,
That voice rang out so tenderly,
I dreamed of that lovely face of yours.
The years flew quickly. The storm’s blast
Scattered the dreams of former times,
And I forgot your tender voice,
And the features of your heavenly face.
In remoteness, in gloomy isolation,
My days dragged quietly, nothing was new,
No godlike face, no inspiration,
No tears, no life, no love, no you.
Then to my soul an awakening came,
And there again your face appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.
And my heart beat with a rapture new,
And for its sake arose again
A godlike face, an inspiration,
And life, and tears, and love, and you.
Happy New Year – 2007
Wishing all a happy new year :). Hope that this new year of pig will bring you love, health and luck.
Did you know?
That American Airlines and IBM Corp. started Sabre in the 1960s — the name stood for Semi-Automated Business Research Environment??
HOW TO : Linksys SRX200 + Emule
Quick guide to configure your Linksys SRX200 router/switch to support emule.
- Assign a static IP address in the range assigned to you by the wireless router. In this case, Linksys assigns the 192.168.1.0/24 range. I will use 192.168.1.50 as an example.
- Open a browser window and go to http://192.168.1.1
- Log in with your admin credentials (it is admin/admin by default).
- Click on the “Application and Gaming” tab.
- Make sure that you are on the “Port Range Forward” page.
- Enter the following information
- Click on “Save Settings”
- Launch Emule and you should be in business 🙂
Application : Emule
Start : 4660
End : 4712
Type : Both
IP Address : 50
Enable : Checked