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Re: Startup Saturday Delhi - 3rd Edition - 14th March 2009

linosx — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:01:52 -0000

Manish,
You should make it a point to attend Startup Saturday Delhi (http://pjain.us/ssd) to talk to other entrepreneurs that may be interested in using your incubator.
Pankaj

Re: Startup Saturday July 11th, 2009

linosx — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:59:31 -0000

Ashish,
Thanks! Though my blogging has been a bit on the back burner, I hope
you continue to find the trickle of posts useful.
Cheers,
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

linosx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:31:47 -0000

You should update to iPhone 3.0 and after you've done that you can follow the instructions at http://bit.ly/7Sl9C to update the tethering, gprs, and mms settings. Make sure the service is enabled by Airtel as described in the post.

Re: Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

linosx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:29:02 -0000

Your best bet is to read the post and contact Airtel as described.

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:32:16 -0000

Yes Tejas. Pick up the iPhone from Vodafone and it'll work fine.

Re: Using Perl Against Facebook - Part II: Status Updates

linosx — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:20:27 -0000

Just got around to d/l'ing and setting it up. Works like a charm!
Thanks very much!!

Re: Using Perl Against Facebook - Part II: Status Updates

panefsky — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:50:09 -0000

I didn't want to get it so early on the net, but well here it is.
I uploaded the Facebook module on the
http://drop.io/developeronline
Search for the Facebot.pm.

In order to set your status, just do the following..
$user = Facebot::->new("MAIL","PASSWORD");
$user->login;
$user->fbk_set("STATUS","My new status is this...");

That's it. Please provide some feedback when you are done.

Re: Using Perl Against Facebook - Part II: Status Updates

panefsky — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:22:46 -0000

If by the new UI you mean the "new.facebook.com" then yes, the code refers to that one. Have you encountered any problems?

Re: Using Perl Against Facebook - Part II: Status Updates

linosx — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:30:07 -0000

yup, I mean new.facebook.com - was able to login but not set the
status. tried hacking around with it really late at night but wasn't
able to get it working.

Re: Using Perl Against Facebook - Part II: Status Updates

linosx — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:20:00 -0000

Any chance that your script works with the new FB UI or is this based on the old UI?
Cheers

Re: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on ThinkPad T60

linosx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:42:08 -0000

Mtee,
I haven't had a chance to load ubuntu 8.10 on my T60 yet. However, if
you're using WiFi, I've had weird problems, sometimes, with the applet
responsible for managing WEP/WPA keys and connecting me to a WiFi
router with a proper IP address. I wonder if you're having that
problem or using a straight Ethernet.

Let me know.
Cheers

Re: Quicken 2006 Premier Home and Business on CrossOver Mac

linosx — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:01:45 -0000

Delete

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Re: Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

linosx — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:49:52 -0000

I feel your pain. I really really do. Just be patient and nag the hell out of them. When they finally get it right, it's worth the pain.

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:49:04 -0000

Thanks for pointing out the broken link. I'll try to fix it or point it to a more appropriate one.
Cheers

Re: Wasabi Brings Japanese Food to India

linosx — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:16:22 -0000

Don't know about the Mumbai one but the Delhi one is awesome. Let me
know if you make it to the Mumbai one and how it is.

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Re: Poverty and Blog Action Day 2008

linosx — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:48:35 -0000

You're very right Arun. If we all do just a little bit, we can make a difference in at least one life.

Re: Poverty and Blog Action Day 2008

linosx — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:47:05 -0000

Ashwan,
Thanks for pointing that out. Fat fingers can be dangerous. :-)
Cheers,
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:18:13 -0000

Abhay,
You should synch your iPhone with iTunes. When iTunes asks to update
your carrier settings, say yes. If that still doesn't work, you
should probably call vodafone. Good luck though.
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

linosx — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:34:09 -0000

Hi Sandeep,

The incompetence of the "customer service" reps knows no bounds. The
EDGE menu used to exist on the older 1.1.4 and lower firmware. The
2.0 firmware doesn't allow a place to change EDGE settings.

Ok, a few things,

1) Make sure you synch your iPhone up with iTunes. I believe iTunes
will update your handset with the settings required for your carrier.
This is something that may or may not happen. It's possible your
settings were updated before the phone shipped from the manufacturer.
Still, synching with your computer frequently is a good idea.
2) Once you sync and the settings are updated, turn the off and then
back on and see if you can connect via EDGE.
3) If you still can't connect, pick up the phone, and tell Airtel that
the iPhone service is not active. They need to activate it on their
end. I believe this is most likely the problem. They haven't fully
activated the iPhone EDGE service on your account. However, I could
be wrong.

If this still fails, you can try a few things:

1) yell and scream at the customer service reps to speak to a manager,
then yell at the manager, then send a letter and email to the nodal
officer for your region and yell at them
2) Go to an Airtel store, force them to exchange the iPhone for a
brand new one and have them get it working before you walk out of the
store
3) Call Apple and complain, though, I believe they will refer you back
to Airtel.

Let us know how it goes. I thought that Apple would have made sure
Airtel and Vodafone got their act together with the 3G being sold
directly by them.

Cheers,
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:42:07 -0000

Amit,
I believe Vodafone Live is activated by default but I could be wrong.
You're correct about Mobile Connect. It's their GPRS service that's
required to connect to any Internet services like email/browsing/IM
that are outside Vodafone Live. I think Vodafone has a 1GB of data
transfer for Rs. 999/month but it's been a while since I checked.
Cheers,
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

linosx — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:04:08 -0000

Vivek,
I advise you to read the post again. You are most likely facing the
same problem I had with Airtel. They kept telling me that Mobile
Office was active when, in fact, it wasn't. The "E" just means you
can get to Airtel Live services (completely useless IMHO). Call them,
yell at them, get frustrated, wait 4 hours, repeat until it works.

Now that they're selling the iPhone 3G, they will most likely support
you when you tell them you have an iPhone. Also, you might want to
consider upgrading to version 2.0 or 2.01 of the firmware. Lotsa
little goodies in the upgrade and then you can run lots of great apps
from the Apple iTunes App store.
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:14:07 -0000

Rahgu,
I just noticed that you said "Enable 3G". You obviously have a shiny
new iPhone 3G. Did you buy it from Vodafone or somewhere else? Of
you got it from Vodafone India, they must get your problem resolved.
Even if you got it from another source, Vodafone will most likely
support you and help get your poblems resolved. Try contacting them.

On another note, what level of the firmware are you running? Have you
recently synched your phone with iTunes? Last night, iTunes offered
to download updated settings for my carrier, Airtel. It's probable
that iTunes will also update your phone with vodafone settings.
Please let us know if that does happen.

Cheers,
Pankaj

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Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

linosx — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:29:06 -0000

Are you using an iPhone 3G or 1st gen iPhone upgraded to the 2.02
firmware?

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Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

Pankaj — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:51:21 -0000

Namrata,
BTW, I think that the iPhone 2.0 Software should work with Vodafone because Vondafone is one of Apple's partners (so is Airtel) and I think that's why my iPhone picked up my settings. However, it is possible that Vodafone users have different settings for iPhones that normal GPRS users.

I guess it's much easier than I thought.... someone has a tool out there. You will need to have your iPhone connected to a WiFi connection so that you can browse to this link http://www.unlockit.co.nz/

That should take care of your problem.
Cheers,
Pankaj

Re: Apple iPhone on Vodafone India

Pankaj — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:12 -0000

Namrata,
I had a similar experience when I upgraded to 2.0. Fortunately, even though, the EDGE option is no longer visible, the iPhone was able to pick up my GPRS settings (I'm now on Airtel). The only thing I can think of is that it picked them up from my SIM card.

However, there is a way to make this option reappear. I will put up a post on how to do this. I hope you're fairly technical. If not, let's see if someone puts out a hack to do this automagically :-)

Cheers,
Pankaj