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Re: How to use picture-in-picture with YouTube on Android O Dev Preview 2

protoiyer — Tue, 30 May 2017 08:54:17 -0000

Thanks, Harley! I could get P-in-P working using this method. I had actually asked another question: now that we uninstalled all the Youtube app updates, is there anything we need to do to to get those updates back? Or will the app get auto-updated when the next update to the app is made available on Play store? Any idea? It would be great if someone can clarify this.

Re: How to use picture-in-picture with YouTube on Android O Dev Preview 2

protoiyer — Thu, 18 May 2017 02:33:59 -0000

I followed the instruction "To fix this issue, go to the Google Play Store listing for the YouTube application and then uninstall all updates" and yet P-in-P is not working. That is OK, but what I would like to know is how to put the YouTube app back to the old state? I assume I have uninstalled all updates. So do I need to do something to get those updates back or the app will be auto-updated when the next update to the app is available? Thanks.

Re: Lightweight Music Player 'DeaDBeeF' Updated ~ Ubuntu Vibes | Daily Ubuntu Linux Updates

protoiyer — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:36:00 -0000

Thanks for the post. I have been hunting for a foobar equivalent for Linux, and the search stops here, I guess. Btw, v 0.5.4 works on 12.04 with the PPA.

Re: Galaxy Nexus Accessories Now Available Through Google Play Store

protoiyer — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:13:39 -0000

From the HDMI portrait desktop dock review (done during March 2012) linked to from this article: "Until a developer finds a way to unlock full HDMI mirroring capabilities, the HDMI-out portion is essentially worthless for every day use". Can someone confirm whether the HDMI portrait dock from Google has full HDMI mirroring capability or not? Thanks.

Re: Avoiding One Great Temptation Every New Dream Faces

protoiyer — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:33:08 -0000

Brilliant post and a great thought. I am currently starting out on my own -- in more ways than one, both business wise as well as programming wise -- and I have been fighting the temptation to compare myself with those who walked the path before me (and in some cases, beside me), and so your post struck a chord somewhere deep down. I think all of us go through these stage of comparison, and depending upon how intelligent/shrewd we are we learn the lesson by ourselves or someone has to sort of reaffirm that to us. Thanks for sharing, and thanks, MH, for inviting JA to guest-post. I will be following JA's posts from now on.

Re: twdsc.us: @arrington

protoiyer — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:05:33 -0000

Ok, we know what it is now: Google Wave: http://is.gd/IeWY

Re: twdsc.us: @arrington

protoiyer — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:44:40 -0000

Sorry, the link should have been: http://battellemedia.com/ar... (without the double quotes at the end). My bad!

Re: twdsc.us: @arrington

protoiyer — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:42:03 -0000

@johnbattelle: "Getting ready to cover the presumed Microsoft Bing announcement http://battellemedia.com/ar..."

Re: Knowing.NET - Jon Skeet asks "Is C# 3 too big to learn from scratch?" I say "Absolutely"

protoiyer — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:48:21 -0000

Hi Larry,

This is Suresh from Chennai, India. Right now I am reading your awesome book -- TIC# (available in the net if you know where to look). Thanks so much for this great tome. More than being a C# book, it is a great introduction to programming as such, especially if you have some slight programming experience with C or C++ or VB.

I am a Delphi programmer for the last 6 years, but I had learned C# when it was a baby [late 2001 - early 2002] before switching to Delphi full time. I am just kick-starting my C# study again, and thought would begin from the basics, and so have taken to your book after checking out multiple books (I have hard-copies of at least 4 books, but I find yours the best introduction I have seen to C# 1). I would like to know once I have finished with your book, where should I turn to next?

In other words, if you were to add a section to TIC# titled "What next?", which books would you recommend? I know there is much to learn to compete with someone who has been into C# for the last 5 years, but at least I need to start at some point of time, somewhere.

In particular, it would be great if you can recommend multiple books per topic.

Some of the topics that I am aware of that I need to cover would be:

C# 2.0
ASP .Net 2.0
C# 3.0
C# 3.5
ASP .Net 3/3.5
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I apologize if this is too much of a hassle, but it would be great if you can suggest your choice, either by a reply comment or by replying to my mail id: "protoiyer-AT-<google's mail="">-<dot>-<com>". Thanks.

Regards,
Suresh

Re: Back Up Your Gmail

protoiyer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:01:28 -0000

Hi Chris,

This is Suresh (aka Proto) from India. I stumbled upon your useful article while I was searching for how-to-backup-gmail-using-thunderbird. I have been thinking of taking a gmail backup ever since news about people loosing their mails or sometimes being locked out of their gmail accounts came to the fore.

Now that TB 2 RC1 is out, thought it is as good a time as any to take backups. The backing up is happening right now (as I right this).

However, I didn't quite understand the points 5, 6, and 7 (as in "how exactly to go about it"). Here are the queries I have:

#5. How can I identify the folder name? Any link that explains this will be very useful for TB newbies like me

#6. "I’m going to clip off a current update from today, and toss that entire file to my backup drive. Then, I’ll delete the account on my POP mail client, and go about my business.".

Here, are you talking about moving the mail-file to a backup and then actually deleting it off from the source (folder mentioned in #5)? Why would you do it?

Also, are you going to delete the gmail pop account info from TB? If yes, then how will you take backup next week or in future? I mean is your intention only to take backup only till today (day in which you are doing this exercise)?

#7. "Schedule your updates periodically with Google Calendar".. Here, are you asking us to repeat all the steps (to take backup) every week or month, by using reminders from GCal? Or is there a way to actually take GMail updates using GCal? I know this might sound dumb, but I didn't quite understand.

Thanks.

Regards,
Suresh.