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MD5 calculator using php

This is a very simple php code for an MD5 calculator. There are two pages, index.htm and md5.php The index.htm page contains a simple form to submit the text to be hashed. The md5.php page displays the md5 hash result. code for index.htm <form action=md5.php method=get> <input type=”text” name=”word”> <input type=submit value=”Hash this text”> </form> code for md5.php <?php $str = $_REQUEST["word"]; ?> Original text [...]

25 January 2009 at 13:15 - Comments

Guide to life – the *nix way

The *nix family of operating systems has a very rich syntax. So I figured, why not write a comprehensive guide to life using *nix syntax. As a humble beginning, here is the first page that summarizes the “moral of the story” of the game called life: The English version You are a prisoner of your yesterday, you [...]

29 December 2007 at 12:51 - Comments

In search of the perfect Operating System

My first “real” experience with computers was on a Windows 3.1 machine. (Of course I had tinkered around with a lot of “non-GUI” operating systems as a kid, but let’s get real – that’s ancient history).

Windows (in its myriad variations) is a great set of operating systems (except maybe Windows Millennium Edition). Its ease [...]

8 October 2007 at 14:58 - Comments

Story of a breakup, Vodka and a U3 app for data privacy

Its been 24 hours since we began playing around with U3… and I am impressed to say the least. If a suitable number of developers (and  buyers!) show interest in U3, it has a great future…unless the next Microsoft operating system supports USB autorun My friend and collegue Abhijeet Parandekar just broke up with [...]

13 July 2007 at 19:11 - Comments