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Best April Fools’ Day Ever

Kulbir Saini — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:49:11 +0000

08:50AM April 1st, 2009 Alarm!!! Ring Ring!!! I had a class at 8:30AM. But thinking that I’ll sleep for few more hours, opted to miss the class. 10:26AM April 1st, 2009 I was in deep sleep (went to bed at 5AM) when my mobile started ringing. I hate it when somebody calls me when I am sleeping.

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Busy with videocache

Kulbir Saini — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:41:18 +0000

VideoCache project has come a long way since I started it in June last year as youtube_cache. I have released 18 version in last 8 months of time. Complete log of versions is available in the videocache code repository. Currently it supports audio and video (including HD) caching from 14 websites. It has been an

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To be or not to be Marcus Cocoza

Kulbir Saini — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:06:01 +0000

The feeling that B.Tech. is almost over forces me to feel a bit nervous. I spend (I am not sure whether to call it wastage) a lot of time socializing (at coffee shop and in BC with friends) and rest of the time I am sitting in front of my computer screen trying to develop

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Help Needed: Wordpress Module Development

Kulbir Saini — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:21:47 +0000

Goal I am looking forward to develop a wordpress plugin which needs to interact with database extensively and may need additional database. What I have done I have read the following howtos word to word including a few linked pages from the howtos. Devlounge – How to Write a Wordpress Plugin Wordpress – Writing a Plugin Adam Brown –

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My first interview for a job!

Kulbir Saini — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:18:04 +0000

After failing few (will be disclosed later) written tests in a row, I got a call for an interview. I was pretty surprised as I never expected it to happen. Initially I was nervous because I don’t know c/c++/data structures/algorithms. All I know is Python, Computer Networks, a few Open Source technologies and how to

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Back Links to VideoCache

Kulbir Saini — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:51:07 +0000

This post’s aim is to boast a bit about my plugin videocache and generating some more backlinks for the website Recently videocache was discussed on a lot of Thai tech forums. They helped me a get a lot of traffic and exposure for the plugin. Tutorials in English and Other languages Youtube Cache with

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Quick updates

Kulbir Saini — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:11:52 +0000

Super busy with my VPS adventures. Updated VPS to 512MB RAM and 20GB HDD. Its super fast now at a cost of $50/month Learnt a heck of technology in past week. 76 downloads of my software videocache in last two days Thinking thinking thinking and so on. Future still uncertain. Had a real tough time

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How to make a fool of yourself?

Kulbir Saini — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:28:43 +0000

Configure your firefox to cache 1GB of data. Run squid proxy server on your machine in aggressive caching mode by f**cking up with refresh patterns. Then actually use the above proxy server to browse. Wasted two hours (5AM – 7AM) in debugging a clean and flawless php script on a remote server with pathetic response time because my

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Camera Recovered

Kulbir Saini — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:20:37 +0000

My new camera fell down on Nov 5, 2008 from a height of almost 5 feet in switched on condition while clicking random pictures. The shock caused a severe damage to the lens cover. The dented lens cover didn’t allow the lens to come out of the camera. It was a shocking moment for me

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I announce cachevideos.com ( the official guide for caching videos )

Kulbir Saini — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:10:03 +0000

I still remember when I launched saini.co.in in November last year. That was my first website that I owned and I came to know about things like hosting, domains and related things. This year, I am proudly launching cachevideos.com, which will act as an official website for my (now) popular squid plugin youtube cache. The

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