http://ankurjain.org Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:01:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been almost a year now. I was busy with a lot of things all this while but Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management(HITM) has been the most important one. This year, we (my family) started a new project - Hindustan Institute of Technology & Management (HITM), an engineering college ... http://ankurjain.org/2008/10/21/hindustan-institute-of-technology-management/ I tried configuring Gnus/Emacs to send/receive mails through Gmail using IMAP/SMTP protocol on my Ubuntu-Gutsy Linux Box. Emacs Version: 22.1.1 Gnus Version: 5.11 I performed the following steps: I had to install sendmail and starttls programs using apt-get first and start sendmail service. Enable IMAP support for your Gmail account online as described here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77695 Create ... http://ankurjain.org/2008/01/09/configuration-of-gmail-on-gnusemacs-ubuntu-linux/ Please go through the previous post, in case sound is not working correctly for you on Feisty/Gutsy. First you need to setup the sound card correctly. I was facing problems with Internal Microphone on Ubuntu Feisty, so when Gutsy was released, I upgraded to it. Status did not change even after ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/11/03/ubuntu-gutsy-microphone-problem-on-dell-inspiron-1520/ It's been quite sometime that I installed Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on Dell Inspiron 1520. My experience with this Ubuntu installation has been good and I have got Compiz Fusion working this time (something I could not do before). Installation was slightly problematic with Feisty, since the Live CD did not ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/10/09/ubuntu-feisty-installation-dell-inspiron-1520/ Yes! I bought a laptop for myself, the Dell Inspiron 1520 (Black). Must say, it's quite a beauty with the matte finish. Though delivery time was a bit long (13 days), I got it finally with all the accessories as mentioned in the order, so no surprises. I bought the ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/09/11/dell-inspiron-1520/ Recently, I came across this problem, someone faced while casting a decimal datatype to varchar data type in DB2. Here's the link to the whole thread : db2-- Decimal to Varchar without leading zeros So, the idea is to replace the 0's with spaces and convert them back to 0 with second ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/07/02/db2-decimal-to-varchar-conversion-issue-leading-zeroes/ After a period of 18 months approximately, I made first job switch of my career. I separated from my previous company - a IT Company (probably the biggest) to another big company, although in a different industry (Retail). Last working day was quite eventful. At office, I spent the whole day ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/03/09/targetized/ Yes, I am feeling exactly this at the moment. As I mentioned already in my last post, work pressure is not much these days at office so I started feeling a little too idle to spend time when you're all alone in a new city. Moreover, there is not much to ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/02/24/oscars-home/ Being idle for quite a long time in my organization, I was offered my next assignment in Pune. Though I didn't want to, but still I had to go. So on Jan 8th, 2007, I came back to Pune. Last time when I was here, I had a brief and ... http://ankurjain.org/2007/01/28/pune-vol-2/ After a long time, due to sincere efforts of few enlightened a.k.a connected people (people in touch with old pals), Reunion of Batch 1999, Ramjas School - Pusa Road happened. Time & Venue : Dec 17th, 2006 11 A.M. @ Cafe Coffee Day, Connaught Place - New Delhi Well, I reached the ... http://ankurjain.org/2006/12/25/reunion-of-batch-1999-ramjas-school-pusa-road/