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Fundamentals of Programming: Part 3 – Style, Indentation and Comments

Welcome to Part 3 of the multi-post series on Fundamentals of Programming. Last time, I just touched upon one very important point regarding style in programming: indentation. In this series, we’ll see a bit more about styles in programming. You can think of those as the “formatting” used in programming. We’ll end with the importance [...]

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Fundamentals of Programming: Part 3 – Style, Indentation and Comments

Fundamentals of Programming: Part 2 – Pseudo Code and Batch Jobs

Hello, welcome to Part 2 of the series. In this section, we’ll start with some actual code writing. “Code” is a short term to refer to “programming lines” i.e. instructions. So when someone is “coding”, they’re actually “writing programs”. I’ll use that word for short. We’ll start with writing some instructions in pseudo-code. What is [...]

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Fundamentals of Programming: Part 2 – Pseudo Code and Batch Jobs

Fundamentals of Programming: Part 1 – Introduction

Hello there! Welcome to my Fundamentals of Programming series of post. In this series, I will teach you about the basics of programming, i.e. the building blocks and what makes a program tick. I will NOT teach you Java, C++, PHP, Python or whatever pretty language you can think of. Instead, I’ll keep it language-independent [...]

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Fundamentals of Programming: Part 1 – Introduction

Online Services Mauritius Does Not Have And Why

First post of 2012. So let’s start with something like a wish list. In this post, I’ll run down through a list of online services Mauritius should have and why it doesn’t have these relatively common services. Let’s start. Online Shopping I know a few of you will say that Mauritius has a few online [...]

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Online Services Mauritius Does Not Have And Why

[Solved] Firefox’s Right-Click Menu Overlaps Flash/Javascript Menu

Just a quick post here. If you get this problem when right-clicking on Flash videos and sometimes in application-like web interfaces, the solution follows. It’s easy too. So solution to prevent this overlapping of menus: Go to Tools → Options → Content → Click on Advanced button (opposite Javascript) → Check “Disable or Replace [...]

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[Solved] Firefox’s Right-Click Menu Overlaps Flash/Javascript Menu

Mauritius is not a cyber island yet. Here’s why.

For some reason, our political leaders are bent on using the word “cyber” whenever the get the opportunity to. Everything is cyber here: Cyber caravan, Cyber Crime or something along that line as well as a few other cyber things here and there. What does “cyber” mean anyway? Merriam-webster says something about “the culture of [...]

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Mauritius is not a cyber island yet. Here’s why.

Why Display Names Should Be Allowed On Social Networks

Social networks are the actual craze online. People are spending more and more time online, so it is only logical to give them the option to socialize online too. There is one small problem: privacy. Facebook got burnt pretty badly recently and has had to revamp its privacy controlling mechanisms. Now Google+ is coming with [...]

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Why Display Names Should Be Allowed On Social Networks

[Solved] Windows Doesn’t Remember Folder View Settings

Do you often use the folder view settings in Windows? It’s a handy feature, that is usually accessed by right-clicking on empty space in a folder, and selecting either View or Sort By options. Using these settings, you can, for example, tell Windows to display files according to the date they were created, with newer [...]

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[Solved] Windows Doesn’t Remember Folder View Settings

Is Registering On Websites Dangerous?

I am asking this question because recently, quite a few sites are getting hacked. Last year, the Gawker network got hacked, and users’ email addresses, passwords and other sensitive data were taken. More recently, the manga site MangaShare got hacked and again, users’ emails and passwords were potentially taken. In a separate case, Lastpass – [...]

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Is Registering On Websites Dangerous?

Day 2: Orange Expo 2011 Revisited!

I felt my Day 1 at Orange Expo felt kinda rushed. There were things I missed, things I didn’t notice. So when the family wanted to go there today, I thought it’d be a good opportunity to go again. Turns out, I did discover a few new things. So this post will be less about [...]

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Day 2: Orange Expo 2011 Revisited!