Public Blog of Satya Komatineni

22-Jan-10). How to get back ie address bar (Computer Hardware)

It looks like, at least in ie6, the address bar and menus can disappear if you accidentally press F11. If you press F11 again you can get it back. However if you don't know why it disappeared in the first place, it will be a puzzle.

Even when it disappears there is a sliver of menu at the top. You can also right click on that stretch and get back menu bar one by one. But it doesnt seem to be the same as F11.

I am not sure if there is an equivalent menu option for F11!

9-Jan-10). Reduced calorie intake helps mice live longer (Recipies)

Apparently one can gain as much as 10 years of living by eating less.

9-Jan-10). Muscle burns fat 12 times more.... (Recipies)

Need more be said

9-Jan-10). Snacking before meals (Recipies)

Apparently it takes about 30 minutes after you stopped eating for your body to notice that it is not hungry. The hormone responsible for hunger is called "ghrelin". Apparently it takes that much time for this hormone levels to subside. Looks like a 100 calorie snacks 30 minutes prior to dinner may do the trick.

16-Dec-09). Evari Vaadanu Kaanu, Ellaru Naa Vaarei (Telugu Related)

Onti Vaada Nenu
Uniki ee Jagamella

Kanna vaaru leru kalanu Nenu


Evari vaadanu kaanu, 
Ellaru naa vaarei.

Tolli kaladu Siriyu
Tolage Nedu

Onti vaada Nenu

Translation

Any one's claim I am not, in my grace are all.

30-Nov-09). What is this error: You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure (Computer Hardware)

Here is the complete error

14-Nov-09). android coding patterns (Android 1.5)

android coding patterns

13-Nov-09). Install (Android 1.5)

Install

10-Nov-09). Average climber... (05.01-Humanities)

There's nothing sto stop the average climber from trying the hardest route in the world

by Mark Twight and mentioned by Ybarra

Over the years I've continually re-evaluated what I thought I might be capable of.

Every pitch is brilliant, memorable, varied

Men in jackets and ties stroll toward the formal dinign room with women in dresses and heels.

- YBarra

10-Nov-09). Threnody (05.01-Humanities)

coronach
dirge
requiem
lament
or even Keen

5-Nov-09). ROI (05.01-Humanities)

At least for 6 years, I have catered, cooked, and at times forced breakfast on Narayan. That is 2,190 (give or take a few) mornings I wouldn't have to see the sunlight creep into our house but I could precisely tell what I would be doing at that very moment, which usually is the same. Those are 2,190 mornings that seem so alike on every one of those mornings.

November 5th, 2009. One more morning. Every minute of it predictable. We were walking out with our bags into a faultless pleasant fall morning.

Narayan asked me "What did YOU eat for breakfast".

I haven't been asked that question in many many many years. In fact it must have been so long I have no living memory of anyone ever asking.

4-Nov-09). Research Notes on Android Search (Android Search)

You will find here random Research Notes on Android Search. I use this page as a research log.

30-Oct-09). Failure (05.01-Humanities)

I am haunted by my failures.
I wake up many mornings
To prove them wrong.
Every succesful offspring
owe their crippled brethern in the wake.

30-Oct-09). "despite" is a good word (05.01-Humanities)

Words come in many colors,
Among those they don numerous hues.
Some are meek.
Some are shy.
Some are stylish.
Some have substance.
Among those that are strong and essential,
"despite" is a good word.

In the family of
deeply unpleasant creatures
when I descry a spirit
I will name it "despite".

28-Oct-09). Annotated Android Search (In Pictures) (Android Search)

Annotated Android Search (In Pictures). See in this document how Android search works at a high level. The document has a series of pictures and commentary below the pictures to demonstrate Android search capabilities both on the device and also on the net.

23-Oct-09). what is the android tool? (Android 1.5)

what is the android tool?

23-Oct-09). search sample code (Android Search)

search sample code

23-Oct-09). relevent dictionary provider source code (Android Search)

relevent dictionary provider source code

22-Oct-09). intent filters and uris (Android 1.5)

intent filters and uris

22-Oct-09). Chiaroscuros (05.01-Humanities)

pronounced: Kiaroscuro

A painting or a work of art that contrasts two colors such as black and white.

Click on the link above for more information

19-Oct-09). Android virtual devices or AVDs (Android 1.5)

Android virtual devices

12-Oct-09). dnn (portals)

dnn

3-Oct-09). who is Ardi? (05.01-Humanities)

Who is Ardi?

29-Sep-09). Pro Android: A Developers Handbook (Android 1.5)

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At APress Site

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It is finally here!!

Pro Android is a detailed look at application development on Google's Mobile OS published by APress. The book is written by Sayed Hashimi and Satya Komatineni. I am later of those two. This book covers the Android API all the way to its current public release which is 1.5.

You can read more about this at this link.

28-Sep-09). Theodore Dalrymple (05.01-Humanities)

"Perhaps this would not be so serious a matter if the British economy were not a so-called service economy. It has been such ever since Margaret Thatcher solved our chronic industrial relations problem by the simple expedient of getting rid of industry."

and in search of other quips.

23-Sep-09). Home widgets Research Notes (Android 1.5)

See the document for: Android Home widgets Research Notes

22-Sep-09). app widget code snippets (Android 1.5)

app widget code snippets

22-Sep-09). An approach and source code for Android Widget Models (Android 1.5)

As you start working with widgets, you will quickly realize that they are stateless. Every call back to paint the widget is invoked and the process dismantled (unless you take reasonable steps to keep this process alive, if that were to be needed). There is no explicit or direct mechanism to ask the widget: "Hey, what did I paint you with the last time around?". This is essentially a valid question if the widget were to have a state. Such a state is typically (indirectly) maintained using a persistence mechansim such as files, shared preferences, SQLLite, or the internet itself.

This item has some example **drafty** source code to illustrate this.

22-Sep-09). Pleasing Android Layouts (Android 1.5)

Pleasing Android Layouts

21-Sep-09). Who is Norman Borlaug? (05.01-Humanities)

Who is Norman Borlaug?