Monthly Archives: June 2011

PAM authentication for fun and profit

Posted on June 15, 2011 by ditesh

PAM is a pluggable authentication and authorization library for *nix based systems – think Linux, FreeBSD and even Mac OS X. Logging into your machine or a remote POP3 server or even certain web based applications, and your authentication credentials … Continue reading →

Posted in C, Code, Node.js, Technology | 1 Comment

Auto web account creation for lazy bunts

Posted on June 15, 2011 by ditesh

I sign up regularly on new web apps. Invariably, the sign up process requires certain standard data: email, username and password, at the very least. Typing this information in over and over again becomes tiring at some point. Expecting organizations … Continue reading →

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Group Buying for the Masses

Posted on June 8, 2011 by ditesh

The online group-buying model is turning out to be big business. In 2010, the most popular group-buying site, GroupOn.com, made USD$713 million in worldwide revenues and in 2011, revenues are estimated to be on the scale of USD$3-4 billion. In … Continue reading →

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Driving Miss Daisy

Posted on June 7, 2011 by ditesh

I was driving home yesterday and almost got into an accident. It was a t-junction and I was driving up north the long end of t he T. As I was approaching the junction, I noticed that a car was … Continue reading →

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Landscapes in 1080p

Posted on June 7, 2011 by ditesh

Lovely view from space. Be sure to set it to 1080p.

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