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I have been working for the past month on an application to search and download videos from youtube. This application now has most of the featues that I had initially planned. In the spirit of “release early release often”, I have released an alpha verson of the software. You can get it at http://code.google.com/p/lambda-tube/.

A little about why I wrote this program. It is actually a coming together of a few favourable factors.

1. I have been learning Scheme through books like “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs”, “The Scheme Programming Language” etc. In learning every …

Learning the "Programming Language Scheme"

Recently I began learning the how-to program in Scheme[wikipedia.org]. For the reader it might be interesting to note that I already program in Java, C, and Python. In the past I have also programmed in C++, Pascal and BASIC. Learning at least one dialect of LISP had always been on top of my TO-DO list. I had seen some LISP in action during my college years as part of the "Programming Languages" course, but never learnt it fully.

I finally began this endeavour after having read "Paul Graham's" essays on LISP and programming …

My New Mobile Phone: the Nokia E51

Last month I bought a new mobile phone, the Nokia E51.
The only reason I bought it is that it seems to be the cheapest WiFi device in the Indian market.

The Nokia India page for the phone is here http://www.nokia.co.in/A4598140.

My Ubuntu Linux Desktop

Let me introduce you to my desktop today. Its an Ubuntu Linux (version 7.0.4, codename "Feisty Fawn") system. I've been using this Ubuntu installation for a few months now, and I'm very happy with both the ease of use and power.

And it looks so good, here's a screen shot (click to enlarge).

If you are unfamiliar with Gnome Linux desktop, they you will notice some unique features:

1. Multiple panels(top & bottom)
2. There are 5 desktop pages (bottom right)
3. There's a host of applets added (like weather, mail, network etc) on the top panel …

Setting up my website.

The last few days I've been setting up my website.

I needed a home page with information about my profile, and contact details and so on. I needed an email id with my own domain name, so that tomorrow no one can simply hack my account, and take it away. I needed a place where I could organise all my documents. And last but not the least a blog at my own domain.

Now since this is the first time I tried to setup an online presence, I decided to work under the following parameters:

1. Low …

Using google docs for blog posts

Today I started using google docs to post entries at my blog. This is just a test message.

To post a new message to your blog, simply edit the blogger details at the google docs settings page.
The create a new document, write some stuff, and post it using the Publish tab.