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Return of the maestro!

Swanand Mokashi — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:22:00 GMT

What a return !

Sachin Tendulkar marked his return to international cricket with an amazing 140 in his first match in 6 months.
Barring the hiccup against the Aussies, he was at it again today with a patient innings of 60+ when everyone around him (wearing the blue shirt) seems to be in a great rush to go back to the pavilion.India could manage a respectable (if it was that) total , thanks to Sachin and went on to win the match.
Very interesting to see what happens next now -- the one against Aussies would be a special one with McGrath in pick of things again. I wish Warney was around too -- Sachin especially takes a liking for him :)

Malaika is born

Swanand Mokashi — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

We were blessed with our wonderful daughter on August 31st 2006.

We have named her Malaika.
Malaika is a swahili word which means "angel". Swahili is a language spoken in most parts of Africa, including Tanzania where mommy Rashmi spent her childhood years.
We are excited with this beautiful new addition to our family.
Here is a picture of her:

DotNetGenerics is live!

Swanand Mokashi — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:22:00 GMT

I have launched DotNetGenerics.com
Right now I have published one article regarding ASP.NET membership and a couple of sql server tricks. Check the site out!

ASP.NET 2.0 rocks!!!

Swanand Mokashi — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:26:00 GMT

I have been playing a lot with .NET 2.0 lately --especially ASP.NET 2.0. Already like a lot of the newer features like site map, GridView, Master pages etc. Didn't like the new structure of folders with ASP.NET. Looks like I was not the only one -- Check Scott Guthrie's blog for the new Web Project Model Option Coming for VS 2005.

The best feature I liked about 2.0 is GENERICS -- I have been trying to create my own version of generics for .NET 1.0/1.1 but still this will be quite a saver in terms of time, type safety and amount of code written. I liked it so much that I registered a new domain :www.dotnetgenerics.com. Right now it just points to the current site, but hoping to add a lot more as I learn more about them.

New version of SwanandMokashi.com is coming soon -- completely re-written in ASP.NET 2.0!!! :)

Numeric image in Guest book

Swanand Mokashi — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:58:00 GMT

I got tired of receiving spam in the guestbook. So I have added an image code of 6 digits which the user has to input in a textbox

This is to differentiate between human users and spambots. Hopefully I have seen the last of spam in the guestboook.
If anybody needs code for the above security feature, please feel free to contact me at :info@swanandmokashi.com

Built a new computer

Swanand Mokashi — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:58:00 GMT

I have finally built a computer for myself. Ordered the following parts :

1.  Ultra UV Wizard Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with UV Reactive Clear Side, Front USB and Firewire Ports : the box has a nice tranparent clear side , came with : External 5.25" Drive Bays(3), External 3.5" Drive Bays(1), Internal 3.5" Drive Bays (5),Expansion Slots(7),Front USB Ports(2),Front FireWire Ports(1), 80mm Fan Ports(1), 120mm Fan Ports(1)

2.  Motherboard :

Specs :
Form Factor ATX
Processor Interface Socket A
Processors Supported AMD Athlon XP,AMD Duron,AMD Sempron
Channels 5.1 Channels
Speed 4X,8X
LAN Type 10/100Mbps
AGP Slots 1
PCI Slots 5

3.  Ultra / Socket A/370 / AMD Athlon XP up to 3000+ / Ball Bearing/Aluminum Fins / Copper Core / CPU Cooling Fan

4.  AMD Athlon XP3000+ Socket ...

The fish are here ! The fish are here!

Swanand Mokashi — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:36:00 GMT

I have got 6 bloodfin tetras , 4 julii cory catfish and 1 golden mystery snail for the 15 gallon tank at home.

This tank has a new hood with a slightly pinkish light. The pinkish light is bringing out the color of the bloodfins very well .. I am surprised why I never gave bloodfins a thought -they seem wonderful fish !

The julii cories always stay in a group and are cute -- always active and looking for food :):)

Snail is about 1 inch in diameter -- but stays near the plants. This worries me as to the snail eating the plants, otherwise it is very interesting to watch !!

Tank setups

Setup 1
3 gallon FW Eclipse 3 with biowheel
Plants - Java moss
1 Male Betta - ALFA

Setup 2
15 Gallon tall FW
Sand Substrate
Ebbo-Jaber 125 Watts heater
Millennium 10 ...

We have moved

Swanand Mokashi — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:59:00 GMT

No entry in some time now -- reason being we were in between a move. We have finally moved to Raleigh Durham area in North Carolina. We like it here so far:)

Dravid named captain of India

Swanand Mokashi — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:50:00 GMT

Hmmm in an interesting news Rahul Dravid has been made the captain of the Indian cricket team, for the tri-series in Sri Lanka later this month.Interestingly Sourav Ganguly, who is supposed to serve a 6 match ban, has been included too as a 16th player. Not sure, why he is not the captain then ? Does this mean, Dravid has replaced Ganguly as the captain permanently ? Who knows? Welcome changes were inclusion of Suresh Raina, the talented young player - the selectors seems to be finally getting ready for the World cup in 2007. However I was disappointed with the exclusion of Dinesh Mongia. Not sure what else can a guy do to get in the team?

Start of BLOG

Swanand Mokashi — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:43:00 GMT

I was trying to put up my blog on the website for some time now. However because of time-constraints it was not possible. Finally I have put up a a quick and dirty blog code and hope to put up interesting news, code and my 2 cents on various topics.

Your comments are welcome.