Design Patterns - New course :(

No I have not joined college back nor am I talking about some new certification introduced by Microsoft. I am talking about a course run by my office called "Design Patterns". My office has started this university concept where we need to undertake new courses being introduced. In the process we need to complete certain assignments and finally take up 1 big exam. What will this earn us - some credits and a chance to get a promotion. In fact, this is the only way that we can get a promotion.

And now, we are presented with this new course on the Design Patterns. The course had started 2 weeks back and I have not even started looking at the course material. I just happen to know that we need to complete and submit a single assignment that is composed of 3 design patterns which a brief about our choice for the patterns.

Looks like this will be a long weekend for poor me. :(

My latest assignment - Silverlight 2.0

I was working on this new module I have been assigned in office when I came across Silverlight. Actually, I had to convert a WPF application into silverlight. The straight forward reason being - if it is on the web it is accessible from every where.

The conversion was not a straight forward one as Silverlight differs from WPF in a lot of ways. It supports a lot of things differently then WPF - backround images, brushes, control templates etc.

Silverlight can be made to run on any browser that has the Silverlight plugin installed - its 4.8 MB. Actually, the plugin is nothing but a mini CLR. Just as in Java, to run applets u needed JRE, in .NET to run Silverlight u need Silverlight plugin.

Silverlight applications are actually downloaded on the client and are actually run from the client machine only. Therefore, every user is actually running his own copy of the application. This brings Silverlight application quite close to windows programming with the difference that it runs in a browser.

There is not a lot of help about Silverlight on the net but http://www.silverlight.net can help u figure out answers to common programming tasks.

One more thing worth mentioning here is the WebClient class that helps u to receive response from a Uri. I leave it up to u guys to explore it in more details. However, it was something I required to get my job done :).

I m really satisfied things have come out and look to present it to my boss on Monday morning.

Cheers

UPA all the WAY!!

The verdict is out - its UPA (United Progressive Alliance) that has secured the majority in the Lok Sabha Elections 2009. In a much anticipated end to the election process that took place in 5 phases it was the UPA that had came out triumphant leaving the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in dismay. The NDA surely needs to go back to drawing board to plan out their strategy while they still in the opposition for a straight 2ND time.

As far as I can remember, BJP/NDA really came into the big picture when Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpai formed a coalation government. Actually, it was then that the NDA was born. That government was actually could not complete its term.

Since then it has been Congress all the way. They romped in Sonia Gandhi which really provided them a boost and result was a Congress lead UPA government. Mrs. Gandhi clearly the differece this time around between the 2 sides and emerged as a National level leader.

I believe, this time too Congress had a clear picture about what they wanted to do. They brought Rahul Gandhi into the picture and started projecting him as the future. Gandhi junior was soon joined in by his sister Priyanka too. Rahul made it clear that he impress himself upon the nation as its future leader and also try and become popular among the youth. And now it can be safely said that the strategy has paid off.

On the other hand, after Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpai, BJP could never find National level leader who they can project as Prime Minister. BJP chief, Mr. Adavni is not really famous and that is not a secret. He is viewed as a hard-nosed politician who puts Hinduism before everything else. BJP had some able leaders and it is hard to figure out where they have disappeared. Call it a lackluster policy or a power game inside BJP itself, leaders like Mrs. Sushma Swaraj could never come up to the level they were capable off.

Anyways, for the time being, in fact for the next 5 years it looks to be UPA.

Jub sawan mein tanha bhegoge

Jub sawan mein tanha bhegoge
Jub aangan ko suna paoge
Jub sahil se takrati lehron mein
Tum door kahin kho jaaogay
Jub khud se baatein karte-2
Tum aapni tanhai meon kho jaaogay
Aur dil ki baat chupane ko
Tum humse nazar churaogay
Jub raat ke tanha damaan mein
Tum chand ko aadha paaogay
Main tum se mohabat karta hoon
Har bar yeh sunna chahogay
Un sab lamhon mein jaan lena
Ki tum tum nahi, hum banjaogay

Masoom mohabat ka itna sa fasana hai

Masoom mohabat ka itna sa fasana hai
Kagaz ki haveli hai barish ka zamana hai

Kya shart-e-mohabat hai, kya shart-e-zamana hai
Awaaz bhi zakhmi hai aur geet bhi gana hai

Us par utarne ki umeed bahut kum hai
Kashti bhi purani hai tofaan ko bhi aana hai

Woh samjhe ya na samjhe andaaz mohabaat ke
Ek shaks ko aankhon se ek sher sunana hai

Bholi si ada koi phir ishq ki had pur hai
Phir aag ka daria hai, phir doob ke jana hai

My Favorite Quotes!!

1. Of all the THINGS I have LOST, I MISS mu MIND the MOST.

2. When my GIRLFRIEND asked me she is seeing another GUY, I told her to RUB her EYES.

3. Multitasking - SCREWING several THINGS at ONCE.

4. The ATTRACTION in a PERSON is always the PERSONALITY.

5. The BEST way to get RID of TEMPTATION is to YIELD to it.

6. Smile, its the 2nd BEST thing u can do with ur LIPS.

7. SAVE EARTH! it is the only planet with GIRLS.

8. Girls are luckier than GUYS. If they cannot get something by being SMART, they get it by being DUMB.

9. Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear...

10. If everything comes ur WAY, u r in the WRONG LANE!

11. In a FIGHT hit FIRST and hit HARD.

12. I was born fine, education ruined me.

13. When the GOING gets TOUGH, GREAT ones PARTY!

14. Shoot for the STARS, then U will perhaps reach the MOON.

15. Every time u FALL down u get UP to become STRONGER.

16. U miss 100% of the SHOTS u don't take.

More Coming!!

Finally a own a Laptop

Yes, I finally have bought a laptop and I am putting this entry using that only. Its been a long time since I have been thinking about buying a laptop. And this April, I decided to finally go for 1. I am very happy that I have finally bought it. And there are so many things that I am planning to do with it.

This is also going to make sure that I put in my blog entrier regularly. 3 cheers for my new laptop.