Out of memory at System.Drawing.Image.FromStream
Code works till the dynamically generated had a transparent background. Interestingly enough as soon as a background color is used for the images I start getting the above exception. The exception goes away when the background is set to transparent again. Using a memory stream with the above.
Indian whole wheat cookies (indian biscuits)
This past week we started experimenting with baking Indian wheat cookies. When we were kids, my mom used to give a big bag of whole wheat flour to our local bakery and they used to bake cookies. We were trying to achieve the same end result.
It is still a work in progress and […]
1997 East Asian Financial Crisis
An interesting read about the East Asian financial crisis at wikipedia
Another interesting article by Paul Krugman here and here
and Peter Gowan (PDF)
Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Controls
Recently I ran into a project which involved writing an activex control in visual basic 6.0. It was quite a pain in the neck to find websites which gave info about old stuff. So I decided to blog about it and provide a few links on topics regarding VB6 which I found were […]
Classic ASP & ASP.NET Authentication
I have been trying to find a solution to the problem where a common authentication is required across classic ASP and ASP.NET applications. I found this on the web. I havent tried to get this to work but the approach sure seems interesting.
Maharashtrian Masala
One of the important components of maharashtrian goda masala is dagad phool. I have been unable to find this anywhere on the web or in any of the stores. For all these years we have been using masala made by my mom. We just ran out of the last batch last […]
Paan
Today we found out that they sell paan at the local Patel Brothers. We tried out the paan and the results were pretty close to the original. Although we were unable to find one of the ingredients “Chaman Bahar”. I was unable to find any stores online selling it either.
Diwali
The first day of Diwali is tomorrow, धनत्रयोदशी and लक्ष्मीपूजन, and we plan on celebrating just like many other Indians.
It is quite an exciting time in India with all the festivities and firecrackers. Interestingly enough I found a google calendar which lists all festivals: मराठी कालनिर्णय (Marathi Kalnirnay). This is one of […]
Welcome to bhide.com
I have been thinking about blogging for a long time and finally I think I might get around to start today.
I was finally able to select a theme for my site. A simple and clean look, easy on the eyes.