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	<title>The Practical Life &#187; Blog</title>
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	<description>Lessons, reasonings and random rants from the perspective of 2 eyes and a random mind</description>
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		<title>Twilio REST API with CodeIgniter</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/06/twilio-rest-api-codeigniter/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/06/twilio-rest-api-codeigniter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on my earlier post about using the Twilio API, here is how you can use the libraries provided by Twilio and utlize their REST api with your CodeIgniter application.

To get started, download the Twilio PHP helper library
Unzip twilio.php from the zip file into your CodeIgniter application/libraries directory.
Create a new PHP file in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend = API</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/06/weekend-api/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/06/weekend-api/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[api]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[codeigniter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[php]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sendgrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twilio]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend can officially be branded as API weekend. I started Friday by playing with the Twilio API, and ended up integrating their SMS and voice functionality into my project (more on the project later   ). I have to say, the Twilio documentation is pretty nice when it comes to API docs, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on last week&#8217;s Goal</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/02/update-on-last-weeks-goal/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/02/update-on-last-weeks-goal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was pretty hectic in terms of work load and number of different projects I&#8217;m involved with right now, both in and outside my course. On a positive note, I was able to complete my last week&#8217;s goal, much to my joy!
In brief, here is what I did:

Integration of PHP Client Library for Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goal for the week</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/02/goal-for-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/02/goal-for-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#weeklygoals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google api]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jQuery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[php]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2010/02/goal-for-the-week/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;m aiming to use the Google Calendar API for a side project of mine. A quick outline of what I&#8217;ll be trying to do:
- Create new calendars for users who register on the site.
- Modifying a user&#8217;s calendar from an admin interface.
- Modiyfing multiple calendars at one via a script.
3 simple goals, 7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phone Number Formatting Library for CodeIgnitor</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/12/phone-number-formatting-library-for-codeignitor/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/12/phone-number-formatting-library-for-codeignitor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a nifty class I wrote in PHP for a side project of mine. I&#8217;m using it with CodeIgnitor, so I&#8217;m going to provide the steps to integrate it with your CodeIgnitor application quickly.
Naming Rules for custom classes:


File names must be capitalized. For example:  Myclass.php
Class declarations must be capitalized. For example:   class Myclass
Class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHP, MVC and some updates</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/12/php-mvc-and-some-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/12/php-mvc-and-some-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mvc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[php]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[update]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been coding a lot in PHP lately for a couple of side projects I&#8217;ve been working on the.  I&#8217;m trying to learn best practices while writing well structured, readable and easy to debug code as well as using the MVC approach to Web App development. This past semester at CMU I&#8217;ve got to understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh &amp; Carnegie Mellon</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/08/pittsburgh-carnegie-mellon/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/08/pittsburgh-carnegie-mellon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I finally arrived back on this side of the World this August, and boy, was it good to be back   To be frank, I quite like the US lifestyle where everything is so organized and calm and you can really enjoy life as a whole. Don&#8217;t quite like the hustle bustle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Town</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/05/back-in-town/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/05/back-in-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the hustle bustle of Senior week and graduation at Wilkes, and a loooong 15hr flight on Air India, I&#8217;m landed back in saddi Dilli on the 19th. Its an understatement to say thats it been quite hot here, and the weather sucks big time   Nothing has changed since I last left this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murg Malai Kabab &#8211; Tried &amp; Tested</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/04/murg-malai-kabab-tried-tested/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/04/murg-malai-kabab-tried-tested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murg-malai-kabab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you guys might have noticed by now, I&#8217;m a big foodie and when I&#8217;m in the mood to tease my palette, I can go to lengths. So two weeks back, while pondering over which homework to pick up first, I heard my tummy grumble for some yummy food. Opened VahrehVah.com to see for some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sno Mountain &amp; Spring Break</title>
		<link>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/02/sno-mountain-spring-break/</link>
		<comments>http://shivaasgulati.info/blog/2009/02/sno-mountain-spring-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivaas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the time of the year when us seniors start counting down the days to our graduation, and slowly start finding a starting point in the professional world, also known as the job market. With the economy in the US being battered from all around, its wise to say that many to-be-graduates are actually considering [...]]]></description>
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