Category Archives: Internet

Webscape Tidbits – Part 3

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After a long time fram gap, I am back with the internet tidbits.

1.Blackle was hitting the news a little while ago. And one of my colleague even shifted to Blackle instead of Google for searches. But I did wonder how it saved energy. Found an article cum discussion on does it really do or not??

2. Random objects/links/articles at smorgasborg. Got this link as email forward and the article regarding the invention of C++ lured me into the main site.

3. Top 100 webware sites. Just got a bunch of handy commonly used websites in one page..So bookmarked for now. Who knows, I may try them out, sometime in future…

4. Real Simple. There are enormous list of sites which can help you live life, make the most out of it, or even live a happy simple life. I guess this is just one of them. There maybe many more.

5. By the way, did I mention about the live science website where you can get to know more about the facts and discussions of life science?

Bonus: Try copying the character given below called “COMBINING CYRILLIC MILLIONS SIGN” and start writing from the next position. It starts typing backwards.
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Why??

Journal of a blog

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I started this site long back in 2005,, when I was too much immersed in the adventures of internet. For me, It was then a trial run of gathering knowledge regarding blogging, hosting, domain names, designing, gaining more site views etc rather than posting content. Over the years and months, I realized blogging is much more and in itself is a world of its own. You get to sew a world with the unknown blogger pals, and commentators, and the passer-by.

I started writing about some personal thoughts and happenings of life. As I got more interested in the online world, some tutorials, and links were being shared, with the infrequent bursts of shayariand senti posts here and there. I was just posting one or two, or rarely, as I didn’t get to think much and did not give much importance to jotting down the thoughts. By 2006 mid year, I got ample time to rant about all the trivial things in my life, May 2007 being the month in which posted maximum. I kept changing the themes to keep alive the designing interest in me, and also tried again at the online link love part too. And now, I am even trying out the ad sense which is, you can call as, the second generation of my blog!!!

The idea of writing about the journey of blogging came from About-meme tag, and was wondering myself what others think of my blog. :P

So what do you think of my blog? or to frame it in different way, what is this blog all about??? :)

Webscape Tidbits – Part 2

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Netvibes: This site can be used for free as a collection of all feeds almost like My Yahoo or My Msn. It contains lot many modules and can be easily customized by the drag and drop feature.

Online FTP: Some people suggest inbuilt FTP from the browsers. I am yet to try such apps, but as of now, I use this online ftp method to access the ftp server of the blog.

Cheer up: A good guide to cheer you up whenever you feel low. It contains all the encouraging words for you to boost your spirits. Read on. You may feel that the nanny is available on net!!! :P Thanks to Ashwin for the link.

WordPress Plugins – Again!: Nowadays whenever I stumble upon blogs or sites, I have a special interest towards the sites or blogs wherever the word “plugins”, “themes”, “blog”, “earn” etc. Here are the few 3 I have in my list:

Life Hack
Tech Corner
John TP

Frequent mentioning of the plugins might have given you a hint already that I am planning to install lot many plugins and try them out, so you can expect another related post on the same. ;-)

And if you find any delay in between the posts, hang on, I may be just thinking how to jot it down…:D

Webscape Tidbits – Part 1

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Google Reader: Inspired from Ashwin’s posts on Google Reader, I had started using the RSS reader sometime ago, and I’m lovin’ it more n more day by day. It gives me lot inspiration to read n write and become active in this blogging world. So many blog posts created each day spanning several topics that the innovative idea of the RSS reader to share their favourites is highly appreciated. I don’t have much shared items but found that we can broadcast the marked items in our website as shown in the sidebar of my blog. Or you can share it using the direct link. I invite my readers to share their shared items/bookmarks etc.

Publicize: After reading so many posts on making money from blogging and adsense and publicizing, I am now randomly submitting my blog to most sites like Feed Burner, India Counts, Technorati etc. (By the way, wanna add my blog to Technorati favourites? ;) )

WordPress plugins: I am planning to add the “Related Posts” plugin and some sidebar modifications. Thinking whether to add the Post rating plugin also. But too lazy to install n edit the themes… More over, I guess all my posts are related already, and coming to track popular or top rated ones, how do I know whether any posts can be popular or top rated, unless you, the readers, provide any feedback! :D So please provide me any feedback on plugins to be installed or for that matter any feedback is welcome. ;) Meanwhile, lot of post topics pending, personal thoughts and meme’s..Hmm.. :(

Songs/Lyrics Download: Last weekend when I was at home, I was searching lot sites which provides free download of songs and found some here n here.

WebSites: Came across some Indian sites while surfing for submitting my blog to them. Indian pad, India Counts and Best of Indya are among them.

The blog title inspired from Webscape of Click Online program aired in BBC World.

Happy birthday!

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Happy birthday to my w810i! It was on this day, last year, which falls on a weekday, at around night 7-8pm with my friend, that I bought this mobile phone, from Spencer’s plaza Chennai for a whooping amount of 22k! Ehem!
It was a long run search for me that time, I was confused whether to go Symbian or not, and had the options of w800i, n70, and then this w810i. To know more about how frantic and desperate I was, you can go through the following threads at various forums (chronological order):

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26512

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=4655
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=28124
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=28126
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=27863
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=34225
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=44883
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=48785

http://forum.techspot.in/showthread.php?t=1879
http://forum.techspot.in/showthread.php?t=2037
http://forum.techspot.in/showthread.php?t=2199

http://www.techenclave.com/forums/sony-w810i-k800i-etc-vs-n72-77279.html

Not to forget the innumerous chat sessions, and discussions of pros n cons and that n this of various phones and technologies and its usage! bah!

I would really like to thank each one of them who stood by me in the mind battle and did not let me down inspite of my stubborn nature.Thanks to my parents and my mom, who gave the support to spend that much money (:P), Thanks to my cousin who I troubled lot for the same..and last, but not least, thanks to the friend who was with me, arguing and supporting, bearing my tantrums that day while buying the mobile! :)

It might seem to be a strange coincidence, but today, I am wearing the same dress, as the same day last year, with those black metal kinda earrings, with only few differences that, I have gone so thin(!!) and also that I don’t have the friend with me anymore. But on a lighter note, I still managed to attain a ‘sent message count’ of 9150 (at the time of blog posting) for the whole year!!! :D

EDIT: Surpassed 10k sent messages on this saturday, April 21st! ;)

Blog!!!

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Long before I was tagged by rakesh. I am not sure whether I have the answers for the following, but still will give a try..
What according to you, is a blog?

A blog is an online journal which represents the thoughts and views of an individual. People can blog about their opinions, movie reviews, their frustrations, imaginations, dreams, fears and wishlists and many more…

How did you come to know abt blogging?

Initially when I was a forum member, lots of other members had their own web pages and their own weblogs(blog). I too was interested in creating a web page of my own using yahoo geocities, then a personal site using the same and then the blog using blogspot. I too had become a member of blogger.com. Also I tried to install forums based on phpbb or invision free. Then while searching for similar softwares, found many wordpress blogs. Then with the help of Sreejith who allowed me to share his server space for my blog, I setup this blog. I never planned or dreamt that I would be writing so many posts. But then I think blogging is very addictive like orkutting!

How far has it changed your perception?

It has given me much confidence to interpret and open up my mind. Also I have understood that many people like me have many views and thoughts and opinions which they write down as blog, which they dont express in person.

Are you true to yourself while blogging?

Of course yes.. I don’t know what do you mean by lying… :P

Any blog you wish to be the author of and why?

As of now I dont have any. I just wish I have more free time for posting more on my blog.

What it has preached you?

Hmm.. Did not get the real meaning… If you mean what have you learnt by blogging, I would say, many people read your blog, say your friends and anonymous and through blogging many people are knowing you without you knowin about them.

Two of your fav. Blogs? And why?

I dont have much favourites….But I have liked Chandni’s blog and the topics..

One of your fav. Post by a fellow blogger?

I have always wanted to do a self-interview type post in blogs…

Any Blog friends! Who are they and why?

Lots!!! Lot of the forum members and online friends from whom I have been inspired to write this blog..

If provided opportunity would you like to meet a fellow blogger? Who? and why?

Hmm… none…. If you meet these pen pals, I am afraid I wont be able to write anymore bcos of the fear that they know me personally by now.. :(

Name a blogger, who comments regularly in each post of yours?

I dont think anyone posts that much regularly….

A blog, where you comment regularly?

I dont comment on anyone or anything :P

How does it feel to be called as a blogger?

Nothing special about it!
:)

Phew…. Now I’d like to tag Chandni, Sreejith, Deep and Andy…

Bye.. Have a nice time!!! :)