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Domain Name change - Issues - Tips - Tricks 2007-11-21 05:07:00 You were blogging in a free domain like blogger, wordpress etc(yourname.blogspot.com)... One fine morning you decided to choose your own name for the blog.A new domain... Have you ever thought of the issues you are gonna battle against?Here are the things I've battled and the battle is still going on...1. Choosing the name. a. I've the name in mind and i've chosen the same. But look at the name. Doesn't that provides you with the info like geographic location? Is my blog for those people from this location alone?b. Cheaper names to choose from: I went by this banner as well, and it was 1.99 per year as they said, and I spend around 17 USD for a couple of years.c. Domain for life : Dont go by this word. The domains are to be renewed every one/couple/5 years/ 10 years. This package comes with hosting plans. So as long as you are with this hosting company, you get a domain for life. But make sure that you are through the agreement. Like the conditions, whether the domain is under your Read more:Issues
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Kaveri : Malayalam's Open Office Dreams 2007-11-21 00:23:00 Kaveri is an open source project by Centre for Linguistic Computing Keralam, a joint venture of Computational Linguistic Team @ C-DIT, Kerala State IT Mission and Dept: of Linguistics- University of Kerala for research development production and dissemination of Malayalam
Language Technology. Kaveri is software, which used Unicode fonts and is intended (not restricted) to use to help in word processing task. What is in offer? Open Office suite in MalayalamMalayalam Spell checkerEnglish Malayalam translatorEnglish Malayalam Official language dictionaryTranslation helper to other South Indian languages and Hindi. Malayalam open Office is promoted to speed up the e-governance programme in Kerala. And the government has given instructions to all govt. offices, PSU’s and Local Self Government Institutions in the state to use the open office suit. Don’t know whether the Govt. servants have taken it seriously or not. This version of the Open Office with Kave Read more:Dreams
Logoyes : the logo makers / Designers.! 2007-11-25 23:26:00 The Window to outside world for a company is the logo. A logo gives an idea about the company, how professional the company is? What the company deals with. Logo design is an art. And there are many an artists around us. While browsing the internet I found one such company. A company, which allows to Design a Logo Myself ! Name: Logo Yes Address: logoyes.com Genre: Logo design, Business cards, Post cards, Brochure etc… About: Logo yes supports Do It Yourself Logo Design and is a leader in other design products to small businesses around the world. They have a patent pending on their unique process. Offering a true try before you buy type of service, you can visit logo yes for a 60 seconds demo. You can also try designing a logo for yourselves, free. Payment They offer a refund if you don’t like the logo they design. Work around Work around with these logos was easy. I tried the demo and the results were encouraging. First they asked me the type of the company, t Read more:Designers
Our son; Named as Devadathan ! 2007-11-30 02:47:00 Last Sunday, we named our son Devadathan. A small function with some relatives as invitees. Couple of Devadathan's photos are in Alappuzhakaran ( malayalam blog )
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Things to ease ur mind at job :Blogthings 2007-11-28 01:39:00 I was browsing the net and I found a site.. and its blogthings.com . A site with lotta quizzes and stuffs about the blogs...There are quizzes about the blogs/ holiday/ general etc... Its soo simple.. u can juz go ahead and answer their questions and they gives u a result in the specified format.. Visit the site when u "don't" have much time.. coz this ease ur mind and helps u move further.. :)*The image used in is an exclusive property of blogthings.com.
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Logoyes : the logo makers / Designers.! 2007-11-25 23:26:00 The Window to outside world for a company is the logo. A logo gives an idea about the company, how professional the company is? What the company deals with. Logo design is an art. And there are many an artists around us. While browsing the internet I found one such company. A company, which allows to Design a Logo Myself ! Name: Logo Yes Address: logoyes.com Genre: Logo design, Business cards, Post cards, Brochure etc… About: Logo yes supports Do It Yourself Logo Design and is a leader in other design products to small businesses around the world. They have a patent pending on their unique process. Offering a true try before you buy type of service, you can visit logo yes for a 60 seconds demo. You can also try designing a logo for yourselves, free. Payment They offer a refund if you don’t like the logo they design. Work around Work around with these logos was easy. I tried the demo and the results were encouraging. First they asked me the type of the company, t Read more:Designers
Domain Name change - Issues - Tips - Tricks 2007-11-21 05:07:00 You were blogging in a free domain like blogger, wordpress etc(yourname.blogspot.com)... One fine morning you decided to choose your own name for the blog.A new domain... Have you ever thought of the issues you are gonna battle against?Here are the things I've battled and the battle is still going on...1. Choosing the name. a. I've the name in mind and i've chosen the same. But look at the name. Doesn't that provides you with the info like geographic location? Is my blog for those people from this location alone?b. Cheaper names to choose from: I went by this banner as well, and it was 1.99 per year as they said, and I spend around 17 USD for a couple of years.c. Domain for life : Dont go by this word. The domains are to be renewed every one/couple/5 years/ 10 years. This package comes with hosting plans. So as long as you are with this hosting company, you get a domain for life. But make sure that you are through the agreement. Like the conditions, whether the domain is under your Read more:Issues
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Kaveri : Malayalam's Open Office Dreams 2007-11-21 00:23:00 Kaveri is an open source project by Centre for Linguistic Computing Keralam, a joint venture of Computational Linguistic Team @ C-DIT, Kerala State IT Mission and Dept: of Linguistics- University of Kerala for research development production and dissemination of Malayalam
Language Technology. Kaveri is software, which used Unicode fonts and is intended (not restricted) to use to help in word processing task. What is in offer? Open Office suite in MalayalamMalayalam Spell checkerEnglish Malayalam translatorEnglish Malayalam Official language dictionaryTranslation helper to other South Indian languages and Hindi. Malayalam open Office is promoted to speed up the e-governance programme in Kerala. And the government has given instructions to all govt. offices, PSU’s and Local Self Government Institutions in the state to use the open office suit. Don’t know whether the Govt. servants have taken it seriously or not. This version of the Open Office with Kave Read more:Dreams
A new domain for Beautiful minds 2007-11-14 02:28:00 Beautiful Minds will be available in a new domain
from now on. and its http://beautifulminds
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Blogger Wave..! Paid to Post site 2007-11-13 09:04:00 bloggerwave is the new site in the set of the pay to post category I'm using in this blog. This Site is aiming to become Europe’s biggest advertising media/ alternative on blogs, and helps the blogger to earn some extra money.What: WebsiteAddress: bloggerwave.comGenre: Paid to blogAbout: Blogger
wave is a cool and neat site to make money online from Blog.Pay out mode: paypal.
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Increase traffic in 10 ways : will I create a Traffic Jam? 2007-11-13 02:59:00 I have tried to monetize the blog and increase the traffic..And its succeeding... But not to the full extend... I was trying to find something extra and was searching in google.. and the first result was Steve Pavlina 's blog.. I went through the same and find the article of my interest. "How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog)This was the title and the 10 things that were listed there were beautiful...I'm gonna adopt this in my writing... (No copy right infringements ;) )As the first step, I'm gonna start from the bottom(a lil modified version)... Do good and focus on helping people.A new turning point... My mind is becoming more beautiful.. phew..!Thank you steve..
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www.premkahani.com - The Indian matrimonial Site 2007-11-12 09:02:00 In India there are lots sites available in the category called matrimonial
sites.And one of them that can be termed as a new entrant is the premkahani. The site name is in Hindi, premkahani means love story. This site is dedicated for those in India.The marriages in India are usually arranged. Most of the times, the bride and the groom are introduced by local marriage brokers/bureaus and some times through the classifieds given in the newspaper and publications. Online matrimonial sites bridge the gap between the traditional and the contemporary dating sites.What: WebsiteAddress: Premkahani.comGenre: Matrimonial SiteAbout: An Indian site which is incorporated with the advantages of the traditional and the contemporary dating site. So if you are looking for a matrimonial service in india, try Premkahani as well.
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Alexa Ranking..! went down a little bit 2007-11-12 04:15:00 My Alexa
ranking went down a bit and settled in 1715400 ... Hope it will recover soon..!
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www.cartridge-finder.com - Find the right cartridge 2007-11-12 03:16:00 Some days back I was able to find a coupon site for my printing needs. This time it’s a site called Cartridge Finder. What: WebsiteAddress: cartridge-finder.com Genre: Find the printer cartridge. This is a site dedicated to find out which cartridge suits which printer. We can figure out the cartridges required for more than 10000 different models of printer. The interface is easy to use, with a drop down featuring different manufacturers of printers. There is also an option for browse using major brands. Once you find out the right cartridge, the site automatically checks the best price that customer can get, from PriceGrabber.com's merchant listings.
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Alexa ! the percentage is still rising! 2007-11-09 00:41:00 Check the stat from alexa..! my alexa rank is increasing.![Click to enlarge]
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www.friendsation.com: Chat, dating and community site 2007-11-08 23:36:00 Remember those days where there is only one giant in action to chat and hang out in? The chat rooms filled, (over flowing) and getting lots of friends in between? Those days are over! The new sites are getting introduced, and a newbie in action is friendsation, a site to chat/ date through a multiple medium. What: Website Address: friendsation.com Genre: Chatting / dating / community
site About: If you are in to free dating, free live chat, or need free phone chat, blogging or personals then, you can try friendsation. This site is still in beta, but has some user base. So just go ahead and rock with friendsation.
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Alexa ranking, its improving.! 2007-11-06 23:59:00 alexa ranking for Beautiful minds is improving..! Will share the tips if this is a success.
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Sale on Ink - The coupons for printing needs 2007-11-06 00:19:00 There are a number of coupon sites around... But, I need a coupon site that is specific to my printing needs... So I sat in front of my PC and tried to search for the sites, sites offering coupons and that too exclusive for my printing needs. While browsing the web I was too much concerned. Concerned about the high price of paper, high price of ink… And this ink costs me a lot. Proof printing, diagrams etc, is taking a toll on the ink. And accidentally I found a site. A site called sale on Ink. This is a site, offering free online coupons with some of the famous and popular ink merchants like 123inkjets, carrot ink, printpal, 4inkjets etc… What: Website Address: saleonink.com Offers: Coupons, Deals, Quality Merchants About: Offers coupon codes for the best deals on inkjet and laser toner cartridges. There is a free ipod Nano drawings every month, just sign up with them, and enter the lucky draw. With this you get free news letters, with tips on how to save ink, and
I've become PR 3 2007-11-06 00:16:00 This blog is now in Page Rank 3. That is around an year's hard work. my other blog, alappuzhakaran is now PR4. That is a blog in Malayalam (one of the Regional languages in India).
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Ashop- Shopping cart software. 2007-11-05 04:39:00 Last day I was searching for a shopping cart software. Just for the heck of reviewing the same, and if possible, use the same to host a new shopping site. and I came across ashop. Here is what it is..Address: ashopcommerce.com Genere: shopping cart software SiteAbout: This site is one sortta cool in design, with lotta option to customize. There are demo included , both in admin module and front end. We can do mock transactions, to check the look and feel of the site.Signing up with this US provider of shopping cart software helps us to reduce the task of creating an ecommerce software / site.There is a ten day free trial (without giving credit card info), and free store design offer that is on going.Go for a test drive, feel the look and feel of the shopping cart and get hooked in Ashop.
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Software Assurance (SwA) 2007-11-05 02:28:00 Software Assurance (SwA) is: “the level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at anytime during its lifecycle, and that the software functions in the intended manner.”— Source: Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Instruction No. 4009, “National Information Assurance Glossary”, Revised 2006
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Online coupons - save bucks online 2007-11-03 03:27:00 I was searching for a coupon site for getting heavy discounts this festive season... Christmas is just a couple of months away (Oops... minus 2 weeks). Things weren’t that cheap. And incidentally I was able to find some online coupons. This time I would like to get the max out of the coupons... Just go ahead and search in google for discount coupons or come to coupon chief*... That too discount coupons like maps.com or ecampus.com. We just had a baby, so I need to get some off on HalfPriceCostumes.com, and free shipping from metrostyle (Dress for my wife). PetFoodDirect.com is offering free shipping on pet foods. So all these helps me to save some bucks on my shopping this season... Aren’t you looking for one? * CouponChief.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coupon Chief, Inc.
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I've become a father. 2007-11-03 00:06:00 I've become a father of a baby boy.. It was a caesarian and both child and mother are doing well.
Here is the video of the baby :) Isn't he cute?
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www.topusaonlinecasinos.com a site for online casino reviews 2007-10-30 06:04:00 I was rather getting bored after a days work... And thinking of the work was making me mad... Then a sudden flash came in to my mind... Why don’t I hangout some time in a casino, that too an online
casino? I went ahead and started searching here and there... No go... I wasn’t able to find a good site. Then suddenly I came across http://www.topusaonlinecasinos.com/, a site dedicated to US Players, who are in search of casinos. What: Website Genre: Casino Review Address: http://www.topusaonlinecasinos.com/ About: This site Top USA Online Casinos is all about casinos. There are reviews
, recommendations, ratings etc... These are based on bonus size, payout rate, and customer service, number of games, deposit options, graphics and ease of use of the site / game. Design: The over all design of the site is plane, with a lot of ash tint in it. The fonts used are not uniform. Check the N/A given in the homepage itself... Others: The list is not comprehensive, but we can
A day for Psoriasis - World Psoriasis day- on 29th of October 2007-10-28 23:20:00 Today (29th of Oct 2007) is WorldPsoriasis
Day(WPD).The aimthe aims of observing this day as WPD comprises of1. Raising awareness about this disease.To spread that it is just the state of skin and non contagious.2. Better access to therapies and medicines3. Information and knowledge delivery to patients and general public about this condition, and open the mouth and say, I'm suffering from the same.4. Creation of a platform to raise the voice of the patient. to know their needs, to know their rights.More info is available here...* This post is a deviation from the topics I cover in this blog. Being a psoriasis patient, I think this action is justifiable. And I've stopped taking in medicines, and have brought a control over the psoriasis. Any one wishes to share their information? Anyone needs some tips? Do comment me with the email id, and i'll get back to you.
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Alexa, Ranking for those technical contents. 2007-10-18 05:17:00 Why is the alexa ranking so important? Any way, I am going to start concentrating on "How to improve the alexa ranking" . Any one who knows some stuff related to this, please do append them as comment.I think I've progressed a bit in Ranking
.. lemme go deep in to this.If you need an alexa tool bar then its available here in alexa site
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www.smorty.com , paid blogging, at its best. 2007-10-18 04:41:00 The usual thing I used to hear in this blogsphere(sphere of blogs) is get paid to blog, and I was using a paid service for blogging for a quite long time... And then i thought of using some other software/ services... And what I found was smorty... And yes this is one sort of cool stuff with opportunities getting emailed to you, as and when available. Usual payouts are $6 per post and more if you are capable enough and if your sites attract considerable traffic... so come in, blog advertising have become smart with smorty. Type: Website Genre: Get paid for blogging Address: www.smorty.com Payout: Around $6 per post Payment mode: Paypal Payout Time: Weekly Factors affecting campaigns: Page Rank and Smorty Score Average post acceptance time: five days Average blog acceptance time: seventy two hours So if you are in blog advertising, or your blog(s) are blog for money, try the offers listed in smorty..
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Beautiful Minds : Software Quality Assurance Tip #1 2007-10-12 04:32:00 One of the main thing that a software tester should keep in mind" Keep your communication soft and simple. There is a difference in saying it hard and in a soft voice."When u say "I need this to be done" to a programmer, he/she wont like the same. Better say, "It would look good if u can do like this."
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For a good cause... Toys needed 2007-12-04 03:21:00 MIHOW needs some toys by seventh of december 2007... Please find the details in Rachel 's Blog Women health News.
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My Caricature; from a Malayalam Blogger 2007-12-04 02:33:00 Last day a blogger got some doubts regarding the domain and domain name change... So we arranged a meeting and in a 10 minutes time, In a small vegetarian hotel in MG Road, Kochi, We were discussing the matters over a cup of coffee and went ahead with other stuffs. He is a fun loving guy working in a government office in Kochi itself. In less than a minutes time he draw a caricature of mine and yeah.! that resembles me.!Here is the caricature, and the blog of that guy is1. Kerala ha ha ha2. Ooneswaram p o
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