August 2008
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dinu on
August 29, 2008
If I am lucky enough, I will have this in my hand within two months.
Posted in me, photos
| Tagged canon, canon camera, canon powershot, Digicam, photos, powershot SX 110, powershot SX110 review, SX110 review
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dinu on
August 26, 2008
“When someone is seeking…it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything…because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
I [...]
Posted in books, me
| Tagged Best Time, Ctrl Z, Heart, Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse Siddhartha, Malayalam, Mature Man, Mountains, Old Man, Perspective, Presence, Siddhartha, Sukumar
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dinu on
August 24, 2008
So, what happened to my reading habit ?
Bad news first : I am yet to finish the book ” God of Small Things”.Now the good news : I am still reading it, and I am reading few other books too.
Yes, I am still reading God of Small Things. I loved it, and was inspired enough to rename [...]
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| Tagged Bad News, blog, Book God, God Of Small Things, Librarian, Lot, Reading Books, Reading Disorders, Reading Habit, Reading Help, Village Library
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dinu on
August 20, 2008
So you want a self hosted wordpress blog ? hmm that’s a good idea. It’s always good to own a little piece of web for yourself.
First, you should get a domain name. Yes, think hard, and select a domain name. But, keep domain registrar’s website open while you are doing this serious thinking. Because, you need [...]
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| Tagged Array, blog, Company B, Domain Hosting, Domain Registrar, Domain Server, Free Domain Name, Free Hosting, Godaddy, Hosting Plan, Name Domain, Name Server, Propagation, Register Domain, Register Name, Server Space, Webhost, Webhosting, Webhosts
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dinu on
August 19, 2008
Yes !! another question for you. Is it easy to set up and manage a self hosted wordpress blog ? Or, is it a difficult job ?
My experience ?
Installing a new wordpress blog : 2 to 5 minutes.
Uploading a theme and making changes : 10 minutes
Uploading basic plugins and activating them : 5 minutes
Yes, setting up a new [...]
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| Tagged 30 Minutes, Active Account, Dns, Domain Name, Job, Maximum, Plugins, Propagation, Register, Register Domain, Register Name, Themes, Webhost, Wordpress Blog
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dinu on
August 15, 2008
Palakkad is district in Kerala, which is green green and green. It’s 135km away from where I am now ( Cochin ). I visited my roomie’s village last Sunday. It was a fun drive on the bike and yea…… in the heavy rain.
I don’t have a digi cam yet. These pics are from my roomie’ 2.0 [...]
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| Tagged Cam Pics, Cell Phone, Digi Cam, Digicam, Fun, Heavy Rain, Independence Day, Kerala, Last Sunday, Mp, Photographic Skills, Ps Thanks, Roomie, Yea
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dinu on
August 12, 2008
After falling in love with iPod shuffle, my new girl friend, I decided to ask iPhone, if she is ready to marry me.
Yes’ I know, that sounds weird. But, my parents told me that it is ok with them as long as the girl is from the Apple family. Actually they will be happy to have [...]
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| Tagged Airtel, Apple Family, Beauty, Dowry, Falling In Love, History Biography, iphone, Ipod, Life Dreams, Love Life, Love Of My Life, Lucky, Marriage, New Girl Friend, Parents, photos, Proposal, Shuffle, Those Guys, Vodafone, Yea
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dinu on
August 8, 2008
Thanks for your feedback on my previous post, about backing up your wordpress blog. Most of them, were extra tips. Here they are….
1 Niyaz “The problem is that we cannot backup other files like images using this method.”
2 xylene was trying to remember something… “there was some site which will convert our blog into pdf. Any idea [...]
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| Tagged blog, Blogroll, Conversion, Convert Pdf, Images, Newbies, Pdf Conversion, Php, Suda, Url, wordpress, Wordpress Blog, Worth The Trouble, Xylene
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