Category — blogging

Few days back I got an email from Hasit, asking about how self hosted wordpress blogs work. I thought I should share few things with you, and try to answer your questions if you have some.

Are you planning to move to self hosted wordpress blog ? Or want to know how they work … this is the right time and this is the right place post.

If you don’t have anything to ask  …. hmmm go ahead and watch this video … I loved it .. here is Saptaparna ( Roshini ( or Roshni ? ) performing ” Kay sera sera  for ” Voice of India” on Star

After releasing Wordpress 2.6 one month ahead of the schedule, here is another cool new update from Wordpress. A theme directory, where you can browse, rate, preview and download themes from. ( Please note that this is only for self hosted Wordpress Blogs. )

Why is it important ?

It is important because there is nothing of this sort available elsewhere. Its important because, we really need something like this on Wordpress.

There are thousands of Wordpress themes available. Theme developers have their own download sites, preview blogs and rating options. Even though themes.wordpress.net is there, it is not functional at the moment.

How does it Work ?

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If you elect me to the Ministry of Education, I will make blogging a part of the school curriculum for sure. Or, at least , a part of extra curricular activities and we can have exams or competitions for blogging. What you think ?. “State Level Blogging Championship 2008″ vow !! sounds cool….. isn’t it ?

Okay, that was not a joke. Isn’t it a good idea to introduce children to blogging right from the school ?. Or, introduce them to “Web 2.0″ in their early ages ?.

The future is Internet, ( questions  anyone ? ) and the future ( or present ? ) of internet is Web 2.0. where knowing things earlier than everyone else, and having access to information is the key factor.

For our children to be able to compete there in the future, they need to know “how to know things fast”. Or, let us say, to use Google effectively, to know the “How To”s of blogging, Social networking, and more. ( Yes, you can add more to this list !! )

Do you agree ?

My knowledge about this topic is very limited. It is possible that someone, somewhere is actually doing something like this, or something better than this. If you know anything about this, please let me know, because I am really interested in this.

Do you browse the web using mobile phone ? Are you a newbie in this area looking for a good mobile browser ? Opera Mini is the best option for you.

• It looks good
• Works Fast
• It’s free

On my mobile browser ( I don’t know the name ) that came default with the handset, large pages won’t load, because it is trying to display everything in the actual size.

Opermini re sizes the websites to fit on the screen and when we can navigate the page, and zoom wherever we want to see things in the actual size.

The Opera Mini experience has been fabulous so far. I tried accessing my gmail, orkut, webmail for this domain ( Google Apps ), This blog itself, and finally the wordpress admin page too !!

I am still playing with this little cutie. I will need to organize my bookmarks, save passwords for mail accounts and wordpress admin page. ( entering username and password using mobile browsers, is really  boring and time consuming. )

What is the best way to publish this post ?

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There is a hot debate going on, weather early elections are going to happen or not . Unless you are too young to vote, ( sorry small kids out there !!  ), it’s time to start thinking, whom to vote for.

It’s ok if you are yet to start thinking, because it’s a good time to start…     Why ?

This time, we should elect someone who can save our economy, who can make sure that we have enough food to eat, we have enough jobs and we are safe in every aspect.

We have a situation here. We are dealing with double digit inflation, high cost of living, less jobs and a lot more. We tend to concentrate on Why, or rather whom to blame and not How to bring things back to normal.

This election is different. We need someone different

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