I’m switching to Signal
I’ve been a very long time user on WhatsApp. While I can’t remember the exact date I signed up, I reckon this was probably around… Read More »I’m switching to Signal
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Journey to the Isle of Skye – 5 years later
A long long time ago or five years (if you consider that long), a much younger version of Ajay and Ashwina went down to the Isle of Skye. This was pretty much our first big holiday as husband and wife which sparked a whole set of adventures that we have had over the past several years. I’ve usually been reluctant to do the same trip again because there are so many other places to visit and it’s hard to relive the magical experience you have the first time around. However, as her parents were in town and Skye remains one of the most beautiful places in the UK, we decided we’d venture back to the Isle of Skye. We decided to stick with Timberbush who we had booked the tour the first time around instead of Rabbies who we normally book our tours with. I must admit I was really looking forward to visiting the Talisker distillery and picking up a good bottle of whiskey to add to my ever increasing collection. However, that was not to be. What follows is a slow account of our journey to the Isle of Skye…
[Infographic] Tale of Two Brains
What does your gut tell you? How does it do so? What about those butterflies in your stomach? There is a strong relationship between what… Read More »[Infographic] Tale of Two Brains
Cleaning Up the WordPress Post Screen
WordPress 2.0 introduced a lot of additional features in the Write Post screen. One was the Post Preview sceen which now loads the entire post… Read More »Cleaning Up the WordPress Post Screen
AboutUs.org – Is it Ethical?
While checking the Whois of my domains, a whois for this blog revealed a link from AboutUs.org.
I have mixed feelings about this one.
Here is why:
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A Comprehensive Guide to Protecting Your Blog from Spam
Blog spam is something that every blogger fears. Spam appears in different forms. It can vary from trackback or pingback spam, comment spam, deliberate harsh comments to email harvesting and spam resulting from it.
Spam cannot be stopped. But by following a few good steps you can protect yourself from it.
This tutorial will teach you how to protect your WordPress blog from spam.
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How-To: Use .htaccess to redirect your Blog Feed to your Feedburner Feed
FeedBurner provides an excellent feed service that lets you track how many users are subscribed to your feed and more. Users can still bypass your… Read More »How-To: Use .htaccess to redirect your Blog Feed to your Feedburner Feed
Avoid Registration in a Website Using BugMeNot
Came across this nice article on avoiding registration on free websites, thereby reducing SPAM. You can do this using BugMeNot. Read the full article.
Comment spam and trackback spam
Have been getting a lot comment and trackback spam both on this blog as well as the blog of my friend Melody. My blog is… Read More »Comment spam and trackback spam
The good, the bad, the ugly
GRE, paper presentation and webdesigning