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[…]have kept bugs away (at least during my travels). What’s in store for 2024 I don’t make any New Year’s resolutions because I know I won’t keep them. However, I do aim to achieve a few things every year. This year, my key focus is to build up Beyond Develop. This will involve building pro versions for my two most used plugins and more frequent and smaller updates for the others. I’m also hoping to land one or two small projects where I can use my WordPress expertise. This should hopefully turn a profit in the first year. I still have […]
[…]you have some ideas, let’s chat. As I wrap up this post, I wish you a joyous and prosperous New Year 2025! May the upcoming year bring you and your loved ones abundant peace, happiness, and […]
[…]of this blog with a new look from scratch. The old template has been there for well over a year (with modifications), and a change was needed. I have still retained some portion of the sidebar look as it goes well even with the new theme. I have disabled a good number of plugins, going with my idea of keeping plugins to the minimum. All posts now include Tabber which was pointed out to me by Everton. You can now view the related posts, search this site directly, view the next and previous post as well as read more about […]
And what a year has it been! I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year 2021! Continuing my very long–standing tradition, below is a snapshot of my life in 2020. Life We started 2020 in India and have ended it in the UK. We started the year with freedom of movement and ended the year in Tier 4 restrictions (a kinder word for lockdown). One thing I hoped for at the start of last year was to get my driving license, which I’m pleased to say I did. We then went out to purchase a nice car that would accompany us […]
[…]the point of resolutions when you don’t keep them, right? On work… 2015 started out to be a year like any other year, busy and in fact ended as busy as it started. However, that being said a good portion of the year was definitely better with me stepping up my role and desperately fighting to maintain a work-life balance. On life… 2015 was a great year on the life front. We started off the year by moving into a new larger flat in the area. It was a long pending decision and we finally took the plunge trading our […]
[…]me close this post by once again wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Prosperous New Year […]
[…]now. Let me close this post by once again wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Prosperous New Year […]
[…]only pray that 2023 will be a much better year. Let me close this post by wishing you a Happy New Year 2023! May the year bring peace and happiness to your lives and to the lives of everyone you care […]
[…]me close this post by once again wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Prosperous New Year […]
[…]through my list of posts for the past two years, I realised that I completely missed out a Happy New Year post for 2017. Can’t miss that two years in a row now, can we? 2017 – A Year in Review Life… I began 2017 in India, more specifically being ill in Bangalore where I (as did Ashwina) spent a good portion of the holiday in bed recovering from bad allergy attacks. Apparently I can’t handle the pollen and pollution anymore! At least it got better when I got back to Mumbai where we were soon well enough to attend […]
[…]and happy year bringing you and your family good health and a lot of happiness! 2014 – Year in Review A year ago, I posted my 2013 year in review. Back then I set some personal goals and I must admit that I managed to miss most of them! (Note to self: Revisit year in review posts during the year). However, I am glad that I managed to keep at least a few of them and progressed on several of them. Although we didn’t visit the US and Canada this year due to a sudden change in plans, Ashwina and I made a visit to Cornwall and […]
[…]all my dedicated readers a Very Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2010! How did you bring in the new year? I spent it quietly at home. Looking back at 2009, I must say that it has been a rather successful year for me on all fronts. While I may not have achieved most of the goals I set for Techtites, it was definitely a lot better than 2008. I have refrained from setting any goals for this blog, primarily because it serves as a personal blog. At this time of the year, I normally make a very detailed post […]
[…]up the readings. Next went off to pick up my sexy new trousers which were ready just in time for New Year’s mass. I got ready and went off for mass. We started the Thanksgiving service a bit late, and I did my readings, which went off rather well (IMHO). Next was mass which was said by a very fabulous, young, energitic prient named Fr. Gilbert Lima, who gave a beautiful sermon on love. Did I tell you that we were singing for mass? This went off rather well for me, inspite of not having gone for practise on Tuesday. […]
Happy New Year to all my blog readers. How did you celebrate your New Year? I decided to take it light this year and only went for the midnight mass with my family. Had plans on morning mass, but just later changed my mind. We did have pizza last night before mass 🙂 The mass was good but long as expected. 2006 has been a long and good year for my parish with a good deal of achievements. 2007 has been declared the year for the marginalized. Unfortunately, couldn’t get any good photos because of the bad lighting etc. A […]
[…]bought myself, a new spectacles frame, with anti-glare lens. This isn’t exactly for Xmas or New Year, but the timing is good. I also plan on buying myself contact lens after I narrow down on my choice. (Sadly 🙁 I will have to pay for this, but I believe it an invest worth making) Next on the list was a trouser matching my blazer. Went off to Cambridge in Andheri West to buy one (same place I bought the blazer from). We found one, but being the tally I am, I needed to find something longer or get it stitched. […]
[…]stopover at one of her pals places before I dropped her back home. Had a great beginning this new year. Am hoping the rest of the year just gets better […]
Wishing all my blog readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year […]
[…]during one and it came out very good. Went off to U. Conrad’s place after mass to bring in the New Year there. The party was good fun as it usually is. Had to restrict myself to only water and cold drinks would be very cold for me. As usual, food was delicious and I ate a good amount. Danced a great deal. Did the jive, salsa, waltz and the cha cha cha uptil four in the morning. Am learning a lot of dance; you never know when you will need it. Returned home by 4am. Sleeping has been a […]
I was wondering what exactly to do to wish all my readers this year until Orli pointed out Mixmas To all my dear blog readers and everyone who has made this blog what it is today I have a small greating to wish you this season! Hint: Click on the image above to visit the greeting. Also view greetings of other users or create your own 🙂 Pass the chain […]
I put in an average of 70+ hours a week. I love being an investment banker and this video tells you why […]
[…]the rest of it is online 🙂 I had to move the blog however. I have upgraded the old blog to a newer version and have successfully recovered my old posts :D. Got a lot of vivas and tests and submissions in the coming week, so this is going to be really hectic. 7th sem vivas are before the exams, which is gonna be trouble some 🙁 All the best to me […]
[…]only quote Morpheous of The Matrix: “I do not see co-incidence, I see providence”. Cheers to a new friendship and God […]
[…]forgotten hobby. There is so much more to read! Merry Christmas to all of you and have a great New Year! I hope you have a good holiday week. Thank you for reading Ajay – On the Road called […]
[…]over in Mumbai for a while, before I head back to London. Thanks for reading. Have a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2011! Keep reading and […]
[…]Toubro and will now soon be confirmed to the Executive cadre 😀 Must say it has been a fantastic year. Have learnt a real lot in this last one year and have been given good responsibility. Never really expected to like designing but today I love it and will definitely stick with it for a while. And then again after I became a Management Trainee I have had a lot more to look forward to […]
Yesterday was the first working day of the year and I am glad that the year started of on a good note. Have been struggling with something all of last week and yesterday it worked ! Had a small office get-to-gether yesterday during office which was pretty mediocre. Didn’t expect otherwise, but was a welcome break from work. Left at 6.15pm from work yesterday as timings were increased. Surprisingly there wasn’t much traffic and I reached home well before 8pm much to the shock of my mom. Made it for choir practice. There weren’t many persons there to practice and […]
[…]I’ve always wanted to come down for a holiday to New York and this one has eluded me for several years. New York, I’m here! Ashwina and I took our annual holiday to India in March this year. We stayed at the ITC Maratha in Mumbai for more than a week followed by a trip to Mangalore and then Pune. We then had two weddings to attend – one in Athens and the second in Helsinki. But, I must admit that I’ve been waiting very eagerly to come to New York. We were quite late in getting much of our […]
[…]turned out to have some really good food in well-sized portions. Remains the best food I ate in New York. After the failed attempt to view New York from Top of the Rock, we decided to try again. It seems like many others also had the same idea as we only got tickets for little over an hour later. We figured out getting some other things out of the way to kill time. Primarily taking a walk down 6th avenue to find our way to Grand Central Station. Grand Central Station is yet another landmark in New York that would […]
[…]The latest ones could also do with many feature additions. So stay tuned for a few releases 🙂 New look for Techtites I’ve also been working on a brand new look for Techtites. With the help of Moin, I’ve been able to revamp the entire site to a much better template. Have spent a good portion of the week working on the template. The first and major step was making the theme ready for WordPress 2.7 commenting system. There’s still much to be done, especially the sidebar. Better ad placements has also meant a better click thru and so a […]
[…]plugin will receive a good portion of my time daily. I have currently updated the plugin with the new ownership details and svn upped the same in the WordPress Repository. Many of you would have been able to update the plugin from within your WordPress Admin. This version includes no changes other than the change in ownership and the new plugin page, readme.txt and other details. Ronald has already redirected all links on his site to the plugin page out here on my blog, so if you’re wondering why you are here suddenly, this is probably the reason. Support for […]
[…]domain AjayDSouza.info, I decided to move the location for my photos. In fact, until August last year, AjayDSouza.info served as a secondary location for displaying my photos. It was powered by a script that fetched my albums from Flickr. However, I wasn’t too pleased by the script and so didn’t bother to promote the site. I decided to hunt for a new script today and came across Glickr. Glickr is an extremely easy to use, smal, but very powerful script for displaying photos from Flickr. AjayDSouza.info will now serve as the primary location for display of my photos. With a […]
[…]sidebar, pages, comments and other features that I have maintained across themes across several years. Not to forget the ads that help sustain this blog. Lastly, SexyBookmarks WordPress Plugin does deserve a major mention for it is extremely feature rich and with minimal interference allows you to share content of this blog with your friends through the most popular social networking sites. You are recommending these posts, aren’t you? I’ve also included a neat little array of buttons at the top of each post, you can quickly share our posts on Facebook and Google Plus. Until next time… do keep […]
[…]style with the updated version of Alex King’s Style Switcher, atleast until I can work on a new look. The original ajaydsouza.com has now become […]
We have finally bought a new television. After researching and visiting a lot of stores, we narrowed down to Plugin, which is near my place. We purchased the Samsung CZ-21K5 (don’t ask me what this stands for) Features include: Pure Flat TV 200 Programs 300W PMPO 5 Band Graphic Equalizer Basically, it’s packed with many features. However, I have just DD1 and DDNews, i.e. no cable and so having 200 channels is kinda useless. Maybe in the distant future… I still have to connect my VCD Player to the TV so that finally I can watch my VCDs on the […]
[…]I decided to change the look of my blog to go with the Christmas Spirit 🙂 How do you like the new look of the blog? Note: In case you still see the old look, simply press [b]CTRL + F5[/b] on your keyboard. It does a clean […]
Today, October 1, 2003. I just installed my new blog using WordPress. This is the start of a long-awaiting personal website. I am still thinking on a a name for the site, however, I wanted to create a semi-formal site and hence believe this blog will add the informality to my normally professional sites. I am not much of a writer, so I may be writing about once a week or whenever in the mood. Will close this short entry about now, as I not have to go to bed. There’s a long day ahead tommorrow (though it is already […]
After the closing down of DistantHost, I have been forced to shift to paid hosting. So that’s exactly what I have done. Bought a $40/yr package from Dr2.net after recommendations from friends at SurfUnion Also purchased the domain AjayDSouza.com from GoDaddy for $8.75/yr Now all that remains is designing the site around it. This blog is also being shifted there as I post. I can use the space at Mg2 for some other site of mine 🙂 Will keep posting updates as the site […]
[…]to be of great value and I hope that Techtites will also be of the same value to you. Today with a new look, I’ve decided to tell the world about it 🙂 Do check it out, subscribe to the feed and let me know what you think about it. And if you have some hot news, you can tip me […]
[…]16x writer (slow I know, but its HP and gives amazing performance) – innovate 16x DVD-ROM drive (new drive so it is going to stay for a while) – Mercury speakers (sooo…ooon to be replaced with 7.1) – Epson Stylus Color 460 printer (if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it) – Genius Vivid Pro 2 scanner (if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it) To be added soon: – Atleast 512Mb DDR RAM (couldn’t buy that because I had to fit the UPS into my budget) done 🙂 – Atleast 160Gb Serial ATA HDD (want to buy this so that I […]
[…]after we settled our bills at the guesthouse, we hired cabs and headed to what will become our new home. I hired a Meru cab, which is more easily available here in Bangalore than in Mumbai, where you struggle to find one. It was a nice comfortable journey. At the same time, my goods from Mumbai also arrived. Was a little irritated that the boxes weren?t plastic coated like they were supposed to be and one box had broken open. The bike handle was also bent a bit. Will have to get this fixed. First, I got to get the […]
Finally! After many many months, I have updated my site MegaThemes. A brand new look with a slightly different shade of blue. I scrapped many unused scripts like the newsletter and the forum. I added a tell-a-friend. A major addition has been a wallpaper on “The Passion of the Christ“. You can get it from here. I have also revamped the Freeware Archive. Changed to an easier to use but very good PaFileDB. Now the major work that remains is adding the programs to the archive, which I don’t think I will be doing for a few months at least! […]
If you’re reading this in your feed reader, then hit this link now. I mentioned earlier that I moved this blog to Media Temple yesterday. However, on monitoring the same, I have realized that I am still not at optimum levels. I’m not really sure what the reason for the super high resource usage is, but it is usually the themes and the plugins. So, as a test, I have decided to change the theme in an attempt to find a really light one. One of my most read blogs is Weblog Tools Collection, and in a recent post, I […]
Though WordPress does provide users the ability to search your blog, it is highly limited in any features. Additionally, all it does is a simple search for the term and lists the post in descending order of their post dates. It may so happen that a user may not even find a relevant search result. This is where Better Search comes in. Weblog Tools Collection has an improved search system that allows users to search for posts based on their content and relevance. I’ve adapted the code by Mark into a plugin for easy installation on your WordPress blog. Better […]
Last week I gave you Contextual Related Posts and Moderation Author Notify. Have spent almost the whole of this week rewriting Mark’s original Top 10 plugin. And, that sure has been a rather interesting, frustrating and of course fulfilling journey in PHP in general and WordPress in particular and I still believe I’ve not even scratched the surface of PHP, SQL and WordPress! Anyway, I began with duplicating the original functionality of the plugin, however, ensuring that this strictly followed the latest Plugin API recommended by WordPress. So, a few things that were changed / added were: The table to […]
Add to All is a powerful plugin that will allow you to add custom code or CSS to your header, footer, content or feed. Add to All comes with out of the box support for Google Analytics, Statcounter, Kontera, with other third party services in the pipeline. With this plugin installed, you do not need to edit your theme files every time you switch themes. You can also add custom CSS styles to your header as well as any HTML code to the header or footer of the theme. The plugin gives you the power to add content to your […]
Here’s one more plugin to my ever growing arsenal. Add to Footer is a simple plugin that allows you to automatically add text or HTML to you theme’s footer. The plugin provides you with a simple text box into which you can copy your the HTML into. As an additional feature, Add to Footer also comes inbuilt with support for Google Analytics, StatCounter, Reinvigorate and Apture. If you use any of these services, you can fill in the relevant details in the plugins options page and the plugin will add the necessary code for the same on your blog. These […]
[…]got myself ill for the third time in two months. Still have a bad cough and I am going to sing for New Year:O Went off for a shave today and my barber asked me if I look back to 2004 with happiness or sorrow. Looking back, I can see that despite the downs in my life, I have had a great year. Have done really well academically, started of work in an amazing company, have made so many new friends (though I did lose many), watched an amazing amount of movies:O and generally had a ball of a time. […]
[…]or so. Post which I’ll jump back to the Reacher series to potentially finish that before the year end which should bring my total books read to 42. Probably worth starting next year with a target of 35 books. Have you read any of these? If not, what are you […]
[…]year %month% – current month. Displayed as January to December %date% – today’s date %first_year% – year of first blog post. This is useful if you’d like to display a copyright notice to show the starting year For those who need more placeholders, you can creating a function filtering ata_placeholders. The filter accepts an array in this format: Detailed list of changes in Add to All v1.4.0 Features: Deleting the plugin on WordPress Multisite will remove the settings from all blogs Use %home_url%, %year%, %month%, %date% and %first_year% to display the URL for a given site, current year, current month […]
[…]update. I finished 2022 with about 60 books or about double the target I set at the start of the year. This year I’ve set a target of 40 books and as we close out January, I’ve finished four books and am currently reading my 5th book. As I didn’t mention the 20 books that I read since August, I thought I’d use this post as a summary to update you on what I’ve been reading for the past 5 months. If you’ve been following my last few reading updates, you’ll know that I am a big fan of series […]
[…]a good deal of it partying with the Goan Association gettogether, the Christmas dance and the New year celebrations, besides a lot of outings, dinners and movies! Overall I think this year was pretty good. Except for a few frustrating moments and times when things didn’t work out, I have done a lot. Work has been tiring but I have learnt and established a good deal. On the personal front I know I have grown in many ways. I have made many more friends but lost a few :(. On the social front I have been overactive! Have definitely improved […]
[…]drive in during those days. Helps avoid close interactions in the overcrowded tube and bus. This year is an important year, so wish me luck! Health It’s probably the first time I’ve put a separate a separate category for this. I started the year in recovery after a turbinate reduction operation which has massively improved my breathing. I still have to undertake a sleep study in the next couple of months but we’ll cross that bridge then. In February, I got diagnosed with appendicitis and as luck would have it, the issue wasn’t straightforward that is most familiar to everyone. […]
[…]find good technical writers. So, what do you think of the new look? 1st January A new day in the new year. Ordered pizza from Smokin’ Joes’. I think they have among the best pizzas. Only problem is that they don’t have great offers which makes regular pizza eating expensive! 2nd January Today. Decided to finally get down and complete this blog post. Plan on spending the rest of the day blogging. May also work on a plugin or two if I have the energy! So, what have you been upto this New […]
[…]primary method to style the list New: Option to add nofollow to links New: Option to open links in new window New: Limit the length of the title in the posts list New: Custom styles tab to quickly add CSS to style the output New: More display options. You can now choose to display the list of visited posts on home and archive pages New: Separate feed settings New: Option to exclude display of visited posts on select post/page IDs New: Option to exclude certain posts/page IDs from the visited posts Fixed: Plugin will no longer display Ajax error Fixed: […]
[…]meetups incredibly fun. Getting ready for WCEU I had planned to attend WordCamp London last year, but it was cancelled due to costs. So, this year, I decided to take the plunge and book my way to Turin to attend WCEU 2024. I booked my flights and hotel in February. I had hesitated to book the hotel and could not get the NH Lingotto, which was closest to the venue. I booked the AC Hotel which is about 10 minutes away and was still available at a discount. I used my last Amex voucher along with my miles to book […]
[…]updated this to 50 which will be ambitious as I’ve never read that many till date in a single year. I’ve also read almost all days of the year except two. I am a big fan of series and I continued those into 2022. In particular, I’ve caught up with all the Harry Bosch, Vera Stanhope and Jack Reacher series. I also finished the Jon Reznick and the American Ghost series. Have you read any of these? Would love to hear your views. Also note that the links to Amazon contain my affiliate code. American Ghost series Written by J.B. […]
[…]the pond to see the massive pools where the two towers used to stand. In 2001, I was in my second year at SPCE in India when we saw the news. It’s little wonder that September 11 will be forever be etched in our memories. With exhaustion catching up with us and also because we needed to make an early start on Tuesday, Ashwina and I headed back to our service apartment to call it a […]
[…]Posts v2.2.0 Features: New options to show author and date in the list. Find it under Output tab New options in the widget to show author, excerpt, date and post types New function wherego_get_referer() along with its corresponding filter Fixed: Fixed the error message that was generated on activation Errors in tracker under PHP 7.2 As always, you can update the plugin directly from your WordPress dashboard. New users can find the plugin by searching for “WebberZone Followed Posts” in the Plugins screen. If you’ve got any questions or require support, please make a new post in the support […]
[…]the top visited reviews on your site. New function get_tptn_pop_posts I’ve introduced this new function that will allow you to fetch the new posts as an object (or alternatively as an array). Just use and you’re set to go. The function allows you to pass an amazingly huge set of arguments, i.e. everything that is available under tptn_default_options() Are you using Top 10? If you’ve been using Top 10, do consider writing a good review of the plugin on the WordPress.org. This will encourage more users to try the plugin. Additionally, if you can, do consider a donation. Currently, that’s the only […]
[…]options. Select which archives you want to display the post count New: Option to open links in new window New: Option to add nofollow attribute to links New: Option to exclude posts by ID in the list of top posts being displayed New: Option to prevent display of the Visit Count on posts by ID New: Option to choose between using CSS styles or HTML attributes for thumbnail width and height. HTML width and height attributes are default New: Option to restrict the title to fixed number of characters New: Option to add the date to the list Modified: Numbers […]
[…]gradually over several days! Unlike other years, Ashwina and I decided to spend 2019 Christmas and New Year in India. We were also celebrating my dad’s mother’s 90th birthday, albeit a few months after she turned 90! We also had Dad and Arun coming down from Toronto along with Ferdy and his family. After long and busy 2019, we were definitely looking forward to spending some quiet time with family and friends which I’m pleased that we were able to. A few highlights from our trip which spanned Pune and Mumbai. Pune Although we landed in Mumbai, we decided to […]
[…]: Specifies whether the new window is resizable. myWidth – Specifies the width of the new window. myHeight – Specifies the height of the new window. isCenter – Set to true to center the window. myTitle – Specifies the title of the new window. Also used for image alt and title attributes. ChangeLog: 1.5.1 Clicking on the image in the opened window will now close the window 1.4 Fixed an error where the javascript file was not included correctly Picture should not get cut off in the new window being opened 1.3 Upgraded to support WordPress 2.6 Folder has been […]
[…]Mote Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks in Kent, is a medieval moated manor house. With over 700 years of history, it features stunning architecture and beautifully preserved interiors. The surrounding gardens and woodland walks add to the enchantment of this historic gem. It’s also a place we had visited last year. This time we were accompanied by Ashwina’s parents who are staying with us for a few months. Scotney Castle Yet another place that we returned to for the third time. Scotney Castle, in Lamberhurst, Kent, is a romantic 14th-century moated castle. The estate includes picturesque gardens and a Victorian country […]
[…]that I am on track to reach or exceed that target. I’ve completed 7 books since the start of the year. And, I’m currently reading my eight. I do have two or more unread books that I need to pick up and complete. The first five books I read were books 2-6 of the Harry Bosch series. I paused that to pick up two others books that I had left in the queue. Below is the list of all that I’ve read so far. Note that the links contain my affiliate code for Amazon. Instead of clicking you can also […]
[…]to wrap up this post, here’s what I have been up to recently: Vincent and me when shopping for a new laptop he needed to buy. We ended up picking up the Gateway ID series laptop. It is a really beautiful high-end laptop at just about 50K. As for me, I’m a Dell person. This December, my beautiful, but now old, Inspiron 6400 should get a much needed cleanup. I hope Dell support is as good as it was a year back! We also attempted to visit the Pizza Hut in Forum, but they are under renovation. So, we ate […]
[…]but sadly had to get home as I had to work the next day. Thankfully, this year Christmas and New Year are both Saturdays. So, hopefully I party Friday night. Also went for a program in church last week. It was conducted by Fr. Felix D’Souza and was in an effort to educate persons of various organizations in my parish on working for the betterment of our parish. It was followed by mass and then lunch. On the computers front, Melody’s site Glorify God went down along with the server. Have her site hosted at WebberZone. Anyways the site and […]
[…]Town and New Town. You can find the Royal Mile in the Old Town and several shops and stores in the New Town. We covered most of old town and new town in a few hours. Most of Edinburgh had shut by Sunday evening. So we stuck to visiting the Princes Street Gardens and an evening walk down the Royal Mile. If you’re in Edinburgh, then you have to make a trip to Edinburgh Castle. Located at one end of the Royal Mile, the site of the castle dates back to 9the century BC, with early reports of […]
Little above a year back, a young man of 20 something, having finished a year at his new job, received the good news of his secondment to London. In preparation for his six weeks in London, the young man set out to a few shops in the city to buy the necessary attire for the new job profile that he would be in. On 3 May 2010, this young man took his first long haul flight from Bangalore to London. As he walked out of the airplane and took the cab to his apartment, he fell in love with the […]
[…]plugin like WP Super Cache, you will need to clear the cache files in order to ensure that the new plugin code kicks in. Changes in Top 10 v1.9.9 New: Default style to make those popular posts a little pretty. Choose Thumbnails inline, before title under ‘Thumbnail options’ New: Option to disable display of counts to non-admins. Check out the option ‘Show number of views to non-admins’ New: Option to display different text when there are no hits on the post on non single posts e.g. home page, archives, etc. New: Class tptn_posts_widget for the widgets Modified: Brought back the old columns “Views” in […]
[…]which should bring several new features. Of course, I’ll continue to release bug fixes and minor new features. As usual, if you’re seeking support, please create a new post at the WordPress.org support forum. It is the fastest way to get support as I monitor the forums regularly. I also provide premium paid support via email. All things new in Top 10 v2.3.0 Features: Preliminary support for PolyLang Search box and post type filter added in Admin » View Popular Posts screen Link to Daily Popular posts screen under Top 10 menu in admin area post_types parameter now supports comma-separated […]
[…]This means WordPress will create a copy of the image with the specified dimensions when a new image is uploaded. For your existing images, I recommend using Force Regenerate Thumbnails New: Completely filterable mySQL query to fetch the posts. You can write your own functions to filter the fields, orderby, groupby, join and limits clauses Modified: Lookup priority for thumbnails. The thumbnail URL set in the Contextual Related Posts meta box is given first priority Modified: Removed border=0 attribute from img tag for HTML5 validation support Modified: Default option for timthumb is disabled Modified: Default option for post types to include is post and page […]
[…]Localisation initialisation Fixed: Validation for hour and minute settings for the cron job New: Several new filters allowing you to hook in an modify the output without editting plugin files Modified: Reformatted code Download Top 10 […]
[…]: Specifies whether the new window is resizable. myWidth – Specifies the width of the new window. myHeight – Specifies the height of the new window. isCenter – Set to true to center the window. myTitle – Specifies the title of the new window. Also used for image alt and title attributes. ChangeLog: 1.2.2 – Fixed minor bug in quicktags 1.2.1 – Updated for WordPress 2.7 and for the WordPress Plugin Repository. Added quicktags button. 1.0 – Release Downloads Current Version is 1.2.2 Download Open Browser Window Plugin License All files and their contents are licensed under the GNU General […]
[…]place all lit up and decorated. I usually spend Christmas in Mumbai with an exception being last year, when I was stuck in London waiting for my visa. This year, I booked my tickets in early August to take advantage of prices when booking early. I must admit that I am sceptical of this so called price advantage! Come December, as expected the pressures at work go through the roof as everyone tries to complete 31 days work in 15 before Europe and the UK starts to slow down for the holiday period. In my line of work, the word […]
[…]sing for a mini-fest that happens every year. Was really shocked to see how low scale it was this year. I guess this was probably because we had other major church activities this year. The choir wasn’t at full strength, many had sore voices, but I think we came out quite well. Just that we were singing to an almost empty audience! Dropped Madam A off to a friends place after the singing before heading back home. Had planned on visiting a doctor but I think I’m doing fine. Have to go to work now. The last week of this […]
[…]cache for related posts added to feeds. Prevents conflict with the cache for normal related posts New: Timthumb has been deprecated New: Setting “Related posts should be newer than:” to 0 to disable limiting posts by age New: Filters crp_posts_match, crp_posts_now_date, crp_posts_from_date to modify the WHERE clause Modified: thumb_timthumb, thumb_timthumb_q and filter attributes for the functioncrp_get_the_post_thumbnail have been deprecated. If you’re using this function, an entry will be created for the deprecated log Modified: Reset default thumbnail URL location to plugin default if the field is blank or only contains /default.png Modified: Meta-box will no longer be displayed on non-public […]
[…]you download it today and give it a test drive? New in 1.8.6 New: Related posts are now cached New: New function get_crp_posts to get only the list of posts in an array. Check the FAQ on how to use it. New: Timthumb will now resize images on wordpress.org, wordpress.com and wp.com. The latter two are useful if you’re running Jetpack New: Shortcode functionality. You can use the shortcode [ crp ] (without the spaces) to display the related posts. Check the FAQ for further details. Fixed: Exclude category option missed the last category in the list Fixed: Open links […]
[…]you’re an existing user, do consider writing a review of the plugin on WordPress.org. New Admin Page The admin page has a brand new look that should fit better with your WordPress admin area. The settings have now been upgraded to the Settings API. The page groups the various settings into a tabbed WordPress interface. You can also find the plugin settings under “WZ Followed Posts” under Settings in your admin area. This is a major change how settings are handled by the plugin and if you’ve just upgraded, please make sure you visit the plugin settings page and check that all […]
[…]for our entire stay there. On the second day, we set out on the Southwest Coast Path towards New Polzeath. Although the distance via the Path was not significant, it was quite intense at some places due to sharp inclines and declines. I did remember some of the landscape from our previous trip – there have hardly been any changes over the past several years. Three days later we went out for a hike to The Rumps, which is a twin-headland promontory just a short distance from the cottage. During our last visit, we had bypassed this as we chose […]
[…]me to configure the SEO settings, one feature I enjoyed is the readability analysis. But, over the years, the plugin has it has also grown in size and included ads and notifications. I have generally not minded these and understand the need to monetize. However, when you delete a post or almost anything else, the plugin displays an annoying notification. It prompts you to install the premium version of Yoast SEO to redirect the deleted content. I could live with this for a long time. However, the final straw came today as I spent a good portion of today going […]
[…]the Top 10 query that is used to pull up the popular posts. The current version also has several new actions and filters across the plugin, both in the frontend and the admin pages. Use these to add some new features that are missing. The way forward With v2.0.1, Top 10 is ready for the next phase of its development. Over the course of the next year, I plan on adding several free and premium addons that will bring additional features to Top 10 including caching, support for BOTs, cleaner top view pages and more. Top 10 will also find […]
[…]to Knole and exploring other parts of the estate – probably once the weather gets better next year. Sissinghurst Castle Garden This is a relatively new property compared to the other ones that we visited. Vita Sackville-West, the poet and writer, began transforming Sissinghurst Castle in the 1930s with her diplomat and author husband, Harold Nicolson. We spent a lot of time in the vegetable garden with our little one venturing out on foot on the soft grass. I also climbed all the way to the top of the tower to capture some photographs of the entire estate. And this […]
Christmas is the time of the year I’ve always looked out for. This year has been a very fulfilling year, which I shall write about in a future post. I took my core leave from 18 Dec to 3 Jan, which is the longest duration of leave that I have ever taken till date! Had booked the tickets in August itself, so it was only the matter of getting to the airport. Unlike last time, where my cab arrived early and the plane was late, I reached the airport at 10am on Friday. They have become a lot stricter at […]
[…]the WordPress cron for scheduled closing. Further configuration is available under the other tabs. New Tools page You’ll also find a link to a new Tools page that has a whole series of buttons. You’ll find buttons to open and close Comments and Pings (both pingbacks and trackbacks). There is also a new button to delete pings. This is ideal for those who no longer want those outdated pingbacks and trackbacks on their site. There is also a button to delete the settings from v1.x. Please use this only after you’re fully happy with the upgraded settings. Roadmap Although this […]
[…]into the field as shown in the screenshot above. Detailed changes in Add to All v1.3.0 Features: New option to enable processing of shortcode in content, footer or feed HTML fields New option to exclude display of content HTML fields on certain posts Enhancements: New functions and filters for content, feed, header and footer Admin interface: switch between tabs without reloading Google Analytics now use gtag.js implementation instead of analytics.js Google Analytics: new option to anonymize IPs As always, you can raise any issues you are facing with the plugin in the support forum. I hope you enjoy this […]
[…]if you would like to display different widgets/shortcodes but not always start from the first post New option in metabox: “Exclude this post from the related posts list” New option: Insert after nth paragraph Enhancements: The generated HTML code uses a single a href tag rather than two separate ones per item which is usually better for SEO. If you’re not using the Rounded Thumbnail style and using your own custom style, then you might need to reconfigure this New constant CRP_MAX_WORDS (default 500) limits the post content to be compared. Add this to your wp-config.php file to overwrite Bug […]
[…]the posts and Heading Title of posts list respectively. Check out the FAQ for further information New: Option to add the author to the list of posts New: Options in the widget to show author and date New: Bypass cache option for echo_ald_crp. This is the default option. You can force the cache using echo_ald_crp($cache=true) Modified: Shortcodes are now stripped from excerpts Fixed: Lists for the widget and for in-post have independent caches to prevent overlap Modified: Saving widgets settings will clear the widget cache Fixed: Plugin will now create thumbnails from the first image in gallery custom posts Fixed: […]
[…]Foreland Lighthouse that was built in 1900. If you managed to get all the way down to my New Year post, you’ll have read that Ashwina and I are learning driving. I’ve made significant progress having driven comfortably across the narrow and wide roads of London. But, we’re still a bit away from getting our driving license. And, even if we did, I doubt that we would drive down this cottage. We took the GWR service from London Paddington before noon and changed at Exeter St Davids for Barnstaple. Coming here reminded me of our last trip in August 2016 […]
[…]on our annual visit to Mumbai and Pune on Feb 1. In 2018, we visited India in March. However, this year we decided to stick to our Feb schedule. To Mumbai We booked ourselves on premium economy with British Airways as this was the best deal we could find. Unfortunately, as I did the bookings in October, we couldn’t take advantage of the reward flights and the Amex BA voucher. Speaking about reward flights, I feel that British Airways has gotten quite miserly about them! I’ve always loved Heathrow Terminal 5 and we took advantage of my status to use […]
[…]managed to be fairly active on the updates and I updated four plugins since the start of the year. All these have had their respective release posts on the WebberZone blog. If you’re here for just my plugin updates, I recommend subscribing to the newsletter there. Better Search I released Better Search v2.2.1 on 20th January. This is a very minor update to fix a few bugs and compatibility issues. Read the release post for Better Search v2.2.1 Contextual Related Posts I released Contextual Related Posts v2.5.1 on 26th January. This was also minor release focussed on a few bug […]
[…]take the 12am cab which got me home by 1.30am I resume work in another few hours. A new day in the new year! Will just take the bike in to work tomorrow. Am hoping it is a short day! Once again, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year. Keep on reading and if you haven’t already, do […]
[…]extremely beautiful). Didnt get the oppurtunity to dance again as it was already 3am, but we got New Year!! I will add pictures of these soon. Conrado will be sending Clayton some in January, so I will add these here :). Conrado is Havilah’s cousin from Spain. He speaks in a fantastic English accent, which makes him rather hard to understand. But is really great fun, always cracking jokes. I guess it runs in U. Conrad’s family Got back home and slept from 3.30 am to 8 am. Sat to update this blog, however, being an offpeak user, wasn’t able […]
[…]start. It introduces Jimmy Perez, an inspector is the island of Shetland. Raven Black begins on New Year’s Eve with a lonely outcast named Magnus Tait, who stays home waiting for visitors who never come. But the next morning the body of a murdered teenage girl is discovered nearby, and suspicion falls on Magnus. Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go. The story evolves across the book and has a few interesting twists keeping in Ann’s writing style. However, it is a bit of a slow […]
[…]day with this post. I do miss blogging like I used to. Techtites hasn’t seen a post in over a year although I have a few drafts pending. Over the past many years, it has always been a fight for time between coding, Netflix, Amazon, etc. when I’m on my Mac. Guess, I need to re-inspire myself to pick this up once more. Until then… Happy birthday to me […]
[…]who knows me, knows my love for movies. Little wonder that over a year back I got myself the Cineworld unlimited movie card. And, I usually go by myself. Yesterday I watched four back to back movies, breaking my record of three movies 🙂 In Time In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage – a connection that […]
[…]life associated Christmas. It is little wonder that I look forward to Christmas every year. This year, Christmas was different. Different because, for the first time in my life I was not at home for Christmas. I began Christmas this year by going to Westminster Cathedral for the 6pm mass on 24th. The church was decorated with a huge Christmas tree, but it was also rather cold, since Christmas Eve was cold this side of the world. Met up with a college pal for a quiet dinner. Was home before the clock struck 12. Pavlos had invited me over for […]
Looking back at 2006, I think the year went well. It has been a very healthy year for my blog for sure. I hit into the top 100,000 websites on Alexa and today stand in the top 50,000. Good achievement for a small blog of a small person on the WWW 🙂 But, I do have a very very fluctuating rank as you can see in the graph above. I know a lot of users believe that Alexa is flawed, and i think so too, but at the end of the day, its the rank that gets the advertisers! Site […]
[…]use as earlier! Detailed list of changes in Better Search v3 v3.0.1 Enhancements/modifications: New option to disable the automatic addition of the stylesheet Custom search results page now displays Sort by and Sorted by New constant BETTER_SEARCH_VERSION that is used to enqueue scripts and styles Bug fixes: If no excerpt_length is passed, the plugin will use the default value from the settings page Better_Search is only initiated if it is a search results page Custom results page excerpt is now highlighted v3.0.0 Features: New classes Better_Search_Query and Better_Search. The latter is a wrapper for WP_Query and brings all the power of WP_Query to Better Search. The former […]
[…]string for tracking purposes. Detailed changelog in Contextual Related Posts v2.5.0 Features: New option to disable related posts on mobile devices New option to disable related posts on AMP pages Enhancements: New filters crp_thumb_alt and crp_thumb_title to edit the post thumbnail alt and title tags. Use this to remove/replace the tags New function and filter crp_permalink Saving a post will delete its cache Bug fixes: Fixed CSS validation errors Removed conversion of table schema from/to InnoDB. If you are using a version of mySQL above v5.6, you can alter the table engine to use InnoDB with a FULLTEXT index Prevent […]
[…]search results. If missing, add: .bsearch_highlight { background:#ffc; } under Custom Styles New: Fully filterable search query New: Recreate Index button in the settings page New: Delete transients button in the settings page Modified: Better Search will now try BOOLEAN MODE and non-FULLTEXT modes in case FULLTEXT search doesn’t return any results Modified: Deprecated always dynamic heatmap option that bypassed cache Modified: Reorganised admin interface Modified: Seamless mode is now the default mode Modified: Better Search uses transients to catch results when not using seamless mode Modified: Search form uses class instead of id Fixed: Seamless mode would overwrite all queries, even those outside the […]
[…]true Changes in Add to Footer v1.3 New: Support for Google Analytics’ new Universal Analytics New: Admin interface New: Disable admin notice if the plugin is disabled Fixed: Language initialisation and renamed localisation to add-to-footer Download Add to Feed v1.3 Download Add to Footer […]
[…]Forum. And if you’re using the plugin, please do leave a good review. All changes in v1.3.3 New: Responsive admin interface New: Seamless integration mode. With this enabled, you can benefit from relevant search results displayed how your theme intended it to be! Modified: Modified get_bsearch_heatmap to accept an array of parameters. If you’re using this function, please note the modified usage in the FAQ New: Option to turn off tracking searches of Admins and Editors Fixed: Widget initialisation Modified: Reformatted code to follow WordPress PHP Standards Download Better Search […]
[…]The result should be much faster performance New “undo” function for most editing options New Comment Blacklist feature New Icon Themes feature to select different icon sets New dropdown box to de-clutter the admin editing options Tighter admin integration when editing comment options Numerous style fixes for better theme integration Increased security with better use of nonces Also, check out the video below of the new admin features. It runs for a little over five minutes, but it will give you an idea of what AEC can do for you. Download Ajax Edit Comments or read more about […]
[…]the Jake Brigance series. This is probably Jake’s toughest case as he is selected to defend a 16-year-old boy accused of killing an abusive cop. Then came The Firm which likely launched Grisham into fame. Mitch McDeere thought he had found his dream job, a fancy home, a shiny brand-new BMW along with an amazing salary. If it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t. I then entered the ruthless world of corporate law in The King of Torts followed by the harsh reality in The Appeal. Whether you’re a seasoned fan or new to his work, Grisham’s novels are sure to keep you […]
[…]the last two weeks of January to be on holiday. We flew to Bangalore overnight and landed at the new terminal, designed as a “terminal in the garden”. We had booked IndiGo for our flight to Pune. However, we discovered that we had to change terminals to the old one which was quite far away and required a bus ride. Fortunately, based on our experience, we hired two porters who helped us reach the terminal and get checked in without any hassle. The last time, we had a horrible experience with SpiceJet, which is now forever on our no-fly list. […]
[…]always curious and eager to learn new things. In my free time, you can find me discovering new skills and exploring new ideas. Thank you for visiting! Feel free to browse through my posts and leave comments. Where you can find me… You can find me on several popular social networking / social bookmarking sites. Some of them are linked below: Say […]
[…]that I had a good amount of meats to eat 😀 This ofcourse excludes the two major parties, one on New Year’s Eve and the other by our Director, besides the many tiny treats we’ve enjoyed. Well, am going to miss that life. Next week is lined up with tonnes of assignment and project submissions, even more FCQs and tests, as well as many we missed due to our work. Normal life, here we […]
[…]minor changes. As usual, existing users can update the plugin from within the WordPress dashboard. New users can install this similar to any other plugin. Code highlighting WordPress 4.9 introduced better code editing using CodeMirror. Add to All has multiple settings that allow you to add HTML into the header, footer and feeds. Add to All v1.6.0 incorporates CodeMirror which allows code highlighting, auto-complete and to some extent, error checking. WordPress minimum version Will the addition of CodeMirror, Add to All v1.6.0 requires at least WordPress v4.9 which was released on 15 November 2017. If you’re not running the latest […]
[…]widget with different starting points. As usual, if you’re looking for support, please create a new post in the Top 10 support forum. And, do blog, tweet and tell the whole world about this release. Detailed list of changes in Top 10 v2.4.0 Features: New tracker using a properly enqueued .js file. Two inbuilt options to use query variables or ajaxurl to process the counts Shortcode and the widget now have an added parameter for ‘offset’. This is useful if you would like to display different widgets/shortcodes but not always start from the first post Bug fixes: Attachments now work […]
[…]Top 10 settings page Added: Customise what to display when there are no top posts detected Added: New scheduled maintenance to clear up daily tables and optimise performance Added: Custom CSS code to style the output. Check out the available styles in the FAQ Modified: New “default.png” file based on from KDE’s Oxygen icon set Modified: Dashboard list of posts now displays all the top posts and pages instead of the filtered list based on Settings. Modified: Dashboard widget now has options to customise the widget. Old widgets have been deleted Modified: When fetching the first image, plugin ignores external […]
[…]even on blogs with non-standard WordPress installs New: Reset button to reset all browsing data New: Option to exclude pages in post list New: Choose if you want to blank out display or display a custom message New: The plugin extracts the first image in the post and displays that if the post thumbnail and the post-image meta field is missing Fixed: Postmeta detection for thumbnails Some optimisation and code cleaning for better performance If you’re running WordPress on a non-standard install, i.e. if you have moved your wp-content or plugins folders from their standard locations, please do give this […]
[…]enjoyed the long drives to and from London. My next proper break will be between Christmas and New Year, and I’ll be writing my summary post of the year that was. Stay tuned on the 31st of […]
When chatting with Topher more than a year ago, he suggested that I should write an essay for HeroPress. HeroPress tells the stories of people in WordPress. At the time of this post, nearly 250 people have told their life stories to the world. I am now one of them! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you will read a lot about my life. My yearly reviews hint at what I have been working on i.e. my WordPress plugins. But, this is the first time I have written about my WordPress journey. Do read and comment. I’d love to hear from you. […]
[…]to avoid the mad rush and crazy prices. The raging pandemic made it a much easier decision this year. Ashwina booked a cottage called the Higher Brownstone Farm in Devon. This is a massive cottage close to Coleton Fishacre. Whilst we have been to Devon a few times including the lovely lighthouse cottage, this region has been off our radar until now. While the Coleton Fishacre house is from the 1920s, the Higher Brownstone Farm dates back to the 18th century and used to be occupied by a gentleman farmer. The house has been refurbished a few times especially to […]
[…]up with Cloreisha after a long long time at Mocha Mojo in Bandra. Mocha’s definitely has a whole new atmosphere now that hookahs have been banned in Mumbai. Another stupid rule after the “no serving alcohol to persons below 25”. I am waiting for Starbucks to set up shop in Mumbai. Dinner was back at my Grandma’s place, who is always enthusiastic to order in! So, I had my first taste of Indian Chinese cuisine after a long time. Last year, I had a very sad birthday stuck at work till 2am. This time was a lot different. I brought […]
[…]upload them to my Flickr album when I do so. Anyway, we reached college at 2.30am, which excluding New Year’s last year is one of the latest I’ve returned. The last few days have been as lazy as it has been. One extremely irritating thing is the lack of a proper internet connection because our excellent network folks (I shudder to use the word admin) are busy experimenting with the wifi adapters. I plan on writing a really dirty post about this so called “wifi connectivity” that is promised students out here. Made a 30 mark worth presentation yesterday for […]
[…]inside the wrong bodies. As they literally walk a mile in each other’s shoes, they gain a little newfound respect for the other’s point of view. But with Tess’s wedding coming on Saturday, the two have to find a way to switch back – and fast. My comments as usual. The acting of both Jamie and Lindsay are commendable. Lots of funny parts in the movie when the two have to behave their exact opposite due to the body switch. A few touching moments as well when you see the love they have for each other and their family despite […]
[…]new Flame Red Pulsar 150 DTS-i SS. Cost me a bomb and will have to repay my parents’ loan all year long! But it is definitely worth it:O Spent the evening again with Amita and James and now here I am blogging as usual. Tomorrow is the project viva, which got postponed from today. I need a really great score here to push up my percentage:O Will be purchasing a new domain soon viz. www.ajaydsouza.info. My blog address will also be changing to ajaydsouza.com. So to the few who read this blog, please get ready to update your links. Will […]
[…]can’t call your mother… she doesn’t have a modem. …You check your mail. It says “no new messages.” So you check it again. …You don’t know what gender your three closest friends are because they have neutral screen names, and you never bothered to ask. …You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you […]
[…]Ellis Island. The journey to Ellis Island is also short and it looks just the same as it over 100 years ago when the first immigrants found their way into the land of opportunity. Ellis Island also has an excellent visual tour that tells all about immigration over several hundred years into America. There is actually quite a bit to see in Ellis Island, but we were quite tired by then having been on our feet for several hours. We decided to call it and headed to catch the ferry to Battery Park. Wall Street By then the clouds had […]
[…]usual, current users should be able to upgrade to v2.0.0 from within their WordPress admin itself. New users will be able to easily add this by searching for Where did they go from here in the Plugins > Add new page. Go ahead try it and watch the visitor retention […]
[…]rebranding of Top 10 as a WebberZone plugin. As I mentioned before, WebberZone is the new platform (or should I say revamped) platform for my WordPress development which is currently focussed on developing GPL plugins (both free and premium). This release of Top 10 comes with a brand new interface to view the popular posts in the Admin area. It is better integrated and you can now sort the views easily across all your posts/pages and custom post types. You can continue to view the counts in your posts / pages listings as earlier. In addition to the new admin interface, […]
[…]instead create a new ticket in the WordPress.org support forum. Changes in Better Search v1.3.2 New: Profanity filter New: Option to turn of the search results tracking. Ideal if you don’t care about the popular search terms on your blog New: Option to include the thumbnails in the search results Modified: Search results now have better pagination. This is especially good when you have lots of search results – Thanks to J Norton for this feature Modified: Plugin should now return results even if the search word is less than 4 characters Fixed: Bug fixes – Thanks to Rich for […]
[…]$5.00 USDCoffee and Sandwich $10.00 USDFull meal $20.00 USD Changes in Top 10 v1.9.8.2 New: Option to add author New: More options for the Widgets to configure the post lists Modified: Shortcodes are now stripped from excerpts New: Added s3.amazonaws.com to list of allowed sites that timthumb can fetch images from Fixed: Counter was not always displayed on posts New: All Posts / All Pages have separate sortable columns for total and daily counts Fixed: Warning messages with WP_DEBUG mode […]
[…]for the new post thumbnail features of WordPress. If you’re using this theme, you’ll notice a new section in your New Post screen that allows you to designate an image as a post thumbnail. By default, the posts do not display the post thumbnails, since each display requires two database queries. You can turn this on by visiting the Connections Reloaded settings page. If you are running this theme on your blog, do consider a donation. Read more and download Connections […]
[…]hoping we can get out again soon especially considering we are now in Tier 4. Next post will be my yearly round-up albeit it has been a very different […]
[…]readers a Merry Christmas. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you this season, the rest of this year and the year ahead! Have you sent out greetings this […]
[…]bad, while some were really good. This time the selection procedure was better organized than last year. We have also finished of the first set of interviews for the Admissions Team as of yesterday. Next round for the shortlisted candidates is on Monday. One thing is definite about the interviews. It is easier to get into SCMHRD than to get into an SCMHRD committee. You may not get grilled that much in your interview for SCMHRD, but the interviews here is a totally different story! Have to pay my fees for this year and so headed to Mumbai to make […]
[…]readers a Merry Christmas. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you this season, the rest of this year and the year […]
[…]screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day. You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party […]
[…]web site, someone in shipping announces that their sister’s roommate, “…started college this year for this stuff.” Your progress is halted until the 18 year-old with braces has filled half your code with center, font, marquee, and blink tags. 6. Your client will ALWAYS use the browser that your site looks worst in. 7. Half of your “first job” clients will worry more about animated gifs, background music and Flash intro screens more than they will about functionality. 8. At least one client in ten will have someone in the marketing department try to do one small page edit… using […]
[…]readers a Merry Christmas. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you this season, the rest of this year and the year ahead! Ohh! And if you are looking to send your loved ones some Christmas cards, then may I suggest I Sent This Christmas […]
[…]before Diwali and especially not Big Bazaar! This is quite contrary the experience I had last year when I went shopping. This time the place was more crowded than before which I hate. There were very few discounts than last year and very very limited choice, which made me want to scream out loud! Did manage to pick up a nice salwar set for Mom (her birthday is around the corner) and a pair of glares for me. Had also picked up two kurtas on offer (buy one get one free). But when I went to the checkout counter was […]
Having completed a year with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. on 9th, I received my Confirmation Letter today. Am quite pleased receiving it, as I expected to take a while. Just have to finish the formalities. Designation: Design Executive […]
[…]Will needa think and decide that. Yesterday also happened to be my parents’ anniversary. Last year, I had a tragic accident. Thankfully, none of that happened this year:O But, I couldn’t eat the chicken biryani Mom had made, as I was fasting, so I just got it out here to office for today’s lunch. Also got my CAT results yesterday. Was stunned to see a 85.87 Percentile. Stunned because I hadn’t even touched my books and still managed a decent score. Maybe if I […]
16th August. Considered to be a very important day in my life, my birthday. This year, it was spent at work. Woke up usual time and went off to work. Was wished by quite a few of my colleagues at breakfast. We returned back to find that we are locked out of our Design Lab, as there was some problem with the lock. Till a lot of timepass for nearly and hour, before they finally got the door open. Still more timepass after that, as I roamed all over the department distributing Eclairs. Got straight back to work and completed […]
[…]in my life. There’s lots more to write! Lot’s of sad stories to tell. 2004 has averaged a bad year till now (with just one Up). I hope my luck changes soon as this is a very important year, which will decide a lot of things in my life! Anyways, eighth semester here I […]
[…]dared confirm. What’s more troubling, 14-year-old Angela wants to meet the father she never knew. At first, Angela’s appearance disrupts her neurotic father’s carefully ordered routine. Soon, however, with his own unique spin on parenthood, Roy begins to enjoy a relationship he never dreamed of having with his daughter. But while he develops paternal feelings for the 14-year-old, she’s developing a fascination with Daddy’s questionable career. The movie is a bit slow and confusing at times, however it has a stunning ending. I shall not reveal it, as the ad for the movie says, but do go and watch it […]
[…]to the WordPress Plugins repository. So existing users can upgrade from within WP-Admin itself. New users can download Top 10 from the plugin page. Updating the plugin will initially clean up your existing daily table for the new database format. The plugin no longer uses any cron jobs so I suggest you deactivate the plugin before upgrading to clean up old scheduled cron jobs. What’s coming in Top 10 v1.4: Improve the View Popular posts interface in WP-Admin. I plan on adding the option of viewing total page views over a range of dates I may also include the ability […]
[…]design. I had no idea that this site would become such an important part of my life. Over the years, this site has witnessed many changes and milestones in my life. I pursued an MBA at SCMHRD in Pune and switched to a career in investment banking in 2009. I moved to Bangalore for a year and then to London, where I currently live with my wife and daughter. I wrote about my travels to various places around the world, such as Scotland, France, the US and Canada, amongst others. I also shared my jokes, book reviews, personal stories, and […]
[…]high speed and narrow. Was great fun to drive there, both testing the limits of the car and my newbie driving skills. The castle and the grounds are well maintained with the wider “complex” also serving as a venue for hire. We also spend some time roaming around the beautiful gardens – greenery just a few miles away from the hustle and bustle of London. The journey back turned out to be a little bit longer when I missed an exit and ended up driving deeper into the amazing countryside. I did fill up the tank at the Shell station […]
[…]an update of Knowledgebase v1.3.0. Knowledgebase is my relatively new plugin that I released last year when building WebberZone. It’s designed to be very simple to use to set up your own Knowledgebase. The latest release incorporates a very important uninstall feature. You can now choose to delete options when you uninstall the plugin and/or delete all knowledgebase data. This is if you want to completely clean out all articles as well as sections and categories, you’d select the section option. This does effectively mean that you’re nuking your knowledgebase and can only be restored if you chose to backup your […]
I have yet another new year gift to my readers and plugin users with the update of my TwitterCounter plugin for WordPress Allows you to integrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your blog. Additionally, you can add the Twitter Remote to your blog, which shows which twitter users recently visited your blog or website. The major change in this plugin is support for the new code available at TwitterCounter.com. You can now customize the foreground and background colors of the button. Additionally, you can customize the background color of the Remote. Read more and download TwitterCounter plugin for […]
[…]all. I went to Government Polytechnic in Bandra to complete the formalities for CET 2007. Last year I had headed off to this place after standing in a long line at SPCE and expected a small line this time too. This was not to be as when we got there we were at the entrance of the building and had to climb another three floors. The result was a long wait of four hours before the work could get done. Also ended up joining others in shouting at shameless people who broke the line. Sure can be pissing off. But, […]
[…]that I was looking forward to. I was also surprised when I learnt that both the Old and the New Testaments are similarly structured into four groups viz. Law, History, Wisdom and Prophesy. Oh, btw the shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35 (Jesus Wept). Also went for confession in the morning. We have been taught to have dialogue confessions and to concentrate on one sin at the time. So, that is just what I did 😀 Also had a very heart to heart talk with Francis on a matter very close to my heart (lots of hearts here […]
[…]better ;)). Got home by 12am and was up by 6am. But, had a good sleep in the bus today. Made my New Year resolution that if I have to travel by bus, I take good advantage of the fact that I can sleep. Have kept the resolution very well so far 🙂 Nikhil‘s sister Ritu collected my degree certificate from the University, so have saved myself the trouble of going there myself this weekend. So, can just pick it up from her on Saturday. Have just finished yet another day at work. The day was rather fulfilling. Have been […]
[…]blog. So, this is the new look. Made this background, because of Christmas. Will change it in the New Year. Have also installed two anti-spam plugins for the blog. The first is Kitten’s Spaminator. Spam prevention and blocking using tarpitting and strike counting. Comments are assigned strikes for spam content, and a comment that meets the criteria for spam is blocked from posting. The second is SpamWord Block. If activated, any comments that contain a Spam word will be refused immediately. This checks the comment text, author, URL, email, and IP (so, you can even block IP’s). Hopefully, all my […]
[…]Sadly he is not here for his Birthday, but we are hoping is can make it for atleast Christmas or New Year. I don’t know if I will continue hanging out in Takshila now that he is gone. We will miss you, just as much as you will miss us. Seeya soon friend and take […]
[…]in two 🙂 I shall be collecting my contact lens tommorrow. A new look to begin the soon coming New Year 😀 Will post an update on this […]
[…]don’t think I will get much chance reading yet another newspaper! On a lighter note, selling the newspaper you collect over the year as raddii (scrap) will give you approximately Rs. 300, which means you get to read the paper and also make a profit out of it! 😉 :O Now, where can you find an offer like that? To subscribe to the Hindustan Times, call the HT Smartline at 56265755, 56265774, 56265776, 56265787 between 10am and 8pm. Note: I am not affiliated in any way to Hindustan Times. This post is because the offer is a great deal and […]
[…]span classic dystopia, thrilling mysteries, war novels, and quick-read gems. I’ve included a few new finds, a couple of series I’m continuing, and authors I always come back to. Here’s a rundown of the books I’ve read in the last seven months, in no particular order. Classics & Dystopian Reads Thrillers & Mystery Novels Short Reads & Standalones New Discoveries: Books About Books and Literary Journeys A Three Part Series Lasting Impressions Wrapping Up Each of these books added something unique to my reading journey. From Orwell’s timeless lessons… er… classics, to thrilling murder mysteries and a series of short […]
[…]which brings the power and flexibility of WP_Query to that of Top 10. There is also a brand new Dashboard which displays the cumulative views on a daily basis along with the top posts, a new Gutenberg block which is perfect timing with full site editing coming and support for fetching and tracking posts using the WP REST API. Read the full release post on […]
[…]kid (it was a late-night show) but I suspect everyone wanted to relive the old movie with the new animations! My rating: […]
Montreal was the last part of our two week holiday in September that began in New York and continued in Canada. We decided to drive from Toronto to Montreal which in retrospect is not for regular train travellers like Ashwina and myself. Two hours into the drive and I realised that I had forgotten the bag which had my laptop, iPad and most importantly my specs and contact lens. If it wasn’t for the latter two, we could have just carried on. However, this big mistake cost us dearly as we had to drive back to Toronto to pick the […]
[…]of the release on the WebberZone blog. Detailed changelog in Better Search v2.2.0 Features: New option to exclude password protected posts from the results New option to exclude post/page or custom post type IDs from the results Enhancements: Admin interface now uses the Settings API – Please double check your settings. You can delete the old settings using the Tools sub-menu New shortcode bsearch_form to display the Better Search custom search form Use template_include instead of template_redirect Seamless mode now uses Better Search queries directly instead of passing post IDs Deprecated: $bsearch_url, bsearch_default_options(), bsearch_read_options(), bsearch_clause_prepare() Download Better […]
[…]version has been updated to 6.0 to initiate primary key across all installs 2.5.4 Features: New button in the Tools page to delete the pre-2.5.x settings Enhancements: New function tptn_trim_char replaces tptn_max_formatted_content which should now support non-English characters as well Counts in the “Popular Posts” page are now number formatted Bug fixes: Fixed PHP Illegal string offset […]
[…]Add New and search for “autoclose”. As usual, if you’re looking for support, please create a new ticket in the Support Forums. And, if you’ve found this plugin useful, you can hit the button below to send me your donation. Changes in v1.5: New: Custom post type support. Now close comments on posts, pages, attachments and your custom post types! Modified: Language initialisation Modified: More code cleaning New: Spanish and Serbian languages thanks to Ogi Djuraskovic Download Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks […]
[…]donation. Coffee $5.00 USDCoffee and Sandwich $10.00 USDFull meal $20.00 USD Changes in 1.8.10 New: Limit the numbers of characters of the content being compared. This can give a marginal boost to performance New: You can now choose to display the Post title in the Title of the Related posts, by using %postname% Modified: Widget class has been changed to crp_related_widget Modified: Including the author in the list will now use the Display Name which is set under “Display name publicly as” in the User Profile page Modified: Updated timthumb Modified: Better handling of echo_ald_crp – Thanks to flynsarmy for this patch Fixed: If the […]
[…]You can turn this off in the Settings page Added: Option to make make heatmap links to open in a new window Added: Option to turn off the display of the heatmap on the results page Added: New CSS classes for heatmaps on the search results page – heatmap_daily and heatmap_overall Fixed: Possible cross-site request forgery issue in the Settings page Download Better Search v1.3 Visit Better Search plugin […]
[…]own menu in the administration area. Access settings and view your top posts directly under the new menu: “Top 10” Added: New classes tptn_counter and tptn_list_count to style the displayed count Added: New option “Always display latest count for the post” to not use JavaScript to display the counts for a post. This speeds up since no external JS file is used to display the count. Ideal for those not using caching plugins or are not particularly worried if the counts are slightly older. Fixed: PHP notices when WP_DEBUG is turned on Modified: Updated timthumb.php If you have any bugs […]
Add to All now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. Add to All is a simple, yet powerful WordPress plugin that will allow you to add HTML, JavaScript or CSS to your header, footer, content or feed. It comes with out of the box support for Google Analytics, Statcounter and Tynt. Additionally, it supports site verification for Google, Bing and Pinterest via their HTML tag methods. If you have any script that isn’t supported by Add to All currently, you can just add the code to the Header, Content or Footer sections. […]
[…]on my plugins. I released updated to Contextual Related Posts and Top 10. I also released a new WordPress Plugin called Add to Footer. Lastly, I’ve taken over development of the highly popular WP Ajax Edit Comments from Ronald. The last week wasn’t all coding. I managed to catch Pink Panther 2 and also made two visits to Dynasty, our favorite eating joint. Also dropped in to my Grandmom‘s place on Tuesday. Our original plan was to order from Subway. However, the outlet in Bandra wasn’t running the offer that is being run at the outlet here in Andheri. So, […]
Took a new photograph of me because the negative of the old one seems a bit damaged. However, both developed well and now the option is out to you. Comment and tell me which of the two you prefer. There is no third option, so those ready to say neither… well, I can’t stop you from saying it 😉 Additionally, do tell me why you chose that particular pick. How about a label for them? Is it: Old Photo or is it New Photo Waiting for your […]
[…]the new window? This is where the plugin steps in. Using javascript you can open the image in the new window. You can specify all the properties of the new window. You can also give it a title which is used as alt and title text for the image tag. The code that is generated is perfect XHTML compliant. Additionally, it also works perfectly if you serve your site as application/xhtml+xml. Read more and download the Open Picture Window […]
[…]can get a new chain cover put as well. Only problem is that the clasps holding them had broken and new ones needed to be done. The bike was taken for welding and I spent a good half hour waiting. Also got a new helmet lock put to replace the broken old one. Lots of repairs and a lot of good money spent. But, I am glad with how things have turned out. The bike is as good as new now (excluding a nice cleaning that she needs). Going to (hopefully) spent the rest of today resting […]
Add to All Add to All is a powerful plugin that will allow you to add custom code or CSS to your header, footer, content or feed. Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks Close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your post automatically at intervals set by you. Better Search Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine. Visitors will find more relevant search results of search terms. You can fine tune results by giving the title or the content more weighting. Contextual Related Posts Display a list of contextually related posts for the current post. […]
[…]many Hindu weddings, though I definitely have seen more of those than Catholic ones in the last year or two! Unfortunately, nothing has changed. I still know the same as I did earlier! Nikhil’s sister had the Sangeet last Saturday, two days before the wedding on Monday. The wedding and the reception were held at Crystal Springs in Bandra. I haven’t been there before and have heard mixed reviews of the place. Though, seeing the size of it I really wonder how Catholics have their receptions there, because if you have anything more than a 100 folks and the place […]
After finishing off my vivas successfully, I went to watch one of the big Bollywood hits of this year, viz. Kal Ho Naa Ho at Fun Republic. The movie stars one of my favourite actors Shahrukh Khan. It also stars Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and Jaya Bachan. It is a very beautiful and touching story, where Saif falls for Priety, who falls for Shahrukh, who falls for her. However, Shahrukh has little time to live and so doesn’t acknowledge his love and instead brings the other two together. The movie has its times of happiness, laughter and also its […]
[…]Church, Andheri for the recital. Ours was the only church in the suburbs to have the recital this year. I can go on and on about them, but I will conclude by simply saying that if you have the oppurtunity to listen to them, don’t miss it for the world. […]
[…]to all my readers! May you have an excellent holiday if you’ve taken some time off and a Happy New […]
[…]weeks of which I spent an entire week coding 2.x of Contextual Related Posts. Having released the new version of Contextual Related Posts, we set out on a nice holiday across the Republic of Ireland. While it’s supposed to be part of post that is pending (and hopefully, will be written about), for now I put up a few photographs on a revived WordPress.com blog. Ever since I got back to London back in September, I’ve spent most of my time working non stop on my day job. It’s that time of the year! Plugin development has continued, although rather […]
[…]followed by some window shopping at Landmark. Work caught up this week, again, not as bad as last year. Won’t be heading off to work tomorrow, however, I will be working from home. On the WordPress plugins front, I have two new plugins that I plan to work on over the next two weeks. I also have updates for three of my plugins. Should start on the updates […]
[…]country hoping that India’s shot at the Oscars is successful! The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where […]
[…]there who buy your old books and then resell them to eager buyers who can’t afford a brand new copy. Hence, every year ABC sees a stream of students dropping in with their old books. We joined this list of students to sell the books we collected in the past 20 months. Any money is good money! So, Aditya, Akshat, Sneha and me took the afternoon bus to the city. We were joined by Namrata, who had already sold her books the previous day. Got down and Atur Center and took rickshaws to get to ABC. The moment we alighted […]
[…]You are a British politician, right? Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round? (Germany) A: No, we are a peaceful civilisation of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is illegal. Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA) A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make good pets. Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its name. It’s a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA) […]
Considering the “cheery” spirit this year, top financial consultants have composed a new Christmas carol below. To be sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is coming to Town” You’d better watch out You’d better not cry You’d better keep cash I’m telling you why: Recession is coming to town. It’s hitting you once, It’s hitting you twice It doesn’t care if you’ve been careful and wise Recession is coming to town It’s worthless if you’ve got shares It’s worthless if you’ve got bonds It’s safe when you’ve got cash in hand So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY You’d […]
[…]had sufficient free time to pursue other things, e.g my blogging which had gone dead in the past year. For starters, I got about revamping Techtites. Also spent whole of Sunday preparing blog posts for Techtites. My next step would be to work on this blog and see what I can do with it. Evening in Fresher’s Day. After being postponed time and time again for the past week the date and details have been finalized. It sure is fun to see the “costumes” that people wear for a simple event like this. As for me, a simple shirt and […]
[…]baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. 2. Police were called to a day care, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. 3. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now. 4. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. 5. To write with a broken pencil is pointless. 6. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. 7. The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. 8. A thief who stole a calendar… got twelve months. 9. A thief […]
[…]into non-veg, well atleast it was the case for around six of us. The OBL is a program held every year by SCMHRD for its new batch. The purpose of the same is several fold. The primary purpose is to introduce us to each other and get to know the persons in the batch. It also aims to foster team work with a great number of team games and introduction sessions. It was simply put, really good. The OBL was held at a small place called Lekha Farms, which is located on NH4 (the highway connecting Pune and Mumbai). We […]
[…]me of the times at Agrawal’s for my HSC classes. This time I was a lot more prepared than last year and hence attempted the paper better I believe. However, I don’t think I did well enough to get me into JB, but time will tell. The paper was a lot more calculation intensive this time. However, there was a pattern that I observed. There were many sets of five questions which has all the different five answer choices within that set. Hence, if I knew four, I guessed the fifth. No negative marks definitely helps! On the downside, you […]
[…]the very top of the charts at Sherlock Holmes Web and has been there since early 2004. Early this year I got together with Melody to give the site a much needed revamp. And revamp indeed. Got rid of an ancient frames design and designed a tableless CSS design. Have put up all the original content, and there is a lot more to be added gradually. In addition also started a new TopSites for all mystery related sites. Well, the only site in it today is mine, but if you are run a similar mystery related site do join our […]
[…]Morriss for his donation of $10. Says he: Thanks for the theme. I’ve been using it about a year and just uploaded the new one. Please keep up the good work. Thanks for the donation Kevin. Glad to know you have chosen to stick to my theme for so long 🙂 Do spread the word about […]
On New Year night, Poseidon, the luxurious cruise liner was hit by a majestic rogue wave flipping it upside down. With help several hours away most of the passengers decide to sit it out. However, Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas) decides to get off the already sinking ship, by climbing to the hull (now on top). He is joined by Maggie James (Jacinda Barrett) and her son Conor (Jimmy Bennett), Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell), his daughter Jennifer (Emmy Rossum) and her boyfriend Christian (Mike Vogel), Elena Gonzalez […]
[…]am not sure which option to follow. For the past four years I have been spending Christmas and New Year with my choir. It has usually be low key affairs with private parties held at someone’s house. I never had a date nor did I know how to dance hence the rule-out of popular places like Willingdon or Bandra Gym. Times have changed and now I do know how to dance (a bit). Unsure as to how I plan to spend the evenings, which might be with the choir. Melody made me a very tempting offer of Catholic Gym. Though, […]
Can’t say I began this New Year on a happy note. Woke up this morning with the news of U. Colin‘s (my dear friend Clayton‘s dad) demise. He was in Dubai and suffered a major heart attack. This has come as a major shock to all of us. U. Colin was a real sweetheart and was very dear to me and I was very fond of him. It was through him, that I met Melody. May his soul rest in peace. And may the light of God shine upon his family during these times. […]
[…]am on this beautiful 1st morning. 10.30 am wouldnt be so much of a problem, but after a tiring New Year, it was a bit too early. My dad told me that some professor was calling. I picked up the phone (half asleep as I did it) to find Dayanand Ambavade sir at the other end of it. He informed me that I was on the list to design the college website and if it was possible to reach by 11! I said 11.15 and so got ready quickly and rushed off to college. In college I found Sumit, Kuldeep […]
[…]a bit and finally came back home around 11.40 pm. Sadly I had to miss the only choir practise for New Year mass. (did I mention I helped make the hymn sheets?) Tommorrow is the 31st. Big day, but I wonder what I am […]
[…]for him. Finally he switched over! U. Conrad will be coming tommorrow to make the hymn sheets for New Year. Plus will be going for Santa vs. the Snowman with Melody and friends. Will post updates tommorrow on […]
A little more than a year back, there was a great hue and cry about downloads. There are tonnes of cases where several organizations went after small and big timers and owners of websites. In such a situation, where everything can be tracked, the need for privacy is at its peak. This […]
[…]very quickly. I made a day trip to Mumbai in the middle of the week to complete bank work, order new spectacles, and visit my grandma, uncle and aunt whom I hadn’t seen for over three years. I had hired a car to take me there and back. Keeping in line with the rest of the holiday, as we reached Navi Mumbai, the car started to give problems. Luckily my driver had family living there and he swapped his car for another one while his family took care of fixing his car. Unfortunately, this took a long time even after […]
We’ve typically taken a holiday in September but due to several different reasons, Ashwina and I decided to book the first week of October for a holiday. Destination: Isle of Wight. This post has been due for two months, but, as they say, better late than never! I had been looking forward to this holiday for a long time given our previous holiday was in April. After 6 extremely busy months at work with a tonne of travel, I needed this holiday. We took a train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth (one of our shortest train journeys in the UK). […]
[…]on posts and pages. As usual existing users can update the plugin from your WordPress dashboard. New users can add the plugin from the Plugins page. Post only views You can find a new set of options under the Content tab. These look identical as the Single posts views and are available for posts (screenshot below) and pages. Whatever you enter here will only be displayed when viewing a post (or page for that set of options). What’s next? In the next version of the plugin, I’d like to a snippets manager. This would be implemented via a custom post […]
After a week in Mumbai, Ashwina and I set off to Pune to spend time at her place with her Mom and Dad. I like going to Pune because, unlike Mumbai, I get to spend a lot of time resting and relaxing. As expected, this holiday also delivered the same. I even had time to work on my WordPress plugins as well as catch up on office work. Purchasing a car Ashwina planned to buy a car in Pune for her parents to replace a very old Maruti Suzuki Alto. She had shortlisted the Maruti Suzuki Ignis and we had […]
I posted about New York a few weeks back. And although it has been several months since our visit to Canada, and I’ve been meaning to make a few posts on the time we spent in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Montreal. So, without further ado, a short post on a fun day in Toronto. We reached Toronto on Saturday and went over to Ferdy and Anita’s house for dinner. They live about 20-30 minutes from my dad’s place in Toronto. The drive was not too bad and traffic was limited being a weekend. After a good evening of food, drink […]
If you’re in New York, especially for the first time, walking across the Brooklyn Bridge should definitely be on your to-do list. It was on ours and we parked it for the last day. I had started the day by meeting an old friend at One World Trade Center. After this, Ashwina and I set out. On our way there, we stopped by a really expensive Greek restaurant which appeared to be well rated. I keep thinking that Manhattan has a separate standard when it comes to food and the expensiveness of said food. We saved our energy for the […]
[…]will now save when editting attachments Changes in Contextual Related Posts v2.4.0 Features: New option to randomise the related posts New option to limit related posts to the same post type “Automatically add related posts to” option applies to widgets Enhancements: post_types argument now takes a comma-separated list of post types. Default format when resaving options is also comma-separated Bug fixes: Trimming titles should now work with multibyte / non-English characters Deprecated: crp_max_formatted_content has been deprecated. Use […]
[…]you’re using this plugin and might be looking to get some questions answered, then please make a new post in the Support Forum. Comments below asking for support are likely to be ignored. If you like this addon, then do consider a 5-star review as well. It’s always encouraging when I read something nice about the work that I do 🙂 And, lastly, CRP Taxonomy Tools is also available on Github. If you’ve got a feature that you’ve already implemented, then consider forking the plugin and send me a pull request. Alternatively, create a new issue with a feature […]
[…]directory. How does it look? As usual, if you’re looking for support, please create a new post in the WordPress.org support forum. Changes in v1.3.4 New: Option to add noindex,nofollow meta tag to the header Modified: Tracking script now set to bypass Rocket Loader Fixed: Class of header row on search results page. You can now add your custom styles to bsearch_nav_row1 and bsearch_nav_row2 Fixed: Widget search heatmap colours were not loaded properly Download Better Search […]
[…]can always avail of a paid support via email. List of changes in Contextual Related Posts v1.9.1 New: Meta box on the Edit Posts, Pages and custom post type pages to easily add the location of the URL of the thumbnail image Modified: Refined match title algorithm. Previously this would match the post title with both the title and content Modified: Widget initialisation Modified: Massive code cleanup and more documentation in the WordPress settings page New: Added w.org and github.com to list of allowed sites for timthumb Download Contextual Related […]
[…]plugin and send me a pull request with a feature you’ve implemented. Summary of changes in v1.7 New: Redesigned responsive admin interface New: Edit the list of followed post IDs in the Write Post screen Fixed: Language initialisation Fixed: Custom post types in list of posts Modified: Tracking script to improve compatibility with caching plugins Download Where did they go from […]
[…]i.e. “post-image” Modified: Cleaner pagination when viewing the Top posts in the Admin section New: Function get_tptn_post_count_only to get just the post count. Use it by passing the Post ID and the type of count (total, daily or overall): get_tptn_post_count_only($id = FALSE, $count = 'total') New: Class tptn_after_thumb that wraps around all items of the list after the post thumbnail. This allows you to cleanly style all items to float to the right of the thumbnail Modified: Updated timthumb Download Top […]
[…]Related Posts to the WordPress.org repository. This is a minor update that add two new features: New: Clear cache button New: Option to add the date before the post title If you have any questions / bug reports, please post them in the WordPress support forums. I check these regularly. And, while you’re around there, why not write a good review for the plugin? Download Contextual Related Posts Visit Contextual Related Posts plugin […]
[…]this plugin, do write a good review of the same. If you’re facing any issues, please open a new thread in the support forums. Changes in 1.0.3 Added: new section for adding text / HTML to content of a post Added: Enhanced link tracking for Google Analytics. View explanation Fixed: After content settings in feeds were not working Modified: Feed settings now work correctly in feed excerpts Fixed: Plugin should now work without giving errors with WP_DEBUG on – Download Add to All – Installation […]
I released a new version of Contextual Related Posts, a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows you to display a list of related posts on your website and in your feed. Changes in v1.8.5 Added: Option to open links in new window – Find this under Output Options Added: Option to add rel="nofollow" to links – Find this under Output Options Added: Option to set quality of thumbnails – Find this under Output Options Added: Custom text to display if no related posts are found – Find this under Output Options Added: Thumbnail height and width can now be configured […]
[…]blue and red Modified: Plugin will not add a link to Better Search homepage by default Modified: New WordPress widget to display the popular searches in your sidebar Added: New template file based on Twenty Eleven WordPress […]
[…]image in the post and displays that if the post thumbnail and the post-image meta field is missing New: Display excerpts in the list New: Credit link to the CRP page added. You can choose to turn this off, though I would appreciate if you leave it on. Updated: All parts of the list are now wrapped in classes for easy CSS customisation If you are using this plugin, please do consider a donation towards its development. Read more and download Contextual Related […]
[…]to our choir practice Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM – prayer and medication to follow. The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They […]
[…]turned out to be a really crappy alternative, when they found it “not feasible” to give us a new connection. We were surprised at the efficiency and speed of BSNL, which, despite being a government firm, has some very efficient staff. Airtel has turned out to be a rather painful connection when I received a message a few days back billing me 50 bucks for downloading some game that I didn’t even know existed. Calling up the helpline is rather useless, nor is visiting their help center. I’ve been asked to check back on the day of the new billing […]
[…]browser window with the URL of the page that you specified using JavaScript. Opening a page in a new window using JavaScript is a preferred method over using target="_blank" due to XHTML compliance issues. This is a major update. For one, this plugin has been lying in the WordPress plugin repository since even before the repository existed in this form. So, I cleaned up the files and folders to conform them to the current use of the repository. A quicktags button titled “OBW” has also been added which you can use in the HTML tab when composing a new post […]
Auto-Close now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. AutoClose is a WordPress plugin that lets you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts. You can also bulk-open or close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks. You can also delete all post revisions, pingbacks and trackbacks using the buttons in the Tools interface. Features: Set up a schedule to automatically close comments, pingbacks/trackbacks on posts, pages and other custom post types Select a custom time period to limit these to posts published before a certain date Access the tools page for buttons that […]
[…]choice there, did ya sunshine? 7. When something is ‘new and improved!’ Which is it? If it’s new, then there has never been anything before it. If it’s an improvement, then there must have been something before it, couldn’t be new. 8 When people say ‘life is short’. What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that’s longer? 9 When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks ‘Has the bus come yet?’. If the bus came would I be standing here, […]
A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads: ‘Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been developed… Please follow the Appropriate steps for your gender.’ ******************************* MALE PROCEDURE: 1. Drive up to the cash machine. 2. Put down your car window. 3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN. 4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw. 5. Retrieve card, […]
[…]to move to a new freshly installed VPS, which is what we did whole of last night. I ordered a new VPS and they moved all my domains for me as well as moved the old IPs to the new VPS to ensure that there was no downtime at all and no propagation delays as well. I’m impressed by their service, because I can be quite a pain at times! Will definitely recommend them if you are looking for a VPS. They have prompt service and great uptime. I haven’t seen any problems so far, but if you do run […]
[…]let you vote on/post ideas to better WordPress. The new version comes feature packed with several new additions. Technosailor gives you some detail while the WordPress Blog release post just lists them out for quick reading. I’ll be making a more detailed post about the new features and what I think about them over at Techtites when I upgrade that blog.. I won’t be upgrading this blog for a while, just to have one blog running the 2.0 stream. There are quite a few good developer features added which I would love to see more documentation on. Will be useful […]
[…]look for the rest of this month. Have been working with Melody (who can be a big taskmaster) for a new look for both our blogs. The old header needed to go, and after a good deal of searching I finalized on an image by Brian Pane, which ran with the theme of my blog as well as fit into Christmas. Hit Ctrl+F5 to see the new look. Do you like it? Hate it? Tell me about […]
[…]support out there (let me mention Vik in particular) were quick to act on this. Even better that a new VPS created for me on another server. I’m back online again. Will be moving this blog there soon. And this will be the new home of WebberZone. And exams Gave the AIMCAT this Sunday. Turned out to be a 180 mark paper. What I really like about T.I.M.E. is that every paper so far has been a surprise. This is really getting me mentally prepared to expect just about anything from the CAT. The paper was good. Actually did a […]
[…]mean that all links now will open in this window itself. While I prefer opening offsite links in new windows, XHTML 1.1 changed that behavior. Besides this, I sure had to do a great deal of editting on a lot of posts and pages! It’s done now. If you find anything amiss, please do comment below. Google Search integrated I have integrated Google Adsense search into the site. If you can’t find what you are looking for with the inbuilt search, you have the option of using Google. Alternatively, use Google Search directly. I still plan on a few more […]
[…]to release a new version of Connections Reloaded. Presenting Connections Reloaded 1.5! What’s new? Complete code rewrite Complete support for WordPress 1.5, 2.0 and 2.1-alpha Support for WordPress Widgets Archives, Links and “Pages with Comments” Page Templates have been improved Trackbacks and Comments now displayed seperately. Title tag rewritten to take care of 404 error pages and search results pages 404 and search pages improved All displayed text now written with _e. This is one more step towards internationalization Though the DOCTYPE is set to be XHTML 1.0 Transistional, the code is XHTML 1.1 compatible for those who prefer it. […]
[…]eyes checked and found out that the number in my right eye has increased :(( That meant buying a new frame, anti-glare glasses and a new pair of contact lens. Well ended up spending a bomb! But, then again it is needed. No compromises on health, as my mother […]
[…]the blog today to WordPress 1.5.1 Thankfully, I didn’t have to do much for it since with their new theme system, all I had to do was upload the WP core files and my blog has remained same. Just needed to reapply my WordPress Hack: Opening Links in New Windows as the quicktags.js file was overwritten during the upgrade. And, it works fine. Also upgraded Melody’s […]
[…]in the bottom pane. In the top pane delete all the files. From the menu select Edit -> Create new playlist. Give it some name. Let’s call it PL1. Now transfer this blank playlist to your phone, by clicking on Transfer Selected. In the bottom left pane, goto the Playlist folder. You will see PL1.m3u listed in the bottom right pane. Right-click on it and select Add. You will get a new window listing all the music files. Select the files you need to add to your playlist. Disconnect your cable and on your phone goto the Music Player. You […]
[…]titled What can I give Him?. Really cute! Next on our list was Holy (Presence). This is one of the new ones we have learnt this Christmas and has been appreciated by many. For Proclamation, Chrisanne started off with Emmanuel and we repeated it. For Peace, we sang Gift of Gift of Peace. This was also new, and we had a horrible time hitting the starting note. Thankfully, we were able to do so correctly. Of course, I did have to do octave switching, so that I didn’t sound false. For Communion we took Silent Night (in Konkani), Cradle Song, […]
[…]collect the bike from Sai Service at 2.30pm and picked up Austin on the way. Austin’s got a sexy new cellphone today. Reached the place and completed the formalities and I kept staring out of the window for my baby. The antirust and teflon coating weren’t done, so we waited for it to be complete. Did I mention that I fell in love with her instantly:roll::O Started the bike after a short prayer and she started immediately. The self-start makes it easier, but I will avoid using it. The gear system is different from the CBZ so it will take […]
[…]global warming as well as get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by the new ice age. The filming is amazing. Loved the scene where the Statue of Liberty and then New York city goes under water. The acting is really superior, but the film does tend to get slow and boring at times. You have just about every natural disaster in the movie, viz. tornadoes, hurricanes, hail storms, earthquake, tidal waves and floods. Breaking away from the sci-fi theme, the film also touches upon the concept of father-son bonding (which did tend to […]
I got the commenting fixed on the blog! In the upgrade process, I forgot to readd the .htaccess file which ensured that the permalinks work properly. Couldn’t understand why I got so many 404 errors on the blog until I realized the step I missed. Have added the necessary .htaccess file in the directory and everything works fine now. Those who wished to comment (I’m sure there would be someone ;)) on my posts, you may do so […]
It has been a while since I had a PR5 rank on my blog. After I removed the WWW, my pagerank plummeted. The rank dropped to 3 and rose to 4 after a while. With the latest pagerank update that took place yesterday, I noticed that the rank had jumped up to 5. 🙂 I’m glad that my Donate page is still PR6, while the Donations Received page is a PR5. If you would like a link to your site on that page, you know what to do […]
Just upgraded my computer once again by adding a 200GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard disk drive now bringing my total hard disk space to 360GB. The reason I finally took this decision was because once again my Samsung 160GB developed bad sectors. In addition to getting a replacement I realized that it was high time I got myself another drive. Had originally wanted to go in for a Seagate or a Western Digital, however due to their non-availability went in for the Maxtor. It’s reputed so I am not complaining. Well ofcourse that means a lot of reinstalling to do. […]
By popular request, I’ve updated Auto-Close with two new features. The first one is the ability to close comments and pings on posts and pages separately. There are separate checkboxes for both of them. So, now you don’t need to enter the page IDs. The other feature is two new buttons, one to open all comments and the other to open all pings. What do you think of these features? What else would you like to see in this […]
I have just updated my TwitterCounter plugin to incorporate the brand new TwitterCounter Big Bird button. I have also updated the plugin to use the new JavaScript code to display the button. I believe this is a lot more inline with changes that TwitterCounter will throw up. I had already added support for TwitterRemote which is a fantastic way of view which other TwitterCounter users frequent your blog. Future versions of the button will allow you to pass parameters to display various different types of buttons. I will also be adding support for display of the button right within your […]
[…]the next thing I did was install the Moderate Plugin for SK2. This plugin will ensure that new posters will land into moderation for your approval. So even if a person gets through Bad Behavior and Spam Karma 2, you can choose whether you want to approve this comment or not. Remember though for this to effectively work you need to ensure that these two options are checked 1. “An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below)” (under Options ? Discussion) 2. “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” ( also under Options ? Discussion) I […]
In April this year, after we returned from Mumbai, Ashwina and I restarted our visits to castles, gardens and houses around London. Our National Trust membership provides us with access to these locations, as well as free parking, making it an obvious choice. This allowed us to take our daughter out to get some nice fresh air and in the last few weeks practise walking about! This is the story of the many places we visited. Scotney Castle Located in Tunbridge Wells (Kent), Scotney Castle is a 14th-century moated castle and a Victorian country mansion surrounded by a wooded estate. […]
[…]science forever”. The evening’s host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence. But Langdon and several hundred other guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is blown apart before Kirsch’s precious discovery can be revealed. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape, along with the museum’s director, Ambra […]
I never wrote a review of The Hobbit when I watched it last year. It wasn’t as fast paced as the Lord of The Rings, but it definitely was an amazing movie to watch. I know Ashwina and I enjoyed every minute of it. So, we eagerly awaited for The Desolation of Smaug and caught the show a few days back. The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. If you haven’t watched the movie yet but plan […]
[…]: “She’s a woman”. ============================= Tom : “How should I convey the news to my father that I’ve failed?” David: “You just send a telegram: Result declared, past year’s performance repeated”. ================ Teacher : “Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?” Student : “Brotherly love”. ==================== Teacher : “Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?” Sam : “No sir, I don’t have to, my mom is a good cook”. ================================= Patient : “What are the chances of my recovering doctor?” Doctor : “One hundred […]
[…]the series at its peak. I’m eagerly waiting for Fast 7 which is to be expected sometime next year. Poster credits: IMP […]
[…]that doesn’t spoil? A. Honey Q. Which day are there more collect calls Than any other day of the year? A. Father’s Day In Shakespeare’s time, Mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, Making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the Phrase…’Goodnight , sleep tight’ It was the accepted Practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply His son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this […]
[…]by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy. Piranha 3DD After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark. Safe Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei’s trail. American Reunion Jim, Michelle, Stifler, and their friends reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan […]
[…]an alternative theory supported by no scientific evidence whatsoever! It goes like this. 5,700 years ago, a male deity created the heavens and earth and all life on it in six days… Unfortunately, he didn’t like his own handwork, so god created genocide and drowned everyoen on earth except the family of Noah, a 600-year-old man who was charged with saving animals…” A student interrupts Mr. Stiller, asking him to stop. Siller concludes… “Almost done, so Noah took two of everything including microbes, but forgot the dinosaurs…” Source: Pagan […]
[…]robots. Real Steel tells the story of one such robot, a promoter Charlie (Hugh Jackman) and his 11-year old son Max (Dakota Goyo). When Charlie makes a deal to sign off custody of his son Max, little did he know what he was getting himself into. After several failed robot boxing events, Charlie is on the brink of losing hope, when Max finds a scrapyard robot. Little do they know that this junkyard bot would one day bring them back to the limelight. Source: IMP Awards Real Steel is a brilliantly made movie. Hugh Jackman has always been a brilliant […]
[…]But, when we reached late for Insidious, we decided to give Hanna a go. Hanna is the story of a 16 year old girl (played by Saoirse Ronan) who has been trained all through her life by her father (played by Eric Bana). She isn’t home schooled like most other kids, but is excellently trained in multiple languages and the art of war. Until it was time for her to return… Cate Blanchett plays the antagonist Marissa in the movie and for both Hanna and Marissa, it is either kill or be killed. As Hanna makes her way back to […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my visitors. May you have a great year ahead. And, here’s a treat to know what the story of Christmas would have been like if we had Facebook 2010+ years […]
[…]last Monday. It isn’t much of a celebration when you’re sitting in office till 2am. Well, next year it will be chutti […]
[…]solutions through authorized resellers only. GEism You have a donkey. People think you have a 100-year old cow. If someone finds out, that’s his imagination at work. RELIANCEism You don’t yet have a cow. You sell empty cans to people for Rs. 501, because Dhirubhai wanted everyone to have milk. TATAism You have a very old cow. You re-brand it as TATA […]
I caught the IMAX experience of Transformers last year and loved it. So, it won’t be surprising that I was eagerly awaiting the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. For those of you who are not from this planet, Revenge of the Fallen is the second part. It’s been two years since Megatron was defeated. The humans and the autobots have formed an alliance. At the same time, the Decepticons are gathering forces. We’re not really sure what they are looking for (at least for the first half hour). The movie opens with a spectacular action screen as the […]
Happy Easter to you and your families. May you have a bright and blessed […]
[…]26th we all set out for Sneha?s treat at Sigri in Dhole Patil Road, Pune. I had been to Sigri last year for one of the many admissions treats and liked the place. This time we went with the Barbeque buffet and it was simply fabulous. I stuffed myself up with fish, prawns and chicken and washed it all down with three triple scoops of strawberry ice cream. And, the next day, I went out with the Admissions Team, viz. Anoop, Maria, Radhika and Ravi. Rashmi also joined for dinner. We went over to Rajwada, which I had visited once. […]
[…]to be my brother’s birthday. The feast of Christ the King marks the end of the liturgical year. This is usually a big event in my church back in Mumbai. Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. I can finally start playing some Christmas carols 🙂 We took the 5.05pm bus to Atur Center and then went to the Food Bazaar at Pune Central to pick up some eatables and other essentials. Mass at St. Anthony’s in Model Colony was over an hour. However, it was filled with singing, something that I haven’t indulged in a long time. Met […]
My experience with Big Bazaar during Diwali remains unchanged. Three years back I had a horrible experience at Big Bazaar and this year it just worsened. As I mentioned yesterday, I intended to go shopping to Big Bazaar at Lower Parel today in order to redeem some discount coupons. Considering the Diwali season, Big Bazaar has tonnes of sales and offers to entice the Diwali shopper. It is also the time the store is extremely crowded. However, I was hoping that I would find atleast a single pair of shoes since that is currently a necessity. Found one, a Puma […]
[…]want to use out here on my very own blogs. 12th September was celebrated as Onam. For the second year in a row, SCMHRD won the Pookalam contest. Photos below for your viewing pleasure. Lunch was arranged by the students who celebrate Onam. Food was served on banana leaves. Well, I enjoyed the food and ate a great deal 🙂 As usual, this weekend as well, we have a 34 hour load shedding this week. Out of this, the generator runs for about 22 hours, which means 12 hours of total blackout, which boils down to “Hey, you can’t use […]
After well over a year, I have finally released Open Picture Window v1.3. It’s been tested and works perfectly on WordPress 2.6 and above. It should also be compatible with versions prior to v2.6. I’ve added the plugin to WordPress Extend, so you can find the latest version of the plugin available for download from there itself. The folder name has been changed to ald-openimagewindow, so in case you are upgrading you will need to delete the ald-openpicturewindow folder from /wp-content/plugins or WordPress will throw up activation errors. Read more and download Open Picture Window Plugin […]
[…]we were there, the skies decided to open up and Mumbai got its taste of the monsoons this year. It poured cats and dogs for well over 30 minutes. I decided to spend the night at my Grandma’s place in Bandra itself. Came back home in the morning to find my internet down as usual. Went to work only by 2pm. With just a few days to go, it wasn’t such an issue 🙂 My darling Flame turned four on the 4th of June. She is still giving over 46kmpl which is excellent. Saturday was the last day of my […]
This day last year, more than 180 students found their way to a Business School in Hinjewadi. The school was Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD and yours truly was one of those 180+ students. The first fortnight at SCMHRD was crazy. But, that was just the beginning. What followed was a crazy semester during which Ravi and me formed the WebComm and redesigned and relaunched the SCMHRD website. Also joined the Admissions Team, which would ensure that the next semester would be more hectic than the first. Not because of the hectic schedule we have at college, but because […]
[…]a PDF version of it for those interested. Also been looking into the advertising in magazines and newspapers. Can be both entertaining and quite a pain at times. But, it definitely has improved my negotiation skills. Answering phonecalls is the most painful part of Admissions. For one, most of the calls are regarding distance learning. SCMHRD doesn’t offer that and for distance MBA, you need to contact SCDL. The second set of questions are about the Management Quotas. This is handled directly by the Symbiosis Society. The last thing we did (besides tonnes of others) was load the trucks. Between […]
[…]Can anybody tell me what it is?” One child blurted out, “Aces!” MOSES &THE RED SEA Nine-year-old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school. “Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.” “Now, Joey, is that […]
Had to report to Pune on June 1 to get ready for my two year long MBA course at SCMHRD. I’ve never experienced hostel life and the longest I’ve been away from home was seven years back on my trip to Muscat. I made the rounds of meeting several friends in the past week. Had originally planned on carrying two bags and my laptop, but with the pillow and the bedsheets etc. that needed to be added to the list, I soon ended up with one big suitcase, one big bag and the laptop bag, all of which were bursting at […]
[…]were huge, stretching in all directions. They aren’t normally this green at this time of the year, but due to recent showers a month back, the fields still had a good deal of grass. Grass brought the cows and buffaloes grazing as well as some geese (or were they ducks?) besides some goats. The sun sets quite early and the lack of good lighting results in darkness setting rather immediately. I did manage a picture of the setting sun, which I think looks really cool. Feel free to use it as your wallpaper 🙂 Before it got completely dark, Crispin […]
[…]from our regular choice of colors, we decided to go all black with white ties this year for the guys and white and black for the ladies. White ties can be quite a problem and when you want ten of them, it can be next to impossible! So Thursday morning was spent hunting for white ties. We finally found them at a small shop at Andheri East station. Thursday evening was spent at church with Maundy Thursday mass listening to an extremely chaotic choir singing unknown hymns from an error rigged hymn sheet. Folks making hymn sheets please remember that […]
[…]not disappoint you at all. The entire movie was shot in just 60 days, but the editting took over a year and it clearly shows. The graphics in the movie are spectacular and the slow motion scenes really take the cake. This is one movie you have to watch on the full screen with surround sound. Word of advice: Don’t take your girlfriend for this one! Rating: […]
[…]is one of the biggest blog resource sites which I’ve been reading for a good number of years now. I used to post my theme and plugin related notifications out there. Late December, Mark asked me start writing for WLTC and I happily jumped at the offer 🙂 Here’s the formal announcement. You will now see my posts regularly at WLTC. I will be covering WordPress news, reviews and analysis of plugins, themes, hacks as well as general blogging related topics. This is a great opportunity and an equally great learning experience to be writing for a site the size […]
[…]have forgotten the real essence of Christmas – Christ! What makes me say this about three random news stories? The headlines. All use the word “X-mas”. If you use the word “X-mas” today, without doubt it means that you are referring to Christmas. But, does everyone know what the meaning of Christmas? Apparently not all the children in Germany. I read a survey a few days back in a newspaper that this is also the case with UK (can’t find the link). In the first case children were surveyed and in the second teenagers. I would really love to see […]
[…]time I was armed with everything that was needed, viz. Ration Card, University Certificate, Final Year Marksheet, Bank Statement and Bank Passbook and two copies of all these. This time we went a bit later i.e. around 10.00am instead of standing out there at 8am as we did last time. Didn’t take us long to enter in and stand in the line there. The counters timing is from 10am but they never open before 10.30am! We stood in seperate queues to see who reaches first. She did and I followed ten minutes later. What is interesting to note is that […]
[…]cousin Danielle today. The party was held at Orchid in Wellingdon Gym. Have been there almost a year back. The party was a typical family party. This time Mom was in form. We ended up winning all the three games :O Prizes to the right for those who don’t believe 😀 Food was decent. No dancing, as is customary at most of our functions, but for the masala which is something I always avoid! Got back home and continued what I do best (or some of the many things) viz. blogging. Hope to hit the bed […]
Last year, I came back rather disappointed and irritated with the Goan Association get-together. And so actually wondered how things would be this time. And I’m glad to say that this time was a lot lot better! Will confess I don’t understand Konkani, in which the entire mass is celebrated. I do understand the parts of the mass and so participated in English. Must make it point to mention that for the first time in seven years, we were not singing for this mass. I am not sure of the exact reasons for the same. And the other choir… they […]
I put up the Connections Reloaded 2 Roadmap over a year ago and updated the same with the Connections Revolutions Roadmap in mid-Feb. It’s December now and the only site that is running Connections Revolutions is this blog. With over 6000 downloads from this site alone for Reloaded, to be honest I lost the interest to create an updated version of this theme. Nor did I receive any encouragement for the same, either in the form of donations and/or through requests. Just got a request today about Connections Revolutions and would like to throw this question over to the public. […]
[…]pattern with 5 options (instead of 4) and a max of 120 questions. The CAT format has changed every year for the past two years and so I expected it to be different so wasn’t shocked. However, the question paper was shocking. Turned out to be only a 75 question set, with each question four marks with wrong answers attracting a penalty 1 mark each. I’ve given a 75 question paper before so this wasn’t a surprise, the marking was. Anyway, began with Maths. Attempted 14 and I know for sure 1 is incorrect. Maths was really simple I must […]
I have been using Gravatars in the comments of my posts for more than a year now. I have been using the Official Gravatar Plugin because no other plugin has worked suitably for me. The problem with the official plugin is that it pulls the gravatar from the main site during every load. This consumes a good amount of their bandwidth and also slows down the loading on this site. I’m now wondering if I should continue using Gravatars on this blog or not? Any thoughts about it? Are you using Gravatars on your blog? Would you like to see […]
Met up with my “two year treaty” friend today. The name because I first met her two years back and now we plan to meet two years down the line! Anyway, we went to the food court InOrbit in Malad. I’ve realized inspite of the wide choice you have to pick what you want to eat, there isn’t much I would eat. After she gorged into a Subway sandwich, I decided to take one. My last experience with Subway wasn’t too good and a pal of mine has kept telling me to stick to the non-veg. Decided to do that […]
[…]freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct…… leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence […]
India plans to send 100 persons to the moon next year. They will be as follows: 25 – OBC 25 – SC 20 – ST 5 – Handicapped 5 – Sports Persons 5 – Terrorist Affected 5 – Kashmiri Migrants 9 – Politicians and if possible 1 ? […]
[…]Some module related issue needed to be sorted out. I haven’t worked on the module for over a year and being a lesser used one, no one else has either. Spent the entire day down in the shopfloor working on the module and the setup and just when I was getting ready to stay late, the module worked around 6.05pm. Wrapped up immediately and left for the day 😀 Reached home past eight and was really zonked. My bike still needs repair (story about this coming later). Hope to do it […]
[…]created man and said, “Eat, sleep, play and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years.” But man said, “Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?” “Okay,” said God, “You asked for it.” So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to […]
[…]Easter. May the Spirit of our risen Lord fill the hearts of you and your family. Have a great year […]
It’s official. In order to achieve our targets for the coming year, we will now have to work for five Saturdays starting 25th. Am glad that tommorrow isn’t working as I need the rest. Update: Saturdays will be working till 5.15 (thankfully not […]
[…]wife, Kathleen, is getting married in what is sure to be the Washington D.C. social event of the year. After infiltrating the lavish affair, John and Jeremy quickly set their sights on two bridesmaids, Claire and Gloria Cleary. With the lavish reception in full swing, Jeremy works his game plan to perfection in seducing Gloria, but John’s flirtation banter with Claire is unexpectedly impeded by her pompous, Ivy League boyfriend Sack. Having uncharacteristically fallen hard and fast for Claire, John convinces a resistant Jeremy to bend the crashing rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the […]
[…]even realize. Had practice on Monday, prayer meeting on Tuesday. It was the first one for the year and began with exposure to the Blessed Sacrament. Adoration was uptil 9pm. I missed the start because of us now being left at 6.15pm from work. Don’t think I will manage getting there on time anymore! Had choir practice this evening for mass tomorrow. Had some really yummy cake after that. I really eat a lot! Must note that I have been reaching home much earlier than expected, inspite of leaving later. Guess it is because of people still on holiday. Just […]
[…]rest a bit today. Have to go to mass in the evening. Today is Christ the King feast. So until next […]
I’m back to my dilema of last year. Should I take my bike or the bus to work? Both have their pros and cons. Pros of the bike: 1. I save almost an hour both ways 2. I have the flexibility of timing (especially returning home) 3. Taking the bike works out a bit cheaper than the bus. Cons of the bike: 1. Riding is a tiring job especially since the total distance is 54Kms both ways. 2. Roads are bad! 3. I cannot sleep on the way 😉 Pros of the bus: 1. Can sleep peacefully (at least in […]
[…]tour of our company. Wasn’t very surprised to see that not much has changed in the past one year. We were asked the same questions we asked our seniors. A good amount of these will be coming here because of the high man-power requirement that we have. I’ve enjoyed. I’m sure many of these will 🙂 On the return journey, I treated the persons in my bus to Monginis on account of my […]
[…]the choice of a hosting account of a service credit for $47.40. Chose the latter as now I can renew my account for more that a year 🙂 As for the articles, will soon make them part of WebberZone […]
Home Alone – Part I happened last year when my parents and bro were in Muscat and I was left back due to college. Home Alone – Part II is because my parents and brother have gone to Kerala for some work for almost one month and so I shall left all alone at home. I don’t really spend much time at home anyways, mainly due to office work. But, it’s gonna be good fun to live all by myself. With it also comes the daily chores which I am really pathetic at (prospective brides please disregard this sentence). Well…. […]
[…]The Forgotten. A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son’s friend who is having the same experience, Telly embarks on a mission to prove her son’s existence and her sanity. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a kinda sci-fi flick. Was a very slow movie and had a good ending, if you had the patience to […]
[…]😉 Christmas… is finally just around the corner. Won’t be very different from other years I presume, except for the mass, which is going to be very good and ofcourse, now that I don’t have any college or exams (which always happened in December), I can truly enjoy this year. Have already brought in the Christmas here at work (atleast on my PC). Have been downloading wallpapers of the Internet for my PC here 🙂 Here are small thumbnails of them below. You can get their full versions here. Have also mailed these to everyone on my list, including those […]
[…]really bad this sem, and we were all scared about the results. I got a First Class for the final year, and I was much relieved and very happy. It meant that I get a First Class on my BE certificate as well as my job is secure. Nikhil went to college on Tuesday and called and told me my results from there. I got 68% which was way more than I expected. I also got a 97/100 in my Project, which I know is way too high 🙂 It’s finally done and I am officially an Electronics […]
Easter this year is a little different from the past few Easters. Firstly, I spent it alone, as my family is away and secondly, I went out for dinner with the choir and then mass in the morning! Dinner was at Jade in Poonam Nagar and I went there first at 11 to make sure they don’t shut the doors before the rest arrived. It was partly Elton‘s treat and we payed part. Had a big feast, with lots of noise, much to the irritation of the owners. But, they sure must have been really glad because we worked up […]
[…]festival, it gave us great apprehension as this was home ground, we were the only Final Year students, lots of senior professors were present for it and lastly, we had to a WIN:O Well, we did in the end. Must confess that it was one really amazing presentation, with a full lab of faculty and students showering us with questions! A good prize indeed with certis as well a cash prize 🙂 After the presentation, I went for choir practise, after a brief stopover at home, again at 7 followed by the same ritual of yesterday. Went to Melody‘s place […]
Valentine’s Day is usually that time of the year, when sales of ‘romantic items’ like cards and gifts shoot through the roof. Being the single guy I am, Valentine’s day has always been spending time with people close to me, be it family or friends. This Valentine’s Day wasn’t very much different. Awoke with no plans, but then went off to watch Maqbool followed by Something’s Gotta Give. Maqbool turned out to be pretty ordinary despite the hype. It is a Bollywood adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Something’s Gotta Give is a romantic comedy starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu […]
Having met Melody last year, I finally met the most beautiful girl I know today to do up her website Glorify-God.com. So, I rode off to her place around 10.30 am. Reached there, and immediately left from there with her to pick up the brides-maid’s gown which she will be wearing tommorrow at her best friend Janice‘s wedding. We had breakfast at 11.30am at the Shiv Sagar in Bandra. Next went off to Janice’s place to drop off the other gowns. Returned back to Mello’s place again to continue with the website work. We were interrupted again, this time an […]
[…]the ending was like a Bollywood movie, this is indeed the best movie I have watched so far this year. (LOTR:ROTK yet to come 😉 ) My rating: 9/10 After the movie, went off to Delicacies of China in Lokhandwala for dinner. A small resteraunt with excellent food and service. My first visit there and I was impressed. Finally got back home around 11.15 pm. Tired so I shall wind up here and go off to […]
[…]Lord of the Rings Desktop Theme is currently the highest downloaded desktop theme for the year 2003 with nearly 150,000 downloads. You can check the stats Winning this award, has once again put the theme on the winner page. It has been winning this award time and again right from 22-03-2002, which means nearly 2 years. 😀 If you haven’t yet downloaded it, you can get it from […]
[…]up Tutorials @ AjayDSouza.com. I am still working on it offline and hoped to have it done by the year end. However due to postponement of my 7th sem exams, I will have to push this date in Jan. Microprocessor III Vivas will be next weekend mostly, so means I got to pull up my socks and study hard for them. Finger’s […]
I released Contextual Related Posts v3 earlier this week. This is a major version with several new features added, lots of bugs fixed and significant code cleanups. The biggest change, by far, is the brand new CRP_Query which brings the power and flexibility of WP_Query to this already powerful related posts plugin. I’ve also added additional styles which are more responsive to mobile browsers including a Grid style, Pinterest style and another two using CSS Grid. I strongly recommend switching to one of these if you have a huge number of mobile users. Another important change is enhancements to the […]
I’m happy to announce the launch of a new WordPress plugin. Popular Authors is an add-on for Top 10 and allows you to display the top authors on your blog based on the number of views that your posts receive. The plugin uses the number of views that are tracked by Top 10. This plugin came as a request from an existing user of Top 10 and I noticed that there isn’t a similar free plugin in the WordPress repository – at least not one that has been recently updated! Popular Authors can be used in three ways: Widget: simply […]
[…]the story of several individuals who helped out during the disaster, most of whom died in the years that followed. Two of the main characters are Valery Legasov (played by Jared Harris) and Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) who were both responsible for the clean-up efforts as well as investigating the cause behind the explosion. Some thoughts What really hit me about the series was the fear, not of dying due to nuclear radiation, but of the repercussions of failure in the old Soviet Union. Mistakes were punished and the fear of punishment took a disaster that should been rectified in […]
[…]up ajaydsouza.com as an experiment to test this new blogging software called WordPress exactly 15 years ago. I never thought the site would continue till this day. But it did survive. I am glad that this site has remained the place I can pen my thoughts, talk about my life and proudly release my work. I started writing in the early days of blogging and before Facebook. In the beginning, this blog was a place I wrote about my life, blogging daily on many occasions. But then, work caught up, I became a lot less frequent. Today, most of my posts […]
[…]layout more presentable and aligned (Provided by Colinsp) Additionally, I’ve also added a brand new set of options that will allow you to include Knowledgebase articles in your main blog feed and also disable the knowledgebase feed completely. Ideal if you’re adding articles and you want all your subscribers to know about it. As usual, you can update your plugin from within your WordPress dashboard. Please file any support queries in the Support Forums. Changes in Knowledgebase v1.4.0 – 22 APRIL 2017 Features: New options to disable the KB feeds and include articles in the main feed Enchancements: Force the two column […]
[…]in this version is migrating the settings to the WordPress Settings API. It also brings a brand new tabbed interface for each of the settings. When you upgrade, please do visit the settings page and check that all your settings are properly migrated. As usual, if you’re looking for support, create a new ticket in the Support forums. Detailed changes in Add to All v1.2.0 Features: Settings now uses the WordPress Settings API. Verify your site options by visiting the Add to All settings page Site verification for Google, Bing and Pinterest Enhancements: Google Analytics code now supports cross domain tracking […]
I’ve released Knowledgebase v1.2.0 with a new settings page that allows you to change the permalink slugs. This now gives you the flexibility of having specific settings that work best for your WordPress blog. Besides this, there have been several updates, code cleanups and bug fixes that make this a version you just have to try. Complete details of this release are on the WebberZone blog. If you’re looking for support, please create a new post in the support […]
[…]jose augusto/feed/photos/album/72157610795567787/mumbai-under-attack.html new+year page/12 CAT to do kilkenny page/20 Enhancements: Query filters now work for the LIKE search as well New filter to override the censor character (currently a space) e.g. usage at https://gist.github.com/ajaydsouza/f23f35704431485c6922 Banned terms will now filter the main search query and will no longer display the search term even in seamless mode Bug fixes: Highlighting now works when the search term has double or single quotes Read the release notes in detail on the WebberZone blog. If you’re looking for support, please create a new post in the support forum. This still remains the most efficient way […]
[…]will eventually host all my major WordPress projects. Contextual Related Posts v2.2.0 has several new features, some enhancements to existing features and some bug fixes. Existing users can upgrade the plugin via their Updates screen in the WordPress admin area. Two main features are the ability to turnoff related posts on a post by post basis as well as specify a set of manual related posts which are given a higher priority over the automatic related posts. If you’re looking for support, please create a new post in the Contextual Related Posts support forum. Bug reports can also be filed […]
[…]version, you’ll be able to select the inbuilt created thumbnail sizes, instead of creating a new one. This means even better support for your thumbnails, especially if you’re carving your own ones! v2.1 will remove TimThumb completely and the plugin will no longer bundle it. I’m currently working on new versions of Top 10 and Where did they go from here and these will come with the WordPress thumbnails support out of the box as well as the option to select existing thumbnail sizes. If you’d still like to use TimThumb, you’ll need to host this on your own and use a […]
Contextual Related Posts now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. Contextual Related Posts allows you to display highly relevant posts on your WordPress blog. CRP Taxonomy Tools is an add-on for Contextual Related Posts that gives you the option to restrict these related posts to the same category and/or tag of the current post. The plugin adds two checkboxes under General options under the Related Posts page. Requires Contextual Related Posts v2.0 or higher Download it […]
[…]tracked again! Changes in Add to All v1.0.4 Added: Support for Tynt Modified: Removed Wibiya New: Admin interface has been totally revamped to fit the look and feel of your WordPress Dashboard. Check out the new screenshots Fixed: Potential cross site request forgery in plugin settings […]
[…]on our flight. The new departure time was 00.30. (Side note: Am impressed by the BA app. I knew the updated time well before it was announced to everyone). If it weren’t for the lounge access, I must admit that Ashwina and I would have had a very rotten time waiting for the flight! As we patiently waited in the lounge which remained open just for passengers of BA199, I decided to check out the status of our new seats. Imagine my surprise and Ashwina’s excitement when we found out that we were upgraded to Club World. So, we decided […]
First we were visited by Thor and Loki and then came the battle for New York. While we may have won the battle, the war is still far from over. This time Thor and the rest of Asguard face an even more powerful enemy whose origins go back to even before the time the nine realms were formed. Thor’s journey brings him back to earth where he unites with the love of his life Jane Foster to fight the evil. Personally, I’m a big fan of the entire Marvel series. I liked the Iron Man series, Thor, Avengers and so […]
[…]been using this plugin a lot, do consider giving a 5 star review. Changes in 1.9.5 and 1.9.6 New: CSS class tptn_title that can be used to style the title of the posts New: Option to disable Daily or Overall counters Fixed: Counter to work with different directory structures. Thanks Nathan for the fix Fixed: To make it work with W3 Total Cache. Thanks Angelo for the fix Modified: timthumb will now work if you have JetPack Proton […]
[…]Contextual Related Posts yesterday. This update addresses a few bugs, but mainly includes a few new features that have been requested by users of the plugin. You’ll find most of the new features tucked away in the General Options and Output Options screens in the Setting page. If you’re facing any bugs or have any issues, please post it in the Support forums. I have better access to them when on the move and it’s very difficult to provide any decent support in the comments. Also, I’ve tried to pen down some regular questions in the FAQ. If you’re a […]
[…]thumbnail images (turned ON by default) Added: Support for WordPress Custom Post Types Added: New Custom Styles tab to allow you to easily style the output Modified: New “default.png” file based on from KDE’s Oxygen icon set. The old default image is now called “default2.png” I’d like to specially thank Dan for his support to this release. Thanks to his work I’ve been able to test the plugin on a completely different environment with custom post types. I already have a pipeline of changes I’m planning to implement in future versions. Changes planned on the path to v1.9 include: Related […]
[…]that I had missed in my earlier release. Unfortunately, the old release would not have tracked any new hits. So, please upgrade to this version immediately. I have a new version on the cards that improves thumbnail detection and with better support for non-standard WordPress installations, i.e. where the wp-content or plugin folders have been moved from their normal locations. Read more about Where did they go from […]
[…]compatible with WordPress 2.9, so this is a mandatory upgrade. With Top 10, I have also added two new buttons which will allow you to reset the plugin counts. The next version of both these plugins, as well as Contextual Related Posts, will support the new Post Image features of WordPress. Read more about or download Top 10 Read more about or download Where did they go from […]
[…]killed in war, Jake takes his place on Pandora. For Jake, who is crippled, this is a chance for a new life. On Pandora, Jake’s mind is linked with a human-Na’vi hybrid. As the hybrid, Jake is free to wander the new planet. As far as the story goes, Jake gets lost, is rescued by Netyiri, gets introduced to the Na’vi people and finally joins the People. The movie has been produced in 3D, which required us to watch it using 3D goggles. I say required, because without the goggles the entire movie is totally blurred. The special effects are […]
A little more than a month back I moved this blog as well as all my other sites to my new account at Blue Host. This was the first step in cutting costs (and no it is not because of the recession). Since then I stumbled upon Super Green Hosting and as part of my plan of spreading out my sites, I took an account there as well and today, at long last, have completed moving this blog to the new server. If you are reading this post, then it means that the move has been completed for you. That […]
[…]usual she did her best to feed me 🙂 I had plans to meet Cloreisha after this. We met up at the new Cafe Coffee Day on the fourth floor of the Reliance Trendz store in Hill Road. This one is rather nicely done. Very spacious and quiet. Again, it is new so I wonder how long this will be maintained. After having met her, I went over to Sneha’s place to meet Arijit and Sneha. Sneha has taken a place in Saki Naka, near her office. I’m surprised at the huge number of buildings that have come up in […]
[…]but definitely quite old and way too crowded on a Sunday. But, well, crowds aren?t something new to me! We had lunch there and hung out for quite a while, before heading back to the guesthouse. And, yesterday I began a new work week. I?ll be moving my things on Saturday. Also, need to get all my things from Mumbai transported out […]
[…]league prophets, but I guess we don’t have to worry about them. After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, ‘Close the door! Were you born in a barn?’ It would be nice to say, ‘As a matter of fact, I was.’) During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas […]
[…]world of the stars but is struggling to get famous. He gets his big break when he is hired by New York’s Sharps magazine. Sidney settles into New York and into Sharps where life is a lot different and more sophisticated from what he is used to. Thus begins his tryst with the stars, a love affair with Alison and his desperate attempts to woo Sophie […]
Where did they go from here has been rebranded to WebberZone Followed Posts and now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. Overview Have you seen Amazon.com’s product pages? Amazon is a great example of visitor retention through recommendations. All of Amazon’s pages have a “Customers who viewed this also viewed”. And how many times have you clicked those links? Would you like to implement the same feature on your WordPress blog? Where did you go from here is a feature rich WordPress plugin that will show “Readers who viewed this page, also […]
Top 10 now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. Overview: WordPress doesn’t count page views by default. With over 180,000 downloads, Top 10 is a highly versatile and easy to use popular posts plugin for WordPress. Top 10 will count the number of page views on your single posts on a daily as well as overall basis. You can then display the page view count on individual posts and pages as well as display a list of most popular posts based on page views. Includes a sidebar widget to display the popular […]
Have released a new version of Open Picture Window. Changelog: Fixed an error where the javascript file was not included correctly Picture should not get cut off in the new window being opened I have plans for a plugin that could display the images a bit better. However, it is still in development phase. Are you using Open Picture Window plugin? What are your experiences / suggestions for its improvement? Read more and download Open Picture Window v1.4 […]
[…]is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems. OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens. ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but […]
I pleased to say that I have had over 500 downloads my new release of the Snap Shots plugin in the last three days. This is definitely my faster and largest downloaded product ever! And to give you a heads up, there is a new release of the same coming in the next month that will include complete internationalization as well as support for language customization. Are you using Snap Shots on your blog? Do blog about it with your experiences and link back […]
[…]to announce that I am ready to release this plugin within hours of the official release of the new and improved Snap Shots. In accordance with the release I have changed the name of the plugin from Snap Preview Anywhere Plugin to Snap Shots™ Plugin This is a mandatory upgrade for all users so as to be compatible with this new version. Upgrading is extremely easy, all you have to do is replace the files. I have kept the function calls the same to prevent any problems for those who have manually coded it into their templates. And for those […]
[…]are: Upgraded to support WordPress 2.1. Opened window now auto-focuses. If you specify new window dimensions for the same window, the window will resize to the new dimensions. The current download count for plugin is only 1146. Hoping that the number of users will increase with this release. You can preview OPW on many posts of this blog. Are you using OPW as well? Make sure you upgrade to this release because of the added window features. Read more and download […]
[…]so we need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and moving? Basically in our lives Sharks are new challenges to keep us active and taste better… The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a challenge. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are Conqueror. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new […]
The latest version of Bad Behavior i.e. 2.0.6 includes a new check where it looks up various blacklists. A new blocking method using realtime blackhole lists is being used to determine if a post originates from a known spam source, open proxy, etc. GET requests are not screened. Links are provided to blackhole list removal procedures through the fix it yourself link. And my “darling” ISP Exatt has all its IPs blacklisted across most of these blacklists. A direct consequence is that I get blocked out of commenting on my own blog. I had to switch back to 2.0.5. Unfortunately, […]
[…]need to fly on Thursday morning as originally planned. 🙂 So we just asked the agent to book the new tickets and headed home. So on Thursday morning, we once again set out to Khar market to get the new ticket. However, this time we went by bike inspite of the slight drizzle. After picking up the ticket, we dropped in at my Dad’s Mom’s place for a while and then came home. The rest of the days, uneventful. Uploaded the pictures and videos from my Sony Handycam today. Am amazed by the quality of both the video, audio and […]
[…]frames and specs in Muscat are much more expensive than India and I was rather reluctant to get a new pair. That’s when I got a brilliant idea. Why not pick a pair of contact lens? The monthly pack with the solution and making a new frame in India works out less expensive than making the frame here. Also got the lens pack immediately 🙂 After a brief stopover at their place, we had dinner at Golden Spoon which serves Indian Chinese food 😉 Next stop was icecream at a joint there itself. On our way back I realized that […]
Went over to Melody‘s place on Sunday morning to complete the work on her new computer. Bowling Elvis loves to go bowling whenever he is down and so after lunch me and Melody joined Elvis, Delilah, Clint and Alisha for a round of bowling at Fun Republic in Andheri W. They were already playing when Melody and I reached there. Fun Republic is one noisy place. Added to the noise of the people there, you also have to bear blasting music. Telling them nicely didn’t help until we fired the guy. This was one of the longest rounds I’ve played […]
Melody finally decided to buy a new computer for a house. A great decision because her old computer was just too slow to get any work done! Got the computer from my computer engineer. You can see all the specs on Melody’s post. A good system and I realize that my computer is already outdated. However, my computer still remains faster because of the 1Gb RAM and the 128Mb Graphics card 😀 The computer was delivered in the afternoon and spent the rest of the afternoon setting it up. Finishing touches […]
[…]support forum will remain hosted here. My demoblog where I test my themes and plugins now takes a new name. I have moved AjayDSouza.net from my WordPress.com site to the demo blog. It also takes on a new name. The old link will redirect you. That is just about the changes happening right now. Expect a better look to the blog in the near future. However, no time limit for the […]
[…]and so there was a lot of reporting to do. Didn’t go for choir practice yesterday because I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it for the Silver Jubilee mass today. Met up with Madam A after work. Walked a good deal to buy her organizer (I wonder why she needs one!). Also checked out her new Nokia 6030. No comments. Went over to Bamboo which is a small joint in Shere-e-Punjab. Not the kindof place I normally visit, but the food turned out to be quite good. Took the bike to work on Tuesday because I wanted to […]
Mom decided to try out Dominos’ new Cheese Burger Pizza today. Well, what do I say, its different. A brand new concept in pizzas. It consists of one thin crust with a layer of cheese slices. Above this is a layer of burger patties, tomato and onion. Next comes the second thin crust followed with a topping of mozzarella cheese and one topping of your choice. You can choose from Tomato, Spicy Paneer, Classic Veggie, Corny Chicken and Spicy Chicken. The pizza was quite good, though I find almost any pizza good!. But, as usual I’ve always found Dominos prices […]
[…]beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depression-era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over-ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. The beauty and the beast finally meet their fate back in the city of New York where the filmmaker takes and displays the ape in quest of his fame by commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe for everyone including a playwright Jack Driscoll who falls […]
[…]the speakers on my computer have conked off. I can understand the speakers as they are over five years old. But the headset is three months! And it isn’t just me who has noticed this. You pay a bomb for a cell phone and get such a crappy headset. Have borrowed the headset that my brother is using and given him a similar new headset which my dad bought me. Guess Nokia realized their handsfree weren’t selling so decided to make crappy ones? Thankfully, work has been fun. Begun working on another project as well now, which is taking up […]
[…]a bit from him. Had choir practice in the evening and made sure I reached there early to learn a new Konkani hymn which we will be singing for the Goan Association feast today. Chatted a bit before going home. My PC has been giving problems again. Am getting really frustrated when this time my new hard disk suddenly disappears during operation. Problem is across both my OSes. I now have a backup of everything on the HDD. I recommend SyncBackup for your backup work. It’s free, easy to use and very powerful! Spent whole of Saturday morning and afternoon […]
[…]1.6 Though this theme is working pretty well with WordPress 1.6 already. However, with many new changes planned, I will need to ensure that the theme works perfectly with it. Different Flavours Have three flavours in mind. Currently Connectios Reloaded is available with the right sidebar. v2 will also have the left sidebar (easy to do) and also in 3-column (tedious). Well that is it for now. Will add to this post when I think of something new. As usual, please do keep your suggestions, comments coming. And for those who would like do, please do contribute a small amount […]
[…]released the latest version of my Bad Behavior Stats plugin viz. v1.5. The plugin now has a brand new options page. Have dumped the variables $count_only and $returns. Now the text to be displayed can be configured directly from the Options >> BB Stats page. Also available is a widget for WP-Dash, which is a plugin that replaces your original WordPress Dashboard with a whole new pluggable one. I think this makes me among the first authors to do so 🙂 Read more and download the […]
[…]practice as usual. As I started my bike I found it to be “auto accelerating”. I’m still very new with bikes and just couldn’t lay my finger on the reason for it to do so. After I got back home I called up Mark and through his guidance and much trial and error we figured out that the choke was set on full. (This part has been censored due to excessive abusive language against the person who fiddled with the bike) X( On the bright side, I learnt a lot today 🙂 Hung out at my place, ordered lunch and […]
[…]So, had a nice comfortable journey home and didn’t have to spend much money as well 🙂 Made a new acquaintance who was new to Mumbai and headed in my direction. Came home and rested the day out. This brings me to the end of Part II. Stay tuned for Part III, which is life after […]
[…]is good. Thursday finally found me going home, much to the delight of my mom 😉We also got news today that since my SBU has reached its financial target and since we have been so religiously attending work on Saturdays, we get to take either the 1st or the 4th off :). Since I have a meeting on the 4th, I took 1st off. We decided to watch Be Cool. In this sequel to “Get Shorty”, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is tired of the movie production business after being forced to make a useless sequel starring Martin Weir (Danny De […]
[…]night is choir practice. Same as usual. Wasn’t really tired so enjoyed it. Also got a nice new pair of jeans for just 100 bucks, as the Goan Association was getting rid of some. Factory rejects, they say, but are quite decent for use. Just had the main button missing, which is an easy job to rectify. Had to stay at home all Saturday morning, because of work in our kitchen. Rather frustrating, because it is noisy and very dusty. Evening program was posted below. Work up usual time this morning. U. Conrad called and was at his place by […]
Approx… Wrote about my new PC a week back, however due to certain problems, it couldn’t be installed Ashish and Kishore finally installed the system today after having changed the power-supply. Bought a higher end supply, with dual fans. Was also forced to get rid of my old keyboard :(. Bought a simple Logitech keyboard. Also think I will soon be upgrading to 1Gb RAM. Tested the boot up time with Windows XP SP2, and it worked out around 30 seconds. Haven’t yet gotten down to tweaking my system and installing all the software that I need. Will need to […]
[…]and duty cycle. Now, I need varying duty cycle for the wave. Have left that option for the new week. Been researching on Zener diodes to find one of lower capacitance. So far unsuccessful. My uncle came over yesterday and I took a new pension policy from ICICI Prudential. Quite a good scheme, and I save on tax as well as save for retirement. Bit early to begin thinking about it? I don’t think so. Friday has been a really tiring day. Been working all day long with my circuit. Even have tried simulations in pspice. Had a very heavy […]
Life is all about experiencing new things, and this week has been one such week. I wont give a detailed account of every single day, but just an overview of them all. Monday was a pretty normal day. I continued work on the SRS for my project. I was also informed that the bus rates have been increased to Rs. 1300. I spend almost 100 bucks a day on travelling now. I’m waiting for the monsoons to get over, before I can take my bike to work. A long ride, but definitely a great saving. Nikhil (my senior at LnT) […]
[…]after lot of clearings and revisions I completed it by Friday evening only to learn that there are new developments in the project. So, from this Monday, I started making multiple copies of the SRS. Sat with my boss on Monday and updated the SRS with the new developments. I have to now begin work on the various structures and routines of the controller. I hope to get done with this soon. I like the job, since I am learning a real lot from this. Also being one of the few peoples working on DSP here at C&A, I see […]
[…]to Eros. Got there before time and ate sev puri & pani puri just outside Eros (I am learning new things about Melody) and then went in for the movie. The screening was at the mini-theatre and ofcourse with a small handful of audience. The theatre was cold (Note to myself: wear sweater when going for movies) but then again, the movie was entertaining. Unlike my other “movie review posts”, I will not review this movie. Just state that it is a must-go-watch movie, but only if you have seen the first two parts. Sadly, keeping in the tradition of […]
[…]get to learn a lot when you speak to people who have been to other countries. Learning about the new cultures. It was also surprising to see how much Nandita has changed after going there. I didn’t know her very well when she was here, but knew enough of her. Drove her back home and came home myself. The rest of the day was eventful, except that I skidded on water in my house, kncoked the stool down, hit my leg badly on it and dropped a big utensil on my head 👿 The things people do […]
Imagine travelling all the way from Andheri to Dadar only to find that once again the forms for XAT are not available! This time, they are out of stock! The last time it was because their freaking computers were not working. I can’t believe how banks can be like this… Then again, maybe I can! X( Anyway, did go to another branch to pick up forms for IMT. Stopped over at McDonalds in The Hub for a quick bite before coming home. Have to make another trip yet again. It sure can get very irritating! […]
You may have probably solved this before. I have, but whenever I get to it again, I get stuck…. Had this in excel format, but here is the Intelligence Test […]
This review was originally posted by Madam A Lobo at the now defunct Humble Reviews. The saga of 2 Men, One a lowly “Mumbaiya” Taxi Driver, the other, the son of a prominent Business Tycoon, banging into each other literally!! Though they come from very different backgrounds, they share the same stubborn, headstrong, impulsive, impatient nature (and birth-date!!!) and there is not only a clash between cars, but also a clash of wills. The basic storyline is very similar to an English Movie starring Ben Affleck and Samuel Jackson – “Changing Lanes”. However, the movie has the distinct “Desi flavour”, […]
[…]After the release last week which added support for deletion requests from your visitors, a brand new feature that allows the admin to move their comments from one post to another. When you are viewing a post, you can hit the Move button. You have three options of finding the post you want to move the comment to. One of them is to Move by Title, the other is Move by ID and the last is Move by Post. The Move by Title allows you to search the titles of the posts and then select the post you want to […]
[…]you’re manually updating the plugin, please deactivate and reactivate it once to ensure that the new changes are enforced. You’re existing settings are kept constant. Future versions of Top 10 will include the ability to reset the view count as well as the ability to turn off the display of number of posts at the end of the each post in Popular Posts display. Maybe even further customization options. As usual I’m open for all kinds of suggestions. Do comment and let me know what you would like to see in the next version of Top 10. Read more and […]
I’ve just released a major update of my plugin Contextual Related Posts. The new features available are: You can now choose to either display “No Related Posts Found” or simply blank out the output Exclude posts from certain categories. You need to enter the category slugs. Complete auto-complete available for this, so you don’t need to remember the slugs! Exclude pages in list of related posts Option to choose if you want related posts to be displayed on pages As usual, I’ve got the plugin running on this blog as well as Techtites. And, I’m throwing open feature requests. Comment […]
I saw the promos of Noah and decided it was a movie that was definitely worth watching. And I was wrong. If you’ve read the story of Noah from the Book of Genesis, you’ll agree with me. The movie borrows its story line from the actual story in the Bible and then throws in its own “masala” to end up telling a story that even more unbelievable and really painful. This could possibly be because the real story is short and they needed some fillers. But, throwing in some fallen angels was a joke! I like Russell Crowe as an actor, […]
[…]posts and pages as well as display a list of most popular posts based on page views. The new version of Top 10 adds support for WordPress 2.9 thumbnails, with a fallback to display thumbnails using custom fields (configurable) and a default image in case both are missing. You can choose the location of the default image. You can also configure the display. The default settings is an unordered list, but you can easily customize this to display an ordered list, divs, spans or just about any other HTML tag. If you are using this plugin, do consider a donation. […]
As part of the Admissions Drive, we, the Admissions Team are organizing a contact programme in Mumbai and twelve other cities. The event in Mumbai will take place in Ruia College, Matunga. I sent out the emails two days back and in less than 24 hours we had all the slots in most cities full! I’ll be leaving for Mumbai in the next half hour. Got a function to attend tomorrow evening and the full day will be busy in Sunday. Plan to return to Pune on Tuesday. Will probably be carrying the Admissions Cell, which in itself is capable […]
[…]knowing Nikhil’s folks… I thought I would be late but guess 9pm wasn’t late enough. Folks I knew soon started tripping in after that so I had my company. Got a picture of the bride and groom to be. Did I mention that having an N73 is very handy? The highlight of the evening was a small dance performance that Nikhil participated in. If I had known this I would have come prepared with my handy cam…. Well as I promised Nikhil here is one picture of it. Ate a great deal courtesy one waiter who missed us once and […]
These moments seldom last but for once I got a 9.7 score on Sitescore! Screenshot for my memory 🙂 What is your […]
Thilak pointed out yet another Personality test like that I had posted earlier. This one is called PersonalDNA. The test is extremely long, spanned across 11 pages and they check a great many characteristics. Be prepared to spare some time when you are giving the test. Here is my result: Take the test and do let me know the results […]
This blog just broke into the Technorati Top 300 blogs 🙂 If you haven’t done it yet, you can add my blog to your Technorati favorites. What is your Technorati […]
It was coming, coming and it finally has 🙂 I am now a proud owner of the Nokia N73. Had been debating between the N80 and the N73 for a while now. I was inclined towards the N80 at first, but the N73 seemed a much better choice. And I am glad I picked this one up. I’m stunned at the sleek look and the ease of use of the phone. The 3.2MegaPixel camera is simply fantastic! For smaller occasions I won’t even need to carry my Olympus or my Handcam anymore! Already got click happy when I went for […]
Now this doesn’t happen too often, so have saved a screenshot. Get your SiteScore […]
My folks got back today from their trip to Kerala. And I am glad. I can now go back to carrying my breakfast and lunch to office as opposed to the last three weeks when I had to eat the crappy food in the office canteen. Spent whole of today at home. Haven’t been keeping too well lately. Back to good food and I hope to recover soon […]
It was about time… I have finally created a Facebook page for this blog. Up until now my profile has been one of the promotion media for the blog. Now, I hope to increase the number of persons following this blog via Facebook. If you have been reading this blog, do hit the like button on the Facebook page. I still can’t create a specific username for the page. I believe it is just a matter of time before I can do so. If you have become a fan of this page, do comment below and let me know. I […]
My download counter broke today. The counter uses a flat file to store the clicks and links. With the high volume of downloads that I received today the file got corrupted and as a result the downloads gave an ID error. I’ve restored a backup, which means unfortunately I lost a lot of counts 🙁 Anyway, it should be functional now. I plan on shifting to a counter that uses mySQL database or alternatively just write a plugin for the same. Don’t know the time frame. Need to brush up my PHP skills first […]
A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he saw a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices he has a note in his mouth. He takes the note and it reads “Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please”. The dog has money in his mouth, as well. The butcher looks inside and, lo and behold, there is a ten dollar note there. So he takes the money and puts the sausages and lamb in a […]
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I actually can’t believe that I am typing this entry from home at 8pm on a weekday. Well, the reason is because I have been so tied up with work that I have been coming home only to sleep. While I spent almost the full of the last two weeks working late and Saturdays, it got really bad the last two days with me leaving office only at 11.30pm, having dinner out and reaching home at 1.30am. This ofcourse meant that I was pretty zonked during the day. But work had to continue. Today I made up my mind to […]
Went to Melita‘s place yesterday afternoon as she was treating us with Pizza. We ordered from Pizza Hut and got our pizza delivered in 45 minutes, so they agreed to give our next purchase a 50% off! For once I was really put off by Pizza Hut. They served late, the delivery guy didn’t have a menu nor the discount coupon, which really lacked in service and the pizzas weren’t cut properly. I guess eating at Pizza Hut makes more sense! After this, James and I went to submit the forms for the voter’s list but were told that we […]
[…]believer in privacy, which might be ironic for some who have read my personal posts over the years. However, what I post here (or anywhere) is my choice and I exert full control over what is shared. I do not believe that Facebook and its products give me that choice unless I choose to discontinue their usage. Closing remarks WhatsApp has now pushed back the date of accepting the policy changes to May 15th. It has also attempted to clarify the changes – by repeating that messages and locations shared by us cannot be read my WhatsApp (Obviously! These are […]
[…]to catch up on some coding – particularly with a major update to Add to All including a brand new snippets manager. I’ve had to go into the depths of jQuery, JavaScript and the WordPress admin scripts. There is still more to be done to make it useful and I’ll continue that over the next few weeks. I do need to get an update of Popular Authors as well although that is yet to get any respectable number of […]
The last weekend was a long one cause of Easter and we’ve typically not done much on the Easter Monday bank holiday. However, Seema and Rodney, who were in London and bunking with us, had already booked tickets to visit Bath and Stonehenge. So, Ashwina and I also tagged along. We arrived at Victoria before 8am well ahead of our scheduled departure. It allowed us to get some decent seats in the middle of the bus. We set out towards Bath first which is about 2.5 hours away from London. We luckily didn’t encounter much traffic given the early start. […]
Having spent the first day in Toronto, we set out on Monday to visit Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is less than a two-hour drive from Toronto and so can be visited in a single day. However, my dad got a good deal with the Sheraton Hotel in Niagara Falls so we decided to bunk there for a night. We grabbed lunch in Toronto before heading over to Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls clearly is a busy town by the falls complete with several eating joints as well as a casino. Walking by Niagara Falls We settled into our hotel rooms and […]
Been traveling over the past three days and I completely forgot that I missed October the first. 14 years ago in a city far away from here, I decided to set up this blog as an experiment. It’s been 14 years of blogging. I must confess I’m not as regular as I used to be, but hope to get back with hopefully something more interesting to write. Any […]
[…]text domain, i.e. what the plugins have used for translations. Following the announcement of the new translation system announced by WordPress.org, I’ve modified the text domains to match the plugin slugsi.e. contextual-related-posts and top-10 respectively. This will eventually result in lower plugin download files and most importantly localised and better maintained languages for Contextual Related Posts in your language. Read full details in the official plugin update post on […]
[…]of London is around 15 minutes by DLR from our house and although we had visited it nearly two years back, we hadn’t visited every part of this tourist attraction. This became very apparent today when we did the wall walk! Since it was lunch time, we first made our way to the New Armouries which is the restaurant in the Tower of London. Known for its British food, you’ll find a good variety of food and drink to tempt your taste buds. I settled for some gammon and Ashwina had the chicken pottage. Once we were done with our […]
[…]America series. Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. The movie opens with the scene in the trailer with the Captain showing us how he does things! Scarlett Johansson looks really fabulous as the Black Widow. And Steve Rogers does run the good mile. We’re also introduced to Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and I love to swap on those cool wings of his. Captain America delivers, like all the Marvel movies. There are several really well done fight sequences and some […]
[…]to get rid of all deprecated code and PHP warnings. I give you v1.4 of the plugin. It has a brand new admin interface while providing you the very same configuration settings. The plugin will automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts and pages. You can choose to keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks open on certain posts or pages by passing the ID in a comma separated list. An extra feature is the ability to delete post revisions that were introduced in WordPress v2.6 onwards. And, if you want to systematically close comments, pingbacks or trackbacks on your […]
[…]make them go even faster.” So, again, the sheriff sends out the county workers and they put up a new sign: SLOW: CHILDREN AT PLAY That really sped them up. So Farmer John called and called and called every day for three weeks. Finally, he asked the sheriff, “Your signs are doing no good. Can I put up my own sign?” The sheriff told him, “Sure thing, put up your own sign.” He was going to let the Farmer John do just about anything in order to get him to stop calling everyday to complain. The sheriff got no more […]
Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of this blog. What started as an experiment to check out a new blogging tool called WordPress back in 2003 has become an integral part of my life. I completed my engineering and worked as an engineer in one of the leading engineering companies from India. I then went out to do my MBA, became an investment Banker and relocated to London. And, I married the most beautiful woman in the world. And even went on quite a few holidays! WordPress became an integral part of my life as well. My theme became famous and […]
[…]on your blog, then you can upgrade the plugin from within your WordPress interface itself. New users can get hold of the plugin […]
[…]of users. I have several plans for the plugin and over the next few months you will find several new features being added. If you’re looking for support regarding the plugin, as usual, make a post in the support forum. Lastly, if you’re a user of this plugin and believe that it has been a valuable addition to your site, do consider a small donation. You can enter the amount you wish to […]
[…]a potential XSS vulnerability in the settings page plus some bug fixes. I’ve also added two new classes for styling the widgets. If you’ve any questions please do use the support forums, as they are the best mode to receive support as I monitor them daily. If you’re a user of Top 10, do leave a good review for the plugin. Changes in 1.9.3 and 1.9.4 Important security update: Fixed possible XSS vulnerability Fixed: Exclude categories was not excluding posts correctly Added: Classes tptn_posts and tptn_posts_daily for the widgets that let you easily style the […]
[…]way back to Edinburgh on Day 3. This was the last stop on the mainland before we crossed over the new bridge into the Isle of Skye. By this time, the skies had opened up and the rain lashed at full force. We took the narrow pathways to make our way towards Portree which is the biggest town in the Isle of Skye. Timberbush had arranged for accommodation for everyone. We had asked for a bed & breakfast and were put up at the Viewmount. This was our first B&B experience and were pleasantly surprised. We had a nice cozy […]
WordPress.org now has a new review system for plugins and themes. While the rating system has always been active, users could never write a review of the plugin. This is especially useful if you’re planning to give a plugin a low rating. If you’re using one of my plugins, I request you to head over to the respective plugin review page and write a fair review of the same. If you’re thinking of anything below a 3, do consider raising your concerns in the respective support forum. Below are a set of links of my popular plugins for you to […]
[…]track which twitter users are accessing your blog. Changes in v1.6 Modified: Plugin updated for new TwitterCounter buttons and widgets options Modified: Users now need to enter their Twitter IDs in the settings page for best results Modified: Updated WordPress widget for multiple instances In future versions of this plugin, I plan on adding support for basic statistics accessible via TwitterCounter API. You’ll be able to view the number of followers and predictions all within the comfort of WordPress Admin. Read more […]
[…]php warnings Existing users can update the plugin from within their admin interface. If you are new to this plugin, check out the plugin page. If you are looking for more power, check out Add to All, which allows you to add content to your theme’s header and footer as […]
[…]to Better Search: Fixed: “Missing argument” error for heatmaps Add to All is a new plugin I released recently that allows you to add CSS, JS and other code to your header, footer or content. It comes with inbuilt support for several third party services with several more to be added in due […]
[…]changes in v1.7 and 1.7.1 are: 1.7.1 Fixed: Minor bug fix for location of thumbnail 1.7 Added: New function related posts() that allows you to manually add posts to your theme Added: Support for Video Thumbnails plugin Added: Thumbnail settings now reflect max width and max height instead of fixed width and height Added: Option to display thumbnails before or after the title Added: Option to not display thumbnails instead of the default thumbnail Added: Plugin now uses InnoDB instead of MyISAM if your server is running mySQL v5.6 or higher Modified: Cleaner Settings page interface Modified: Updated FAQ page […]
I released a new version of Top 10 last night, with one major feature upgrade. The plugin now supports multiple widgets, a feature that has been asked by many users of the plugin. What can you do with this? Well, if your theme supports different sidebars / footers, you can add the widget to every sidebar you would want. This feature addition is thanks to Jacob Dunn, who sent across the code for its implementation. I have quite a few plans for Top 10 in the pipeline, including: Cleaning up the admin area to make it more presentable Better CSS […]
[…]isn’t the most spectacular movie on the storyline front. However, the movie has a whole set of new stunts, some grand theft auto, big guns, gorgeous girls, a stunt-filled chase on foot and a super amazing car chase to take the movie to a climax! It also reminds me of those car chases in NFS or GTA, but with a greater degree of realism. It was a great way to start off the summer with a high octane movie. But, if you haven’t watched the movie yet, you should go out and do so. And, when you do, wait for […]
[…]her part pretty well, looking gorgeous as usual. Geoffrey is at his usual self and Ian is the new element in the picture who appears very late in the movie, but plays his role well. The special effects are as good as the past and the 3D does make it better. Definitely a must watch, especially if you’ve watched the past three movies. Trailer: Rating: […]
[…]they wanted cash. [5] A child’s greatest period of growth is the month after you’ve purchased new school uniforms. [6] Don’t feel bad. A lot of people have no talent. [7] Don’t marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but whatever you do, you’ll regret it later. [8] You can’t buy love, but you pay heavily for it. [9] Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. [10] Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. [11] Marriage is give and take. You’d better […]
[…]London Bridge and I chose to get off at Waterloo and take the Jubilee back home. Tomorrow is a new day and we’re still debating if we should go watch a movie or […]
[…]restaurant Shifted residence, well, almost And, that’s about it. There is one bit of good news though, my original assignment which was to be for 6 weeks has now been extended till the end of October. So, am hoping that across the next few months, I’ll be able to visit the many places in London. As a result, I’ll be completing my shifting tomorrow morning to a new place. I love the view from there. Will put up some photographs […]
[…]posts. Changelog: Fixed: Multiple rows being created for same ID Fixed: Counter display Added: New button to clear the duplicate rows in the tables Fixed: Top 10 should be lighter on the server […]
[…]to display and if you want to automatically display the related posts in your content / feed. The new version of Connections Reloaded fixes a bug that didn’t allow you to modify the number of posts to display. The major update has been the support for WordPress 2.9, especially the thumbnail support. The plugin will first check if the post contains a thumbnail. If it doesn’t then it will check the meta field (configurable). If this is not available, then it will show the default image as specified in the options screen. You can choose whether you want to display […]
[…]on a good number of weekends! I had an extra day off in which I tried really hard to complete a new version of Better Search. However, I wasn’t very successful, since I had to scrap much of the changes. I also realised that the feature rich Media Temple wasn’t the best solution for this blog. I’m really surprised at the kind of resources this consumes, but I almost shot way over the 1,000 GPU cycles. Had to move my blog out of there in a hurry. By my estimates, I would have easily had to pay $20-30 more. So, […]
[…]Reloaded. After a few revisions to fulfill all the requirements of the repository, I give you the new and improved Connections Reloaded v3. The biggest feature addition to this version of the theme is the inbuilt options page that allows for easy customisation from within WP-Admin itself. The screenshots above give you an idea of what options are available. I plan on adding more options. Comment and let me know what you would like to control from the options page. Besides this, I’ve also worked on increasing the security of the theme. If you notice an vulnerability, please bring it […]
[…]The time it takes for your state-of-the- art computer to become obsolete. G3: Apple’s new Macs that make you say, “Gee, it’s three times faster than the computer I bought for the same price a microsecond ago.” Syntax Error: Walking into a computer store and saying, “Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object.” Hard Drive: The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, especially after a Syntax Error. GUI (pronounced “gooey”): What your computer becomes after spilling your coke on it. Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors. Mouse: An advanced input device to make […]
[…]this was the US or UK, you could take the company to court and win! Out here, you don’t have the years of your life to do that. Caught the late night show of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past at PVR in Phoenix Mills. I stayed over at her place and we returned home the next day. I spent the last few hours at home getting an haircut and a shave. Set off for the airport to catch the Go Air flight to Bangalore. The flight was perfectly on time, unlike on my journey to Mumbai. Mumbai looks really beautiful from […]
I had mentioned last week that we had our new BSNL telephone connection installed. This was the first step to getting an internet connection. It was supposed to come this week and we agreed to “speed” up the process by actually going and picking up the modem ourselves. Our first visit today was to the ICICI bank in Koramangala to make a demand draft to pay my road tax. The draft did get made, but the tax did not get paid, because our agent was out of town. So, once again, this has been postponed to next week 🙁 After […]
[…]sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response. 10: Hi! I?m busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don?t bother to leave me any messages. 11: I?ve run away to join a different […]
[…]the last three days 🙂 On Sunday we decided to go off to the Pizza Hut in Forum for lunch. The new menu has been made available in all the places! On our way back we dropped in at the computer shop on the way. We finally picked up the UPS, which is an absolute necessity in this place where there is either constant load shedding on repeated power cuts. I also picked up a mouse, but it turned out to be a non-USB one, so will be exchanging that this weekend. We had a training programme scheduled for this […]
[…]up with Sneha, Akshat and Neha for pizzas at the Pizza Hut in Powai. Was surprised to see a whole new menu on offer. There have been several good additions to the menu, but there have been equally bad ones. Going to check if the menu has been updated in Bangalore as well. I headed off home soon after dinner. Friday and Saturday both turned out to be extremely rainy days. However, the newspapers claim that it rained everywhere except the lakes! Began packing for returning to Bangalore this morning. It doesn’t take much time when you have minimal dumping […]
I’ve got tonnes of feedback about Ajax Edit Comments and several of these are requests for new icons that the plugin uses. I’m thinking along the lines of having different sets of icons and so this email goes out to everyone asking for recommendations on what icons I should use for the plugin. If you’re interested in knowing what the icons are required, check the images folder of the plugin. I’m planning at least two sets of icons for the plugin, so please give me as many suggestions as possible so that I can select accordingly. Remember that the icons […]
[…]played volley ball and kho kho 🙂 We returned to Bangalore on Sunday evening, when I picked up a new suitcase for my journey back to Mumbai. I was able to secure tickets from Go Air for just Rs. 3,000/- for the return journey, which was part of their promo! The flight turned out to be very comfortable and I got plenty of leg space, which was very lucky since the there aren’t that many seats with sufficient leg room. The journey to the airport was very pleasant. I was a bit worried of getting there in time, but the […]
[…]of blue jeans had started to fray and rather than make a fashion statement, I decided to pick up a new pair. From what I have seen, shopping in Bangalore seems to be more expensive than Mumbai. I’m going to verify this on my trip back to Mumbai as I hunt for some clothes. Anyway, I found a decent pair of blue boot-cut jeans for a little more than 2K and picked them up. It turned out to be a smart thing to do because my jeans finally frayed and well, they are now a pair of torn jeans that […]
[…] 1. He never cut His hair 2. He walked around barefoot all the time 3. He started a new religion But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an Native American: 1. He was at peace with nature 2. He ate a lot of fish 3. He talked about the Great Spirit But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish: 1. He never got married. 2. He was always telling stories. 3. He loved green pastures. But the most compelling evidence of all – 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman: 1. […]
[…]a lot at the start, until I modified code to include file locking. It’s worked fine for a few years until two days back. Anyway, since I moved most of my plugins to the repository, I decided to do away with the script and link to the download file directly. This required editing of a huge number of posts and pages to point to the new link. I have updated the links on almost all of these. You will continue to notice this error on a few plugins that don’t have their repository page, but I intend to get these […]
[…]right now to go through before everything will work correctly. I’ll update this post or make a new one once things are back in […]
[…]safety of Mumbai into the unknown. Two years back when I set out to do my MBA in SCMHRD, Pune, I knew that I had everything planned and fixed with no need to worry about food, clothing or shelter. This time, it?s a question of shelter. So, if any of you reading this in Bangalore, know of a good 1BHK in Koramangala area at reasonable rates, please do drop me an email. My office is located in Bellandur, so any suggestions regarding where to stay are also welcome. Another purpose of making this post is regarding support for my WordPress […]
[…]requests for features and hence the requirement has been fulfilled in this version. So, what’s new with Better Search? The biggest change with Better Search is the support for a template file. You can create a file called better-search-template.php with the necessary code and dump it in the theme folder. Using the template file ensures that the results blend into your site. Better Search download contains a sample file that I have tested with the default WordPress theme. Read more about the template tags supported by the plugin. The second big change in the plugin is complete support for localization. […]
Ronald has just uploaded a new version of the highly popular WP Ajax Edit Comments. This version once again enables comments in the moderation queue to be edited. This has been a much requested feature that we have received and so it’s been turned on once again. In a later version we’ll provide an option in WP-Admin to control this behavior on a site basis. A few other minor changes have been done for better compatibility with other plugins (hopefully). So, grab a copy of the plugin while it is still hot. Current users will be able to upgrade seamlessly […]
Better Search now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support Overview: The default WordPress search is limited because it doesn’t give you results based on the title or content of the post, but by date. Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine. Visitors will find more relevant search results of search terms. You can fine tune results by giving the title or the content more weighting. Better Search supports templates for perfect integration into your blog template. Template for Twenty Eleven theme included in the package. […]
[…]as these need to be shown to the company when I join on April 6. I’m also working on a brand new plugin, while continuing to study AEC. It sure is a major uphill task and wouldn’t have been possible if Ronald hadn’t done a good job in handing over the content to me! I’d love to promise an update soon, but there is at least a month before I can be sure about having a perfect one ready. I’m still looking for testers for the plugin. I have received only one response so far, and, I’d hate to have […]
Many of you may be aware that I have taken over development of WP Ajax Edit Comments from Ronald. I’m pleased that most of the translators have agreed to continue supporting WP Ajax Edit Comments, so it will continue to be distributed in several languages. As many of you are aware Ajax Edit Comments is an extremely powerful and complicated plugin. While I’m currently doing my best to test every aspect of the same, the testing is still very limited. What AEC really needs is a group of testers who are willing to run the unstable builds of the plugins […]
[…]the plugin from within your WordPress Admin area. Search for “Add to Footer” in Plugins > Add New. ChangeLog: 1.0.1 – Minor fixes for Statcounter and Google Analytics 1.0 – Release License All files and their contents are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Downloads Download Add to Footer v[plugin version]Number of downloads: [plugin downloaded][plugin link text=’Page on […]
[…]and Open Browser Window. I’ve an update for a few other plugins lined up as well as one or two new ones in the pipeline. Follow my updates on Twitter or via RSS. Made my way back to Pune yesterday to complete the Finance Paper that we’ve been working on. Collected a mound of data and now the analysis before we meet the faculty tomorrow. It’s terrible back here eating the crappy food! Did go last night to Fasoos, so it was a welcome change. I crave for pizza. That’s it from my life. What’s happening with […]
Just made a minor update to my plugin Open Browser Window Plugin. Open Browser Window opens a new browser window with the URL of the page that you specified using JavaScript. This minor update fixes a problem with the code generated by the quicktags button. I have also released a minor updated to Contextual Related Posts. There was an extra post being displayed than the limit set. (Thanks Thaya) Check out this post for details of the major update that I made to the plugin. If you’re using these plugins you can download the updates from within WP-Admin itself, or […]
[…]Amazon’s product pages which state “Readers who have bought this, also bought”. So, what’s new? I’ve used Ajax for tracking the posts now. This means the plugins should be more compatible with caching plugins like WP Super Cache. Also made a few tweaks that should improve tracking. So, if you’ve found that your posts are not being tracked do give it a shot. The list of posts now display in a separate column in Edit pages / posts of WP-Admin. It displays the Post IDs with a link to them. Hover over the links to view the title of the […]
[…]bus to the Pizza Hut in Aundh. Reached there around 8 and ordered the Golden Surprise. A few years back Pizza Hut had introduced the stuffed crust pizza, stuffed with sausage or cheese. This was something I would order every time I went there to eat. Then gradually the sausage stuffed pizza’s went missing and after a while the entire stuffed crusts were unavailable. Well, Pizza Hut is back with the same, under the new brand “Golden Surprise”. We ordered the Chicken Supreme between three of us. This was also accompanied by two pitchers of Masala Lemonade, some vegetarian pizza […]
[…]Well, no, I remain a Finance graduate. That is just one subject 🙂 I’ve given Techtites a new look yet again. So, will be spending tonight working on that […]
[…]running on Weblog Tools Collection as well as on Techtites. I have related posts here. Like to see new features? Comment below or on their individual […]
Contextual Related Posts now has a new home at WebberZone. Check out the dedicated page and access support. Quick Links Overview Requirements Installing ChangeLog Download Support the Development License Questions or Bugs More Plugins Overview: Contextual Related Posts is a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows you to display a list of related posts on your website and in your feed. The list is based on the content of the title and/or content of the posts which makes them more relevant and more likely to be of interest to your readers. This allows you to retain visitors, reduce bounce rates […]
[…]so be it. Dinner was Chicken Manchurian, Prawns Masala and Chicken Fried rice. We tried a smaller new restaurant near my place instead of the regular one I ordered. While the chicken was good, the prawns was terrible. Note to myself. ?Do not order sea food from small places?. Monday and Tuesday were normal days. Aditya was in Mumbai yesterday on placements work and dropped in after that was done. Took him to InOrbit, Malad whose sheer size had him all amazed. Got back home, bid farewell to him and got ready for Seema?s birthday party. We were at her […]
[…]was first posted on November 30, 2008 at 8:24 pm. Another feature is the implementation of the new WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall Method. Now, if you delete the plugin from your WordPress administration area, then will delete all the options from the database. Lastly, it displays a horizontal line before adding the text after the content. Existing users can upgrade their plugin from within the WordPress admin area. Read more about Add to Feed or directly download the plugin from the Plugin […]
[…]from within the WordPress admin area itself. For those unaware, the plugin allows you to open a new browser window containing the image specified using JavaScript. You have the option to choose the features as well as choose if you want it to be centered. Read more or download Open Picture Window plugin from the plugin […]
[…]and here he maintains his own name. Also in the original, Jacob takes to Klaatu, while in the new movie he hates him initially. I won’t go on with the rest of the story because then there isn’t much to watch. Overall it is a one time watch. Keanu presents his usual placid style of acting. The special effects are spectacular as is the audio. My rating: […]
[…]I’m in Mumbai for the next few days 🙂 And, have you visited Techtites lately? There’s a new look and regular […]
[…]usually is a light day, as is Wednesday. However, they are usually consumed in working on the new Financial Statement Analysis case or some other assignment that manages to crop up. Monday to Wednesday evenings were spent interviewing juniors for the Admissions Core Committee, the last obligation we have before we move out of the Admissions Committee. One last thing in the pipeline is the conversion of the existing slow SCMHRD website template into a faster loading one. Have the junior Web Committee to assist me this time. Now, back to […]
[…]impressed by the agility of Harrison Ford. There are still traces of the original movies in the new one. And, it is good that they aged the protagonist. Overall, well worth the watch. My Rating: […]
A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote “Revelation 3:20″ on the back of it and stuck it in the door. When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, Genesis 3:10.” Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins “Behold, I stand […]
[…]Plugin Repository. I’ll probably be working on a mini version of the plugin based on the new Account system that was launched last week. However, no promises on this one as it will be only if time permits. The current version of the plugin available on this site will also work with Snap Shots. I’ll keep it here for archival reasons. For now, I’ll continue to support the plugin via the […]
[…]last morning at around 5.30am and this morning around 6.15am after working the night out on the new College website. Things are going good, though we should have been complete by now. Ravi joined me in the quest. Sat for two lectures today after almost two days gap; most of which was spent in front of my laptop in the Admissions room, except for breaks for food and nature and seven hours of sleep in the 48 hours. I’m zonked today and though tomorrow is the holiday for our vendor, however, we don’t have a luxury of holidays out here […]
[…]do still apply.” (What is wrong with these people??!!) Family Member: “Would you like her new billing address?” The Bank: “Yes, that will help.” Family Member: ” Odessa Memorial Cemetery, Highway 129, Plot Number 69.” The Bank: “Sir, that is a cemetery!” Family Member: “What do you do with dead people on YOUR […]
[…]Micro Economics FCQ. Got a 7 on 10 which was so surprising that I rechecked my results. As for the new FCQs, we got Research Methodology hit us like a bag of bricks. Passing is now questionable. The others shouldn’t be a problem I guess. Am also waiting for my Spanish results, this should come in tomorrow. Lectures were normal, actually, they were a lot more hectic than before with even more hours. OSHE (Occupational Safety, Health and Environment) lectures are a pain, infact its eight hours of weekly crap. But, didn’t we ask for a “holistic development”? Haven’t been […]
[…]Mark this time as a judge of the competition. Well, that means I won’t be able to submit any new plugins that I plan on releasing. Well, but being a judge is really cool […]
I can’t believe that Spiderman 2 was two and half years back! While, I wasn’t too impressed by Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3 was definitely worth it (spent only Rs.70 😉 ) The movie introduced us to two new villains, viz. Sandman and Venom. Sandman is a result of a tragic accident befalling Flint Marko, an escaped convict. Venom chose his path. After having revealed his true identity to Mary Jane, Peter Parker and Mary Jane have a happy relationship with Peter continuing his day job as a freelance photographer while Mary is a budding theatre actor. How things start to […]
[…]bothered giving any exams because I was more interested in learning. Well, it’s been eight years since then and my typing speed has improved and online sites rate it between 70 to 80wpm. My extremely perfectionist nature adds to the fact that any job given to me is done to the best of my ability and hence was requested to type out a song book by U. Conrad. So a good time of Tuesday and Wednesday and the next few days as well are going to be spent compiling the book. It’s a fun job and the problem is verifying […]
[…]Pushkar. Topics ranged from brief introductions, laptops, jobs, prison, internet and starting a new forum for our notes and foundation course. If any of you folks missed our meeting and would like it, do join the Orkut forum and this post. You can also comment […]
[…]Good Friday. Our line up is good (as usual). There are a few of our legacy hymns as well as some new ones so practice is needed. This is going to be my last Holy Week in Mumbai, atleast for the next two years so I’m going all goes well. I also joined the the SCMHRD community at Orkut, so spend a good amount of my time in the forum there. It’s good to get to know some of my future classmates. And, my laptop arrived today! Atleast the box did. Hopefully, the engineer drops in tomorrow so I can […]
[…]five … double-spaced and written in a large font. A
new edition would be published every two years in order to limit reselling. Forbidden fruit would have been eaten because it wasn’t cafeteria food. Paul’s letter to the Romans would become Paul’s email to
[email protected]. Reason Cain killed Abel; they were roommates. Reason why Moses and followers walked in the desert for 40 years: they didn’t want to ask directions and look like freshmen. Instead of God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh, he would have put it off until the night before to get […]
[…]the acceptance letter to SCMHRD and the folks from Dell came over and picked up the cheque for my new laptop. I’m not sure what the next step in the SCMHRD formalities are, so time will tell. As for the laptop… she should be here in a month […]
[…]compliments and even some future requests :O Since we were at Powai, we decided to drop in at the new Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Powai. My last experience with KFC was nearly eight years back and it wasn’t a very tasty one! However, with the arrival of KFC in India, one thing that has definitely happened is the additions to the menu. Also, the Hot and Crispy was definitely not bland which was a good thing. The photo to the right shows how much we ate, and that is excluding the sundaes afterwards 🙂 Sunday Sunday was a truly […]
[…]version 1.2 of my plugin Snap Preview Anywhere. This comes as a major update to support the new settings available while customizing Snap Preview AnywhereTM. I’m pleased to note that to this date, the plugin has been download 6780. The changes are: Updated plugin for latest SPA Update You can now set options for a Link Icon, Theme, Blocks of Links behavior. Let you visitors choose if they want to enable SPA on your site or not. Display a custom logo on the bubble (needs to be configured at the SPA site) To use the plugin you still need to […]
I noticed today that WP-Cache wasn’t cleaning the cache whenever a new comment was posted. I remembered that Everton had the same problem earlier and he had found a solution to it. This didn’t seem to be an isolated case and it can be pinned down to Spam Karma 2 and WP-Cache not playing well together. However, Priv has a solution in the form of a SK2 Plugin. Simply download the plugin and dump it in your sk2_plugins folder. You’ll find this in the main SK2 folder. Goto Options > Spam Karma 2 once to make sure SK2 recognizes the […]
[…]Anywhere plugin in the pipeline. If all goes as planned I hope to greet you this Monday with four new […]
[…]well. While on the topic of computers, a less stressful end of this evening was the arrival of my new 250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA hard disk, this makes my hard disk space 450GB in all. I’m giving my old Samsung drive to a friend. 450GB doesn’t seem much when around 150GB will just go in a direct backup of all my stuff! But, I’m pleased […]
I’ve got two reports of problems with Snap Preview Anywhere Plugin when you try to edit a post (new posts seem to work fine) with the WYSIWYG editor in WordPress on the MAC OS X platform using Firefox or Safari. I’ve also had two other reports but they have not confirmed the platform. I am not in the position to test the same as I don’t have access to a MAC. But, from my understanding of the problem, I think it to be a problem with the Post Preview that gets loaded when you are editting the post. For some […]
Snap Preview AnywhereTM is definitely one of the new and extremely popular things to have hit the internet lately. And with the integration with WordPress.com they have definitely had a major jump in websites that will be serving SPA. For users of WordPress.org my plugin seems to be serving well. I’ve had over 1000 downloads in the last ten days and I’m here reporting that Snap Preview Anywhere Plugin has now crossed 3000 downloads within just two months of its release 🙂 Are you using the plugin? Do you have any suggestions for improvement? Tell me about them here or […]
[…]speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and ….. Prof: So, you believe in God? Student: Absolutely, sir. Prof: Is God good? Student: Sure. Prof: Is God all-powerful? Student: Yes. Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is this God good then? Hmm? (Student is silent.) Prof: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fellow! Is God good? Student: Yes. […]
[…]had given my bike for servicing yesterday and she came back looking all shining and almost brand new. Had the battery changed as well since it was giving problems. Things look smooth so far. I’m happy. Had a wedding mass in the evening. U. Conrad had to rush so he asked me to play the final tracks. The couple’s photographer decided to exhaust all his roles in the church itself, or so it seemed by the marathon photo session! After this our ancient boring priest decided to come and grumble at us for playing the music. So we grumbled back […]
[…]telephoning almost impossible — but I expect they’ll calm down when they get used to their new home. Anyway, I’m very grateful, of course I am. Love from Emily. Dec 29 Dearest Edward The mailman has just delivered five most beautiful gold rings, one for each finger, and all fitting perfectly! A really lovely present! Lovelier, in a way, than birds, which do take rather a lot of looking after. The four that arrived yesterday are still making a terrible row, and I’m afraid none of us got much sleep last night. Mother says she wants to use the rings […]
[…]I can’t comment on a payment, because this is my first review. I will update this post or post a new one based once I get a payment 🙂 One significant difference about ReviewMe from other pay-per-review sites is that they ask you to mention that the review is a paid review, which you shall see at the end of this post. Signing up The signup process is extremely simple and quick. I was surprised that there was no email verification, though you do receive a signup email. Getting Started On signing up I added this blog to the system. […]
[…]Sunday being the Parish Family Day is a big occasion with a big mass. We’ve learnt quite a few new hymns and it really is a pleasure singing […]
It’s been two years since I passed out. Work never gave me the time and so finally now that I am at home have taken up the job of getting my transcripts and recos from college. So set off today with Gautam to college and met Himanshu who was also there for the same purpose, not to mention few others as well. Reached there and realized that I will need copies of my marksheets, which meant that transcripts wouldn’t be done today. However, there is a lot more needed. Hence, did everything else. Got part of the work done, which […]
After a good deal of waiting and testing I have moved this blog to my new VPS. If you notice anything awry please do bring it to my attention. You should see much better performance now (hopefully). Going to monitor the blog and the VPS closing for a few weeks. Are you looking for hosting? I have plenty of space on this VPS and some decent plans available at attractive prices. Do let me know if you are interested. You must have a current site which you intend to move […]
[…]ended up writing another article and releasing another plugin. I have also create three new Software Category, where I shall post about certain useful freeware, open-source and shareware programs. Finally ended up going to bed post 1am Monday morning. Was up before 9am, did a bit more computer work and then went over to my study partner’s house. And spent whole of Monday there solving and analyzing a SIMCAT. Performance has to be improved. Reached home only at 9.30pm 😀 This will be a daily schedule (atleast planned) to ensure that we write as many mock exams as possible before […]
Have just created a new category on this blog, which shall contain posts exclusively about some of the best apps out there. And let me inaugurate this category with one such software I cannot live without. It goes by the name Notepad++ and it could very well have been called Notepad++++ !! For those of you not aware of this great application, Notepad++ is a free Notepad replacement for Windows, which supports several programming languages. It comes with a huge list of features: Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding WYSIWYG User Defined Syntax Highlighting Auto-completion Multi-Document Multi-View Regular Expression Search/Replace supported […]
[…]remember how it felt when yours was broken. You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back. Don’t be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never […]
[…]Pizza Hut, but it was a welcome change when I visited it on Thursday. They have introduced a new range of pizzas which is not yet displayed online. Well, they didn’t turn out to be extraordinary, and definitely didn’t look like the pictures on the menu :O Advertising 😛 Mass was good and so was our singing. U. Conrad asked me to sing the response. Hey! I’m not a solo singer! But, I can definitely “say” the responses 😉 Sunday was the AIMCAT as usual. This time it wasn’t as good as I hoped. Ran out of time for Maths. […]
[…]not finalized those details, so maybe it may just be a mixture of all the subjects. Have got a new study partner, so this will definitely […]
WordPress.com is asking users to submit requests for new themes for use on their WordPress.com Blogs. Wouldn’t be correct for me to so. Hence, anybody like to suggest Connections […]
[…]of CAT studing, while in the evening I had to go for choir practice. We have been learning a few new hymns and the different parts for some old ones. Tuesday was uneventful, but Wednesday made up for it. Now that I am at home, my sleep patterns have changed drastically. I seldom go to sleep before 2am and unfortunately I have to get up before 8am! Wednesday was no different. We had to go to three banks and so was ready before 10am. Set off first to HDFC bank in the area. I don’t really like the bank policies […]
[…]your own satellite up in the sky. Their competitor in the business is Tata Sky, but they are still new and have a long way to go in terms of channels. However, both these work out much better that your local cable operator, because you don’t have to rely on him for the channels and even better, the quality of the signal is a lot better (being digital). Going now… have to do some studing […]
[…]to improve the ability to understand words from their shapes. I will start practicing reading the newspaper for five to ten minutes daily. I don’t have anything to lose and if it really helps me read and comprehend passages, so much the better. BTW, try reading the passage below. It is just one of my past blog entries. Click on the image to open it in a new window. Start from the bottom […]
Was out searching for a sample farewell email as today is my last second-last day at work and stumbled upon this really funny one by Chris Kula. How many of you identify / identified with this? Update: sourced from WayBack Machine since the site is […]
Received an email from Reno of Sho()ot My Blog. I quote the purpose of his blog: Take an original photo of my blog with your digital camera or mobile phone and send it to shootmyblogAThotmail.com. There’s only one requirement : your computer monitor or laptop (with my blog title/homepage visible on the screen) must appear somewhere in the photo. Be VERY imaginative and creative, and your original pic (with your link on it) will be published on Shoot my Blog : a totally bizarre photoblog… a totally bizarre way to CATCH people’s attention on your website and to promote it […]
[…]went off to get my bro’s cellphone repaired on Saturday afternoon. Am going to get myself a new phone. Still finalizing the details. Any suggestions? Went for the 7pm evening mass. Missed my morning lecture on Sunday morning because I just couldn’t wake up. This time I am relatively happier with the AIMCAT, because the last two were disastrous! Went off to watch Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest in the afternoon. A fantastic movie and a must watch. But you will need to have watched the first part to understand this completely. The evening was pretty much lazy. […]
Came across a new and free backup service called Mozy today. They say: Mozy is a secure, automatic remote backup service for any PC in any home or office. It’s simple to install and configure. No external hard drive, expensive subscription services, CD’s or DVD’s to burn. All you need is a broadband connection and you are ready to go! All you have to do is signup for your free account and get 2Gb space to backup your files. They also offer a paid option of $4.95/mo where you get 30Gb storage space. You need to download their software in […]
[…]to Bad Behavior homepage fixed Title attributes added to the BBStats and Bad Behavior Links New variable %totalcount% added for displaying total number of access attempts if verbose logging is enabled. Now, admin functions and wp-dash functions are only declared if on the admin page and if wp-dash is installed respectively, thereby saving on processing time. Read more and download the […]
[…]She has to go through lot more waterlogged areas on her way from Juhu. I was fully clad in my new rain jacket and the rain pants as well as my floaters so I remained very dry all the way to work. The company bus was a little late, which was expected because of the rains. The journey to work however was no problem. I really wanted to take photographs but didn’t want to risk getting my cellphone wet. The rains worsened as the day passed and a good portion of Mumbai & Navi Mumbai offices let their people leave […]
[…]will remain is settling down. It’s a nice feeling planning out where everything should go in the new house. We went out shopping in the evening, this time to pick up stuff that I will carry back to India. Headed off to Ruwi to our usual dry fruit shop for some of that and then back to Lulu Hypermarket for the remainder of the shopping. I have a feeling I may have a problem with weight. Fingers crossed. This may also be my last post here in Muscat, because once we shift today I will not have an internet connection. […]
[…]shifting has begun and we hope to finish everything by Friday. Will be able to spend a day in the new place hopefully. Have to get my specs repaired this evening, though I doubt it will get done today itself. That would mean I would be blind as a bat tomorrow […]
Finally went out shopping yesterday. Dad does most of his shopping at this new supermarket called Lulu. The location is on top of a hill and the place is so well lit up that you can see it from all around. I was rather impressed by the entire layout and this place has about 10 checkout counters! We spent three hours shopping! I hate shopping, but made an exception this time 😀 At the end of it we had enough grocery, juices, soft drinks and food to last a lifetime. This is excluding several shirts and t-shirts I picked up. […]
[…]meet on 20th May, 2006 at Thank God Its Friday (TGIF), Andheri West from 3.00 pm onwards. Blog newbies, non-Mumbai bloggers and (only) blog readers – all are welcomed. Here is the full address: THANK GOD IT?S FRIDAY (TGIF) INFINITY MALL, 2ND FLOOR, OSHIWARA NEW LINK ROAD, ANDHERI WEST, MUMBAI Please a comment on one of their blogs if you intend to be there. I am not sure if I will be able to make it, atleast not at 3.00pm, but will try to make […]
[…]home early on both days I was able to give the bike for servicing. Got it fixed and brand as new 🙂 Spent whole of Saturday at home, a good part of the morning and afternoon cleaning around the house and with computer work. Spent Sunday morning at home glued to my TV (something only one programme can do). Went over to Melody‘s place in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day there with site work. Met up with Cloreisha for a while before I head back […]
[…]and superhit music Verdict – Did not disappoint. Infact I quite enjoyed it! The movie includes a newcomer Kangana Ranaut and a relatively new guy Shiney Ahuja. As the name suggests it is a story of a Gangster, Daya Shankar (Shiney) and Simran (Kangana). Destiny gets them face to face and they fall in love. An adopted kid who is the apple of their eye and any place they can call home since a gangster cannot stay put in one place. Some close encounters with the cops, some with the underworld thugs, but they find their way out….out of India. […]
[…]Sabertooth tiger (Dennis Leary), the pack is back and all set for the migration. They make some new friends along the way, each with their own distinct personality. Scrat, the muskrat and the tragic comedy woven around his constant quest for his “lost nut” add some slapstick humour, and you might find this a little too fantastic…but it adds to the overall charm of the movie. One little inconsistency that cropped up was with respect to Ellie’s (Queen Latifah) size [And here I am referring only to the animated character! 😉 ]. The first time you catch a glimpse of […]
[…]as she passed along the aisle of the plane on the transatlantic flight from Amsterdam to New York, she noticed that the baby, nestled between the couple who were asleep, didn’t look very well, in fact it looked extremely ill. Not wanting to disturb anyone she gently lifted up the baby and took it back to her station. Feeling the baby’s forehead, she found it was cold and with a sudden panic she realized that the infant was dead. Calling upon a doctor she knew to be on board, he examined the baby and confirmed that, not only was it […]
[…]Toolbar Button and those who are subscribed to my feed will find all the posts being marked as new, a direct consequence of the change in url. The idea behind this is that since www is effectively a subdomain, I shouldn’t make the user use the subdomain, unless he needs to. As for the WWW, it automatically removes the www and redirects you to the correct location. What is your take on […]
[…]2358 downloads. Both Transpose Email and Open Browser Window have over 1000 downloads and even my new plugin Open Picture Window has 220 downloads from April 1!! Thanks to all of you out there who have liked what I do […]
[…]the layout, I make sure that I don’t make this mistake! Next, the singing. Though we always take new hymns, we usually make sure we teach them to the people. Unfortunately we didn’t have the opportunity to teach all of them this time, but I think we should have. Otherwise it just results in the congregation sitting quiet. Now for Good Friday. The singing was moderate and could have been better. One thing that really irritated me was the version of “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”. Those of you are familiar with the hymn will know it […]
[…]definitely have it in you to break the mould of a sterotype Indian lead actor! Saif has matured as new age Indian Actor. First English movie. Good. Never mind the monotonous narrative which didnt enthuse me. Though I loved the kick-ass content of the narration. One production plug-in which TIMES INFOTAINMENT managed to incorporate was the HUTCH pug dog , the HUTCH ad posters, the LAYS chips. Am suprised the Parsee buildings were not painted with Asian Paints Royale and the characters didn’t brush their teeth with Colgate Gel (all Saif’s ads)!! Homi Adajania debuts with his brilliant directorial effort! […]
[…]a humourous look at calling up a wrong number. Click on the image to open the animation in a new window. Please note that the picture displays some violence. Note: I have tried to get in touch with the creator via email, but haven’t replaced a reply. If you are the creator, please get in touch with […]
[…]woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. 6. CATS: Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats. 7. FUTURE: A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. 8. SUCCESS: A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. 9. MARRIAGE: A woman marries a man expecting he […]
I have successfully moved the blog to its new host. I guess a few mails may have been lost during the transistion. If you notice any problems, 404s etc on the blog please do comment and let me […]
[…]I didn’t want to upgrade this blog to 2.x because I don’t have much need for the new “features” that 2.x offers and also I fear a lot of my plugins that I use here may break. However, I did want my blog to be secure. Thanks to suggestions from Robert Deaton, I upgraded my blog to the latest 1.5.x release. You cannot get this release directly from the WP site, so you will need to get it from the Trac. I have written a guide for the same, so that you can get your blog […]
[…]I’m hoping this website gets a lot more popular and rises still further. Will be creating new stats pages on this site for your ready […]
[…]still a lot of work to be done on this blog before it is more functional, including getting a nice new theme for it. I will also be importing all my blogger posts out here. Reviews that you will find here will range from movies, both Hollywood and Bollywood and maybe few foreign films, software, services, theatres, locations etc. I will also be joined by Vamsi within the next few […]
[…]invited me for it and since besides her family other common friends were also there and cause my new craze is dancing, I decided to go along. After a really tiring day at work, where we left only at 6.30 and really really very horrible traffic on the way home resulted in me reaching only past 8.30pm. Got ready and left immediately and made it to Santa Cruz in under 25min in heavy traffic! Had been informed that it would end by 10pm so wasn’t expecting to get much. However, the program took place in the hall upstairs and so […]
[…]even more handsome than I already am 😉 (I know that I am really really vain!) Dressed up in my new maroon shirt and Madam A and I left together by rick to Bandra. Got stuck in such horrible traffic that it was really very irritating. Thankfully I know all the roads on the way to Bandra and was able to bypass a good section of the traffic. Reached there way before the others and so just walked up and down the road waiting for them to come! Finally got in around 9pm and realized we were early! Took some […]
Just had Dominos Cheese Burger pizza for dinner today. Since this is a new variety of pizza, have gone ahead an written a short review of it. Nice, but can be […]
[…]the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic. I will admit that inspite of being way too old to watch this movie I liked it. The movie is well backed by a good soundtrack. The story is really childish but it does have a few funny scenes. But, I wouldn’t really recommend this movie unless you are taking your kids for it or if you like animated flicks. My rating: […]
[…]the windows and the rest of the hall. Also tidied up the area around my computer to arrange my new 5.1 speakers 🙂 Not completely pleased. Will probably put them in the four corners of my hall when we are doing it up. Had two masses in the evening. The first was the senior citizens’ mass at 4pm in our church’s community center. It was a small mass held specially for the oldies on the occasion of Christmas. This was followed by a small get-together for them with games and snacks (which we ate after the second mass). Was really […]
[…]materialize in the end and I headed home around 7 pm. Spent the rest of the evening working for a new site. Will post details about it when it is done. But, plans with Anjali materialized. We had decided to go out for dinner followed by The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which was running at Fame Adlabs. However, mom announced that we had pomfret curry for dinner. Just couldn’t resist, so we decided to skip eating out and instead just go for the movie! Set off around 9.30pm, picked up the tickets and then spent some time at Barista in […]
[…]retired at all, and that this is the next set up. While Lola(Hayek) is busy settling into their new life and trying to find ways to keep busy, Max(Brosnan) is contemplating whether or not to steal the diamond. Now the question is, will he? Will Stan finally catch him after eight years of chasing him? Will Lola help Max steal it? And what of that shady character that has told Max he must steal the diamond for him? Went to watch the movie because of the above story line I read and also because of Brosnan. Well, didn’t expect too […]
[…]about the movie was that it was made really easy to understand, even for those who are rather new to exorcism (well I’m sure many of us are) as well as the Christianity. Only thing that was disappointing was the abrupt end to the movie. Maybe because it is based on a true story. It did leave us wanting more. Would have rated it a 5/10, but Jennifer’s performance pushes it to […]
[…]of software and games totally over 30Gb! Unfortunately it threw up and error and before I knew it both the drives were “lost” :(( Well, the program seems to be running some recovery process. But, I wonder on its effectiveness. Have kept the option of data-recovery using some kind of data-recovery software. I am hoping I don’t need that. This teaches me a lesson for not backing up and moving all my stuff to my new hard-drive. Have immediately gone ahead and backed up all my website data and installed games in case the whole drive gets screwed up! Wish […]
I have been working with WordPress since late 2003 and I released my first plugin on May 21, 2005. Soon after that I released two other plugins and the Connections Reloaded theme as well as a few hacks. Although many of them have since bitten the dust, I still maintain several plugins. Plugins don’t write themselves, people do. Design, development and maintenance is a time consuming process. I make it a point to thoroughly test the plugins before they are deployed and are also very well supported. All my projects are released under a GPL license and currently available absolutely free […]
Update: Have created a new Donate […]
[…]the process was quick and easy. This is the first time I went to vote so everything was new. The voting is electronic and you just got to press a button and leave, after ofcourse signing your name. Hardly took five minutes and there wasn’t much of a crowd. Btw, the elections were for the Lok Sabha. Since, I was in Canossa I decided to pay a visit to Sr. Nellie as well as see the work I did for them. Am quite pleased to see their wall with the poster I designed for them. The print version could have […]
[…]downloaded and powered your WordPress blogs with my theme. Stay tuned as I have a few plans in the new version of Connections Reloaded. Keep your suggestions and comments coming and donations (for those who would like […]
[…]evening went over to Melody‘s house to fix her comp as usual. Haven’t read her blog and so her new “baby” alsation (didn’t look like a baby to me) came as a major shock. To be honest, I’m terrified of dogs and in the two years that I have known her, I have kind of become used to having her three dogs around. Well, Tanner is a different story because he kept jumping on me. Nearly got me a heart attack! And the process of getting accustomed begins again… Anyway, after that, we went for Prayer Meeting. It’s been a […]
I’m considering Back in Black 2 in Blue as a new prospective theme for this blog. Gave it a preview install and it looks good. However, I am in for a lot of modifications to fit my taste and current setup I have with Connections Reloaded. Maybe when I can spare some […]
[…]haunts. Feasted on the Freshizza (as usual). Dropped her home after this. She has shifted into a new house in Vakola and so payed her folks a visit to check out the place. Nice quiet place, though I think I still prefer Andheri. Off to bed now, a long week ahead (don’t I always say this on every Sunday […]
It’s been over two years since I began blogging. My very first post was on October 1, 2003. Looking back I have come a long way since then. Mainly I’ve learnt a lot, my writings have improved and I’ve become a little more known (I think). Well, life moves on and I know I shall continue blogging because what started as an experiment has become a central part of my life. I’m enjoying it, and I do hope you are […]
[…]his dad was here from Calcutta I was asked to do so. Agreed because it was work and because I knew it would be an experience. And it was an experience indeed! Firstly, I never ever been to Pune by myself and hence know absolutely nothing of it. Booked a Volvo from Vashi and headed off to Pune. After much enquiring and thanks to the help of a local I landed at somewhat the right stop. As suggested by my vendor I caught a rickshaw to the place. First mistake. The vendors place is 20Km from Pune in some really […]
[…]from Spam. Comment spam is something every blogger is really really afraid of. Over the past two years that I have been using WordPress this is one problem that I have faced on and off. I realized that the amount of spam I was receiving was is direct relation to my popularity. (and I wasn’t that know then) After a lot of experimenting, I have finalized settled down on the following. I’m pretty much spam free for now. Firstly, get Bad Behavior installed. Bad Behavior blocks spam by checking Referer and a lot of other things the moment it touches […]
[…]a visit to my doctor and then went to the Orange shop to pick up my Reebok voucher for the new number I booked for my mother, which she doesn’t use! Got back home and slept the afternoon out. Also ordered for my Dual Voltage 512MB MMC for my Nokia 6681. Finally I can load my cell with more music to keep me occupied for hours 🙂 Also loaded Symbian OggPlay since the inbuilt Music Player is rather feature limited. Only need to figure out a good way to create ordered playlists on my […]
[…]Holmes Pages has been rechristianed to The Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and has a new web address. That ofcourse means that I once again have to start from scratch to get my Page Rank and popularity up 🙁 It also means that I have a lot of work coming up including a major redesign. As of now all the sites are online. I apologize to users trying to get my plugins and themes for the temporary downtime during the […]
[…]movie turned out to be fun. Good amount of funny points that kept us laughing throughout. At New York’s Central Park Zoo, a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer), and a hippo (Smith) are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited … on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the […]
[…]guessed and the software has to be upgraded. Should get it tommorrow. Anyway, am planning to buy a new phone within the next week. Possibly, Nokia 3230 or Nokia 7650. However, my tech geek friend Gautam suggests Nokia 6630 or Nokia 6681 or Nokia 6680. Comparing phones on GSMArena.com. Let’s see what I turn up with. Any suggestions, recommendations? Remember the prices should be around those of the three above. As I’m a very poor boy 😉 Until then, it’s my Mom‘s Nokia 2300 […]
[…]is called Open Browser Window and does exactly as the name suggests. It uses JavaScript to open a new browser window. You can set the width, height and other features as well. You also have the option to choose if you want to center the newly opened window. Read more […]
[…]though it had a bit of a sudden ending. Got back home and Kishore came over later with my new Sony DRU-800A 16x DVD Writer. Immediately got down to writing my first DVD. Actually, made a copy of one of the DVDs that my Dad brought with the player when he came down. Found out that dual layer discs are rather expensive, but also found out that I can easily split the DVD into two discs during the copying process. And it does take a good amount of time for copying. Tested them. Worked fine, but, I think there is […]
[…]and dead lines of my project have been postponed, so pressure has reduced a bit and additionally a new boy joined my team, so the work load shall reduce a bit further. That’s about it for today. Signing off […]
[…]Dorfman) have relocated to the quaint mountain town of Astoria, Oregon, where Rachel has found a new job at the local Astoria Gazette, working alongside reporter David Rourke (Simon Baker). The discovery of a local teenage homicide whilst scanning the electronic Astoria Police archives prompts Rachel to uncover the truth behind it. Before long, Rachel has linked the homicide to the mysterious video tape. When Rachel is within reach of uncovering the secret, she finds and then destroys the killer videotape. Bad move. Soon after, Aidan is hospitalized; unconscious, perilously cold, and bruised. Rachel suspects this is the act of […]
[…]a text editor like Wordpad. Go to around line 103 where it says get_the_category_by_ID. Create a new line after that and paste in $cat_ID = (int) $cat_ID; Have upgraded mine and Melody’s blog to 1.5.1.2 […]
Ran into this problem when I was reapplying my WordPress Hack. Didn’t think much of it until I read Alex’s post on it. In short the problem is that WordPress automatically converts quotes in your post to “smart” quotes. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem for you. But it will for someone who wants to copy and paste the content from your blog to their site. This becomes more severe when the content they are copy-pasting is code (as in the case of my hack). I noticed my blog giving javascript errors. I was able figure out the problem only […]
The weekend was fun. With the arrival of my new DVD player, I have been watching a lot of movies before going off to bed in the last few days. Watched Walking Tall on Wednesday and then the Big Bounce on Thursday. Got a haircut finally! And due to this, I had to rush off for the wedding mass immediately. So, you can imagine that I was in quite a mess during the mass. And absent minded me forgot to iron one sleeve :O Not many noticed but big mouth me ensured that they did 🙁 Was rather exhausted by […]
[…]of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation’s capital. Was hoping for a similar experience, but I was left wanting. The movie had some good scenes but it heavily missed out the Vin Diesel factor. Went with her to Pizza Hut after the movie and had more than our fill before I dropped her home. Next stop was Sacred Heart Church for a 3-in-1 wedding […]
That’s what it has come to. Visited the doctor on my way home from work. Been to a new doctor this time and she seemed good. Not many medicines and took two days meds as I want to go for the prayer meeting in the evening. But, woke up this morning and found my head spinning, so decided it is better to take the day off. My cold has gotten worse but the cough has improved. So, here I am at home. I desperately need some rest so am going to make the most of […]
[…]it out 🙂 After having read my About page, Melody decided to update it. So, here is the brand new About page by my best friend and worst critic […]
[…]epicenter here. I was at work when the Earthquake struck. Didn’t feel any tremors. Tomorrow’s newspapers will be full of stories about this. Ohh… mine was the second site on the web to list this. How can I tell that? Well, I scourged through all the popular news sites and only Rediff had it listed. And ummmm, I quoted the above text from there ;)) Incidently, today was a rather destructive day. As I was on my way to work, just near my office we passed by an accident site. Could tell that it was a rather gruesome accident of […]
[…]a few hours and it has been one tiring week. Have started working on our I/O modules, including a new design and as a result, a good amount of my work time is spent in researching for it. Had a severe headache as well as cold and cough on Monday. Visited the doctor after work and since I have missed quite a few practices and with Easter around the corner, I made it a point to go for practice yesterday despite the headache. Learnt a few more hymns and practiced a few old, but was really zonked and made it […]
[…]template, which doesn’t really go well with the site. So will sit over the weekend to learn the new template system and make my own template. Better spam protection is promised in this version, which has been a very important reason to upgrade. Let the learning […]
[…]good and we sang very well, if I should say so myself. Made a stopover at home and got into my new jacket and got ready for the wedding. Horrible traffic on our journey there and we reached only at 8.45am, though very much in time. The wedding reception was simply excellent. It was held in Juhu Hotel and when we left by 12.30am, the party was still on. Danced a real lot. Caught Rachna (upstairs neighbour) for the wedding march and thankfully SueEllen was there, so had my dance partner. And she got busy teaching me some jive, so […]
[…]treasure your life, live safely and peacefully, Always be happy to welcome the coming of the new day ….. look at the sun shines … You can download and view the slideshow […]
[…]the idea of shifting to Navi Mumbai, since my parents aren’t really keen on it. Now for the good news. My new Nokia 6230 has finally arrived! The cell sure rocks. Besides being very sleek looking, it has an umpteen amount of features. Always thought my Nokia 6610 rocked, but it really pales in comparison to the 6230. Key features of the phone are: Video recorder and player Digital VGA camera Active TFT color display Bluetooth wireless technology Streaming video and audio Music player for MP3 and AAC files Stereo FM radio EDGE and GPRS MultiMediaCard (MMC) Full list of […]
[…]back home and get ready for the evening. Polished my shoes clean, put on my suit (have to buy a new one soon) and off I went to reach church in time. Reached there and tragedy struck! Hit my lip badly on chotu Clayton’s head, so I had a nice bleeding lip which soon swelled up. Went around telling everyone that I now have a quarter of Angelina Jolie’s lip. Mass was good, but since I don’t know Konkani, it was pretty much unintelligent. The party began immediately after mass, without our mandatory wedding march (though it wasn’t a wedding), […]
[…]form as well as submit my application for PAN, buy coffee coupons and I hope to start this brand new week in a great […]
[…]a temporary electricity connection for our wing. The fire had destroyed all the connections. The new meters have been installed (quite a neat job). Hopefully, we get our permanent connections in a few days. Have 9.30am mass to sing for tomorrow morning. Will also give my darling Flame a nice wash in the afternoon. Not to mention, catching up with the pile of work that has been pending because of the […]
[…]the net through them. Total piss offX( He has promised to get it done today, but I wonder. The new week has begun. Let’s see what it has in store for […]
[…]Was happy to see the smile on their faces, especially my bro 🙂 Also picked up a pair of New Balance shoes. They are an American brand of shoes coming to India for the first time. I usually never buy branded shoes, but was finally planning to buy either a Reebok or a Nike. Fell in love with these shoes. Really cool pair and didn’t really cost a tonne besides being a branded pair. My first shopping spree since I started working. Doesn’t really happen on a regular basis, but I enjoyed […]
[…]wants to convict the boy simply because he is one of them. One unsure, keeps changing sides as new evidence comes up and finally one who due to a bad experience from his son, wants to convict the boy. After the movie, we had a small party until around 10pm followed by dinner. Didn’t eat much ’cause, I feasted at the party:O The next day’s session was about Cost Leadership, Paradigm Shift and Management of Change. All the lectures were very entertaining and enriching, especially the one on Paradigm Shift, where we were shown a film by Joel Barker. We […]
[…]now fashion designer friend Gail Hewett and another pal Dinesh. I had to rush off from work via a new route, since I would never have reached in time if I stuck to the Western Express Highway. Reached there much before time. Infact, going to her place via Sion took me less time than reaching my own home! Had an excellent time at the movie. Went expecting to be really bad, but it turned out quite good, though the synchronization of the audio and video during the songs could have been better. Overall a good job by Chadha. I won’t […]
[…]that on Saturday. Went in the morning to Sidharth‘s place. Then went off with Mom to buy our new washing machine from Plugin. Selected a Samsung 6.0kg model, which was delivered to our place by evening. Got back home and decided to give my bike her weekly washing. Wanted to do a quick job, but seeing the amount of dirt on it, I gave the bike a good cleanup. Took me nearly 2 hours, as usual, to clean it up. She is sparkling clean again 🙂 Also had to restore the Ghost image of my partition, as I succeeded in […]
[…]some money, I wasn’t able to make it on time there, so chucked the plan. Friday dawned, a bright new day. I had to decide to begin coding and used the ready-made program for generating PWM waves. However, the program failed miserably, because the DSP refused to output any wave, no matter how hard I tried! As usual, I got my colleague to help me. He’s been rather helpful and a good guide. We sat and debugged and I realized, my logic was all wrong, as the system is active low! I still haven’t gotten the PWM wave to work, […]
[…]hopefully! So much to do, so little time 🙁 On a brighter note, I have found out details for my new computer. Hopefully, I should get it within a month. Buying a rather high-end system. It will be […]
[…]Got back home and helped my neighbour Lennon sort out his computer. Now off to bed for a new day […]
[…]only after 5.30pm and after Nikhil left, I took Mom to the Reliance Web World Showroom to get us a new Reliance Land Line. I had to pay with my Card, because we didn’t expect them to take cash then and there! And we wouldn’t get the piece immediately if we paid by check. This is my first transaction, and it did give me a thrill 😀 My throat and mouth still aches. I guess I may have to visit the doc again tomorrow. Hate […]
[…]cds for Clayton. The damn Bata showroom in the East doesn’t stock anything, so had to pick up a new pair of floaters from their West showroom 😀 Got back home and got ready for mass. We had the skit today and it went off really well. Playing the voice of God is great :smile:. Dropped Melita home after mass and a long ride. Remembered that I needed to update my blog and so here I […]
[…]and received communion from the Bishop! After mass, I went up to him and asked him to bless my new bike and he agreed to do so after the inauguration of the Community Center. After this, I was about to approach him again, when he himself came out to bless my bike. It felt really great that he remembered that I asked him to bless my bike. My few pals gathered around as he blessed Flame! I am on top of the world! Returned home after that and did a bit of cleanup work around my computer. Going out in […]
[…]have a big mass at Sneha Sadan on the 10th. After practice, everyone came down to see me off on my new Pulsar. My baby sure feels amazing! A definite high riding her home 😀 I’m gonna be riding the bike an awful lot […]
[…]even given me her kinetic to use till I get my bike.:grin: Choir practise was amazing! We learnt a new hymn. Had amazing convos with Madam A and Amrita and as usual took the case of Anne. She’s back. Did we miss her ;):O Will drop mom off to BKC before going off to Mell’s place. All the best mom! Will go to sleep early today, if I have to have a non-sleepy day tomorrow! Have shifted to the 24 hour internet plan from tomorrow :grin:, so am going to be perpetually […]
[…]help with the suitcases. It was fun having him here. He even convinced my mom to loan me the new bike. Everyone is fed up of me raving about it by now and to think that about a week back, I didn’t know anything about bikes! Scanning a lot of snaps right. Plan to make a photo album with a lot of pictures of me:O and friends of course. Until […]
[…]movie, thanks to Madam A not being able to make it otherwise. :-S Got back home and registered my new domain name www.ajaydsouza.info, which surprisingly came online in less than half an hour:O Now I have to start working on it. Planning to make it a big resource site. Gonna be fun, but going to be exhaustive working:O Now have to go to college for the Project Viva. I do hope this goes well today. There’s choir practise in the evening, so that will be […]
[…]work on the websites. We selected a really nice template and I have gotten on modifying it for the new website for her company Mediacenter. Also did a few modifications for Glorify God. Awoke this morning to find that http://m-center.net works perfectly now, but the email to it is bouncing. So now I got it pointing to my free account at AS Hosting (where I am a Forum Super Moderator). Hopefully within 48 hours everything will be fine. Now, I shall go complete my journals. Got to go sing for mass in the evening. Everyone is going to be really […]
[…]I went back to her place, with her folks to setup the projector and laptop for the movie. Am very new to all this, and thanks to Melody and her dad, I am learning quite a bit! Melody’s entire church prayer group had assembled to watch the Passion of the Christ. The VCD was a cam-print, but the print and the sound was really clear for it. The movie is amazingly done and seems very well researched. The actors are amazing. The Passion of our Lord, is so well detailed. The Agony in the Garden, the Sourging, the Crowning with […]
[…]work and then met Nikhil and Subhashree at 8.30 pm. Had a quiet dinner at Amritsar Express, a new food joint in Juhu. Next met Nimit, a friend of Subhashree, who happened to know quite a few pals of mine! Spent some time in Lokhandwala Barista. Nimit, who knows how to play, got hold of the “4-string” guitar there, which we returned with three strings! Next reached back to Nikhil’s place, picked up the kinetic, got stuck in traffic and finally reached home around 1.15 am. Have to attend a Robotics class this (Sunday) evening, so my life is going […]
[…]engineering Ashish came over with Rhea’s Dad’s PC to check certain hardware problems. Left the new system at my place. After they had left, I found the same problems, so disconnected the system and reconnected mine back again! This turned out to be good, as I got my internet connection back again! However, as predictable, the net is down as I write this blog entry. I must seriously consider shifting! But then again, WHERE:O:?::O I had a good end to the day, as I received an email from L&T regarding a visit to the Powai Works on Saturday! Gonna be […]
[…]got over six months of dust removed from the CPU. It also gave me the oppurtunity of installing my new Samsung 40Gb HDD, so now I have totally 80Gb of space on my PC. Immediately got down to partitioning it into four parts. The last part will be used to install FreeBSD, which is a UNIX OS, which I shall begin learning within a short while. I had also put up the introduction and three chapters of The XHTML tutorial for Beginners at my site Tutorials @ AjayDSouza.com yesterday. Today I added three more chapters to the tutorial. This is […]
[…]God Jul, or Gledelig Jul Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado Papiamento:Bon Pasco Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr! Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo Philipines: Maligayan Pasko! Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie Portuguese:Feliz Natal Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn! Rumanian: Sarbatori fericite Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is […]
[…]screen. Then four of us went for a walk to Reclamation, returned back and I came home. A great news is that Glorify-God.com is finally online 🙂 Check it out in the new design. Lots more changes to come, however all this after my […]
[…]a Github account for quite a while now, but never got down to really using it. Over the past few years, I have received several contributions to my plugins and Github just makes these contributions easier. So, with this goal in mind, I’ve finally added Better Search on Github. It also has it’s very own cool page! Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine that gives search results relevant to the title and content of the post. This means that visitors to your blog will find will find what they are looking for quicker […]
[…]Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco). He is accompanied by Mélanie Laurent who plays Interpol newbie Alma Dray. Now You See Me also stars Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, who play Thaddeus (the magician killer?) and Arthur Tressler (the billionaire). Now You See Me has an exciting story line that keeps you at the edge of your seats as the magicians pull off their magic tricks and as Thaddeus attempts to explain them and Dylan attempts to catch them. A street chase and a car chase later, the Four Horsemen are ready to pull of their greatest heist. Will Dylan finally […]
[…]Admin area itself. Actually, the plugin has been lying neglected in the repository for several years now, before the directory even existed! However, it definitely wasn’t in usable form. I’ve rearranged the files and deleted the useless ones and the download is perfectly ready now. Transpose Email plugin allows you to use JavaScript to create an encoded link. Clicking that link will trigger the user’s email client to open and create an email. Download the plugin or read more about customizing the […]
I had posted earlier that I had submitted the updated version of my theme Connections Reloaded to the repository. It’s finally been approved today. So, grab it while it is hot 🙂 The changes in this version are: Complete support for WordPress 2.7 Threaded comments and paged comments are now supported Custom Header. Now you can change the image header from within WP-Admin itself Support for all versions up to WordPress 2.7. So, even if you haven’t upgraded to 2.7, you can use the theme without modifications. Download Connections Reloaded or view the […]
The last two weeks have been busy, as usual. Last week had a Software Project Management class followed by which I caught a Volvo to Mumbai to get away from the weekend long powercuts. Spend time with the special someone. Came back to Pune and immediately got down to work with my FSA case. Was called away by my director to help restore the contacts on his Nokia N96. After struggling for a good amount of time with trying to use Nokia Contact Manager to import the CSV file, I realized it was easier to do the transfer via Outlook […]
Once you register for Snap Preview AnywhereTM you receive a code which you need to add to your template. Within this code is a key= followed by a 32-character key. e.g. on this blog, the 32-character key is 31f0e1b8935c4f07cb6f1cf99bfb1521. This key is unique to your site and hence you need to register separately for each of your sites. Once you get the 32-bit key you will need to enter this into the Options page in […]
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 FeedBurner feed and continue to subscribe to your original blog feed. While this is not a problem, your stats may not give you slightly inaccurate number of your feed subscribers. A good option is the WordPress FeedBurner Plugin, which will redirect all your feeds to Feedburner. If you do not wish to use another plugin or if, like me, you are redirecting a category feed, (I got one for Connections Reloaded), then you can redirect […]
I have now made available a button which you can add to your Google Toolbar. This button allows you one-click access to this blog. Additionally, you can directly search this blog using Google Toolbar itself. Lastly, the button automatically displays the ten latest posts from this blog via an RSS feed, so you don’t even need a feedreader for the same. For those who still prefer to use a feed reader we offer the following feeds. Note that you will need v4.0 of the Google Toolbar. If you don’t have it, clicking on the link above will prompt you to […]
I guess this joke gives you a good idea how I feel! 10 – You’re so tired you now answer the phone, “Hell.” 9 – Your friends call to ask how you’ve been, and you immediately scream, “Get off my back, bitch!” 8 – Your garbage can is your inbox. 7 – You wake up to discover your bed is on fire, but go back to sleep because you just don’t care. 6 – You have so much on your mind, you’ve forgotten how to pee. 5 – Visions of the upcoming weekend help you make it through Monday. 4 […]
Just got my report from the pathology lab. Things appear to be normal to me (though I can’t be sure as I am not a Doctor). There is a high count of Lymphocytes in my blood, but WikiPedia says it could be a sign of a viral infection (yes, I couldn’t wait for the doctor), so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Anyway, will visit the Doctor in an hour, so will come to know for sure if anything is […]
I have uploaded yet another plugin on WordPress Extend. This one is another ancient plugin that allows you to display your chat widget from meebo me. meebo me lets you chat with your site visitors using your Meebo account. Visitors on your blog can hit a simple button and chat with you when you are logged into meebo. This is an easy and free way to interact with your visitors. While meebo me works with every website, this plugin makes integration with WordPress extremely simple. Read more and download meebo me for […]
Want to display the number of followers you have on Twitter on your blog or website? Then TwitterCounter is a fantastic solution for this. Want to make installation of TwitterCounter badges on your blog a breeze? Then use my TwitterCounter Plugin. The latest update includes complete support for Twitter Remote. Twitter Remote is a unique way of displaying which twitter users recently visited your blog or website. The plugin will allow you to set all the settings from within WordPress Administration area itself. If you’re using sidebar widgets, you’ll find two available, one for the badge and another for the […]
Seems like I seem to be boasting about my blog the past few days. Well, I have reason to 🙂 I wrote about being No. 2 on Sitescore about two weeks back. Since then I hovered around 2-4. Today I was genuinely shocked and extremely delighted to see ajaydsouza.com at No. 1! As usual, saved a screenshot for myself. I’m followed in the number 2 spot by Andreas, who without doubt has an excellent website. What is your score? Calculate and let me […]
After having thought about it a while I’ve decided to use Google Apps for Your Domain for AjayDSouza.com. I have already been using Google Apps to manage WebberZone email for a while now, and now AjayDSouza.com 🙂 What this means is now I have a 2Gb Email account, which has all the features of Gmail (which IMO is second only to Yahoo! Mail). This is very useful because I can take a considerable load of my VPS. I have also found that Gmail’s anti-spam tools are a lot better than SpamAssassin. I also have complete POP and SMTP access if […]
Within just two weeks another tragedy has hit Mumbai. After heavy rains last week that brought Mumbai to a standstill and we were just resuming life as normal we faced riots yesterday when the Shiv Sena went out on a rampage shutting shops and pelting stones and burning buses all over Mumbai and Maharashtra. And this evening the Mumbai was rocked by eight serial blasts at Borivili (two), Khar, Meera Road, Matunga, Jogeshwari, Bhayander railway stations and on the Khar-Santacruz subway. This isn’t the first time Mumbai has been rocked by blasts. Everyone remembers the 1993 bomb blasts as well […]
Had posted about C|Net’s article on why blogging is bad for your career. Found this link, which tells you just the opposite. Final judge, jury and executioner will have to be your company […]
Q1. In which battle did Napoleon die? * his last battle Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? * at the bottom of the page Q3. River Ravi flows in which state? * liquid Q4. What is the main reason for divorce? * marriage Q5. What is the main reason for failure? * exams Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast? * Lunch & dinner Q7. What looks like half an apple? * The other half Q8. If you throw a blue stone into the red sea what it will become? * It will simply become wet Q9. […]
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Received this today via email and it makes this headline all […]
