Date: 03/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

This tip covers configuration in Options/Permalinks [Edit Permalink Structure] for WordPress users. My version is WordPress 1.5. By default WordPress uses a query string to identify a post. This is neither search engine friendly nor human friendly. A better way is to use a custom URI to better identify your posts. Many bloggers include a date [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-tip-on-permalink-options/

Date: 03/08/05     Keywords: java

I am tired of seeing people whine about their JavaOne proposals being rejected including Mary (from Sun) and others. Please spare us details of your rejected proposals. With tens of thousands of proposals from all over the world, you probably have a better chance at Lotto, just kidding. BTW: As for my proposal not being rejected, well I [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/javaone-proposal-not-rejected/

Date: 03/08/05     Keywords: programming, asp, web

I personally find the article by Richard Grimes on the state of .NET technologies very informative. It is comical to note some of the rants against him in the post and in the comments at http://weblogs.asp.net/danielfe/archive/2005/02/22/378343.aspx Some of it are plain hilarious like: "And really, let's face it, every programming language has a problem. Yes, .Net [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/some-thoughts-on-richard-grimes-article-on-net/

Date: 03/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

Harvard researcher Dr. Denise Faustman thinks she can cure type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes. She's done it in mice and wants to try it on humans. She's gotten financial backing from the Lee Iacocca Foundation and other groups, but needs millions more. She isn't going to get it from the world's largest diabetes foundation, Juvenile Diabetes [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-the-ban-on-adult-stem-cells-affects-the-fight-against-diabetes/

Date: 03/07/05     Keywords: cms, software, web

Introduction WordPress 1.5 (a Weblog/CMS software) comes with "nofollow" enabled by default, with no option to disable it! This plugin provides an option to disable "nofollow" in the most efficient way possible without altering any WordPress code. Background Any comments URL's posted by the viewers of a WordPress powered site are automatically tagged as "nofollow". This means [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-15-plugin-strip-nofollow-tag-from-comment-urls/

Date: 03/06/05     Keywords: no keywords

Inspired by a 'read later' bookmarklet by Cedric I started marking items for the read_later tag. I realized that it is a rather popular tag and a way to browse others interest too - del.icio.us/tag/read_later - Global read later list!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/global-read-later-list/

Date: 03/06/05     Keywords: no keywords

It is a half humorous, half serious piece from Mr. Lloyd Axworthy. Lloyd Axworthy is president of the University of Winnipeg and a former Canadian foreign minister. Go read it. You are going to enjoy this. Dear Condi, I'm glad you've decided to get over your fit of pique and venture north to visit your closest neighbour. It's [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/open-letter-to-ms-rice/

Date: 03/06/05     Keywords: web

Here are my code of ethics as a blogger: Be truthful Research well before writing informative posts I do very infrequently edit a comment(two so far) to remove gratuitous offensive terms. I personally don't use them nor would I like them on my weblog. I do check about the visitors to the site to statistically identify the reach of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/my-code-of-ethics-as-blogger/

Date: 03/06/05     Keywords: microsoft

I went to download a script debugger from microsoft site. It told me that I can download it only if I allowed a program to verify that I am running genuine microsoft windows. I naturally allowed, wondering how it could verify it (using activex obviously) through firefox. In the next screen however I was offered [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/genuine-microsoft-windows-farce/

Date: 03/06/05     Keywords: database, sql

I have noticed that despite closing all connections and exiting a standalone HSQLDB database, at least one connection still remains open. The defect is manifested in HSQLDB 1.7.3 and HSQLDB 1.8.0 RC 8. If you compile and run the sample code below, it will run fine for the first time. Second time (if it is run [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-close-all-connections-in-hsqldb-to-prevent-a-locking-defect/

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: spam

A recent trend in spamming observed in Larry Seltzer's blog and elsewhere is to use very small font size characters to create an ascii art to provide spam messages. What is interesting is that unlike the example above spammers can use legitimate email messages chosen randomly from computers they have hacked to create the ascii [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-combat-small-font-spam/

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

KOLKATA: Think the water you drink may be contaminated with deadly arsenic? A team of budding engineers claim to have the answer. They have invented an electronic arsenic detector that is handy, and cheap enough to be a fixture in every home. "All you need to do is pour a chemical in a glass of water [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/palm-sized-arsenic-detector/

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

In Kolkata AIDS prevention has a new mascot – Bula di. Note: "di" is a Bengali suffix (short form of "didi") which means elder sister. Bula-di is a doll. You can see her in billboards around the city teaching about AIDS in no uncertain terms. She informs through simulated dialogs how drug abuse or blood transfusion could [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/aids-prevention-has-a-new-ambassador-in-kolkata-bula-di/

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: spam

I have upgraded this blog to WordPress 1.5. With it I am progressively redesigning this blog to simplify accessing of *content*. "Content is the King" as they say. Along with it I have removed CAPTCHA for the time-being to experiment with other means of SPAM Control like Blacklisting, first time approval required etc. as [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/few-thoughts-on-wordpress-15-upgrade/

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: web, google

Too bad their sample request url's do not work! Their width of services is more than google - image, news and video search capability in addition to standard web search. They seem to think that location based search is a separate category.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=171

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: java, jsp

I was responding to a pdf viewing (using java) question on Artima - http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=1&thread=96447&start=0&msRange=30.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=170

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: spam

The famous spam tool is looking for a home, after recent eviction by MCI, some no-name Russian firm and finally by Lycos!

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=169

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

Bank of America said yesterday that it had lost computer backup tapes containing personal information about 1.2 million federal employees, including some senators, with Visa charge cards issued by the bank.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngsumansBlogOnJavaAndWebTechnologies?m=168

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: web, yahoo, google

Too bad their sample request url's do not work! Their width of services is more than google - image, news and video search capability in addition to standard web search. They seem to think that location based search is a separate category. It does offer choice to web services based service providers. However for Yahoo I think [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/finally-yahoo-joins-the-web-services-posse/

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: technology, java, jsp

I was responding to a pdf viewing (using java) question on Artima - http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=1&thread=96447&start=0&msRange=30. After I submitted my comments I noticed that the first AdSense ad contained the same link I had posted! Looks like very soon AdSense may supplement the java and other technology experts! The funny thing was the previous response which states - no [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/adsense-as-java-expert/