Date: 12/18/04     Keywords: java, web, google

Keith posted an interesting article countering the hype generated by Google Suggest & GMail - Google Suggest and GMail are a step backwards I think there are two things which makes Google Suggest interesting. People now realize there is a way to use javascript for live update of sections in a webpage, which for some strange [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/whats-so-great-about-google-search/

Date: 12/18/04     Keywords: microsoft

Scientist at UCSC thinks that playing video games helps learning early that success is a game. As if we didn't have enough way to divide the world yet! Mr. Beck and Mr. Wade divide the world into two groups: those who grew up with video games (the gamers) and those who did not. So Microsofters [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/and-i-didnt-play-video-game-all-this-time-thinking-it-would-be-a-waste-of-time/

Date: 12/18/04     Keywords: html, technology, spam

A wonderful christmas/hanukkah present I must say :) http://tech.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Spam-Lawsuit.html Looks like if you are in Iowa you can claim damages of 10 $ per spam! Wondering if I should shift my residence to IOWA. Looking at the amount of spam I get I could be a millionaire in no time :)

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/landmark-judgement-of-1-billion-awarded-to-isp-in-anti-spam-suit/

Date: 12/18/04     Keywords: browser, web, microsoft

Some interesting quotes from the article: FIREFOX is a classic overnight success, many years in the making. Firefox is a Web browser that is fast and filled with features that Microsoft's stodgy Internet Explorer lacks. For the first time, Internet Explorer has been losing market share. Today, it's the Internet Explorer code that is long overdue for a top-to-bottom [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-in-nyt/

Date: 12/18/04     Keywords: no keywords

Kolavennu Venkatesh died on Friday at 25 years due to muscular dystropy. In his death he has started a heroic struggle to save lives of milli0n others. A struggle which should never be forgotten.

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Date: 12/17/04     Keywords: no keywords

Kolavennu Venkatesh died on Friday at 25 years due to muscular dystropy. In his death he has started a heroic struggle to save lives of milli0n others. A struggle which should never be forgotten.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-story-of-a-noble-man-and-his-noble-mother/

Date: 12/15/04     Keywords: google

Occassionally Google Desktop Search contacts internet, even when I am not using it.

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Date: 12/14/04     Keywords: google

Occassionally Google Desktop Search contacts internet, even when I am not using it. This makes me nervous. It feels intrusive to have something which can view and possibly ( not that I would doubt Google of commiting such an act... or would I?) send critical financial information out of the computer. I have blocked [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-does-my-google-desktop-search-contact-internet/

Date: 12/12/04     Keywords: php, web

Using php 5.x is not documented in the manual, there are lots of questions with few answers, redundant hints etc. Even php 4.x users will benefit from this as it shows how to enable php only in a single web application, instead of all web applications as all the existing docs state. Enjoy!

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Date: 12/11/04     Keywords: php, web

Using php 5.x is not documented in the manual, there are lots of questions with few answers, redundant hints etc. Even php 4.x users will benefit from this as it shows how to enable php only in a single web application, instead of all web applications as all the existing docs state. Enjoy!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/running-php-5x-on-windows-using-tomcat-4x-or-5x/

Date: 12/11/04     Keywords: web

Some glaring mistakes of website design are discussed and solutions provided. This page will be continuously updated as and when I encounter new atrocities which stand out in their own right.

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Date: 12/11/04     Keywords: web

Some glaring mistakes of website design are discussed and solutions provided. This page will be continuously updated as and when I encounter new atrocities which stand out in their own right.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/few-donts-of-web-page-designing/

Date: 12/09/04     Keywords: no keywords

Observed organization pattern in Layoff Strategy

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Date: 12/09/04     Keywords: no keywords

Observed organization pattern in Layoff Strategy

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/organization-pattern-for-layoff-strategies-part-ii/

Date: 12/08/04     Keywords: web

My review on MSN Search elicited the following response from MSN Search's Weblog: Angsuman Chakraborty thinks that we released the Beta too early. He also questions the veracity of our site descriptions. I want to respond to this by re-iterating that there is no human intervention in our Index; all...

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Date: 12/07/04     Keywords: web

My review on MSN Search elicited the following response from MSN Search's Weblog: Angsuman Chakraborty thinks that we released the Beta too early. He also questions the veracity of our site descriptions. I want to respond to this by re-iterating that there is no human intervention in our Index; all results are based on our algorithms. In [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/msn-search-features-hand-crafted-results/

Date: 12/07/04     Keywords: no keywords

I think a clear organization pattern emerges in layoff strategies. Single big layoff is much better for employee morale than multiple small layoffs.

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Date: 12/07/04     Keywords: no keywords

I was looking at the profanity filter from Travis for comments. Interestingly "god" is in the badwords array along f*k, s*t and its ilk! And the way to make "god" good is by changing Him to "g*d"!! What am I missing here :)

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Date: 12/07/04     Keywords: spam

Finally I took the step to get rid of comment spam without time consuming moderation, which I have been doing so far. My quest first started with a simple solution - moderation of all comments.

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Date: 12/07/04     Keywords: no keywords

I think a clear organization pattern emerges in layoff strategies. Single big layoff is much better for employee morale than multiple small layoffs. With multiple layoffs people always remains on the edge and fear that their turn is next in the next round. Productivity drops and gossiping abounds, with some doomsayers causing most damage. All effort is focused on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oraganization-pattern-for-layoffs/