Date: 01/24/07     Keywords: no keywords

Some of my customers have complained that they were unable to access my site. They complained that the site was accessible by IP address (72.36.134.131) but not by domain name - http://blog.taragana.com/. I couldn’t put a finger to it as my DNS servers as well as the site is running perfectly. I verified that both [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/time-warner-cable-blocking-simple-thoughts-blog/

Date: 01/24/07     Keywords: blogging, software

WordPress, a popular blogging software, has released version 2.1 with many exciting features and over 550 bug fixes. The key features are: Autosaving of posts - It has incorporated the features of tw_autosave plugin in the core. Tabbed editor - Allows switching between WYSIWYG & plain text mode editor. I am not too excited about this feature going [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-blogging-software-version-21-released/

Date: 01/24/07     Keywords: no keywords

WordPress just released version 2.1. We have tested Translator Plugin Pro with 2.1 release and it works perfectly out of the box. Translator Plugin Pro is compatible with WordPress 2.0.4 and above, including but not limited to 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.1… BTW: We have started shipping upgrades. Honk if you haven’t received your upgrade copy by [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-translator-plugin-pro-compatible-with-wordpress-21/

Date: 01/24/07     Keywords: php

First of all identify the file(s) for which you want to know the revision number from PHP. Then add a property to the file as follows: svn propset svn:keywords Revision file_name.php Now add the following function within php blocks: /** Returns revision number */ function getSCID() { $svnid = '$Rev: 43 $'; $scid [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-subversion-revision-id-from-php/

Date: 01/23/07     Keywords: spam

MySpace has filed suit against notorious spammer and self-proclaimed “spam king” Scott Richter and alleged cohorts for sending what could become known as MySpam. Yesterday MySpace filed a complaint in a District Court in Central District of California, USA demanding a jury trial against Richter’s for sending spam messages disguised as communications from members to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/myspace-sues-spam-king-scott-richter-for-sending-myspam/

Date: 01/23/07     Keywords: software

One of the frequent requests with Angsuman’s Translator Plugin Pro software is for alternative flag images for display. We have addressed this demand in two ways. First of all we have changed the flag images to better looking, at least I and my QA lead thinks, and slightly bigger, though smaller in size, flag images [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/alternative-flag-images-for-angsumans-translator-plugin-pro/

Date: 01/23/07     Keywords: cms, software, xml, java, web

This is a review of the book Managing and Customizing OpenCms 6 by Matt Butcher and published by PACKT Publishing. OpenCms Content Management System Overview OpenCms is a popular CMS (Content Management System) software based on Java and XML technologies. The OpenCms site has a good description: OpenCms is a professional level Open Source Website Content Management System. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/book-review-managing-and-customizing-opencms-6/

Date: 01/23/07     Keywords: no keywords

Übermensch is often incorrectly translated in English as Superman. The word Superman lacks the German connotation of mastery of a sphere beyond human knowledge and power. In addition, Mensch is closer to the English word “human” then “male”. Mensch is to be understood as a neutral form of a noun. Übermensch is someone with knowledge [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/who-is-ubermensch/

Date: 01/22/07     Keywords: no keywords

We planned to ship most of the updates for existing customers on Sunday, yes we did work on Sunday too too get your updates in time. However while trying to ship Translator 4.0 update we faced a small problem with the batch file. We stopped shipping the updates and focussed on fixing the problem. It was [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/translator-plugin-4041-shipping-update/

Date: 01/22/07     Keywords: microsoft, google

I am using Google Calendar, as an experiment, for my projects. I noticed 5 things, between unprintable curses, which make it seriously dysfunctional as an usable product. Inability to show details in longer than month view, a handy features in Microsoft Outlook. Fails to bring up event details in many occassions.The only thing you can do is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/5-things-i-dont-like-about-google-calendar/

Date: 01/22/07     Keywords: no keywords

Enjoy the classy iPhone commercial and mouth-watering user guide. iPhone Commercial iPhone User Guide Let’s start with some unusual ones: IX. Using the iPhone to solve disputes between Moqtada al-Sadr and certain Sunni elements within Iraq without causing an escalation of hostilities, or the development of closer ties between Iran and Shiite militias X. Using the iPhone to assist European [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/funny-iphone-commercial-and-user-guide/

Date: 01/19/07     Keywords: software

Translator Plugin Pro 4.0 is a significant step forward in terms of architecture of Translator plugin. I have re-architected the software to allow pluggable translation engines. No longer are we dependent on one or two translation engines. We can add more at will. Currently we are using three translation engines to give you 14 X [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/translator-plugin-pro-40-the-architecture-thoughts/

Date: 01/19/07     Keywords: blogging, software

WordPress is a popular blogging software which is used in this blog and lot of blogs on the internet. One of the frequently asked questions was how can we get older versions of WordPress. Previously all we could get was the latest version using this link, which automatically links to the latest version of the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-get-older-versions-of-wordpress/

Date: 01/19/07     Keywords: no keywords

I finally took the plunge and upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.0.7, the latest sparkling version of WordPress (till 2.1 comes out later this month). I am happy to say that the upgrade was uneventful for once and things looked fine after sanity checks. My biggest motivation was to install Translator Plugin 4.0, I didn’t [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-thoughts-upgraded-to-wordpress-207/

Date: 01/18/07     Keywords: spam

Yesterday I talked about developing a comment spam prevention plugin with zero false positives. I am currently using it on all of our blogs. Today I want to talk briefly about its origin and goals. But first here are the stats from my Simple Thoughts blog: 1095 spam comments were blocked by Angsuman’s Comment Guard plugin [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/on-comment-guard-wordpress-comment-spam-prevention-plugin/

Date: 01/17/07     Keywords: spam

After being thoroughly fed-up with the state of WordPress comment spam protection, I have decided to solve the comment spam problem in WordPress blogs once and for all. I have installed an experimental commenting system which is designed to completely stop (read 100%) robotic spam (spam generated by bots and not humans) in all my [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/experimental-comment-spam-prevention-system-for-wordpress-blogs/

Date: 01/17/07     Keywords: no keywords

I am very happy to announce the long-awaited release of Angsuman’s Translator Plugin Pro version 4.0. This release contains several exciting new features: Multi-Language Support Translator Plugin Pro 4.0 supports blogs written in 14 different languages - English, German, Russian, Arabic, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. In Translator Plugin Pro 4.0 we [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-translator-plugin-pro-40-released/

Date: 01/16/07     Keywords: yahoo, google

Google AdSense is known for its uncanny relevance in serving context sensitive ads. Its competitors like Yahoo Publisher Network and Kontera aren’t being able to make significant inroads to AdSense / AdWords customer based primarily due to relevance, perceived or otherwise. However recently I am starting to see completely irrelevant ads as far as contextuality. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-google-adsense-losing-its-relevance/

Date: 01/16/07     Keywords: spam

I have experiemented with all the available WordPress plugins for comment spam protection including but not limited to Bad Behaviour, Spam Karma 2, Akismet and built-in WordPress features like blacklists and moderation queue. The key problem with all of these plugins is high rate of false positives along with some false negatives too. In plugins [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-big-void-in-wordpress-comment-spam-protection/

Date: 01/16/07     Keywords: technology

Most modern hard disks have S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) technology built in which, if enabled, allows you to query the hard drive about it’s health and performance. Let’s look at some of the critical attributes and how you can determine the health of your hard disk. Mechanical failures, which are usually predictable failures, account [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-protect-yourself-from-harddisk-crash-failures/