Date: 11/20/06     Keywords: google

I have been using GMail for some years. There are 5 things which I like most about GMail which makes it apart from competitors. 1. Ability to search using Google search engine. Google search engine is known for its uncanny ability to find relevant results. GMail shines above any online email competitor primarily because of its [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/5-things-i-like-most-about-gmail/

Date: 11/19/06     Keywords: software

In the previous post I mentioned about developing a recruitment testing software. We decided to develop the software to help with our ongoing testing needs for hiring new developers. The key features are: Ability to conduct timed online tests. The remaining time in minutes is displayed to the candidate. We have done extensive work to ensure [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/testing-for-recruitment-software-update/

Date: 11/18/06     Keywords: no keywords

My cellphone adapter would accassionally refuse to recharge. I tried nudging and pushing, checking if something is loose. Some days it would suddenly start working. Today wasn’t one of those days. The adapter remained as dead as dodo. And yet it was definitely heating up. I needed my mobile urgently and there wasn’t much time [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hacking-my-cellphone-adapter/

Date: 11/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

I have two expired blogads ads still displaying on my site. They have expired quite sometime back. As per Blogads terms and conditions they shouldn’t be displayed when their duration expires. This affects us as publishers. I had reported a similar incident in the past and it had been properly addressed. This time too I have [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bug-in-blogads-affecting-publishers/

Date: 11/17/06     Keywords: no keywords

AdRotator Overview WordPress plugin AdRotator enables you to display an advertisement (which is randomly selected from a group of advertisements specified in a text file) at your chosen location anywhere in your WordPress blog (other free WordPress plugins we provide). Adding ad code is trvial. You simply add this code in your template, where you want to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-adrotator-within-your-wordpress-post-page/

Date: 11/16/06     Keywords: no keywords

Internet Explorer (since 5.0) supports nodeValue() method to fetch the value of a node like Firefox or Opera, albeit with an exception. IE will provide the nodeValue only if the node is of type TextNode. So, for example, it will not give the nodeValue of a div. However Firefox and Opera works fine and provides [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/javascript-nodevalue-implementaion-ie-versus-firefox-opera/

Date: 11/16/06     Keywords: no keywords

When MS DTC fails to start and you get an error like: “The Distributed Transaction Coordinator service terminated with service-specific error 3221229584 (0xC0001010).” You know you are in trouble. Fortunately there is a simple solution. You can find the actual error from Event Viewer: “MS DTC log file not found. After ensuring that all Resource Managers coordinated by MS [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solution-microsoft-distributed-transaction-coordinator-fails-to-start-with-service-specific-error-3221229584/

Date: 11/16/06     Keywords: asp

A few bits of dark chocolate a day can have the same benefit as aspirin in reducing blood clots and preventing heart attacks, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine concluded in a study of chocolate lovers. “What these chocolate ‘offenders’ taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dark-chocolate-works-like-aspirin-to-prevent-heart-attacks/

Date: 11/15/06     Keywords: web

I am going on a business trip to USA, tentatively on 24th of November. I will be around Carlsbad, California. The trip is for 10 days (including 3 days of travelling). I will be doing what I love to do most - envisioning and architecting next generation (read Web 3.0) web applications for my (S&P [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/business-trip-to-usa-mailing-problems-with-translator-plugin-pro-etc/

Date: 11/15/06     Keywords: no keywords

You can find here where do you stand worldwide in terms of your wealth. It should be a gentle reminder to many that we should donate more and accumulate less, after all you can’t take it with you, or can you?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-rich-are-you/

Date: 11/14/06     Keywords: programming, java

Sun is slowly releasing its implementations of the Java platform. The components of the Java SE implementation that Sun is releasing initially are the Java programming-language compiler (javac) and the Java HotSpot virtual machine. In 2007, Sun will release all unencumbered source-code modules of JDK 6 and JDK 7, along with full build scripts; a [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-open-sourcing-details/

Date: 11/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

Nice outfit, sentiments, acrobatics - overall it looks like good Spidey fun all over again. Looking forward to see it.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/spiderman-3-trailer/

Date: 11/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

While looking for a Foosball table to purchase, I came across this positively weird variation of Foosball - a real human Foosball table. You can have it for rental, 3 days for $2,000 and a $5000 refundable deposit. Price Includes shipping and rental. Are humans included? You can get it from Foosballstore.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/weird-human-foosball-table/

Date: 11/10/06     Keywords: no keywords

You can easily create your own search engines and even assign keywords to them in a minute or so. This mini-tutorial will show you how you can add any WordPress blogs search as one of your search engines. This is the second part of the series on how to easily manage search engines & searching [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-create-your-own-search-engine-in-opera/

Date: 11/10/06     Keywords: browser, google

Opera Browser is the best in terms of search engine integration. It allows you to easily add your own search engines, access search engines by a single alphabet and finally set any search engine as the default. By default it comes with Google as the default search engine, but that can be easily changed. Contents How [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-easily-use-manage-your-search-engines-in-opera-browser/

Date: 11/10/06     Keywords: software, html, web

Software products, in the past, used to come in a shiny box with the CD (or floppy) and user manuals. With the evolving times and acceptance of internet, most products today are made available online, via website or email. User manuals too come either as pdf files or in html format. However it is still [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-create-software-box-for-your-products/

Date: 11/10/06     Keywords: css

Anaconda Theme for WordPress 2.x blogs is a free next generation 3 column CSS based WordPress theme provided by us. Anaconda Theme requires an attribution link at the bottom of each page. That is all we ask for our hard work in developing and testing this theme. However you may not want to have this [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-remove-attribution-link-link-back-from-anaconda-theme-for-wordpress/

Date: 11/08/06     Keywords: microsoft, google

Internet search engine leader, Google has warned Australia (why does Google start sounding like Microsoft with each passing day?) of going back to “pre-internet era” if the proposed changes to Australia’s copyright laws are legislated. “Given the vast size of the Internet, it is impossible for a search engine to contact personally each owner of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-warns-australia-of-going-back-to-pre-internet-era/

Date: 11/08/06     Keywords: database

Yesterday I received an often asked question from a close friend of mine and someone who I very much respect. In his words: My new company has an existing system that I am rewriting. The system has a database that follows the philosophy of never really deleting a record - just set a flag marking it deleted. What [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/to-delete-a-database-record-or-mark-as-deleted-a-discussion/

Date: 11/08/06     Keywords: software

I have been trying to find a good software for meeting our recruitment needs. I need a software which will allow our candidates to take a timed test online and it will score them immediately and inform us about the results. More specifically features I am looking for are: Ability to conduct timed online tests Ability to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/recruitment-testing-software-features-requirement/