Date: 06/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Sponsor(s):Tired of dealing with messy toner, lost fax pages and unreliable fax machines? Why pour more money into extra phone lines and machine maintenance when you can send and receive faxes by email? eFax is the #1 paperless faxing choice of individuals and businesses worldwide. Get a local fax number to send and receive faxes [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-is-your-favorite-programming-language/

Date: 06/13/05     Keywords: php, xml

I was unable to send trackbacks and pingbacks after I tested with WordPress 1.5.1.2. I found the solution yesterday. I had too many XMLRPC Ping servers on my list and the php process was timing out while still pinging to them and before it could execute the trackback/pingbacks associated with the post. The obvious solution [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/solving-wordpress-1512-trackback-and-pingback-sending-problems/

Date: 06/12/05     Keywords: rss, html, virus

With the rapid proliferation of RSS Feeds and offline aggregators it is presumable that virus writers will try to exploit this avenue to spread the virus. But the question is whether it is feasible? In short technically a resounding YES. RSS feed contents carry HTML data. RSS aggregators are capable of displaying HTML in the content [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/can-rss-feeds-carry-a-virus-payload/

Date: 06/12/05     Keywords: blogging, software, java

Most Blog software provides an option to use a sanitized version of the post title as part of permalink url. Thingamablog, a Java based offline blogging software, doesn't do it. So I decided to create one for myself in Java. To see an example of what I am talking about, see the permalink (permanent link) of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-sanitize-blog-title-to-use-as-permalink-in-java/

Date: 06/12/05     Keywords: jsp

In Furl when you visit any individual's archive page you will see that the sites are not directly referenced to. They are redirected from a jsp script using the dreaded 302 redirect. It has the effect of potentially replacing your page in the search engine with a furl page. Sometimes, an HTTP status 302 redirect or [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/furl-is-destroying-google-rank-of-websites-with-302-redirect/

Date: 06/11/05     Keywords: google

I found something interesting: Google's SiteMap. This provides a handy reference to Google Tools which are increasing by the day. BTW: Google SiteMap is a great idea from Google, check it out! Sponsor(s):Tired of dealing with messy toner, lost fax pages and unreliable fax machines? Why pour more money into extra phone lines and machine maintenance [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sitemap-of-google/

Date: 06/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

I was initially providing excerpted feeds only. However I switched over to full feed format. Recently I noticed several aggregator sites cropping up which uses my feed content in full and serves its own advertisements, in some cases not even attributing it properly! That is not fair. So I included a copyright notice with the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/full-feed-or-excerpt-only-in-rss-feeds/

Date: 06/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

They formulate Godwin's Law. The Nazi's are so powerful even now that their mere mention stops a conversation on usenet! And what do bloggers do who are dead-tired? They write about dead Nazi's of-course.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-do-people-do-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands/

Date: 06/10/05     Keywords: software

Scott Adams (via Dilbert) made an interesting comment - "Maybe I could save time by realizing that they aren't raging morons who enjoy working for free". This reply was made when when his pointy haired boss told Dilbert to ask a prospective software seller to include a new feature for free. Is that what [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/will-the-raging-morons-who-enjoy-working-for-free-please-stand-up/

Date: 06/10/05     Keywords: virus

Three Transplant Patiet have died due to rare infection (LCMV virus) from rats, raises concern for all transplant patients. On a different front educated women are less likely to suffer from insomnia. And it appears that milk is destined to make a comeback. It had really a bad press all along.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/consolidated-health-news-for-the-week-ending-june-12-2005/

Date: 06/10/05     Keywords: spam

Let's begin with an example. Name: Stanford scientists takes first step towards producing renewable source of insulin producing cells from brain-derived stem cells ¦ IP: 81.176.65.76 Stanford scientists takes first step towards producing renewable source of insulin producing cells from brain-derived stem cells Stanford scientists ta… The scumbags at com.ru have tried (albeit unsuccessfully) at spamming my site [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/understanding-context-aware-trackback-spamming-new-frontiers-in-web-spamming/

Date: 06/10/05     Keywords: php

A new version of the WordPress Translator plugin is now available. Please refer to the original documentation for details including installation instructions. What's New: Option to generate slimmer list of icons (maximum 5 icons in a row). Now you can use <?php create_translator_bar(true); ?> to create a slimmer version as can be seen in this site. The default [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugin-version-11-latest-automatic-machine-translation-for-your-blog-in-eight-languages-spanish-french-german-portuguese-italian-japanese-korean-and-chinese/

Date: 06/09/05     Keywords: software

Understanding the Role of Manuals in Software development; Debunking the XP Myth of Code is Documentation; Additional value of Good Documentation; Role of Technical Writers in XP project; Summary

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/understanding-the-role-of-manuals-in-software-development/

Date: 06/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Diatribe against Referrer Karma, a WordPress plugin gone wild.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/will-the-karma-pains-never-end/

Date: 06/03/05     Keywords: php

Overview This Plugin provides automatic real-time machine translation of your WordPress Blog (written in English Language) in eight additional languages - Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified). The translated pages can be bookmarked. Requirements CURL should be installed in your system and available from PHP. Most systems have it enabled by default. The blog [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugin-automatic-machine-translation-for-your-blog-in-eight-languages-spanish-french-german-portuguese-italian-japanese-korean-and-chinese/

Date: 06/03/05     Keywords: php

Without much ado, I present the script. It handles http and https URL's and should work across platforms and configurations (like using htaccess for clean url's etc.). To understand more about the issues involved read - Understanding $_SERVER[’PHP_SELF’], $PHP_SELF, $_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’] and $_SERVER[’SCRIPT_NAME’] in PHP and when to use what $_SERVER['FULL_URL'] = 'http'; $script_name = ''; if(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) { [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-find-the-full-url-of-the-page-in-php-in-a-platform-independent-and-configuration-independent-way/

Date: 06/03/05     Keywords: php

This article unravels the mysterious and sparsely documented functionality of the above mentioned PHP global variables.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/understanding-_serverphp_self-php_self-_serverrequest_uri-and-_serverscript_name-in-php-and-when-to-use-what/

Date: 06/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

WordPress Plugin: AdRotator - Ad Rotating Solution for your Ads (including AdSense) Displays an advertisement (which is randomly selected from a group of advertisements specified in a text file) at your chosen location. Tested only on WordPress 1.5. Should work with earlier and later versions (future and past proofed). It can also be used with other [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugins-provided-by-taraganacom/

Date: 06/01/05     Keywords: programming, java

Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the creator of Java Programming Language, is offering Java Associate (SCJA) Beta Certification Exam freely from June 20 - July 15, 2005. Registration has started from today. I think it is a golden opportunity for entry level Java programmers and students with 6 month or more experience in Java to validate their skills. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-entry-level-sun-certified-java-associate-scja-certification-exam-from-sun-microsystems/

Date: 06/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

With supplemental oxygen, Will Cross, 37 became the first person with type 1 diabetes to reach the South Summit of Mt. Everest. That put him just shy of the top of the 29,029-foot mountain. while this is not the top, is a great achievement for a type 1 diabetic. Will has called in and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/first-type-1-diabetic-on-south-summit-of-mount-everest/