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[18 Nov 2005 | No Comment | 38 views]

Today, I implemented three major changes in the blog. Firstly, I upgraded the core to WP 1.5.2. Secondly, I have started using the Google AdSense program just to see how much money I could potentially make with it, and last but not the least, I have added Bayesian comment filtering to help me cope with comment spam. Recently, I had been getting about 60 spam comments on a daily basis. I hope the new plugin helps alleviate these issues.
UPDATE: I messed up and now all the images on my blog …

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[18 Oct 2005 | No Comment | 115 views]

I am not very active when it comes to posting interesting, timely, well planned, and somewhat controversial tidbits on my blog. In fact, I don’t think I am addicted to this *culture* enough. There are bloggers who make it a point to make very regular additions to their log. They aim for a certain level of readership, and strive to spread word out by religiously posting comments on other blogs. I have not done all that until now.
This made me wonder. What’s my blog about? Do I have an agenda?
I …

Life and Personal, Tech and Culture »

[10 Oct 2005 | No Comment | 111 views]

Hey! I am back after a very long hiatus! I was basically tied up with so much stuff that I had little time and motivation to get myself to update my blog.
I was going through the best of Craigslist when I noticed a very interesting post by the CEO of experienceTHIS.us giving out advice to people applying for jobs online.
The gist of the post is that it is always better to be honest, elucidative, simple, concise, and professional when initiating that first key hiring related correspondence. Of course, different recruiters …

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[17 Sep 2005 | No Comment | 78 views]

I finally bought a car on Friday! It is a Ford Mustang and is in excellent condition, since of course, I bought it used. I love driving, and spent the better part of the day driving it to the temple, the mall, and the Indian movie theater.
More about this later!

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[6 Sep 2005 | One Comment | 117 views]

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