Thinking of getting your own website? Not a bad idea. But here’s a really good tip — when you choose your domain name, write it down and read it. Carefully. Make other people read it. Then read it yourself again. This can’t be stressed enough: Make really you sure your URL says exactly what you […]
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WordPress 3 is here
Writer’s Log is now running on the spanking new WordPress 3.0, codenamed “Thelonious”. The upgrade was done automatically from WP 2.9.x and it happened in the blinking of an eye. Things are running smoothly subsequently. WP 3.0 features the integration of WordPress with WordPress MU (multi-user), a slimline dashboard, a new default theme called TwentyTen […]
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Pac-Man by Google
Gamers of a certain age are sure to get misty-eyed at the mention of the old classic Pac-Man. Gaming has come a long way since then, but some things never lose their charm. Thus, when Pac-Man turned 30 on 22 May, Google didn’t miss the chance to doodle about it. The Pac-Man doodle’s unprecedented popularity […]
The Secret of Fezar
Yes, that’s the new name of my forthcoming book. We decided to change the name because… well, there was a possibility of it being mispronounced. (Figure it out yourself.) The Secret of Fezar is the first book in the series called Satin. I’m undecided which one sounds better, though I’m inclined to go with the […]
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Souls sold
How carefully do you read the small print when buying something online, signing up for a service, or registering for any sort of online forum? For that matter, do you read the tiny text when you fill up forms in hard copy? Or do you just blindly tick the box that says you have read […]
Denounce the sexist swamy!
“Let your child be adventurous”, says Swamy Sukhabhodhananda in the Deccan Herald. As far as parenting advice goes, there doesn’t seem anything particularly objectionable about that. But then, here’s how he opens his article: One of the qualities of male energy is creativity. The male energy in us always wants to achieve; always wants to […]
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Worst tech product names
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. Or would it? According to CNET, it most definitely wouldn’t. Check out their “Worst Tech Product Names” in the CNET Top 5 series of “wayward lists”. No prizes for guessing who claimed the number-one spot! ~PD
From Commonwealth to common shame
As New Delhi gears up to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, one of the major problems facing the organizers is what to do with the 60,000+ destitute on its streets for whom begging is the only way of survival. The solution: arrest them and throw them in jail. With the spotlights set to turn on […]
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Apple unearths labour violations
Sorry, this is no follow up of Naomi Klein’s celebrated book No Logo, which exposes the dark secrets of the working environments in the factories of many big brands. Nor is this the expose by any investigative journalist. The hard truths were revealed by Apple itself, which conducted an onsite audit of its 102 facilities […]