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Back from the dead


Its going to be almost a year since I have blogged. Its time to get back to blogging and revive this blog again. Lot of things have been happening on my side. 2008 was one the best and worst year of my life, personally and career wise. A few things I would like to highlight […]

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Notable Free Premium WordPress Themes


Time for showcasing a few notable Free Premium Quality WordPress Themes that caught my eye. With a little a bit of creativity and extra work you could modify these themes to get yourself a free high quality theme.
LeoPress Leopard Inspired WordPress Theme
LeoPress is a free three column WordPress. The design is inspired by Mac OSX […]

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FreshMedia Free Two Column WordPress Theme.


Its been a while since I wrote about WordPress Themes. I saw a beautiful CSS and XTHML Template provided by styleshout.com for free. So I decided to convert it into a WordPress theme and release it. Let me know if you find any bugs. The theme is released under the a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 […]

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Shared Hosting Sucks Moved To Dedicated Virtual


My apologies since its been a while since I posted on this blog. My real life took over my online life, hence I was unable to dedicate anytime to this blog. A number of interesting events took place over the web while I was away. Notably Apple release the new and refreshed line of Mac […]

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Reduce Comment Spam To Zero Without Akismet


My blog used to get around 100-300 spam comments/trackbacks a day while Akismet was doing a great job, but as time went by it became very tedious to go through the comment/trackback spam to make sure no legitimate comments were caught. Using a combination of three WordPress plugins and without the help of Akismet I […]

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Yes WordPress Is Blog Not A CMS Get Over It


I’ll repeat it WordPress is not a CMS, its a Blog. Its a different issue that it is flexible enough to be used as a CMS. The reason I am using it is because I want a blog not a CMS and I love it because because its the best Blogging software out there. If […]

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Upgraded To WordPress 2.3


I have upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.3 I was reluctant to upgrade since I was using a lot of features and functions from the Ultimate Tag Warrior Plugin in my theme. Today I sat and cleaned up my theme code and tested it out. If you come across any bugs let […]

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Blogging Code Of Ethics, Disclaimer, Copyright Notice.


Just a note I have updated my about page. I been meaning to write this for a long time, since I get quite a few emails from people who contact me about products/services/advertisement. This should give them a better idea what to expect from me before they contact me. This is also to reassure my […]

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2007 Year Of the Apple Bashing


Apple is the new Microsoft or so they say, 2007 has been a great/bad year for Apple. I am seeing a lot of Apple bashing taking place place, grow up people its just a company. Though I admit it is one of the most tight lipped closed company. Lets see where they seem to be […]

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WordPress To Launch Theme Marketplace, All Themes To be GPL


About 4 weeks back I was contacted by Toni Schneider CEO of Automattic. Automattic was thinking of launching a WordPress Theme marketplace for WordPress.com. At that time they wanted to keep to it under wraps. Now Matt himself has confirmed this.
I thought it was an excellent idea especially to give exposure to […]

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Free Magazine Style WordPress Themes And More


Its been a really long time since I did by best WordPress theme series. In the last few months there seems to be a new trend catching up. Designers/bloggers seem to be focusing on Magazine style layouts for blogs. I can easily understand why people are attracted towards a Magazine style layout. A Magazine style […]

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I Am Back Online, DCAMP, DNS Issues, MediaTemple and BlueHost


Well its been a really fun and frustrating two weeks for me. Fun because I completely disconnected myself from the computer and Internet. No RSS Feeds, No blog posts, No IM. I went to to Bangalore last weekend with Sagaro and Sid to attend DCamp an UnConference on Design and Usability at Yahoo India, and […]

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Moved To BlueHost Media Temple Grid Server Overrated


Its been a bad week for me. I moved to Media Temple hosting 4 days back, yesterday night I moved again to BlueHost. In my hurry I was unable to backup my previous post I apologize to everyone for the lost comments. My Site has been horribly slow and constantly down for 2 full days […]

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Security alert: WordPress Competition Winning Plugins Vulnerable


Update: My sincere apologies to all the plugin developers. I usually try to keep track of WordPress security. and buyacrop has been very good at finding exploits and providing patches. In my hurry to warn users I forgot to check if patches were available or if the developers were informed. I think its pretty irresponsible […]

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Best Three Column WordPress Themes And More


Its been a while since I did my Best WordPress theme series. For this series I decided top focus on 3 Column themes I’ve been hunting around for the best 3 column themes in the past month. At the same time I came across a few more beautiful themes. So I Decided to combine them […]

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