Archive for January, 2008

The Flying Ducks

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in | No Comments »

I took this picture on my visit to the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary near my home. Read more..

Wordpress Installation Hangs on Step 2

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in | 1 Comment »

I have been trying to install the latest Wordpress (2.3.2) on our Windows Server for a long time. The famous 5-minute install keeps failing me for some reason. My installation ... Read more..

3 most useful Browser Shortcuts

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in | 6 Comments »

The help file in Firefox lists about 58 common shortcuts (I guess the total number must be much bigger). I am pretty sure IE has a similar number of shortcuts. ... Read more..

A day out with the birds

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in | No Comments »

It has been some time since we have been planning to visit Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary and finally today, along with some friends, it happened. The place is about 20 minutes ... Read more..

The Magic of Stumble Upon (or is it?)

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in | No Comments »

Everyone would tell you that one of the best ways to build up popularity on your site over the long term is to get it Stumbled Up. And I saw ... Read more..

Use Google Web History to remember where you went

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in | 3 Comments »

This is what happens to me all the time: I spend a nice amount of time searching for something by constructing better search queries and end up finding it; but ... Read more..

Google Woes

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in | 5 Comments »

I wonder if anyone noticed, but my PageRank has dropped to 0 from 3. When I first noticed, I thought it was a bad dream. I just went to sleep ... Read more..

Roadside Wisdom

Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in | No Comments »

Watching a video today on the Internet, a pearl of wisdom was dropped on me. Here's something that everyone should make their mantra: "The Key to Happiness is to Choose ... Read more..

TFS31002: Unable to Connect to Team Foundation Server

Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in | No Comments »

There are many reasons for why the TFS31002 error comes up. Usually its related to permissions configured for accessing TFS, firewalls blocking ports, wrong versions between Team Explorer and TFS, ... Read more..