Archive for the 'General' Category

Riding on the Zune

This is going to be a post about making money. But to be honest, the inspiration came from a very different angle. When I saw the latest news about the Zune 30GB leap year bug, it occurred to me that although this was bad news for Microsoft, at the same time it reminded me of [...]

Happy Holidays

I’d like to wish all readers of my blog a happy holiday season and blessed fortunes next year. These are interesting and challenging times we live in. When I started this blog early in 2007, I had always intended it to be a place to jot down my observations, musings, news, and share tips which [...]

Improve your Internet connection speed

Are you getting frustrated with your Internet connection and its speed? The first thing you need to know is that the speed of your Internet surfing is not dependent on the speed of your computer hardware at all. Minimum hardware requirements are enough to surf most sites. Although Internet speed is largely affected by external [...]

A word on email spoofing

Email spoofing is a technique used by spammers to alter the originating email address to appear as though it came from some other address (could be your own). I’ve recently been subjected to one of these episodes, during which my email got flooded with tons of spam from a spoofed email address (belonging to me). [...]

Why I haven’t blogged of late

Been really busy with work, and doing 12 hour work shifts. The result – a serious lack of time to post on my blog. I know I have been silent of late, and hope my readers don’t mind too much. I’m coming to grips with the current financial crisis hitting the globe, and trying to [...]

Carrying a business idea through tough times

Hardly a day goes by these days without some bleak news about the problems affecting the US economy, and the shake-ups happening to some long time corporate giants. It has even gotten to me, and I can’t help myself feeling a little more than apprehensive. Being a blogger and webmaster is solely something I’ve been [...]