Twitter Updates for 2010-02-03

• Can't watch any channel under Movies category on #TataSky The msg says "ur digicomp is not receiving signal' Other chanels wrking #
• RT @androinica: #Wordpress releases native, open-source Android app http://goo.gl/fb/vn60 #android #
• Since this tweet http://short.to/15llk have been trying #TataSky helpline nos. No one picking up #fail #
• Flashed my #Android Dev Phone 1 to @Cyanogen 4.2.14.1 #adp1 #
• RT @News4Android: Android lock screen copied by iPhone app devs | The Androider: http://short.to/15kwi #
• Interesting RT @seesmic Reason for password reset from twitter- http://short.to/15lwy #
• Received an Email frm #Google Apps team notifying that this year (no exact dates), Internet Explorer 6 #ie6 support will be phased out #
• Google Nexus One #N1 will get multitouch support, via an OTA update. My #Android Dev Phone 1 already has it. Thanks to @cyanogen mod #
• HipHop PHP !!! #
• Is that so? @vinodunny RT @androinica Next time your G1 battery dies, send it to the island on Lost & it will magically rejuvenate. Hooray! #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-22

• Still not comfortable with #Twitter 's Retweet. That's coz I myself tend to skip retweets which show's other's avatar on the client #
• Internet Explorer #IE patch against flaw which led to the Google attack. For all Windows flavors http://short.to/14ayp #Aurora #
• Lol RT @Shailee_2212 What is Rajnikanth's Gmail ID ……. Gmail@Rajnikanth.com (for @shekharg) #
• @vinodunny I feel honoured #
• RT @hoccer RT @fmblog: #android app #hoccer can now throw #mp3! check out hoccer.com #

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-19

• Awaiting Heroes E16. Samuel showed off his powers. Hiro, Suresh & Noah teamed up against him. Peter to lead the carnival. Sylar to use Emma #
• You may feel as if your actions are on a collision course with… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• Google Sites facing issues http://short.to/142cf #
• PAK players not selected 4 #IPL3? Big deal? U bomb us and we pay for ur living? Play soccer in United States!!! #
• The title of a CNET article says "Browse safely with Internet Explorer" Sorry, but cudn't read it any further. Lol #

Slice out my latest post

The second beta of the upcoming version  of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE 8 ) web browser was released last month. One of the touted features of IE 8 is Web Slices.

Many of us cut out articles from the newspapers if we find them interesting. Think of Web Slices to be cuttings from Web sites. But with a difference. If these cuttings (web content) are updated on the respective web sites, you will be notified, as well as your cuttings will be updated. Technically, you “subscribe to a Web Slice”, instead of saying cutting it off which may offend the webmasters

The latest post on my Blog is Web Slice enabled (or say, it is a Web Slice). In fact, it is Web Slice enabled since some time. Perhaps, some of you (who are using IE 8 ) would have noticed it.

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Chrome – The Google Web Browser

After lots of news and attention since yesterday, Google’s very own web browser called Chrome is finally available for download now, but only for Windows.

To start with, since I’m on Linux (Fedora 9), the download page http://www.google.com/chrome, did not show me a download link but instead prompted me to subscribe (with my E-mail) to get alerted when Chrome is available for Linux.

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Browse this blog on a Mobile

If you visit this blog http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com using a mobile device, you will see a plain and simple Blog page, which is quite readable on a mobile screen (white background, black foreground or text, no images, simple menu links).

Thanks to Wordpress Mobile Edition plugin (http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress).

I tested it on Windows Mobile 6 PDA device (on my I-Mate 8502). While browsing the mobile version on the PDA, I clicked on the link “Exit the Mobile Edition” (near the bottom of the page) and it showed me the  desktop edition/page (with blue background, images). However, to go back to the “Mobile optimized page”, I had to clear the cookies. This can be done as follows on Pocket IE (Internet Explorer).

On Pocket IE, click on Menu (on the right) > Tools > Options > Security (Tab). Next click on the button labeled “Clear Cookies”.

Browsing back to the site or a refresh showed me the Mobile optimized page again.

Also asked a friend of mine, who owns a Blackberry to browse the site. On Blackberry, “Exit the Mobile Edition” was reported to not working. It shows the the mobile optimized page even after clicking the link. Will need to check this further.

Update:No need to do delete the cookies in Windows Mobile. If you are browsing non-mobile optimized page (or the regular page), there is a link under each blog post which says “Return to the mobile edition”. Clicking on this link shows the mobile optimized page again. Missed this link in the cluttered regular page on the mobile screen.

Update (May 30, 2009): Have upgraded to 3.0.4. with the Carrington Mobile theme. Refer to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mobile-edition/ Following is a screenshot of how my blog looks on a Android phone (Android Dev Phone 1):

WordPress Blog on Android Phone