Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18

• #Cuil (search engine) is alive & adding features – facebook integration, 5 seconds indexing of tweets, maps etc. http://tinyurl.com/yeenpxv #
• Just that the traffic load on #Cuil (search engine) is quite high right now #
• rsync -avz <source-dir>/* <dest-dir> does not copy hidden files/dirs – which start with a . (dot) Omit the trailing * #linux #rsync #
• You are in the mood to play your cards right out in the open, … More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• #Twitter Retweet is now visible to me (see the "NEW" note on the top and the retweet button near the cursor) http://pic.gd/a27972 #
• Retweets using the new #Twitter Retweet feature show only on the web (http://bit.ly/La7wj), neither on Tweetdeck, not on Echofon #
• Need to check this: seems Retweets show as a RT to only those users who are not following the author of the tweet #Twitter #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-08

• @sharat_j cool photo dude in reply to sharat_j #
• RT @androinica 5 Palm Pre Lessons for Android: The smartphone wars encourage comparisons. Mobile companies constantly try to on.. http:/ … #
• At a friend’s marriage. In fact a lil far from the venue. Getting his car decorated with flowers at Kalkaji, New Delhi #
• Driving back a flower decorated “just married” car #
• @globalservices Microsoft threatens to offshore #
• Just came back home from the friend’s marriage. Have about 4 hrs to catch up with sleep coz have a 1130 hrs meeting at Gurgaon #
• Up and running. The zombie driving for the meeting #
• @sharat_j nopes. U r undergoing “time dilation” @pankaj_shukla in reply to sharat_j #
• Meeting done. House inspection progress checked (basically no progress), reminded the builder bout d-line. Now at Nirulas with @vinodunny #
• @bineshkutty #Terminator 4 Salvation ringtone http://bit.ly/escCK #
• @vinodunny the terminator ringtone is. did not check others in reply to vinodunny #
• @pankaj_shukla For checkbox array in PHP: use <input type=”checkbox” name=”chk[]” value=”1″> To retrieve: $_POST["chk"][0],$_POST["chk"][1] #
• @vinodunny it seems @bineshkutty will reply after office hours. I wonder why ? in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny “Big Brother”? As far as I know @bineshkutty ‘s elder brother is not into technology. Whom r u talking about? I’m so confused in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny Sanjay Majumdar can be anything but “Big” in reply to vinodunny #
• Search Engine flood #Bing,#Wolfram, #Yebol, #Wowd, #Cuil and … ? #
• Search Engine Fud #Bing #
• @aseemsood get me this http://bit.ly/b3eU1
  from Germany in reply to aseemsood #
• @aseemsood I can but I will not in reply to aseemsood #
• @achitnis that was quick. if not from @aseemsood Will ask him to get something else now in reply to achitnis #
• #Bing free (you still pay for the bandwidth) search API http://www.bing.com/developers #
• The #Bing API version is 2.0 – a straight jump ? What, where, how, when was 1.0 ? #
• #Bing Search API “Unlimited use for customer-facing sites and applications” as taken from http://www.bing.com/developers #
• @aseemsood if and when you buy #Palm #Pre and want to transfer data from ur #Treo to #Pre http://bit.ly/AcT8Z #
• @catomaior hmm I thought so but still wanted to confirm. thanks! in reply to catomaior #
• very interesting concept! RT @ecackett: Which search engine do you like best? Try this blind-search: http://blindsearch.fejus.com/ #
• @achitnis #palmpre you hold a Palm Pre ? As of now ? In your own hands ? @aseemsood in reply to achitnis #
• @vinodunny hey try the blind search engine that I tweeted about. I ended up voting for not #bing not #google but #yahoo for my first search in reply to vinodunny #
• @achitnis u have a #pre with u or looking for someone who has one? in reply to achitnis #
• @vinodunny @achitnis hey now u r covering it up Don’t make me angry. U wouldn’t like me when I’m angry in reply to vinodunny #
• @achitnis vinod himself. Its him who is waking up the hulk in me yeeaahhh ggrrrrrrr in reply to achitnis #
• @aseemsood hell is right here Raina in reply to aseemsood #
• @juhib because “T” for Tosh and hence “T” for Twitter in reply to juhib #
• @juhib gnite Miley in reply to juhib #
• @kkumarkg re sanjay. @vinodunny took his name because he is afraid of his XBox (rhyme it ) in reply to kkumarkg #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-02

• RT @juhib it’s june 1 and no sign of bing.com yet. various launch dates are floating around: june 1, june 3, early june… #
• @juhib I recall that June 1 launch amongst selected ppl and June 3 is public launch of #Bing search engine by Microsoft. Will check … in reply to juhib #
• @vinodunny @juhib yep, just checked, its there. http://www.bing.com. wasn’t #Bing suppose to integrate with live.com ? #
• RT @juhib techcrunch’s screenshot on #bing advertising on #google.com http://tinyurl.com/m6zhz3 #
• RT @juhib #MS rumored to be spending up to $100m to advertise the Bing launch. wonder how much of that #Google will end up getting. hehe #
• @bineshkutty @juhib test tweet. Pls ignore #
• @juhib r dead pigs, the test did not work in reply to juhib #
• Not able to see all the jazz u heard bout #Bing? Click on country (India for us) on the top right. Select United States English and bingo! #
• @anilchop what’s the twitter account/user name? in reply to anilchop #
• Yes. Browsing to live.com redirects to bing.com #bing @vinodunny in reply to vinodunny #
• RT @anilchop Living Digital is now on Twitter. You can follow updates about hottest #gadgets and related news by following @livingdigital #
• #Live redirect to #Bing is a “moved permanently” redirect: HTTP/1.x 301 Moved Permanently @vinodunny in reply to vinodunny #
• RT @vinodunny @shekharg a detailed blog post on the changes you see on #Bing by changing the language settings. http://tinyurl.com/negsah #
• @vinodunny that was fast, I check your blog about half an hr back to find any posts on #Bing in reply to vinodunny #
• #Bing video search: The mouseover to play video is buggy in Firefox 3.0.10 on Linux. Shud be working on home grown products? #
• @anilchop u also have Firefox installed, rt ? Can you try #Bing video mouseover-to-play on Firefox pls in reply to anilchop #
• #Bing search addon for #Firefox http://bit.ly/9Ueib #
• @vinodunny yea #Bing video search mouseover-to-play worked for me a couple of times in reply to vinodunny #
• @anilchop @vinodunny wait let me test this “the windows way”. Restarting my Firefox … in reply to anilchop #
• Relax @vinodunny. It is just my laptop. Playing fine in Firefox 3.0.10 on Ubuntu on @aseemsood ‘s laptop in reply to vinodunny #
• @vinodunny wicked detailed instructions for #Bing #Firefox addons, only to move it up, above Google and making it default search engine in reply to vinodunny #
• Breaking News: KK on Twitter http://twitter.com/kkumarkg/ #
• @bineshkutty #WordPress Custom Permalink Structure: “/%category%/%postname%/” under Settings>Permalinks (without the double quotes) in reply to bineshkutty #
• @vinodunny @kkumarkg yes, you must put up a photo, if not for our sake, then for “Your Horny Kitty” who is following you. in reply to vinodunny #
• @pankaj_shukla can @shailee_2212 be a @pankaj_shukla killer ? in reply to pankaj_shukla #

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-19

• In your #android phone, hold down the Home key to see and select from amongst the six recently used apps. #
• Today was really surprised to know more than a cpl of my followers (friends) have been refering to my Twitter profile to know where I’m. … #
• … must let know, I usually don’t reveal my actual location during weekends or off work hours. Either I set it to Delhi or don’t update. #
• #Wolfram : an interesting search engine. definately not a #Google killer but “its different”. Check it out at http://www.wolframalpha.com/ #
• RT @aseemsood RT @mcleod: Twoogle searches both Twitter and Google simultaneously. Very nice! http://twoogle.browsys.com #
• @juhib try BODMAS with Wolfram http://www.wolframalpha.com/ in reply to juhib #
• @anilchop terrorism in reply to anilchop #
• @anilchop killer application that will drive 3G in India would Live Cricket matches on mobiles in reply to anilchop #
• @bineshkutty why wuld u check out your own site ? #

A Perfect Integration of WordPress and Twitter

I have been tweeting and I have been blogging. My blog is powered by WordPress. Integrating the blog and micro blog (Twitter) makes sense and recently I made Twitter and WordPress talk to each other, using WordPress plugins. I used not one, not two but three plugins to perfect the integration as per my taste.

Here is how it started. My initial wishlist from this integration was as follows:

1. Whenever I write a new blog post, it should be automatically posted (or tweeted) to Twitter
2. My tweets should get posted on my Blog

Referring to the second point, I did not want a blog post each, for every tweet. Instead I wanted a single blog post with all my tweets – say, for the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Cuil: A cool Google killer ?

Just read this news item in Google News (what an irony )

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121721408704288951.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Cuil pronounced as Cool is suppose to be a new search engine launched (not a beta launch) which is suppose to challenge Google in the search arena. I quickly checked out this search engine  and following are a few first and quick +ves and -ves

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