Indian Bloggers Unite October 24, 2009

Indian Bloggers Unite! And this, I find out after as many as 3 years of blogging and so many searches for Indian Blogs.

For the Indian Bloggers, looking to follow Blogs by Indians do Visit – IndiBlogger

Yes, after having been enlisted on their space, my blog traffic has improved considerably. And I’ve visited some pretty awesome blogs myself.

Here are some I enjoyed.

Sara’s Blog – This I believe

Sameer’s Blog – Zehreelay

Viyoma’s Blog – Welcome To Vyo’s World

and the IndiDirectory is vast… so you’ll enjoy exploring.

Good Luck!

Emoticons October 22, 2009

For all those like me who don’t know Emoticon codes, they can be found here.

				:-p	;-p
	8-D	*grin*	*envy*	*wince*	*yawn*	*shock*
:-\	>:-(	>:-)	X-P	*roll*	*lol*	*check*
*uncheck*	*idea*	*yes*	*no*	*!*	*?*	*warning*
<3	</3

There’s Text Mark Up too.

**bold** becomes bold	__underlined__ becomes underlined
%%italics%% becomes italics	##strikeout## becomes strikeout
~~small~~ becomes small	==big== becomes big
{pre}p r e – f o r m a t t e d{pre} becomes p r e - f o r m a t t e d	SPA *space* *space* *space* CE becomes SPA       CE
++centered++ becomescentered	||subscript|| becomes subscript
^^superscript^^ becomes superscript	{red} red {red} becomes red
{black} black {black} becomes black	{orange} orange {orange} becomes orange
{yellow} yellow {yellow} becomes yellow	{green} green {green} becomes green
{blue} blue {blue} becomes blue	{purple} purple {purple} becomes purple
{gray} gray {gray} becomes gray	{inverse} inverse {inverse} becomes inverse
{iblack} iblack {iblack} becomes iblack	{ired} ired {ired} becomes ired
{iorange} iorange {iorange} becomes iorange	{iyellow} iyellow {iyellow} becomes iyellow
{igreen} igreen {igreen} becomes igreen	{iblue} iblue {iblue} becomes iblue
{ipurple} ipurple {ipurple} becomes ipurple

And then advanced formatting, which I can’t seem to paste here so you have to visit the site for more

Palpable September 24, 2009

Palpable.

A word I came across in Sex and the City Season 5 – Episode 5. Carrie’s Party.

Main Entry: pal·pa·ble

Pronunciation: \ˈpal-pə-bəl\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin palpabilis, from Latin palpare to stroke, caress — more at feel

Date: 14th century

1 : capable of being touched or felt : tangible

2 : easily perceptible : noticeable <a palpable difference>

3 : easily perceptible by the mind : manifest

synonyms see perceptible

— pal·pa·bil·i·ty  \ˌpal-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— pal·pa·bly  \ˈpal-pə-blē\ adverb

• Main Entry: pal·pa·ble
• Pronunciation: \ˈpal-pə-bəl\
• Function: adjective
• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin palpabilis, from Latin palpare to stroke, caress — more at feel
• Date: 14th century
• 1 : capable of being touched or felt : tangible
• 2 : easily perceptible : noticeable <a palpable difference>
• 3 : easily perceptible by the mind : manifest
• synonyms see perceptible
• — pal·pa·bil·i·ty  \ˌpal-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
• — pal·pa·bly  \ˈpal-pə-blē\ adverb

OPML September 18, 2009

Why can’t I import my google reader subscriptions and include them in the blogroll which I very much want to since – back at blogspot – they were my blogroll!

I’ve made the opml file and want to import it here but I keep getting this message.

Message Recieved when trying to Import the OPML File

Now what on earth do I do?

Help WordPress? I’m not giving up so easy!

Entrecard Widget September 17, 2009

I want to add the Entrecard widget to my blog.

This is the script…

<script src=”http://entrecard.s3.amazonaws.com/widget.js?user_id=32456&type=standard_127″ type=”text/javascript” id=”ecard_widget”></script>

How do I do it sucessfully?

Nokia v/s Sony Ericsson September 17, 2009

Over the internet, it turns out, as I’ve figured it- that Blogspot is the nokia – easy, userfriendly. But WordPress is the Sony Ericsson – its a little less user friendly, and daunting (sure) but once you start, you know you’ve discovered a diamond, a puzzle that just needs to be solved, an addiction that keeps you coming back for more.

And yet, there are a few things that I don’t understand. A few things that I dislike. Hoping to find all the problems solved.

1) How do I install a theme I downloaded from wordpress.org?

2) Some of the posts I imported from my blogspot blog don’t look structured when they appear here on WordPress. The text is much to the left, the pictures stick to the left border and everything looks so untidy and messed up. How do I rectify that?

3) How do I add widgets to my blog?

Confused. And these are just some of the teething problems. Moving on to my next post.

Updates. September 10, 2009

On the darker side of my life, I’m yet not free from a nightmare. And I’m afraid it shall last with me as long as I live. Meanwhile, I will continue to verbally emote.

On the brighter side of my beautiful life, I’m learning patience. Something I wasn’t born with. I get my lessons at 4 am., at my meal times, at her feeding time, at our playing time, my computer time, my cooking time… and my husband has fun watch me learn. Everyone is having fun just by the idea that I’m learning patience. Mom says, “Now you know!!! And just so you know more… she is exactly like you.” Every now and then I get a, “Enjoyed getting attention all the time? Now enjoy giving it.” (Barbie hogs attention all day long and until she sleeps at night. Thank God, she figured out ‘night’ means sleeping 8 hours.)

Yet on the brighter side of my life, I’m looking forward to winter in UAE and enjoying motherhood and being a wife after having become a mother. Some may wonder what the difference is, but many things do change after a child enters coupledom. I’m enjoying online computer games like Farmville and Mob Wars watching Sex and the City (got all 6 seasons). I’m back to blogging, which feels awesome. And yeah, I’m losing weight….

Size 14 is over with, now, I’m a size 12!!!

P.S.: Every rose has a thorn.

Missing the blogosphere. September 9, 2009

Writing that little poem made me feel good and stronger. How I miss the blogosphere. A few days ago I thought I had a block. I felt unable to express. And then sometimes I’d feel, “what’s there to express?”

Now I’ve refound how writing my journal makes me a little more happy, a little less stressed!

Hope I find the time to start following those blogs I once did and resume writing mine.

These past few months since I returned home, life has been all about Zahra. She has become our world. It’s amazing how one tiny little human has twisted us all around and we still say, “I’m having fun.”

My baby has started to giggle and roll and eat pureed foods… It’s fun cooking her meals..(The tremendous thought and care a mother puts into her baby’s food, I say!) She sometimes keeps me up at night and still manages to open shop at 10 am sharp in the morning – while I’m still half asleep. My hubby too, is having his share of diaper changing and sleepless nights, and some tiring days. He’s helping to get her to sleep and feed her…. She makes us run about the place and yeah it’s tiring, but, we still love her madly and yeah, “We’re having fun with our Barbie!”

Out Of The Scene July 22, 2009

Today, I was logging into my blog and I recieved an update about Tina’s Blog. The birthday of her son. First of all, I wish Tina for his birthday. See how out of touch with the blogosphere I have been!

Tina – I need to know the name of your son!!

Secondly, I’ve been so busy with my child, I rarely get an opportunity to sit and share my life anymore. My life, who is my husband and daughter/ daughter and husband.

There’s loads to write and share. And I’m just waiting for an hour of free time a day, to recreate my favorite way. (Rhyming!)

And ofcourse, keep up with my favorite blogs. Once again.

Broadcasting March 18, 2009

Pregnancy is keeping me away from the computer for days on end so please bear with me.

I’m a regular at blogcatalog. And though broadcasting on BC is a great way to advertise/ promote/ get traffic to your site, the broadcast page takes me ages to find. Everytime.

So here’s the link for all of us. BC users. Potential BC users. Non users. Me.

BlogCatalog: Broadcasting