2009 January - Part 4

Archive for January, 2009

Google’s got a new favicon

posted on January 12, 2009 in google, Internet with 0 Comments

Google’s rolled out a new favicon. You like it? It’s basicly a white “g” within a google colored canvas. Standing out from the crowd is the idea behind the white “g”. The new design was inspired by user submissions, same as their previous favicon release back in June. The winning design this time came from [...]

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg turns 25

posted on January 12, 2009 in Blogging, Open Source, WordPress with 1 Comment

For those who don’t know, Matt Mullenweg is the guy behindAutomattic. The company behind the world’s most popular publishing platform WordPress (6 years old) and it’s accompanying services. Askimet, Gravatar, bbPress, IntenseDebate, BuddyPress and WordPress.com the free WordPress hosting service. Today, Matt is amongst The 25 Most Influential People on the Web and 30 under [...]

Facebook hits 150 million users

posted on January 9, 2009 in Internet, Web 2.0 with 3 Comments

This just in, Facebook has reached 150 million users world wide. About 50% of it’s users log in everyday. Facebook’s users today range from students right up to grandparents, this is no surprise to me as everyone in my home has a Facebook account including my Dad who’s 63 this year. Facebook now covers over [...]

Hindu festival dates for 2009

posted on January 8, 2009 in General with 1 Comment

Here’s a list of Hindu festivals for 2009 and their respective dates. January 2009 Vaikunta Ekadasi â€“ 7th January, 2009 Wednesday Makar Sankranti â€“ 14th January, 2009 Wednesday Pongal â€“ 14th January, 2009 Wednesday, 11.51am Vasant Panchami â€“ Saraswati Puja â€“ 31st January, 2009 Saturday February 2009 Thai Pusam â€“ February 8, 2009 Sunday Shivratri [...]

How to flush the dns cache in windows

posted on January 7, 2009 in HowTo, Windows with 0 Comments

To flush the DNS cache in Windows, 1. Get into command prompt. ( start –> run –> cmd ) 2. Run the following command “ipconfig /flushdns” .

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