http://www.belowthewind.com taking it one breeze at a time Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its been some time since I've posted to this site. I've been somewhat consumed for these past week or so. Having a daytime job that demands nothing less than your full commitment to complete numerous tasks and adhere fully to project timelines can really suck the life out of you! ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/05/drupal-online-store-with-ubercart-a-first-look/ For those of of you who can't seem to get enough of new Facebook Apps, here's a good one for you. Although, you have to actually be a person who blogs, to use it. Blog It is a Facebook application created by Six Apart (the people behind Movable Type), which ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/04/blog-it-six-apart-launches-app-that-helps-bloggers-post-from-facebook/ According to a news report from BBC, Chris Clark, a 43 year old American has sold the domain name Pizza.com for a price tag of 2.6 million dollars. photo credit: HanataroShareThis http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/04/pizzacom-domain-name-sold-for-26m/ How do you market a product in Japan? Well, apparently Microsoft found the answer to that question. They have released Windows Vista Home Premium in pink packaging, exclusively for the Japanese market. The package includes a 1 year subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of Vista tips and ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/windows-vista-goes-pink-in-japan/ Let's face it, nobody really likes widgets. More so, one that has a name that is supposedly derived from a corny play on the sound a frog makes, and the word 'scribe'. While I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of frogs, I will also have to ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/skribit-let-readers-tell-bloggers-what-to-write/ Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) is due to be released in April 2008. It is already out now as a BETA, and among the features are GNOME 2.22 (with PolicyKit now integrated), Linux kernel 2.6.24 (that brings power savings to 64-bit processors), not to mention Firefox 3 (beta 4), PulseAudio, and ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/wubi-install-ubuntu-on-windows-like-any-other-application/ How many times have we heard of link exchange services claiming to be the most innovative, different and effective one out there? Probably too many times. Well, there are literally tons of them out there, and many more emerging in this "there's just too many of them, I just don't ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/blogupp-a-connects-smart-link-exchange-service/ According to the 2008 World's Billionaire Special Report released by Forbes, the Sage of Omaha - Warren Buffet has toppled Bill Gates from the number 1 spot as the richest person in the world. Warren Buffet's wealth rose by about $10 billion since the last report, to a total net ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/forbes-worlds-billionaires-report-2008-bill-gates-drops-to-number-3/ If you noticed when using Netscape Navigator 9 and running the update for version 9.0.0.6, a notice will appear, stating that support for the browser will be terminated on the 1st of March 2008, urging users to switch to Flock and Firefox. After about 14 years since the first version ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/03/netscape-navigator-finally-comes-to-an-end/ I get this question a lot of times. How do you speed up your Streamyx connection? (For those not familiar with it, Streamyx is an internet broadband service here in Malaysia). Not that I'm an expert in this field. Working in the IT field for the past few years, I ... http://www.belowthewind.com/2008/02/the-easiest-way-to-optimize-your-streamyx-connection/