It’s exciting times around here. We just recently hit 200+ RSS subscribers and we have a Diwali 2007 Giveaway going on. In the midst of all this, I had won a contest at the ProBlogger Birthday Bash. The prize was a logo design by the famous Graphic Designer, David Airey! He was wonderful to work […]
ShanKri-la Diwali 2007 Giveaway
Diwali is a great Indian Festival of Lights. It was one of my favorite festivals growing up. I still have fond memories of this colorful celebration with lots of fireworks and miss being home for it. What do I win? I would like to thank my readers and would like to show my appreciation by […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-10-18
Let’s look at what’s going on around the blogs this week. How to Setup up Google Custom Search for your Web Search to Make Money: Maki at Dosh Dosh has a great post on how to setup Google Custom Searchfor your blog search. He shows how you can use it to make money but I […]
Automatic Software Install & Updates with AppSnap
I use OpenSUSE Linux 10.3 as my primary workstation at work. If you have ever played with Linux you might have seen how software updates are done. For those unfamiliar with it, in Linux you connect to a software repository and you can tell which of your installed software have new versions available and update […]
Get Website Email Updates with RssFwd
Just after rejoicing the magical 200+ RSS subscribers yesterday, you can see how selfless I am. I am going to actually show you how you can get email updates without subscribing to a RSS/Atom feed. If you are one of those email junkies and prefer to get updates from a website via email, you are […]
A New Milestone for ShanKri-la
I just wanted to take the time to thank all my readers for supporting me and encouraging me since the beginning. I have had my doubts when I started blogging like who would read what I write. With 200+ RSS subscribers today, I have found a few of you who do like what I write […]
Top Greasemonkey Scripts for GMail & Google Reader
One of the mos useful Firefox extensions has to be the Greasemonkey extension. This extension lets you download scripts from userscripts.org or write your own to change different aspects of a website. I use GMail & Google Reader the most and I find these Greasemonkey scripts a life saver! I am listing them here so […]
Your broken iPod can be cashed
Do you have a broken iPod or did your iPhone just get bricked by Apple’s new update? You can actually make some bucks out of those with BuyMyBrokeniPod.com. Used, new or broken it doesn’t matter. They will buy Classic, Touch, Video, Photo, Nano, Mini, 4th to 1st Generation iPods & iPhones from you, whatever condition […]
ProBlogger’s $54,000 Birthday Bash Contests
It’s a Birthday Bash at ProBlogger and there are tons of prizes estimated over $50,000 worth of prizes to be won in the next few days. If you haven’t already about it somewhere else, it’s time to head over to this post and check out all the prizes that are there for your taking. The […]
How Can I Improve My Blog?
It’s been a while since I participated in meme’s. I have tried to stay away from some for obvious reasons but when my friend Stephen Cronin of Scratch99 tagged me with the Blog Improvment Zone meme, I had to take it. It couldn’t have been better timing to be tagged with a ”How Can I […]
ShanKri-la is a Contest Winner
I entered a few contests as you can read in this post to test my luck. It looks like the lady luck has shined on me today. I just found out that I have won a $50 BestBuy gift card at the LiveLearnInvest Blog contest. Thanks to Kenric for hosting the contest and UltimateKilimanjaro for […]
ShanKri-la Sports a New Look
For those who are following ShanKri-la via your RSS reader, we are sporting a new look! As much I loved the old theme, it had a few flaws that bothered me. I have been in the lookout for a new & clean theme and I finally found one this weekend. Here is a little sneak […]
Get Free Disposable Phone Numbers
Previously called CraigsNumber, Numbr offers free, disposable phone numbers that will automatically forward calls to your mobile or landline number. Quick facts about this service Auto-expiring and callers don’t see your home or mobile number Service is free but is in Beta If you are not from one of the major cities, you may not […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-09-26
Sorry for the slow posting this week. I have been resting a lot this week and looks like for another week to come. In spite of the free time I have had in the past few days, I couldn’t bring myself to get on my laptop. I have been catching up on some movies and […]
LED Faucet Lights – Cool Mp3 and CD Player
I had this written to be posted on Friday but as my luck would have it I spent Friday night at an emergency room with a sprained ankle (from volleyball) that was swollen like I had couple of baseballs in there. Luckily, I didn’t break anything. Thanks to my friends, the 6 hours we spent […]
