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I truly, truly, truly do hate IE6 →  August 5, 2008 2

For all the bugs its given this world. For all the workarounds that have wasted our time. For all the jackass tricks that we have to work out to get our sites working for IE6 users. For the stupidity of not upgrading the browser to standards compliance over time … and in general, for making [...]

2 way syncing between Google Calendar and iCal →  August 4, 2008 0

Now Google Calendar can sync with iCal. They’ve added iCal’s CalDAV support. So you can now sync upwards from iCal to gCal; that is, you can add an event in iCal and have it shown. Find out how to synchronise Google Calendar with iCal at their Getting Started page. There are some issues though… According [...]

WordPress 2.6 goes live →  July 15, 2008 0

WordPress is now on version 2.6. Here’s a short video. It should help you decide whether you want to upgrade or not. Coloursalive.net is currently upgraded! Share and Enjoy:

Covenant India website goes Live! ColoursAlive happy. →  June 19, 2008 2

The entire ColoursAlive team working on the Covenant India Website were pleasantly surprised at the cheering that it received when unveiled at Covenant India’s Corporate Office in Chennai. Covenant India is a HR Consulting firm that has grown exponentially over the last 5 years, from being a team of 3 in 2003 to a team [...]

Download Firefox 3 Today – Be Part of a World Record! →  June 18, 2008 0

I’ve mentioned a number of reasons to use a browser like firefox on my photography blog, but now with the release of Firefox 3 to the public, there are more reasons to consider. A world Record! Be a part of it… at the time of writing, there had already been 3.6million downloads across the globe. [...]

Form to mail a file – PHP solution →  June 6, 2008 0

I’ve been looking around for some solutions… I’m working on a website that needs to have a file sent to an email address via a web form. One of the quickest solutions that I’ve found so far is “Design By Elle“, on the page titled “PHP mailer form with file attachment“. Now, the page loads [...]

Google Ad Sense adds Scroll Buttons! →  April 2, 2008 0

I noticed something new today… Google’s Adsense has done something that I’m not particularly happy about. Its gone and added scroll buttons on each of their text ads. This means that people can view more ads on my site (maybe this is actually good for me!) but distracts them from the reason that they’re at [...]

The Last Calligraphed Urdu Daily. →  March 20, 2008 0

A couple of days ago, a friend and I finished lunch and were about to part ways when he mentioned that he was going to try and find the office of “The Musalman”, possibly the last remaining Calligraphed Urdu Daily newspaper. Being a purported fan of typography and related areas, I had to join in [...]

Google Malware Warnings →  March 2, 2008 0

Google seems to be restricting some of its search results. I was searching for some articles to help me with a website that I'm designing when I was suddenly confronted with this warning page. Here's what to do if you see it.

A Journey Begins: 14-01-08 Pt.1 →  January 24, 2008 0

Balaji Booked tickets to Umesh's wedding. It was to be held in Kerala, near Umesh's hometown, Ottapalam. He booked the tickets a month in advance. We left Chennai on the evening of the 12th of January, 2008. It was a Saturday and had been a full day for me. I packed my bags early in the morning, when I was leaving for office, carried it with me, and managed not to forget anything.