Praveen's Blog

An Eternal Quest for Incremental Improvement

One of the interesting forward that I received today is about various names and thier stories. Worth sharing.

Mercedes -> This was actually the financier's daughter's name.

Adobe -> This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.

Apple Computers > It ...


I have accidently come across the page of Madras Institute of Technology on Wikipedia. The page is a bare skeleton. Should add more information to this page. I plan to do it when I find some time. Meanwhile, I should forward this to the groups so that other people can ...


கண்கள் இமைக்காமல் பார்க்கிறது எதை என்று உணராமல், வெகு நேரம் கழிந்ததை அறியாமல்..

கால்கள் நடக்கிறது எதை நோக்கி என்று தெரியாமல்..

காதுகள் செயலிழந்து இர ...


It is almost one and a half years since Ganguly hit a century in test matches. The fans expected a good play from him at Kolkatta. But he failed. The same continues at Bangalore as well. Ganguly is a good captain. But it can't be an excuse for personal ...


A good tutorial for altering the headers in a PHPNuke based site can be found here.


Novell says that its next Linux Destop will surpass Windows.


In the year 2014, The New York Times has gone offline. The Fourth Estate's fortunes have waned. What happened to the news? What is the EPIC? Find more about it here.


I have made some minor hacks to the Gila theme. I think now the site looks much better than it was previously. I am on the way of installing some essential plugins as well.


There is a good collection of icons that can be used on your blog pages available at Diretribe.


I have come across an intersting blog today. It is about a child who is just 1 and half years old. He is Jeyanth Joshua Goringe. His parents are maintaining the blog. This one is real neat one. A good effort. They have a very good photo album as well ...