Areeb’s Online Realm

My Blogging Toolkit includes >

Blogging Platform:
WordPress :
I’ve been blogging for over a year now, and I have found Wordpress, the best blogging platform. I started with Blogger, moved to microblog, before settling on Wordpress. I’m using version 2.09 of wordpress right now.

Desktop Blogging Client:
BlogJet :
There are a lot of good desktop clients out there, but I have become most comfortable with BlogJet. It was after a long search that I have found this software. ScribeFire is also a good blogging add-in for Firefox.

Statistics Software:
Google Analytics, Tracewatch
Google Analytics is a free service by Google while Tracewatch is a free PHP Script to monitor your website.

Blog Promotion and feed:
Technorati, Feedburner :
So far, I am also using the ping feature of BlogJet to notify a large list of services each time I post. There’s more work to be done in this area.

Browser:
Firefox – While a browser may not be a blogging tool, but, I find Firefox simplifies the blogging experience. The ability to keep a number of tabs open to links, or while researching and reading related information is helpful. I keep a number of regular bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar, which get a lot of use, along with the Google toolbar for Firefox.

Graphics:
ACDSee 8.0 – I don’t have a lot to do with graphics. Most of what I want to do with an image is crop or resize. ACDSee lets me do that easily as well as being able to play around with other graphics features.

I tag Sizlopedia, Hammad

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Today is the First Birthday of my Blog.
I had my first Post, exactly one year before, and at that time I was a total newbie to Blogging.

Just to sum up, I have found Blogging really addictive. Since last one year, I made 22 Posts and had 75 Comments. averaging a total of 17 days per Post

Isn’t it too low

So how to celebrate a Blog Birthday ?

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I just got my Blogging Degree from the University of Blogging.

All that studying finally paid off ! I think I will print this off, on really nice parchment paper, frame it. Ahh, I am so happy, that I have completed my Diploma in Blogging.

Dont waste time. Certificates are limited, so get yours now. 

Students who have graduated after reading this Post
1) Cypher Hackz
2) Sundries
3) JonyBr

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I took the Nerd Test and Stupidity test at Nerd Tests [dot] Com. Here are the Stupid Results

Mid-Level Nerd.
Wow, it takes a lot of hard nerdy practice to reach this level !
Only 23% people are more nerdier than me … hehe
Kabhi gharoor nahi kiya ..

You are 72% stupid. This means…
You need help! Seems that the question were a little too hard for you, huh?
Now what was that ?
I am not that stupid !

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I have been posting using Wordpress’ built-in Editor, and most of you will agree with me that it is really pathetic …

A few days back, I came to know about Desktop Bloggers. These are softwares where you can compose your Post offline, and publish just by click of a button. I have been trying several Desktop Blogging softwares, but have not found any good one…

If you people know of any good Software than let me know ..

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Google has come a long way since 1998. It has become a Microsoft of the Web due to its long list of services including Gmail, Orkut, Google Earth, Google Desktop, Blogger, Google Search, Google Adsense, Google Talk and so on. If it continues to excel like this, than we can expect its search engine to be something like this in 2084 (If we were alive by that time )

Weird ! It will even search ur brain
But the homepage will be Black and White :d

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