Category: Memories

84,000 Hits! My blog Rocks!

Blog stats! They’re always the coolest part of blogging. Seeing a big number, I’m sure all my fellow bloggers will agree with me, blog hits are like ice cream to a kid! We all love chasing more and more, and then some extra. I felt so thrilled to be a blogger back in the early days when I was getting 10 or 15 hits a day (sometimes even less). I couldn’t have been happier when I scored 120 hits one day! Now my blog gets way more than that, but I still crave more. Why do us bloggers love racking up hits? I can’t speak for everyone, but I think lots of us, myself included, feel like we’re helping people. It’s awesome to share knowledge with another curious mind. It’s human nature to feel special (happy, even) when you help someone with info, opinions, or anything really. That “happy feeling” is like nature’s gift to folks who lend a hand. And when people show their thanks with a comment, nothing tops that!

This is how I feel about my blogging life. I reckon plenty of bloggers think the same, though some might see it totally differently. Who knows? Maybe you do! If you’re a blogger, what keeps you blogging?

~SeeJay

Firefox Inside Firefox

Hellow Fellows!
You know that many of us spend lot of our computing time on the internet and most of that time we use Firefox tabs to open all our favorite sites and services inside Firefox right?, yes, Gmail inside Ff, Yahoo inside Ff, ebay inside Ff, Banking inside Ff ect. ect. ect… With all these favorites inside Firefox, How about opening Firefox inside Firefox? Not bad ha? and its really easy too! just type in this url in a new tab in Firefox and there you go! Firefox inside Firefox!

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

Disclaimer: I guarantee that this will work with Firefox. But I have no responsibility of any damage that cause Internet Explorer users by Using this with IE to Open Firefox inside IE 😆
C.J.

update: feel free to visit my new blog http://seejay.net for more Firefox tricks!

Day before SF day 2006

So, Chanux and I came to the road with Randy and got ourselves onto the bus at about 4:30 AM, hoping Randy and Asanka would come to Colombo tomorrow to celebrate SF Day. It was about 9:30 AM when we got down at Majestic City. We were expecting LKLUGers all over the place, but not even a single Linux guy was present. Instead, we saw the EPSI guys (EPSI Computers) setting up their self-promoting campaign instead of promoting free software.

Chanux sent an SMS to Bud to find out what was going on. Bud was busy because he was lecturing at APPIT (an IT school), so he sent us the phone number for the Narada Center to call Ven. Meththavihari Thero. We tried that number but found no one there to answer the phone. So, we wandered around MC, kicking our heels, until we called the Linux Center, which was the next number BUD gave us.

While we were on our way to the Linux Center, Bud called us and asked us to come back to MC because he was there. So, we returned to MC and were introduced to the EPSI guys as LKLUGers by Bud. After that introduction, we were free to use all those “cute” Asus laptops and other powerful Asus hardware to install and configure Linux, or even play awesome 3D games.

At about 3 PM, Ven. Meththa came to MC. Ven. Meththa was very nice to us and stayed until 5:30 PM before heading to TLC (the Linux Center). We stayed at MC until 7:00 PM, spending our time handing out invitations to guys and gals to attend the SF Day events happening the next day.

We met Bud at 7:00 PM, and he happily spent money on our dinner at KFC. Thanks a lot, Bud ! Afterward, the three of us went to the Linux Center in Nugegoda. There were five of us at TLC at that time, including Ven. Meththa and a guy called Ruwan. We did a lot of work to finish preparing the Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu CDs, which were to be given out for free the next day.

Bud left TLC at 1:30 AM, and the rest of us crashed at TLC, hoping to have a nice day of FREEDOM.

C.J.