Comments for Web Site of Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links by weathervane http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-453 weathervane Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:10:52 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-453 Helllo, Rajiv. Thanks for this plugin. I'd been looking for one that would do exactly this. I am not a programmer, so some things get by me, and I wonder if you'd expand your plugin's documentation. For example, when I see: sort-by="link_name" sort-order="desc" in your examples, I wonder what other value(s) would sort-by accept, and how do I reverse the sort-order (ascending)? Again, thanks for the plugin. Helllo, Rajiv.

Thanks for this plugin. I’d been looking for one that would do exactly this.

I am not a programmer, so some things get by me, and I wonder if you’d expand your plugin’s documentation. For example, when I see:

sort-by=”link_name” sort-order=”desc”

in your examples, I wonder what other value(s) would sort-by accept, and how do I reverse the sort-order (ascending)?

Again, thanks for the plugin.

]]> Comment on Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links by Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-285 Rajiv Pant Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:45:33 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-285 Hi John, It is now available via the WordPress Plugins Directory at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogroll-links/ Thank you for your interest. Your feedback is welcome. Best regards, Hi John,

It is now available via the WordPress Plugins Directory at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blogroll-links/

Thank you for your interest. Your feedback is welcome.

Best regards,

]]> Comment on Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links by FireEducator http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-274 FireEducator Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:33:27 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/10/blogroll-links/#comment-274 The plug-in sounds great! Any idea when it might be available for download? I tried the Wordpress Plugins Directory but could not find it yet. -John @ FireEducator.com The plug-in sounds great! Any idea when it might be available for download? I tried the Wordpress Plugins Directory but could not find it yet.

-John @ FireEducator.com

]]> Comment on This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3 by Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-259 Rajiv Pant Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:28:27 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-259 Duane, Good question. I use my personal Web site as an R&D and learning environment. It enables me to experiment on a site that is real and has importance to me. Over the years, I've used a number of mainstream technologies including HTML/CGI, MS ASP, .NET, Java and PHP/WordPress to power this site. EC2 enables me to experiment with server virtualization and dynamic "elastic" hosting environments, an area of my interest. For someone looking to simply host a personal Web site only, I agree with you and recommend lower-cost alternatives. With EC2 and S3, Amazon has brought some of the power of a distributed edge computing platforms like <a href="http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/edgecomputing.html" rel="nofollow">Akamai's Edge Computing</a> and <a href="http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/products/netstorage.html" rel="nofollow">NetStorage</a> to the mainstream, including startup ventures (whether independent or within large organizations), small businesses and organizations with budget constraints. It will be exciting to see if Akamai responds by offering their edge computing platform to the masses. I hope they do, because I've been impressed by Akamai's products for years. Akamai has enabled many major media companies to handle traffic spikes without having to build out multiple geographically distributed data centers of their own. I hope Akamai views EC2 and S3 as competitors in distributed elastic computing. That will be good for Amazon AWS, for Akamai and for businesses that benefit from such products. Duane,

Good question. I use my personal Web site as an R&D and learning environment. It enables me to experiment on a site that is real and has importance to me. Over the years, I’ve used a number of mainstream technologies including HTML/CGI, MS ASP, .NET, Java and PHP/WordPress to power this site. EC2 enables me to experiment with server virtualization and dynamic “elastic” hosting environments, an area of my interest.

For someone looking to simply host a personal Web site only, I agree with you and recommend lower-cost alternatives.

With EC2 and S3, Amazon has brought some of the power of a distributed edge computing platforms like Akamai’s Edge Computing and NetStorage to the mainstream, including startup ventures (whether independent or within large organizations), small businesses and organizations with budget constraints. It will be exciting to see if Akamai responds by offering their edge computing platform to the masses. I hope they do, because I’ve been impressed by Akamai’s products for years. Akamai has enabled many major media companies to handle traffic spikes without having to build out multiple geographically distributed data centers of their own. I hope Akamai views EC2 and S3 as competitors in distributed elastic computing. That will be good for Amazon AWS, for Akamai and for businesses that benefit from such products.

]]> Comment on The Amazon Kindle is a Practical & Excellent Reading Device by Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2007/12/23/amazon-kindle/#comment-258 Rajiv Pant Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:27:26 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2007/12/23/amazon-kindle/#comment-258 I noticed this in the latest issue of Wired Magazine: http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/ff_election What's this? A subtle marketing campaign? Seems to be a very cool "future version" of the Kindle. I noticed this in the latest issue of Wired Magazine:

http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/ff_election

What’s this? A subtle marketing campaign? Seems to be a very cool “future version” of the Kindle.

]]> Comment on This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3 by duanestorey http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-235 duanestorey Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:56:11 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-235 It's a neat technical achievement, but I have to ask why you would do it with a personal site? You can get shared hosting for < $20 / month. So why would you pay a minimum of around $70? It’s a neat technical achievement, but I have to ask why you would do it with a personal site? You can get shared hosting for < $20 / month. So why would you pay a minimum of around $70?

]]> Comment on Book Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini by Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/07/book-kite-runner/#comment-194 Rajiv Pant Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:44:19 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/07/book-kite-runner/#comment-194 A friend and I saw the film Kite Runner yesterday. It was emotional and moving. The photography of the colorful kites soaring the skies and of the foreign landscapes and cities was excellent. The film did not go into as much detail as the book, and felt like a summary of the story. A longer film covering more elements from the story would have been even better. I recommend it with 3/5 stars. A friend and I saw the film Kite Runner yesterday. It was emotional and moving. The photography of the colorful kites soaring the skies and of the foreign landscapes and cities was excellent. The film did not go into as much detail as the book, and felt like a summary of the story. A longer film covering more elements from the story would have been even better. I recommend it with 3/5 stars.

]]> Comment on This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3 by Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-186 Rajiv Pant Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:42:17 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-186 Amazon S3 had an outage in the morning of Friday, February 15th. You can read my <a href="http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/16/s3-outage/" rel="nofollow">opinion on the Amazon S3 outage and suggestions for dealing with outages</a>. Amazon S3 had an outage in the morning of Friday, February 15th. You can read my opinion on the Amazon S3 outage and suggestions for dealing with outages.

]]> Comment on Other Web Search Engines by Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links | Web Site of Rajiv Pant http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2004/08/02/search-engines/#comment-149 Social Graphs API: WordPress Plugin: Blogroll Links | Web Site of Rajiv Pant Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:02:05 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/wordpress/2004/08/02/want-better-search-results-than-google-there-are-other-search-engines-too/#comment-149 [...] # This list of search engines is maintained as Blogroll links in WordPress and presented using the Blogroll Links plugin that was designed for the Social Graph API. <em>Code:</em> # <code><!--blogroll-links category-slug="search-engines"--><!--/blogroll-links--></code>[...] […] # This list of search engines is maintained as Blogroll links in WordPress and presented using the Blogroll Links plugin that was designed for the Social Graph API. Code:
# <!--blogroll-links category-slug="search-engines"--><!--/blogroll-links-->[…]

]]> Comment on This Web Site is Now Hosted on Amazon EC2 & S3 by Ryan Joy http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-134 Ryan Joy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:57:08 +0000 http://www.rajiv.com/blog/2008/02/04/amazon-ec2/#comment-134 Well, now I wish I weren't locked into Dreamhost for another 2 years. This is the first post I've seen that made EC2/S3 look enticing from an individual's point-of-view. Well, now I wish I weren’t locked into Dreamhost for another 2 years. This is the first post I’ve seen that made EC2/S3 look enticing from an individual’s point-of-view.

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