Emotionally Speaking

vikas-gupta.in : My blog has its own domain now

Some days ago I had bought my own domain name and now I have used the domain forward option with WordPress and it points to my blog. Hereafter my blog address is http://vikas-gupta.in and not vikasgupta.wordpress.com [typing the latter will only lead to the former]. Then Now vikasgupta.wordpress.com vikas-gupta.in  I wanted to buy emotionallyspeaking.com but [...]

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On choosing a good web hosting service : Experiences of a layman

I am planning to self-host two of my WordPress blogs [including this one] and recently did a lot of research online in finding some good web hosts, finding free WordPress themes [mostly magazine themes, my favourite] and ran into a lot of good information and useful tips and tricks. This is a brief collection of [...]

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The Jhatpat Tag: Without Looking Guess what time it is?!

Tagging and Blog Memes [pronounced meem/mi:m] are quite popular in the blogosphere. I have been tagged before by fellow bloggers but unfortunately could not follow them. Recently Arpit tagged me and I am doing the needful better late than never. Read more on Blog memes here. This Jhatpat tag is very interesting and funny. Jhatpat [...]

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Check out my website on Delhi Zoo: a pictorial documentation

What a pity the Delhi zoo does not have a website! I visited the Delhi zoo and Purana Qila on 15 June 2009 and documented everything from the tickets to the animal-shaped dustbins in about 3 hours! Also made a page on Purana Qila (including a pic in which couples are getting cosy in public, [...]

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A quick review of WordPress themes with the custom header

This is a quick review of WP themes (free WP.com blogs) with the custom header. Please note that it is not an elaborate review but is the result of my  limited experience with all themes. The themes are in the alphabetical order. I will elaborate it someday and review all the themes when I have [...]

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Back to blogging, more or less!

I’m back! It is debatable if I was really away from blogging because I made the following blogs (pictorial documentations) in last some months: JNU Holi documentation [link] JNU Caves documentation [link] JNUMC River Rafting Trip [link] This had even won me a free trip from the company! JNU Koyna Ho(s)tel [link] Life is still [...]

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