Ru

Ru http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/ Here because of upcoming IceAge in 360 & erm, about me <a href="http://rubenbabu.com/about/">here.</a> <a href="http://rubenbabu.com" title="go to my home page..." target="_blank"><center><embed allowscriptaccess='never' src='http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/18/173047/Atheism_Multiply_Banner.swf' quality='high' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' align='middle' height='400' width='400'></center></a> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:15:02 -0000 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:14:35 -0000 Ru http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/logo http://rubenbabu.multiply.com 100 100 Wordpress Blog Theme - Little Bird <img src="http://item.slide.com/r/1/19/i/GDd_mHcg5z_RqKUEu_XKRqM_VyohDNtU/" mce_src="http://item.slide.com/r/1/19/i/GDd_mHcg5z_RqKUEu_XKRqM_VyohDNtU/" alt="Evelyn"> I've just launched a new theme for the blog section of my website. The name Evelyn, meaning "little bird," is derived from the French name "Aveline" of the same meaning. Additionally, it can be traced back to the Germanic Ava (possibly meaning "desired") and the Latin avis ("bird"). Evelyn is my niece. Angeline's daughter. She is the sweet little face you see as the wallpaper in the cellphone. I got her a little tweety doll last week and it is so sweet to see her running around the apartment with it saying that she is flying. Here is a little bird theme for our little tweet tweet. The theme is not available for download, sorry! Its been a very busy day. I'm really tired. Let me know what you think.<a rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://rubenbabu.com/blog/2007/12/little-bird-theme-evelyn">Or have your say here</a> <img style="position: absolute; width: 35px; height: 29px; z-index: 1000; display: none;" src="chrome://piclens/content/launch.png"> http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/68/Wordpress_Blog_Theme_-_Little_Bird Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:14:35 -0000 Linkin Park http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/music/item/1/Linkin_Park Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:02:36 -0000 Don't Turn Off The Lights - MOM, NO GOD http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/video/item/4/Dont_Turn_Off_The_Lights_-_MOM_NO_GOD Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:05:32 -0000 Young India Vol-1 http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/video/item/3/Young_India_Vol-1 Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:04:24 -0000 Got Something To Prove ? (Fight with God) http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/video/item/1/Got_Something_To_Prove_Fight_with_God Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:02:16 -0000 Breaking The Habit - Poem <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/31/__sr_/8733.jpg?mgIUaUHB2TIPfL71' height='258' width='333'>I'm sitting beside my window sill, Watching smoke swirl against my will. Golden rays flooding in through a half-open window, I can't believe my life is just too slow. Dreams and ashes falling between my fingers like snow flakes, Cold and numb, dwelling on old crushes and heart aches. I don't wanna die young, even thoughts tastes sour, How the hell did I wind up like this? I don't even want to hear her sing once more. I'll get around breaking the habit, but for now the story is played out like this, Someday I will, but not right now. Why weren't I able to see the chances I miss? I'm gonna make it all right, someway, somehow, I wan't to rewrite everything I've messed up; but not right now. Each time I lite one more, Does all my life turn to a joke?, I swear to do it never again, each day as I watch my life go up in smoke. Thanks for reading :) .....................................& If you are leaving comments, please do it on the site because 360 is going up in smokes and I'm not moving blogs and c... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Breaking_The_Habit_-_Poem Sat, 1 Dec 2007 05:07:00 -0000 Multiply? I HATE MATHS. <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/26/__sr_/de3f.jpg?mgIUaUHBNXodzr9O' height='333' width='269'>So, it has finally happened, didn't it? Didn't I tell you that Yahoo! 360 is one of the worst attempts at social networking (if you purposefully neglect myspace, hi5 and facebox)? I knew they will pull this beta before they even get around reading the abuse/bug/feature reports. Hell, they don't even read the comments in their official blog! I'm so glad I thought ahead. At least I don't have to worry about my blogs and comments getting booted. The valuable ones have been moved onto my site's blog and my wordpress emails me my database backup each week. I'm thinking about moving the REALLY OLD blogs in this 360 to some archive on the site, so that I'll be able to carry all your words & thoughts with me. Then again, that is just the comments and blogs that I was able to recover after <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=86">yahoo deleted my previous account</a>. I hate this system more each time i think of that day. Yahoo! have wound herself with so many TOS and loops that even she has to refer law books before doing something. I'm... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/2/Multiply_I_HATE_MATHS. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:51:00 -0000 Ru's Statistics - September 23, 2007 <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI12/1.jpeg?et=GEhRxLpJ34vr0%2B9dDL3b3Q" /> "Can I blog that" was my problem when I had ample time in my hands, back home in Bahrain & Cochin. Unfortunately for me, it never really changed; "When Can I blog that?" is my new worry. Ever since I left for bangalore, I've never been able to write down the million things that I could have blogged. You have no idea how it feels like to have that "writer mood" and not being able to do it. Its something a blogger must go through once in his life. Some, can take it and come back and be themselves again. But for some, it can cause serious problems. In my case however, I got new friends and new relationships to take my mind of it. (Who says I can't blblogbout it?) ; it never goes away. A blogger is always a blogger no matter what all roles you take in life, you will never feel at home more than when you are infrontof your WYSIWYG editor. As you can see in the graph above, the traffic on my website was at tremendous levels during the end of august and bbegining of september when I pos... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Ru39s_Statistics_-_September_23_2007 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:28:00 -0000 Forest Of Forgiveness - ART <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI16/1.jpeg?et=rJmqrhWOBWuAKNfCxvdlqQ" /> Forest Of Forgiveness Free Hand PaintBrushing | Ã‚Â© Some Rights Reserved (NC, D, A) | PhotoShop CS2 ://<a href="http://rubenbabu.com/blog/gallery">Ruben Babu</a> http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Forest_Of_Forgiveness_-_ART Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:36:00 -0000 The Stumble Effect - August 05, 2007 <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/6/__sr_/4aaa.jpg?mgIUaUHBjie5zNjK' height='205' width='333'>Maxed out! The good news: I was stumbled, but the bad news: my site was completely down last night for couple hours and I notice now that its out like a candle. If you were on my site last night, you probably had experienced the downtime. This is similar to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect" target="_blank">Digg effect</a>. Stumble Effect is the term given to the phenomenon of a popular website linking to a smaller site (and redirecting traffic), causing the smaller site to slow down or even temporarily close due to the increased traffic. Some one put <a href="http://rubenbabu.com">my website</a> on StumbleUpon (a bookmarking site) My visitor count was so high yesterday that HostGator maxed out! We are not talking about Bandwidth, we are talking about CPU usage. Getting stumbled is good because it brings you traffic and exposure. I had like 1200+ visitors (this is unique visitors) yesterday and each visitor had about 10-20 page views and I woke up to find that HostGator (My server) has dropped I'm working on the back up system right now, and we will be back... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/5/The_Stumble_Effect_-_August_05_2007 Sun, 5 Aug 2007 04:46:00 -0000 The DeadLine - August 03, 2007 <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/5/__sr_/a37f.jpg?mgIUaUHB_9EFy0Ex' height='255' width='333'>I'm having a moment here folks. Remember all the time I kept you waiting for the <a href="http://rubenbabu.com/blog/2007/07/website-launched">Website's Launch</a>? Remember a time when I was so busy I never had time for any of you? Remember how I pushed myself to the limit to meet the DeadLine? <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI28/2.jpeg?et=sUMFJV3ekWOV3ClkjwWdbQ" align="right" /> A recent comment in the previous blog entry where I described the <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0">features of the website</a>, made me think about the actual DeadLine. The minute you either attain glory or complete failure. When time comes to a stop and you let fate decide the rest. Does everything gets over at "the end" ? Do we pick up after the "Wow! I did that moment?" I think I have an answer. Art never ends & I'll never stop till I have enough of it. ~New Stuff+~ *I've just launched a Forum (Discussion board) where anyone can discuss anything. One thing I've noted on 360 is that we do not have a place to talk in public and to make ourselves heard. We confide ourselves to single P2P chats & single comments in a blog entry... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/6/The_DeadLine_-_August_03_2007 Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:19:00 -0000 WOW! - August 01, 2007 <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/2/__sr_/a3de.jpg?mgIUaUHBg_7aS2WR' height='233' width='333'><img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI40/2.gif?et=Ky%2BRcAUwf792M1TLNzwS0g" /> Hiiii!!<img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI42/3.gif?et=eEp%2BS86iD9l5XgSFuZ7qEA" /> Lets give you a crash *gulp* course on the website. I think this can be called a Users Manual, since most of you called it User friendly. Here are a few features you might have noticed, or not. But first, thank you for all the responses at the <a href="http://rubenbabu.com/blog/2007/07/website-launched">opening blog entry</a>. I have responded to most of them, remember to check it out. The website is still in its initial stages & I'd love to add more features as time pass by, but still keep it clean, sleek & simple without adding what I like to call "MySpace glitter". Like my friend FaithBeyondMeasure (Toni) said "I like to do something like this and stare at it and have a "Wow, I did that moment" " I was in Wow last night. I couldn't believe I finished everything and it all just works. (bite me, i used quotations inside quotations.<img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI44/4.gif?et=7eF7jAUob1a00eQx7uv7wA" />) The traffic went up the instant I put it on my blast, I never knew we had this many people on 360 at that time of the day. (July 31st Midnight for me anyway) <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI46/5.png?et=0X1aoRUpZfLWbjrML%2BLUrQ" /> This is the traffic chart picking u... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/7/WOW_-_August_01_2007 Wed, 1 Aug 2007 04:23:00 -0000 The Ultimate Yahoo! MAIL Extension changing bypass. <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI78/1.jpeg?et=l2B0yVYiJ8ALS60SpomqRg" height="250" width="333" /> The Ultimate Yahoo! MAIL Extension changing bypass. - Do you want to change the boring extension & get yourself a DOT com ? This is the only way to do it & I'm the only one who has ever tried it. As you all know, I deleted my previous yahoo email address "rubenbabu@yahoo.co.in" since it's <a href="../blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=86">Yahoo! 360 was suspended by Yahoo!</a> & I've always wanted that same address without the "co.in". But we all know that it can never be changed once its chosen. I have, however, found a way to counter this.<img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI80/2.gif?et=R%2B45zS6Hl63AvLp810HOVA" /> Before you do this, back up your entire contacts, messenger list and tell your friends that you are changing email address. Don't give them your "to be" .com email address. Give them another email address, like a <a href="http://gmail.com/">Gmail</a> address. Because it will take 90 days for this process to complete. 1) RECHECK your secondary email address given in <a href="http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile?.done">My Account Settings</a>, Make sure that it is not the Yahoo! address you want to change. If there is nothing there, Type in... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/8/The_Ultimate_Yahoo_MAIL_Extension_changing_bypass. Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:13:00 -0000 Losing connections in a well connected world - July 25, 2007 <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI98/1.jpeg?et=lceZBGA7mgItjxFp1om6XQ" />> In the above picture, you can see me working & waiting for Flash to boot while ignoring my friends sending me IMs. I'm sorry, I cant help it. I'm not avoiding you. As most of you know, I'm pretty occupied for the rest of the month. I hardly have any time on my hands to reply to messages. You can look at the [<a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=245">changelog</a>]for progress. Losing connections in a well connected world ....this blog title was coined by <a style="font-weight:bold; " href="http://360.yahoo.com/profile-mVHo6Z0ieqRzskEw6M5DyA--?cq=1">~</a>Sabiha. It set me thinking about alot of things. I keep watching my system tray displaying messages when one of the 100+ people on my messenger list keep signing in and out. I watch you login every morning and I see you leave in the evening for lunch, and at night. I keep working even while you are sleeping. And the very next morning, when dark shadows appear below my eyes, I keep seeing you people come back. I have, however, grown used to sleeping every 48 hours. instead of 24. I keep dismissing the people who appear on screen expecting to talk. Apart... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Losing_connections_in_a_well_connected_world_-_July_25_2007 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:18:00 -0000 CHANGE LOG FOR MY WEBSITE [LOG#1 JULY 2007] <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/83/__sr_/c504.jpg?mgIUaUHBwcsUekcx' height='224' width='333'>Here is the change log for my website. Advanced critiques encouraged. There has been EXTENSIVE work going on inside my website. Countless sleepless days & hours and hours of coding and designing. This list is ordered in descending manner, but with few errors. only a week left till release. More updated & recent change log will be released soon. Recent... <ul><li>24 july 2007 - Installed Multiuser WordPress platform as root on Apache server [finally!] </li><li>24 july 2007 - Multiuser installation failed thrice [Selected subdomains instead of subdirectory: Fixed] </li><li>24 july 2007 - Multiuser installation failed [Database tables incorrect: Fixed]</li><li>24 july 2007 - Deleted Single user wordpress and ENTIRE TABLES & FILES [I felt like starting over when only 7 days was left till release]</li><li>Backed up previous works onto Harddisk. Especially the theme! </li><li>24 july 2007 - Found an excellent gallery for photos</li><li>24 july 2007 - Lightbox installed. And god saw that all was well. </li></ul> <ul><li>23 july 2007 - Everything w... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/10/CHANGE_LOG_FOR_MY_WEBSITE_LOG1_JULY_2007 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:21:00 -0000 Good ol' Mom - 2007 July 20 <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/82/__sr_/15c6.jpg?mgIUaUHBAHQmCo_.' height='250' width='333'>Good news peeps, I just brought Mom home, <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=222">from the hospital</a> & she is gonna be just fine. I wasn't allowed to stay at the hospital yesterday, in case I get sick too. I was up & working on my website's publishing platform till 3, or 4 in the morning. Slept for 3 hours and had to drive back to the hospital at 7am today. I hate monsoon, its raining like hell here, And the water in Mom's river in the backyard is getting dangerously high. This is what it used to look like... <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&ad=1&id=72057594044629841&map=1" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=be&ad=1&id=72057594044629841&map=2" target="_blank"></a> Mom is back to her annoying, complaining, shouting, arguing self again (I'm such an idiot to have hoped that she will change). And its music to my ears ... Ruben Out! PS: I'm reading Harry Potter 7!! The book isn't out yet, I know. Don't even think about asking me how I got it, I wont tell. All you peeps wait 24 hours for the official release. =) Thanks to medical science & antibiotics, not god. [related entries] [<a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=7">A river in the back yard?</a>] [<a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=5">What, a flood?</a>] [<a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=23">After-floods?</a>] ... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Good_ol39_Mom_-_2007_July_20 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:09:00 -0000 Taking care of Mom - 2007 July 17, 18, 19 & more... <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/81/__sr_/7869.jpg?mgIUaUHB92OFD4jg' height='222' width='333'>dear folks of 360, Mom 's sick. I've been taking care of her for two days now since there isn't anybody else who can or will. She lived alone and I was thinking this a week ago "Isn't it time I did some of my duties before I go away?" because I'm planning a trip in the near future, a pretty long one. And what are the chances?! Mom got sick! She has a heavy fever & she is on IV right now. Thankfully, she is getting better. I had to admit her in the hospital 2 days ago and I just got home to pick up a few things. House looks creepy. I think of the days I used to run around this place as a child, every time i walk in that door but now I hate this place more than anything else.... Its 10 am July 19th, a Thursday and I have an hour left before I have to head back to the hospital. It amazes me so much that there were times when my mom and I never looked eye to eye. <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=71">Do read this blog to understand my relationships with my peers</a> (scroll down to the middle part, until you see the ... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Taking_care_of_Mom_-_2007_July_17_18_19_amp_more... Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:57:00 -0000 31 UNREAD MESSAGES on 13 THE FRIDAY <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/80/__sr_/32f6.jpg?mgIUaUHBYADw6FRd' height='273' width='333'>Holy Shit! I logged in today to find 31 unread messages & 4 invitations!! (My mailbox was empty till 00:00 am on July 17th). However, I was unable to find any new messages or invites in my mailbox, but it still said I have 31 unread messages. So, I clicked next and went to the second page of my older mails and there it was! My messages until July the 13th (The Friday) has mysteriously appeared out of thin air! Here I was, thinking that none of my friends even cared about me. I didn't even have our usual spam & "reply-all" messages for the last two months! It was a yahoo glitch, guys! (I hope). There is no god damn way I'm going to sit down and reply to all those messages! Sabiha, Avalanche, Shail, Vercetti, Gunning4jesus, sidd~, Arline, Feud, Teufelchen, rubberduck, and everyone else (wow thats a long list), thanks for the messages. But I'm sorry to say, I can only read it, I dont have time to respond. I'll get back to them in due time. There is one more problem! ... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/13/31_UNREAD_MESSAGES_on_13_THE_FRIDAY Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:23:00 -0000 2007 July 13 - Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/79/__sr_/d253.jpg?mgIUaUHBi07FoZIu' height='266' width='333'>Have you ever tried stuffing the trunk of your car with more than it could ever hold ? Well, Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix reminded me of that. They tried to fill in so much detail into the measly 2 hour movie. Needless to say, it was a disaster. You expected to see The Dementors, The Oclumency lessons, Dumbledor's Army & The Weasley's Flight, but no. They shrunk all that & many more critical events into a mere 20 minutes. Was it too much to expect the final showdown between Dumbledor & Voldermot in full detail and in full visual effects & surround sound ? but nooo....!! They wrapped the whole thing up with a few exchanges of spells & hexes. Do you know how early I had to get up for the reservations ? <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI131/2.gif?et=IKxGY2KRmm70vGqqPjRt2Q" /> <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI133/3.jpeg?et=JSd0f9Y3OOjPaO2uqWM1Hw" align="left" />I had to ride in the rain and was stuck in traffic for almost an hour today morning in Cochin city to get to Sridhar Theater (opposite to the <a style="font-weight:bold; " href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=83">rainbow bridge</a>). While I was waiting for my friend to show up, I had my breakfast at Sridhar Ca... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/14/2007_July_13_-_Harry_Potter_amp_The_Order_Of_The_Phoenix Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:04:00 -0000 2007 July - Me and some guys from school. <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/78/__sr_/a448.jpg?mgIUaUHBoqAw0Woe' height='250' width='333'>Come to think of it, the last two months seemed to last forever. We were out watching movies, going to places, partying, riding and just hanging out, every single day!!!!! We even had something of High school reunion in June!! I'll be blogging about it later on this month... Let me tell you, the last two months were insane! which was the main reason I was never really online. Then again, <a style="font-weight:bold; " href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=170">I had lost my love for yahoo</a> a while back & the "internet - social - thing" started to look a little odd. I'll get back to this later on in this entry.... <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI193/2.jpeg?et=QZAxziZ2M44r9iAjRbQgTw" /> My friends would bunk classes & We were killin' time, we were young and restless once again even though most of my friends were in college and the old school days were a distant memory. You see, I never went to college after my High school graduation<img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI195/3.gif?et=DyKcdqAJOlLCyMvXuWfQAQ" /> (which actually took more time than the rest of my classmates <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI197/4.gif?et=%2BUxqgmH1MyESx9Nqeo062A" />) - I'll join college soon and then its bye bye to the Internets.... :( Anyway, <a style="font-weight:bold; " href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=51">I went back to Bahrain by Octobe... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/15/2007_July_-_Me_and_some_guys_from_school. Thu, 5 Jul 2007 04:59:00 -0000 NEWS: Yahoo! Censoring Open Source. <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/75/__sr_/cf75.jpg?mgIUaUHBp3mCw9sf' height='291' width='290'>Is yahoo digging their own grave? I just came across an article, <a href="http://slated.org/yahoo_censoring_open_source">Yahoo Censoring Open Source.</a> I recommend this story to all my readers. According to avid Yahoo'er, <a style="font-style:italic; " href="http://amandakerik.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/yahoo-answers-is-rejecting-open-source-options-in-answers/">Amanda Kerik</a>, Yahoo seems to have developed a policy of censoring answers in their "Yahoo! Answers" service, if that answer contains a suggestion to use Open Source alternatives to Microsoft software.<a href="http://slated.org/yahoo_censoring_open_source"> READ MORE........</a> WOW! Lets think of what they have done in the past. # Atheists were banned for posting non-religious or anti-Christian blogs. # Pagan Friends were also banned on yahoo answers for similar reasons. # Recommending websites like Torrentspy, Demonoid and so on will make sure you are out of the family before you say, "oops" If you say OpenSource is good, you get banned? That is one of the stupidest policies I have ever heard in my life (other than US Laws stating that "no atheists shall hold a public office") Thank god we don't have that in India. It is time Yahoo users started asking questions... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/16/NEWS_Yahoo_Censoring_Open_Source. Wed, 4 Jul 2007 04:16:00 -0000 2007 June - BUSY BUSY BUSY <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/70/__sr_/1bf4.jpg?mgIUaUHBKNQPXQ8j' height='333' width='255'>Missed me ? Sorry peeps, AnswerMan is Offline for an uncertain period of time. & I'll wrap this up real quick. No Messages. No Emails. No IM. No Stumbles. No Forums. No Nothing. I had no idea I would get this busy when I was happily chatting with a friend in Canada on last sunday evening. I was so busy that I cant even remember the last 3 days. <img src="http://images.rubenbabu.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R1GSwgoKCsAAACY2jXI216/2.jpeg?et=CbC3jjzT%2C1txxCyepphuTw" align="left" /> I drove hundreds of kilometers across many districts of Kerala on many pursuits. I cant explain where or aht I'm doing, but just know that its all good. I don't have time to sit in front of a computer and finish my promised works. I'm sorry I had made promises that I have to delay. 'tis not just blogging that I had to leave behind. Alot of my projects, My website, Stuff for friends and the list goes on..... MY WEBSITE, I had finally made one a couple of weeks ago but I never got a chance to finish what I have started. I hope I'll finish it up some day. I'll link all of you when its done... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/17/2007_June_-_BUSY_BUSY_BUSY Wed, 6 Jun 2007 04:12:00 -0000 2007 May - 1000 Miles - PART 2 <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/67/__sr_/ce21.jpg?mgIUaUHBt_T7yYCl' height='245' width='333'>"The difference between men and boys are the lessons that they learn. The world was my school, The people within, my classmates. I learn from them, I play with them but at dawn, I bid goodbye. - Ru" There is only one thing worse than death, and it is to live your life locked away.. As a person who doesn't live in fantasies of a transparent weightless place up above, I know this is the only life I've got. I take my shot, right here, right now. .......You better read on, this is not a boring blog filled with philosophy. Here, you get to pick up a few crumbles I leave behind........... My life underwent profound changes in the past year. I learned more than what I wanted to. Life was never supposed to be a childÃ¢Â€Â™s fantasy. But itÃ¢Â€Â™s the greatest lesson, The greatest gift we have. It was the busiest year of my life, traveling from <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=51">places to places</a> and never staying still, <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=61">fighting for respect</a>, <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=79">making friends</a>, <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=81">facing challenges</a> and <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nzEuad0jbqTZptuxH6lHGPc0?p=71">a mental struggle to be myself</a>. You will n... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/18/2007_May_-_1000_Miles_-_PART_2 Sun, 6 May 2007 04:39:00 -0000 2007 April - 1000 Miles <img src='http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/46206ba7zfb3ff026/60/__sr_/4750.jpg?mgIUaUHB7VqYq4cA' height='232' width='333'>As some of you have already discovered, I haven't been online for the last couple of days. First, I want to apologize for my sudden departure without a warning. Now that it is done, lets get back to my blog.... Have I ever told you about my friends? No? None? Ok, sorry about that too. Here are a couple of thrill seekers,.. AJ, Asheak, Rosh, Jose and Alex. We've been out burning some rubber. I've spent so much time at my computer that I never knew the freedom that I could achieve. All I needed was the tiniest bit of drive to get me moving. And three days ago, my phone rang and I answered it in from my bed at 5 in the morning. Seeing Asheak's number,.. "Hello" "Hey Man, Wanna go for a ride?" (that was in another language of course) "Where to?" "You in or no?" "Um, yeah-sure, I guess" My heart got locked away, One black and desperate night long ago, My days turned to night and my nights were no longer long enough. I was nocturnal in every sense for a very long time. But now, When the stars ... http://rubenbabu.multiply.com/journal/item/19/2007_April_-_1000_Miles Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:28:00 -0000