Derailed? (Photo)

1000147M, originally uploaded by avinash.ws.

I took this shot yesterday morning while walking on an abandoned track.

How fast can you type?

Good typing speed is pretty important if you're a programmer or someone who needs to type a lot. I don't type much now a days but somehow my speed still remains above 80 WPM (according to this site). About a year ago, my speed was close to 87 WPM but lack of practice lowered the number a bit.

I've been practicing again for past couple of days and my current speed at a laptop keyboard is 80 to 86 WPM (with 100% accuracy) and 85 to 95 WPM at a desktop keyboard.

 

What's your speed?

Get a free SSL Cert

First of all, get to know SSL properly if you already don't know what the heck 'SSL' stands for.

Now create a https:// version of your website/blog using a free SSL cert from StartSSL

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Today I stumbled upon this:

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

Money For Nothing - Seth Godin

Money For Nothing is Seth Godin’s new ebook for people who have more talent than cash.

It turns out that the new playing field enforced by the search engines is eliminating many of the shortcuts that used to be effective. In other words, the best way is the long way.

The long way is to create content that is updated, unique and useful. Again and again we see that sites that do all three manage to get more than their fair share of traffic. So, I guess the title of the ebook is a bit misleading. The clicks don’t cost money, but they do take effort. That’s good news for people who have more talent than cash.

Hey Bloggers! Wake Up And Fight

How many of you are prepared to face the Storm of 50 million computers?

Now a days, everybody seems to be running a blog, still there is such a huge lack of awareness about the Storm that's gathering. I think people will stop dreaming about iPhone and similar gadgets only when they realize that their machines have already become a part of the ever-growing Storm and is being used to attack on others.

Come on, if you're a blogger and didn' already know about the Storm worm, you seriously needs to stop dreaming about sexy gadgets. J/K. Well, jokes aside, everybody go ahead and write a blog post about this worm. Unless you unite, there is no chance you can beat this super-clever virus. Even if you blog about your kitchen, you should help the security experts defeat the creators of this virus. In other words, no matter who you are, what you write, you gotta stop this worm from becoming the king of the cyber world. Remember that each and every post will help.

Find more about this virus @ Wikipedia: Storm Worm

I know that the Wikipedia page is not enough so in case you need to do further research about this worm, Google is your friend.

Create Your Own TinyURL Site

… using Shorty.

From the page:

Shorty is a simple tool for creating shorter, human- readable links from long URLs. You install Shorty on your server, so the links you create with it never go away. You can also manage your links and see how often people click on them.

Check out the live demo.