Blogging Today What makes blogging really interesting is the addition of widgets to the blog. What are widgets? Widgets are easy to use. They are simple and handy ways to add some panache to your blog. Feed count widget displays the number of visitors to your blog, Feedjit displays the real time traffic data in your blogs sidebar, Flixn displays a stream directly from your webcam so your blog visitors can...

Swine Flue Swine flu is an infection that is caused by swine influenza virus. There are many strains of this virus and they are endemic to pigs; the most talked about strain in recent times being the H1N1 virus. Transmission from pigs to humans happens very rarely and does not always result in human influenza, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood. People with regular exposure to...

A Bird in The Hand is Worth Two in The Bush Essay No. 01 When we were in fifth grade we got caught stealing mangoes. Needless to say, we got caught because we got greedy. It was my first brush with ‘the bird in hand is worth two in the bush. It is better to be content with what you have than to risk losing everything to try to get something...

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey, famous television host considered one of the most powerful women today has humble beginnings. She was born in 1954 on a farm in Mississippi. She lived till the age of 6 with her grandmother who taught her to read before the age of three. She was nicknamed ‘preacher’ because of her ability to quote verses from the Bible. At the age of six, she went to live...

Slumdog Millionaire ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a British film directed by Danny Boyle which is an adaption of the novel ‘Q&A’ by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Jamal Malik the protagonist of the movie, a young man from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai appears on the ‘Who wants to be A Millionaire?’ show on television and does exceeding well; arousing the suspicions of the game show host and the police. The...

What Makes People Drink? Different people drink for different reasons. Some drink because they are depressed, some because they want to celebrate, some because they are lonely, some just to give others company, some because it makes them feel brave, some to fight away the pangs of hunger, some because it makes them feel macho, and some to keep themselves warm. Alcohol makes for a very good friend. It does not...

Backpacking Uncle John invited me to go backpacking with him. While my parents were worried about how I would manage, I was excited. Backpacking sounded footloose and fancy free. It sounded like fun to me. Uncle John had warned me to travel light, so it was just one extra pair of jeans, a few pairs of socks a couple of tees and some clean underwear. Of course, mom had to put...