Friday, December 23, 2005

Merry Christmas in 350+ languages!



Just stumbled upon a site having Christmas greeting in 350+ languages! In this site you can have detailed information on any of these languages just by Clicking on the language name. Cool!

Check out: http://www.flw.com/merry.htm



History of The Greeting Card.

We used to send greeting cards to friends, loved ones and family - Paper cards, Singing cards, Digital Postcards, Electronic Postcards, E-Greetings! But have you ever wondered how all these started? It is surprising to note that it is only about 200 hundred years old!

It gained real popularity in the mid 1800's. One thing is for sure: the first cards were fine pieces of art. Valentine cards were popular in the mid-eighteenth century and New Year cards were exchanged in Europe a long time before Christmas cards became accepted, in the 1870s. Not before the 1860's, everyone could afford cards. Cheap colour printing came along, and they began to sell in thousands, creating a new industry for artists and printers.

More on this available at the links below:

=> http://www.flw.com/christmas/christmas_card.htm
=> http://www.netogram.com/history.htm



I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, then I wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Del.icio.us is back online...

The bookmarking site del.icio.us is back online. Now the personal bookmarks can be accessed and almost all the normal functions are restored. As per their official blog, Yahoo! has started helping them out. So we can expect a higher level of service in future.

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Social Book marking website Del.icio.us is off line due to the power


The Social Bookmarking website Del.icio.us has gone offline due to the power outage. This service was very popular with the netizens and is expected to be online very shortly. The message posted on the home page of Del.icio.us assures that every thing will be properly rebuild and restored as soon as possible.
Recently Yahoo Inc. has acquired Del.icio.us online service that lets users save, annotate and tag their favorite web pages and share their lists with other users. The deal was announced by both Yahoo and Del.icio.us separately via postings on official blogs. Financial terms were not disclosed yet. This tool will be one important addition to Yahoo's arsenal.

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