Google’s ten results per page limit helps keeps things in context and the user is not bombarded with too many search results. But over the years I have learned to handle the the results I get from a Google search, and thus like to keep the results to display per page at 100. I would have liked to set it to even higher, but that the maximum Google allows. For the “uninformed,” to increase the number of results per page, click Preferences on the Google homepage and choose the required number from the Number of Results drop-down menu followed by Save Preferences, which returns you to the Google homepage.
Google Commemorates Man's Foray Into Space
Today’s Google logo is dedicated to Yuri Gagarin who on April 12th, 1961 became the first person in space and orbit the Earth.
During the 1 hour, 48 minutes he spent in orbit, Gagarin is speculated to have commented, “I don’t see any God up here.” Of course no one has been able to confirm or deny this.
Gagarin didn’t have to go all the way up there to see if God really exists, I being an earth-bound misfit, am living proof that God just doesn’t exist, not there and certainly not down here!
Gagarin, lost his life in a training accident on March 27, 1968 in the city of Kirzhach, in erstwhile USSR.
Cleaning Your Keyboard
Have you got cockroaches picnicking in your keyboard? Well, till a while back we did! There were about 5-6 of them who would hide under the keys and party on whatever food crumbs came their way as a result of us snacking while working on the system. For reasons unknown to me, they suddenly left for greener pastures. We think it had something to do with the lizard that now resides in our kitchen after all she has put on a lot of weight recently.
The Big Deal About OpenID
Everyone seems to be talking about OpenID so why should I be any different. But hey this isn’t the only reason why I am writing about it. If OpenID catches up, the Internet will be converted to a single sign-on system. No longer will users haver to remember a hundred usernames and passwords, or keep the same credentials for all sites.
Basically, after you get your own OpenID you would lno longer have to fill in personal information to start 
using a site, rather you would click a logo similar to the one on your left to be taken to the OpenID provider. Here you will have to approve a request for your identity and return to the website that requested your identity in the first place. That’s how simple it is!
Integrate OpenID into your WordPress blog
Get the WordPress OpenID plugin and install it. From then on, visitors to your blog can quickly register login, and leave comments using their OpenID Identity.
More Info on OPenID
Happy Birthday Tina!
Last night, Tina and I celebrated her birthday as the clock struck 12 with chocolate fantasy pastries from Cafe Coffee Day. The cakes that we get here in Hyderabad can be quite juicy at times, so we have to manage with pastries.
On Tina’s previous birthday, I had gone to Delhi to meet her. We weren’t married at that time so this trip was a complete hush-hush from both our families. We spent the day doing errands and meeting Rebecca, who incidentally was our partner in crime. She was the only one who knew that I was in Delhi to spend the day with Tina. Sweet as she is, Rebecca even allowed Tina to accompany me to the airport and stay with me till my flight the next morning. Once at the airport, we tried looking for a place where we could talk but when we couldn’t find one, we paid the parking attendant the parking money and sat in the car for over 7-8 hours and talked, talked, and then talked a bit more!
That was the best night of my life. There was no fooling around, we just talked. Hey don’t ask what because I don’t remember any of it. The only thing that I do remember is Tina giggling and chatting like the complete chatter box she is.
As I was about to check in, my dad called and told me that he and Tina’s dad had agreed to hold our engagement the coming Sunday, April 16th. As Tina had already left, I called her up to share the news. That poor thing was so tired because of lack of sleep that she could hardly say anything. Rather reluctantly, I said bye to Tina and boarded my flight with the promise of to stop-over at Delhi on the 14th on my way to Chandigarh for our engagement.
On that day, neither of us had imagined that we would be together on her next birthday that is today. April 14th was an amazing day as well. But I’ll leave the details for some other time, for now let’s just wish Tina a very Happy Birthday.