Long waited Google Calendar is here!

April 13th, 2006

Finally, after the long wait for the secret codename “CL2″ project, we have a Google Calendar with the same simple AJAX-enabled interface as Gmail. Great, now I can use a real online calendar…

FREE domain name and FREE web hosting from Microsoft Office Live Beta

April 5th, 2006

Great news! You can register now a totally free domain name (yourname.com etc.) and get free web hosting (30MB, 10GB bandwidth) from Microsoft.
http://officelive.microsoft.com/

NOTE: only the live basic package will remain free after the beta-testing.

URL redirect using .htaccess on Apache powered website

April 4th, 2006

If you want to redirect an URL to a new address, it can be easily done using Apache .htaccess file.

Simply add the following code into a file names “.htaccess” in your directory.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ NEW_URL

A good reference is here.

Amtrak Train Ticket Promotion: Buy 1 Get 1 Free

March 28th, 2006

FYI, I found a nice site discussing promotions going on for Amtrak train tickets:
Amtrak Promotion

The free companion ticket (when you buy a regular/senior/student ticket) would work great if you live in California, or around. Check out the details here:
http://www.santabarbaracarfree.org/register.htm

Register for free and you will receive a coupon within a few days in regular mail. With the promotion code on the coupon, make a phone reservation with Amtrak, and then pick up the tickets at the nearest Amtrak station. Enjoy!