Hari's Corner

15 May 2007

Best of May 2005

Filed under: Bits and Bytes by Hari
Posted at 13:52:28 IST (last updated: 7 May 2009 @ 21:35:47 IST)

I'm going to experiment with a new concept. I got this idea from RT (who attributes it to Matthew). So starting from now, I'm going to dig into the archives and pick some of my older articles to highlight here periodically.

Here are some of my picks for May 2005 (the month I started blogging).

phpBB: to BB or not to BB - that was written at a time when I was getting frustrated with phpBB's inherent limitations. My first real article. Interestingly, after all that time, phpBB 3.0 is still in beta. sarcastic

Debian and Gentoo - similar, yet so different - I don't use Gentoo these days because the compiling time really ate into productive usage. It's nice having a Linux distribution that compiles everything - but it's just not for me. I still rate Gentoo highly though.

Spam filtering in Google and Yahoo mail - It was around that time when gmail was still new and its spam filters were really effective against spam. These days I find that more spam tends to slip through to the inbox and the occasional legitimate mail goes into the spam folder. Still google's spam filter is miles ahead of its competitors.

Conflict between style and utility - not surprisingly, this article reflects the web designer's constant dilemma: focus on utility or style in web design? The debate will keep going on and on for ages.

In the next edition of this, I'll highlight some of my posts from June 2005. In the meantime, please do comment on any of my older articles if you wish to and please let me know your thoughts about this idea. smile