Ziked

If you havent realized that Ziked looks a little different, then something is wrong with you. Well i got fed up by the banal look of Ziked and so it got a re-design over this weekend. Here are the updates:

1. New Theme: The problem with the previous theme was that it was was too boring plus the image files caused the page-load time to go up. The new theme was inspired by an amazing girl named Laura Veir (and she helped with the color pallete too). I am still doubtful about the color pallete especially due to the fact this is the first time I have not used black as part of the theme.
2. Framework changes: This is where probably the biggest changes have come. Unlike the basic html-based version, the new site is pure CSS which not only make page rendering faster but also clean up the coding process. Also the new design needs to load only one image file as part of the theme which makes it better. Also the site renders perfectly in the dreaded Internet Explorer 6
3. Archives:The new archives page is like nothing you have ever seen. It’s unique and very few sites on the internet has something as cool as the new archives page. So check it out.
4. Comments: Theres a new comment system in place which is way better the previous comment system. Now you can comment on everything. Also the comments will no longer look messed up. The comments are powered by Disqus
5. No More Ads: I was making about $30- 50 bucks a month from the ads. But the ads were irrelevant (kitchen appliances and ziked have no corrolation whatsover) and I got tired asking people to click. Also i am too big of an anti-capitalist to have ads from big brother Google on my tumble-log. The new monetary model revolves around sponsors . But not just any, only sponsors that are relevant and have good things to offer. (like our friends over at vimeo
6. Mobile Version: Now you can get Ziked on your cell phone. Just point your mobile browser to http://www.ziked.com/mobile to read the special mobile version of Ziked designed for your cell phone. Also iPhone owners should be pleased to know that you can get the full version of Ziked on their safari browser
7. Better RSS: If you are a person who is addicted to their RSS-reader, you’ll be pleased to know that the full content is available at our RSS feed.
8. Audio: Thanks to the update from tumblr, I can now post audio. So expect to see song songs from my iTunes library which has 3127 songs as of now
9. Not a blog; it’s a tumble-log: Seriously, do not label ziked as a blog. It’s a tumble-logA tumblelog is a stream of consciousness. A series of images, links, videos, quotes, and short blurbs that don’t necessarily share a common thread, but can collectively be pieced together to form a personality. If conversations exists, it doesn’t exist on the tumblelog itself, but throughout the entire internet. If I expect to see feedback anywhere, it’s on someone else’s site.

• I lost my first camera on a field trip  Amy had my camera
• i got a new camera instead which takes awesome pics.(but it’s too small for me - i like cameras that are bulky and not-stylish)
• I also got a new internet tablet
• I am going to stop posting stuff for Ziked,stop programming (no visual baisc, CSS or AJAX) temporarily block facebook, stop reading other blogs for the next few months or so ——- because I really have to get my college work done (which I am still procrascinating) and cause I need to catch up on my personal reading list (finish Dharma Bums, Ishmael, Visions of Cody and The Brothers Karamazov by the end of this year) .

Ziked! needs sponsors to keep this tumble-log running. By sponsoring us, you get

• a permanent link on the menu bar (which will be visible for as long as you sponsor us).
• Your product/ service will be mentioned at the end of every post
• If you want we will even do a free review of your product if accomodated.
• sponsor name underneath the title bar

Ziked is a relatively new tumble-log. We get between 20-1000 visitors a day. 97.66 % of the visitors are New Visitors. We are also popular on social new websites like Digg. IF you decide to sponsor, we will send you our Googlle Analytics Report to show our monthly visitor overview. Also each week you will get a new report to see how many people clicked on your link and so on.In addition you will also get a “ziked” email address powered by GMail with over 2 Gbs of storage space.

The rates for sponsoring Ziked! are:

• $7 for a week
• $20 for a month
• $30 for two months
• $45 for three months
• $100 for a year

If you are interested, e-mail me at me at mirzar dot com (without the spaces of course) or leave a comment below if you would like any other arrangements for contacting me. Make sure to leave your name , the site URL and the company name on the message and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Minesweeper:

How to reveal Mines in the game:
1. First Minimize or close all running applications.
2. Start the Minesweeper game from the start menu.
3. Type ‘xyzzy’ and hold down the shift key for one second.
4. Now move the cursor over a Minesweeper square you will notice a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. Make sure you don’t have a white or black color desktop!

Stopping Time count during game play
1. Launch Minesweeper and start a game so the timer starts counting, then press the Windows Key + D to show the desktop.
2. Select minesweeper from the taskbar and you’ll notice that the time has stopped.

Wanna win a Free cell game instantly?? Start a new game and Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 during game play. Then you will be asked if you want to Abort, Retry or Ignore. Select Abort, and then move any card to win the game.

1. Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line.
2. On the File menu, click Save As, give any name as you like and save the file and close it.
3. Open the file again, youll notice that that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log.

Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.

Theres a Hidden Command Line Switch, in order to find out start the defragmenter and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

1. Type 1max at the start of a new ball to get extra balls.
2. Type gmax at the start of a new game to activate the Gravity Well.
3. Type rmax at the start of a new game to go up in ranks.
4. Type bmax at the start of a new ball. This will give you unlimited balls. Once this is activated you will be unable to activate other secrets without restarting the game.

Heres a list of all the actual blog posts (written by me) published on Ziked. The reason why it’s seperate from the archives page can be best explained by Ricky Van Veen’s post:Words have relative values. Someone who talks a lot has less value to their words than someone who rarely speaks. But when that quiet person speaks, people listen. When you publish 20 posts a day, your individual posts lose value. And when you finally do have something important to say, it gets lost among the clutter. So heres the list of stuff that were written by me and express my thoughts alone:

Ziked is a tumble-log by Mirza Rahman (me).

19. Freelance Web Designer / Developer. College student.

Contact

E-Mail mirza {at} ziked {dot} com (without the spaces of couse)

AIM MirzaAR

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Updated: This works properly now

Jacob Dehart has created the perfect Tumblr search engine. It does not require pages to be indexed by Google or Yahoo and is based on the Tumblr API meaning if its on your tumble-log, it will be found on the search. The best part is you do not have to re-load another page or click a button to view the search results. You can see the search engine live on my tumble-log here. So here is a tutorial on how to install such a search engine for your Tumblr page.

1. In the head section of your html, paste the following lines of code after the

 section:

<script src="http://www.thisismydevsite.com" type="text/javascript"></script>

2. Now paste the following line of code after wherever you want to position the search engine. I like my search engine underneath on my description area, so I paste it on the description section:

<div style="margin-top:5px">
<div class="searchbox" id="mainsearch"> 

Search <script type="text/javascript">Tumblr.searchBox()</script>

</div></div>

3. Optional: Give credit to Jacob Dehart. To do so, paste the following code on the

section:

Search by

<a href="http://www.jacobd.com">Jacob
DeHart</a>

4. If you did everything correctly, Congrats! You successfully installed the tumblr search engine

Note: Jacob Dehart owns all the rights to this search engine. The only downside to this search engine is that the javascript will slow down your page load time by about one second.