Archive for January, 2008

Many times you might have wondered what is the use of RSS feeds and what is it? So today I am going to tell you what are RSS feeds and how this can help us.

What’s a feed?
A feed is a list of updates certain websites publish that displays new content when it’s posted. When you add a feed to your profile, orkut monitors that feed for updates. Putting feeds on your profile allows you to easily share your content from other websites, such as blogs, pictures, or news updates, with your friends on orkut. They also alert you when your favorite websites have been updated.

RSS and Atom are the two most popular feed formats. Like most feed readers, orkut supports both formats.

Any feeds that you add in orkut will appear as buttons above add stuff on the sidebar in your profile.

How do I add a Picasa or Blogger feed to my profile?
orkut will auto-detect if you’ve got a Picasa or Blogger account linked to the same Google Account you use for orkut. If you do, you’ll see an add button next to the name of the album or blog. If you don’t, you’ll see buttons that prompt you to sign up for Picasa or Blogger.

If you’re a Blogger or Picasa user but use a different Google Account to access those services, click on the hyperlink next to the product you’d like to use. Then, sign in with a different Google Account and find the URL of the album or blog you’d like to use. Simply enter this URL in the add box in the feeds section of your orkut profile.
Notes:
You can add up to 5 feeds to your profile. Your feeds will appear above the add stuff button on your profile.
Simply click on the button with the feed name to view a given feed (hover over the button to see the complete name of the feed).
Keep in mind that any content on orkut.com needs to adhere to our Terms of Service. Feeds containing questionable content may be removed by the orkut team without advance warning.

How do I delete a feed from my profile?
To delete a feed from your profile, please follow these steps:
1. Click the add stuff button the sidebar of your profile.
2. In the My feeds section, find the feed that you’d like to delete.
3. Click remove.

Source: Orkut.com

It’s always a good sight when these two teams met head to head. But after this world cup 2007,

these teams are having 21 Tests and ODIs from June this year. Which is not good for anybody.

This all is going to make money it.

"It’s getting completely out of control," May, head of the international players’ association, told The Sun-Herald. "We’re very seriously worried that a few countries are playing too much cricket.

"It’s our ongoing battle with the ICC. Australia will play India 21 times in the eight months from June this year. From the perspective of players and spectators, it’s going to dampen your interest. And it detracts from the commercial value of the product. Vision has been lost about what’s important and what is not."

Until the Ashes series of 2005, an Australia-India series was widely considered one of cricket’s headline events in recent years. The sides clashed in three gripping Test series between 2000-01 and 2004-05, each winning one with the other drawn.

Australia are due to play seven ODIs in India in October, before a four-Test series in Australia the following summer and seven tri-series ODIs. To this list has recently been added a three-match ODI series in Ireland in June.

"They were already playing each other 18 times and now they’ve thrown in another three (in Ireland)," May said. "We’re concerned about that. Players have a passion for the game and want to maintain that passion every time they play. But it’s becoming harder to play every game as though it’s their last.

"No one wants a two-bit product where blokes are only giving 75 percent because that’s all they’ve got left. Or because they need to pace themselves for more games coming up." May, who has criticised the heavy workload on players in the past as well, also took a shot at the upcoming World Cup, arguing that it dragged on purely because of TV broadcasters.

For a cricket lover it’s sound a good new that two team having some so much matches,but it’s not good for the players and the teams. As they met so frequently the hype and anxiety will be lost and the charm of the encounter will be lost, which wouldn’t be a good sign for cricket.Hope the boards will leave their personal profits a side and make deals will helps cricket in growing not for making money.