I just had a call from a Onetel sales rep and his introduction was…

ONETEL: “May I speak to Mr or Mrs Karavadra?”

ME: “This is Mr. Karavadra.”

ONETEL: “What?”

ME: “This is Mr. Karavadra.”

ONETEL: “I’m just calling you about your BT line.”

ME: “We don’t have a BT line.”

ONETEL: “What?”

ME: “We don’t have a BT line.”

ONETEL: Hung up.

That’s why they are a joke and in my opinion very rude. They could have the decency to apologise, but no… the Ontel sales rep was too proud and had to hang up.

My friends at The HoBB just emailed me to let me know about Google Talk.

I had heard something about it somewhere but it had gone out of my mind till now.

So, I had a quick read (it provides voice and instant messaging for free), downloaded and installed it (quick and easy and does away with Gmail Notifier) and logged in to have a look (need a microphone to talk). Damn!

When I get some time I’ll find a decent and cheap microphone and give Google talk a go - it may help me do live help from my site.

So till then, the only other thing I noticed was that it automatically downloads your list of contacts from your Gmail account, so that’s save us all some time.

Will Google Talk do away with telephones and all the other instant messengers?

… I really need to get a message board up so that you can reply and I can discuss.

I just saw a feature on Sky News about Google and someone mentioned that Google has grown to its limit in the search engine marketplace and that’s why they have acquired other businesses and are about to sell more of their stock to raise finances, perhaps to buy more businesses.

I don’t quite agree with the bit about Google reaching their limit as a search engine. I have wondering why a lot of client sites have been getting dropped from Google’s search listings. On trying Google’s Sitemaps, I found that pages were coming back into the listings and pages that had stopped being registered at all were now being listed.

I think that Google and other search engine spiders should think more about why their original concept has deteriorated rather than just focusing on increasing their offering portfolio. At the end of the day (to date), if you ask people what Google is, I guess most people will say something on the line of a search engine or directory. If their search listings deteriorate, will the brand be able to sustain other service offerings.

Anyway, I thought I’d have my little say about the subject. I wonder what you think?… I must add some method for discussion to w-k.net.

Raksha Bandhan “is the celebration of the brother sister love. It is the reminder of brotherly duties and a repeat and renewal of a sisters wishes. It is the celebration of being a part of the family. The delicate thread is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of not only the siblings but of the whole human race.”
Source: raksha-bandhan.com

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I created a website for Voluptuous Brides which allowed them to present and sell Plus Size and standard bridal wear online.

The commerce feature was custom coded to use PayPal and to allow for colour and size options when purchasing.

I developed a way for the client to add, edit, and delete products themselves by just using online forms.

It took me about half and hour over the phone to show the client how to do update the products themselves.