Affiliate Marketing and eBay

August 30th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

This is an idea I’ve played with for a while. Suppose you were an affiliate for some kind of product that costs money, but isn’t something that is often sold at a discount or sold used. Like a magazine subscription, for example, or herbal hangover pills.

And suppose you put auctions for that product up on eBay. And the person who buys it sends you the money through Paypal, then you log in through your affiliate link, make the purchase on the customer’s behalf, have it shipped to the customer, then make your money on the backend commission.

Interesting question. Has anyone done this or something similar?

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Who is the sexiest politicians?

August 27th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh













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Excellent yoga workout tutorial

August 27th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

Excellent yoga workout tutorial

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108 Names of Lord Ganesha and the meanings

August 25th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

108 Names of Lord Ganesha and the meanings

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1. Akhurath: One who has mouse as his charioteer 

2. Alampata : Ever eternal lord

3. Amit : Incomparable lord

4. Anantachidrupamayam: Infinite
and consciousness personified

5. Avaneesh: Lord of the whole
world

6. Avighna:

Remover of obstacles

7. Balaganapati: Beloved and
lovable child

8. Bhalchandra: Moon-crested
lord

9. Bheema: Huge and Gigantic

10. Bhupati: Lord of the gods

11. Bhuvanpati: God of the gods

12. Buddhinath: God of wisdom

13. Budhipriya: Knowledge
bestower

14. Bhudhividhata: God of
knowledge

15. Chaturbhuj: One who has four
arms

16. Devadeva: Lord of all lords

17. Devantakanashakarin: Destroyer
of evils and asuras

18. Devarata: One who accepts
all gods

19. Devendrashika: Protector of
all gods

20. Dharmik: One who gives
charity

21. Dhoomravarna: Smoke-Hued
lord

22. Durja: Invincible lord

23. Dvaimatura: One who has two
mothers

24. Ekaakshara: He of the single
syllable

25. Ekadanta: Single-Tusked lord

26. Ekadrishta: Single-Tusked
lord

27. Eshanputra: Lord Shiva’s son

28. Gadadhara: One who has the
mace as his weapon

29. Gajakarna: One who has eyes
like an elephant

30. Gajanana: Elephant-Faced
lord

31. Gajananeti: Elephant-Faced
lord

32. Gajavakra: Trunk of the
elephant

33. Gajavaktra: One who has
mouth like an elephant

 

34. Ganadhakshya:

Lord of all Ganas (Gods)

 

35. Ganadhyakshina:

Leader of all the
celestial bodies

 

36. Ganapati:

Lord of all Ganas (Gods)

 

37. Gaurisuta:

The son of Gauri (Parvati)

 

38. Gunina:

One who is the master of all virtues
 

 

39. Haridra:

One who is golden colored

 

40. Heramba:

Mother’s Beloved son

 

41. Kapila:

Yellowish-Brown coloured

 

42. Kaveesha:

Master of poets

 

43. Krti:

Lord of music

 

44. Kripalu:

Merciful lord

45. Krishapingaksha:
Yellowish-Brown eyed

46. Kshamakaram: The place of
forgiveness

47. Kshipra: One who is easy to
appease

48. Lambakarna: Large-Eared
lords

49. Lambodara: The huge bellied
lord

50. Mahabala: Enormously strong
lord

51. Mahaganpati: Omnipotent and
supreme lord

52. Maheshwaram: Lord of the
 

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TIME & CALENDARS

August 23rd, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

TIME & CALENDARS
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Calgoo

HipCal
 

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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

August 23rd, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

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Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn’t going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman’s breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists–the optimistic ones at least–are inevitably prey to. 

What Friedman means by “flat” is “connected”: the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. This in itself should not be news to anyone. But the news that Friedman has to deliver is that just when we stopped paying attention to these developments–when the dot-com bust turned interest away from the business and technology pages and when 9/11 and the Iraq War turned all eyes toward the Middle East–is when they actually began to accelerate. Globalization 3.0, as he calls it, is driven not by major corporations or giant trade organizations like the World Bank, but by individuals: desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world (but especially in India and China) who can compete–and win–not just for low-wage manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design work as well. (He doesn’t forget the “mutant supply chains” like Al-Qaeda that let the small act big in more destructive ways.)

Friedman has embraced this flat world in his own work, continuing to report on his story after his book’s release and releasing an unprecedented hardcover update of the book a year later with 100 pages of revised and expanded material. What’s changed in a year? Some of the sections that opened eyes in the first edition–on China and India, for example, and the global supply chain–are largely unaltered. Instead, Friedman has more to say about what he now calls “uploading,” the direct-from-the-bottom creation of culture, knowledge, and innovation through blogging, podcasts, and open-source software. And in response to the pleas of many of his readers about how to survive the new flat world, he makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he thinks will be required to compete in the “New Middle” class. As before, Friedman tells his story with the catchy slogans and globe-hopping anecdotes that readers of his earlier books and his New York Times columns know well, and he holds to a stern sort of optimism. He wants to tell you how exciting this new world is, but he also wants you to know you’re going to be trampled if you don’t keep up with it. A year later, one can sense his rising impatience that our popular culture, and our political leaders, are not helping us keep pace. –Tom Nissley

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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara - Original video

August 15th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

I had been in search of this original Mile Sur Mera Tumhara video for years now! Finally I found it on You Tube!

Mile sur mera tuhara…prasar Bharathi
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Drinking Problem

August 4th, 2006 by Murali Venkatesh

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