I am now aggregating
my flickr pictures on
tamizhan.com. Overnight, my plugin runs and grabs any new picture I post at flickr.
The sync is an one time static import i.e if I change the title of an existing photo in my flickr account, the change will not get reflected here. I thought of making it dynamic but that would mean checking every photo every night for changes, which has huge bandwidth implications as my flickr account grows (which it should in the coming year).
These fun projects are a welcome diversion, especially since I am having a hectic time at office.
Anyways, next on my plate is AJAXification. Probably followed by a grease monkey user script. That space is looking
more and more interesting with every passing day.
Not much of an original design, I 'm afraid. But a functional one, I would think and hopefully would help in cutting the bandwidth usage of this site. With over a thousand visitors everyday and growing, there was a serious threat of breaking the 5GB banwidth limit that I have.
As you would have noticed by know, ads are all over the place. Many have mailed in their concerns about how
itismylife.com is full of ads and how
tamizhan is slowly moving in that direction.
I guess, it is a valid concern, one which I should have addressed long back.
It all boils down to one word, as it always does, money.
Over the last year and a half, I have blogged many a time, about what I really want to do with my life. Now unless and until, I have money backing me, I cant really throwup everything that I am currently doing and go on the path I want to be. Dreams aren't always practical.
In short, I want to retire early. I have always had this nightmare of waking up one day and realising that life has slipped past me. I have far too many dreams simmering inside me to allow that to happen.
So what do I do ?
The internet offers me a unique chance of earning without really breaking into a sweat. About a month and a half back, I decided to do something about it. I have seen in the past few weeks, it is indeed feasible and I have decided to go ahead.
Hopefully, the advertisements would stay in the background and wouldnt come in the way of whatever you came to do on this site.
I would really appreciate your understanding of the whole situation ( there isnt one really :) ).
Feel free to comment on all of this.