tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83347609839576077352011-11-27T19:47:20.691-05:00This blog is created to fulfill the requirement of Boston University's e-Commerce course (TM-648)Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-63258503206536339512008-03-26T20:51:00.004-04:002008-03-26T21:23:36.681-04:00Most of you would have heard about SecondLife.com. If you have more time to spare from your first-life, then you may want to try this.<br /><br />I still wonder what is the secret of its huge success. When does its fame started to shoot up. Was there any news that helped ?<br /><br />Secondlife.com was launched way back in 2003. It did not become overnight star. It did not get its fame like Youtube.com.<br /><br />In mid-2006, there was a news about "First Virtual World Millionaire" in real life.<br /><br />This is a screen-shot of web-traffic report for SecondLife.com. This screen-shot is provided by Alexa.com. Look at how the "Reach" shot up just after mid-2006.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UuBDoc_lNwY/R-r2T-hObYI/AAAAAAAAABo/pTj2CtldPLs/s1600-h/SL+-+ALEXA.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UuBDoc_lNwY/R-r2T-hObYI/AAAAAAAAABo/pTj2CtldPLs/s400/SL+-+ALEXA.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182225144303480194" border="0" /></a><br />And, look at how it is degrading now. Does this show that its craze is going down. Web-site traffic report don't lie.....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-6325850320653633951?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-60711863745747698392008-03-21T19:29:00.005-04:002008-03-23T00:07:25.720-04:00Deoxyribonucleic acid (<span style="font-style: italic;">DNA</span>) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information.<br /><br />DNA can be used to detect diseases, improve crops, or catch criminals. The information in DNA sequences has been harnessed for a multitude of tasks.<br /><br />OK...OK..OK...I am going to stop here. This post is not about the usual DNA you would have heard of. This is introduce you to something called "Visual DNA". What does it show? What does it say? Is it true? Is it a fact or crap? What is it? Why....<br /><br />For all your questions, there may be an answer.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UuBDoc_lNwY/R-RHuehObVI/AAAAAAAAABQ/bDM4HsnVBCs/s320/imagini2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180344335174888786" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-6071186374574769839?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-37122236085159141542008-03-16T03:01:00.002-04:002008-03-16T03:07:15.303-04:00If not for the ecommerce course, I wouldnt have gotten into blogging. Its easy, fun and bit frustrating (if things dont work as expected) :)<br /><br />I am trying to fix my issues with "Email Post Link" feature. Even though this feature is functional, I couldnt see the email-icon. Google search shows that many face this problem. I found some suggessions in Google help, but requires some CSS and HTML knowledge. I am learning it too.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-3712223608515914154?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-4302770952049518072008-03-14T21:13:00.003-04:002008-03-16T01:55:56.621-04:00<ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><li>United States switched its currency to the gold standard</li><li>3-14 is celebrated as World "PI" day</li><li>Albert Einstein was born</li></ul><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >Want to know more....Scroll down to bottom of the page....Make sure to check back daily....</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-430277095204951807?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-10515805652340834972008-03-14T20:30:00.003-04:002008-03-17T01:04:12.976-04:00WoW. Bear Stearns lost about 50% of the stock value. Who is next!!!<br /><br />Could Bear Stearns come out of this crisis?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">This post does NOT allow Backlinks and Reader comments, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">so the respective icons or link will not be shown.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-1051580565234083497?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-50060092435958837282008-03-14T01:25:00.001-04:002008-03-14T01:28:05.988-04:00Blog listing is enabled.<br /><br />Also, I have listed this blog in Google (Added URL to Google).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-5006009243595883728?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-54871616462231058022008-03-13T21:06:00.004-04:002008-03-13T21:19:27.359-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UuBDoc_lNwY/R9nRGpeF1nI/AAAAAAAAAAo/xIQeBotSDCc/s1600-h/GOLD.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UuBDoc_lNwY/R9nRGpeF1nI/AAAAAAAAAAo/xIQeBotSDCc/s320/GOLD.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177399158780581490" /></a><br /><br />Unbelievable price. Hope the 1980 history does not repeat. Couple of years ago, Merrill Lynch projected that by 2009, gold price may even reach $1500 per ounce. <br /><br />Looking at current trend, it may happen.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-5487161646223105802?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-45286846629176825192008-03-13T20:46:00.003-04:002008-03-13T20:49:08.436-04:00First I would like to credit the source from where I got this free template:<br /><br /><p><a href='http://www.eblogtemplates.com/minyx/'>Minyx Blogger Template</a> distributed by eBlog Templates</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-4528684662917682519?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334760983957607735.post-33885629859509231592008-03-12T21:54:00.003-04:002008-03-12T21:57:38.249-04:00I am new to blogging and this is my first post in my blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8334760983957607735-3388562985950923159?l=jbalaji-tm648.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Balaji Jagannathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06337146263200711250noreply@blogger.com1