I’m going to extend my online presence on Technorati. As a procedural measure I’m supposed to have this short code (2CS29C43BNQS) on a blog post so that they can verify authenticity. I also made the decision to make the ‘blog’ part of the site strictly journalistic. So here we go with the very first blog post under the new web address, nstation.org on this Programmers’ Day.

nStation has a new theme from today onwards (July 16, 2008). This theme is a fresh design I came up with a couple of days back. It took me about a week to complete the design and another week to develop it to a WordPress Theme.

This theme is more modern looking than the previous two. There is adequate white space surrounding objects and consistency has been preserved across pages. I have also made every attempt to make it look good on all browsers. Different sections of the theme (header, main menu, content area, etc.) have different appeals to it so that they do not conflict with each other in appearance.

The most notable element on this design is the large desktop area on the top of the page. On my previous two themes I used an area similar to this to designate specialty. For example, for Halloween, I had jack-o-lanterns on this space. But the header blended with the rest of the design too well to the point where it was not noticeable. There was also a lot of work involved as a change in the header was in fact a change in the entire design. Now on this design, the header has been made an integral part of the design while without making it a part of the content.

With the introduction of this theme, I’m going to release the previous theme to the WordPress community. It will take some time though as it needs some modifications and patching before making it more public aware.

Note: This was done on off hours. Therefore a week’s work is about ten to fifteen hours.

Many people have born on October 7th according to these statistics. Apparently the pop-star Alesha Dixon and cricketer Zaheer Khan were also born on this day.

“Happy birthday!” to everyone who is celebrating their birthday on 10/7 and a big “thank you” to everyone who took the time and energy to send me wishes.

As usual, Nadeera had it all planned for a scrumptious chocolate forest cake along with other sugar-rich delights. It was not a huge deal of a party, although a birthday is a day of celebration for many people out there. The thought of writing this post hit me after overhearing someone talking about birthday related traditions at the Japanese restaurant we went out to dine that night.

The following is a brief on how the modern birthday related traditions came in to establishment in the society.

Party
Birthday parties were held because people believed that evil spirits are particularly attracted to someone on their birthday. The largest birthday party happened to date was in 1970 for Colonel Harlan Sanders for his 89th birthday with over 35,000 guests.

The Cake
Some believe that the birthday cake originated with the Greeks, who baked round cakes to represent the full moon for the goddess Artemis. Candles were places to make it glow, like the moon.

Germans are also credited for the first cake and candle. They represented “the light of life” with the candle and they were more skilled in candle making than anyone else.

The Song
The Happy Birthday song is more than one hundred years old. Written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, who were schoolteachers in Louisville, Kentucky, it originated as a morning greeting to their students, entitled “Good Morning To All”. The ownership has swapped hands in multi-million dollar deals ever since Patty’s death and the current copyright are owned by Warner Communications who purchased it in 1989 for more than $22 million dollars. This song is also the most popular song in English language.

The Card

The tradition of sending a birthday card has started in England about 100 years ago to send an ‘apology’ when a person couldn’t visit someone else in person on their birthday.

That’s it folks. This Wikipedia article has many other birthday related information if you need more. And as always keep in mind that “the best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.” – Robert Orben

Facts from: birthdaycelebrations.net