Gmail has once again come out with something new. This time it’s the ability for Gmail users to pick a color for their mailboxes. I did not try this because I am using Gmail themes but I guess for Gmail users who do not have Gmail Themes enabled yet, they could try this.

The ability to change the color of our email box is not something new. Microsoft has that for Hotmail for a long time already except that for Gmail, we could blend our own colors and select different colors for different elements on the page.

Don’t worry if you have messed up your colors and decided not to use your new color scheme. Simply click on the RESET button to revert to default Gmail colors. Yes, it’s a tad plain, that’s why I am so glad to use one of their Themes!

After two weeks of intense objection from Facebook users, Facebook has decided to rollback their Terms of Use and User policy to the old copy instead of the new one which says that old our Facebook content and user profile belong to Facebook and they could do whatever they want with that information.

Of course, that is most irresponsible, even unscrupulous, for Facebook to change the rules of the game mid-way, seeing that they are currently the most popular social networking site.

After two weeks, I am glad to see that Faceook realizes that they can’t afford to make all their members pissed off with their new privacy policy. Even so, it doesn’t look like they are backing off. They just asked for a little more time to see what they could do with our profiles. LOL

My friend, Warren, is not a blogger but after the latest scandal that beset Eli Wong and seeing how my blogger friends and I benefitted from that, he too would like to try blogging. I actually persuaded him to set up a blog a couple of years back and told him that should he set up a blog, to let me know so that I could help him find the right webhosting. You see, after setting out on the wrong footing, I didn’t want him to repeat my mistakes.

Hosting his own blog is one of the most important aspects of a blogger. I also told him that he could compare web hosts from Web Hosting Rating which allows him to compare various hosting packages from top webhosts. Cheap is not what he should look out for but reliability and features that would meet his needs, though as a new blogger, I believe he would need only the basics.

I find the web hosting review provided on Web Hosting Rating exceptionally helpful, particularly for a totally new webmaster like Warren. What I would look out for, besides maximum uptime, is unparallel customer service.

If you plan to set up a website or blog, you too should check the web reviews provided by Web Hosting Rating.

Some people think that I am crazy for owning more than ten domain names. Not all of them are blogs, luckily. Some are personal websites. I would say that although I was apprehensive of owning domain names at the beginning, I am still not that confident of running them smoothly.

If you have read my post a few days ago, my internet connection went bonkers. I thought that I could get some work done outside so I took my laptop to a cafe for their wi-fi connection only to find that my server was down. I couldn’t get hold of friends to check my server for me using another internet connection. I was totally frustrated to say the least.

Today, I got to know of this DNS Tool Site which proves to be very helpful in running tests on the domain name to ensure that it is configured correctly and that it is running smoothly.

I know that I am not the only non-technical-minded webmistress around so I hope that readers will find this tool useful as well when checking the DNS server.

Running so many blogs and websites, my main concern is to have my sites up and running at all times. Naturally, I need them to be configured such. Luckily, Host Tests DNS checking tool site is very user-friendly.

Google’s Valentine’s logo in conjunction with today, Valentine’s Day, is totally lame. This is the logo that appeared on my Google Malaysia page. I am uncertain if there are other versions on other people’s Google page. The file name of this logo says its version 2, though. How does version 1, or version 3 look like? Google.com doesn’t seem like it has any Valentine’s Day logo at all, though.

Although I am not an artist I could just imagine there are so many more ways to make this logo so much better. This one looks like the work of someone new. I know that the artist tried to keep it simple but there are many ways to make it simple and yet look good at the same time keep within the regulations of the Google logo.