The Arabic language has contributed hundreds of words to the English language by many different routes. That’s partly because in what my daughter likes to call the olden days (from around 700AD to the Middle Ages), the Arabic kingdoms had a great influence on Europe and the world. In part this was through colonisation, but there were also many great mathematicians, alchemists and astronomers.

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Ok, smileys are old history, I know that. Smileys are also called emoticons and are known as glyphs. They are used on various platforms to convey your emotions when you write. Most people use smileys in blogs, on mobile phones, in forum posts and while using instant messaging. Despite their popularity and age, […]

Paramour ((p?r’?-m?r’) is sometimes used as simply a synonym for “lover,” but it usually carries the connotation of an illicit lover, “one taking the place without the legal rights of a husband or wife.”

If you want an advanced free WordPress theme that is fully customizable without having to touch any code, you might like Silk from Head Set Options.

Set up of Silk is so easy, you probably wonder why you haven’t found this before. All that is required of you is to create a category called “Featured”. […]

WordPress is celebrating its fifth birthday today. Having started off with the 0.7 release in 2003, the software application has certainly come a very long way since. Thousands of bloggers have taken to WordPress and wouldn’t consider any other platform.
I’ve taken some screen shots on how the site developed over time, from the very […]

It’s been another day of blogging for you. You studiously posted your latest entry, hoping to hit the jackpot this time. You go to bed feeling great. After all, you accomplished something haven’t you. The next morning you get up only to find that your blog is eerily quiet.
No comments!
You grab your head, tear […]

Pawan Agarwal, who has previously released a lot of free plugins including the BlogRush Maximizer and the Psychic Search Plugin (among others) has been working his magic once again. This time, the result is Ninja Affiliate, a special WordPress plugin that lets you:

Convert any keyword in your blog into an affiliate link
Manage the […]