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Domain name issue - Indefinite Break

I had issues with my chilligavva.com domain name. I cancelled hosting with my old ISP - Yahoo domains and then tried to transfer to my web host - Bluehost. I couldnt. I let the domain expire, but it still shows as unavailable, even though its in my name. Weird huh? Meanwhile I have taken a break to ponder about the meaning of life, and where i want the whole blog direction to go ... Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for bearing up with me.. - Lakshmi
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A Speedy Recovery

My, this week has been eventful.Two women known to me were hospitalized in the past 10 days. Shirley is my friend Cynthia's mom and Phyllis is my friend Mary's mom. Here is wishing both of them a speedy recovery and good health.Then of course the cyclone hit Burma. My deepest sympathies to the victims and condolences to the bereaved families.
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The New WP is almost ready

Finally the new almost stable WP 2.5 is ready. After a few days of testing, it shall be out to general public. I have obviously signed up as a tester, and shall keep you readers posted on the development! I'm so excited. Matt has promised the sun moon earth [not the entire solar system though!] in this release. As per the announcement, we can expect better UI, re-organization for better functionality, and a better post organizer.
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Thank You….

Thank you dear Chilligavva fans, readers and visitors. I especially thank all the people who helped generate a whole lot of incoming links to this site. A special thanks to my loyal supporters, David Airey, Zubli, Kim Barker, David Bale and Shinade :) I shall always hold you in the highest regard...
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The prizes are out… We know who the winners are…

David, Rinn tu e ! Slainte agus tainte! To all the participants of the contest who helped generate my in-links, "THANK YOU!" Its thanks to David's contest and your linking that my Technorati rating moved up from three hundred thousand to the zone of 60000. Old Blog URL:View blog authority New Blog URL: View blog authority I could not have done this without your help. [Now if only Technorati had a way of merging old url links to new url links, but I m praying...]I'm deeply deeply grateful to all of you.
The big three prizes Gold winner = Drew Bennett Silver winner = Simone Brunozzi Bronze winner = Ad Tracker Bonus prizes
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  2. Dylan Tovey
  3. Isaak Kwok
  4. Stefan P.
  5. Charles Lau
  6. Lisa Gates
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  8. Brad ----> Assigned to Moi..
  9. CashQuests
  10. Mariam
  11. Simon
  12. Steve
  13. Lincoln
  14. Blain Reinkensmeyer
  15. Benjamin Barby
  16. Alisha
  17. Ash
  18. Melissa
  19. Ron
  20. Guy Fulke
  21. Jon
  22. Patricia Kennelly
  23. Pearl
  24. Daniel Sitter
  25. Marko Novak
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Chilligavva moved to ITS OWN DOMAIN

Yay! Its 15th September 2007, and Chilligavva has moved to its own location.
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$4000 Giveaway - Creative Design’s Blog Anniversary

Exciting stuff happening this September. My friend David Airey has organized some exciting prizes for his blog "Creative Design's" anniversary celebration. I have enjoyed reading his blog for nearly a year now and am a big FAN of David Airey. I invite all my Chilligavva readers to actively participate for a chance at the freebies. Nothing like getting some much needed attention to your blog. I officially am in, both as a participant and sponsor. Here are the details... ------------------------------ To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs: Gold award gold medal The ultimate business blog package:
  • from David Airey. Add a touch of professionalism to your business with one of my logo designs.
  • from Nate Whitehill of Nate Whitehill dot Com. It’s vital to set yourself apart from the crowd, and Nate will help a great deal with your very own
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Chilligavva - Selected for Notable Submission

Design selected for CSS Mania

My earlier web site design [yes the black and pink one, see picture above] was selected by CSS Import a web design showcase site.  I did not make it to the hall of fame, just yet, but did make it to the notable submissions category for June 2007.

chilligavva on css mania

Duly inspired, and rejuvenated with this kind of recognition, I again dug deep into my cultural background and came up with the current design.  I call this 'Cheera' which is Telugu for "Saree", the traditional garb of Indian women.

The header and footer have a traditional woven temple border (the triangles) motif.  I also played around with the layout of Flickr Photos , and came up with the impressive photo header. 

 I especially like the play of the speech bubbles across the site, as well as those of the circular bullets and the stylish 'chilligavva' in telugu in the footer.