/Me and my wife were blessed with a baby boy last month. We were as excited as any first-time parents would be. Initial few weeks were quite challenging and beautiful, and we were slowly getting used to parenting. Selecting the name came out as the next big challenge. In our family tradition, newborns are named on their 30th day. We were not constrained by too many things like starting letters, horoscope, etc. I had set only one constraint for myself - the name has to be a Tamil one. After a few back and forth discussions with the wife and the family, we have selected the name as 'Adhiyan' (அதியன்). As soon as the name was finalised, I wanted to give an identity for my son in the digital world. I have reserved a mail account, twitter handle and a domain name for him to use in the future. I have built a personal site for him with some basic information to announce his name to my friends and colleagues. In the process of building the site, I have experimented with some new technologies. Here is a quick summary of my learnings and technical details:
