Today is a sad day for Malaysia. We are currently witnessing a deterioration of our government on many fronts, and this has now extended to the freedom that we Malaysians enjoy on the Internet.
The problem – the government now selectively limits what site we are allowed to access and directs the Internet service providers (ISPs) to abide accordingly. As of the 27th of August 2008, access to a prominent and controversial blogger’s website – Raja Petra’s Malaysia-Today.net was blocked.
An initial investigation showed that the DNS servers for our national ISP …

As part of my exposure to the world of Macs, I decided to try a project that is fairly publicized on the Internet – to build a Hackintosh. This is essentially building a computer system with regular PC parts that you can pick up from your local computer store, but installing the Mac operating system on it.
This effectively provides you with a full functioning Mac that could even be more powerful than their native Macs, and most importantly… AT A LOWER COST! (I paid less than USD600 for this Core …

Yesterday, a few of us trooped over to Taman Mayang to give of ourselves. I heard of a blood donation drive happening in my housing area at a local church, and started a Facebook event to try and help them promote it.
As a result, TheBackpackr and seven friends trooped over to be sucked dry. Here are some photos…
Huge sign that states eligibility…

I thought the colours of the blood type test were so cool! (Oh, I did saturate the photo slightly, though…)

Here’s my blood donor card getting checked by the …

Alright, you’ve done your research and you’ve decided to start a blog – either for corporate use, or personal. Both ways, you want to drive traffic (aka visitors, for the uninitiated) to your site. Watch this short 3 min clip that explains one of the first things you must do to get going.

Ruhani Rabin, Senior Developer at Integricity and Alex Lam, The Backpackr having a chat
Summary:

Generate content – related to your purpose
Socialize with other bloggers (virtual socializing is fine)
Leave pertinent comments on blogs that are similar to your own
Ask questions …

I was sharing the idea and concept behind TheBackpackr.com with Cheng Leng, a good serial blogger friend of mine who hails from Malacca but who has now gone across the border to kiasuland. She’s one girl who is very much in the blogging scene and perhaps even spends more time online than I do!
One video blogger she told me about who has been really successful is Luria Petrucci (or better known by her screen name – Cali Lewis) from GeekBrief.tv – she’s a real inspiration, as she releases 3-5 minute …

Watch this casual chat video as Alex spends some time with Jacqueline Ann Surin and Cindy Tham of The Nut Graph, 12 hours before Malaysia’s latest new media news website launches. They hang out at Integricity’s office warming party before heading off to a sleepless night!
Get to know the 2 dynamic women behind The Nut Graph and their love for ice cream! Check out www.thenutgraph.com – making sense of politics and pop culture.
What do you think of The Nut Graph? Is there enough space for yet another new media player? …

After weeks of planning, I’m now live with the first-firstest video. Do bear with me as I improve myself as this project unravels.
Imagine – I still don’t have a logo, but yet, we’re gungho enough to start up this site. I feel it’s absolutely crucial to have a community aspect to this video project.
For those who are totally not into watching YouTube, have crappy Internet connections or are seemingly too busy to even visit the WC, here’s the gist of the video – in bullet form.

thebackpackr.com is a site that …