Monthly Archives: December 2008
Happy new year to all, and as my last post for the year, here’s an expose on how our Malaysian postal services sends out greetings to the nation. nuff said! I hope all the staff at Pos Malaysia had a super Chritsmas celebration? *shudder* No wonder our parcels keep going missing. * For all my foreign readers, “Pos” is not a misspelling – rather, that’s how it’s spelt in our national language. But Chritsmas is definitely WRONG!
I’ll be speaking at the Asia Business Forum in April next year and was given the choice to speak on “Branding using Twitter” or “Adapting business practices to harness interactive technology and stay ahead of changing markets”. I chose to go with the latter, especially in light of the impending recession. I felt I would be able to address the audience on how to best utilize technology to overcome reductions in marketing budgets. I was requested to send in some … Continue reading
An inherent problem of Macbook and Macbook Pro power adapters is that the cable tends to fray and after more usage, it will cease to work. Reinforce your cable with this quick DIY fix that will help you extend the life of your power supply. If you want to know how badly the power adapter can get, check out how it smokes and fries in the 2 videos below. Scary stuff! Oh, and for those of you who are into … Continue reading
Errr, I was just trying to sign-up for a new Technorati account this evening, and I was presented with a fairly horrifying message. Brrr… I don’t want to be in their head sysadmin’s shoes right now. I bet he’s literally freezing his butt off in the data center right about now. At least the error message looks kinda cool – and not a standard “Times New Roman” font. Or is it because they have outages thaaat often that they decided … Continue reading
I’ve been reading quite a lot about WordPress 2.7 (named Coltrane) and how it is a major upgrade over all the past 2.6 releases. I felt I needed to do the necessary upgrade and keep abreast with things. I do know of some people who have BROKEN their WordPress blog installations after an upgrade, so please, PLEASE do backup both your database and your web files BEFORE you embark on this project. Then, spend some time reading the official WordPress … Continue reading
I’ve been commenting on blogs for awhile now and wondered how these people just seem to have their pictures pop-up everywhere. Surely they can’t have uploaded their pictures onto every person’s blog, right? Duh, stupid question! Anyhow, the answer is really simple – get a GRAVATAR. That stands for GLOBALLY-RECOGNIZED-AVATARS. WOW… what a great idea. So here I am traipsing over to www.gravatar.com (incidentally, they share the same database as WordPress, and if you have a WordPress account, you can … Continue reading
I’m not sure how you store your media, but I sure hope to goodness that you backup your data regularly. And when I say backup, it doesn’t just mean burning one DVD copy of your wedding photos. These days, data is really the lifeblood of most businesses, if not all of them. And we cannot go without it (do I hear a chorus of “yes-es”?). When was the last time you took a break from your blackberry, iPhone, computer and … Continue reading
For those who don’t know, contextual ads are targeted advertisements that are displayed on a webpage based on what the content is. For instance, you may be looking at a page about the latest cameras and all of a sudden, Google serves you an ad for guess what… the new Canon 5D MKII camera! Well, it doesn’t always work… I was watching a video on YouTube today that was made by this ultra-cool-yet-crazy-lady called Justine Ezarik, or probably better known … Continue reading
Sigh… I’ve been slacking in churning out videos and posts… And what have I been working on? A lot of project management! And some programming. I’m currently heading the projects division at Integricity Corporation and there’s always so much going on, especially around this time of year when all clients are trying to launch their new sites. We’ve probably launched 10 different projects in the last month, with one that was just launched tonight! We welcome Louis Pang’s refreshed blog … Continue reading
Thanks to a posting by Cindy Tham of The Nut Graph, I found out about this government website that has “atrochers engrish” – honestly, it is sooo bad. And I am positive my 12 year old cousin can write better. To capture and archive the state of affairs for you, here is what the site says… My favorite sections have been italicized. 1. What is NRD’s website? NRD website is abbreviation to official web National Registration Department. NRD website make … Continue reading
Here lie my thoughts: that of an entrepreneur, media-junkie, gadget-junkie, photographer, videographer, once-PC-user-but-now-Mac-user and husband. 
