Are you plagued by horrible internet connectivity, and do you keep getting errors like this one, when you try to upgrade your Wordpress blog?

I kept getting the same error over and over again, and decided there’s a better way of overcoming this problem. Thanks to Nazham, he had some pointers on his blog to share on how you can edit the file (/wp-admin/includes/file.php) and modify this line:
$response = wp_remote_get($url, array(’timeout’ => 30));
to increase the timeout to something longer like 120.

However, this method apparently is overwritten when you upgrade your Wordpress …

I click cancel and return to the previous screen where an inconspicuous section says “All bookings made using an electronic form of payment are subject to a CONVENIENCE FEE per passenger per sector”. What on earth is this? You blew your budget while developing the booking system, and are forced to charge us for it You’re trying to be sly-er than the coyote Tiger hopes our eye sight isn’t so good, and they can hoodwink us by 50 bucks Whatever it is, how can you pass on a convenience fee to us?

A quick post on how things change online depending on where you are. We transited at Kuwait International and I quickly wanted to check on a location I had to go to. And whoaa… things changed drastically on screen. Gave me a bit of a surprise for awhile.

Even Facebook was trying to serve me their localized ads. Sorry, I don’t read Arabic, though!

Wow, I end the year with spelling errors on the national postal service website, and I start the year with an “interesting message” for the Kuala Lumpur City Hall left by a certain interesting individual with the handle “manadocoding”. It’s supposedly left for a “malingsia” – or is that supposedly Malaysia? Whatever the case, it’s really embarrassing – and no one has stepped in to fix it yet. It’s been a good 48 hours since.

Our enterprising detectives at my office – Integricity, set off immediately to google the handles, and …

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? …