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What is an Internet Server?
2008-06-07 21:02:00
Like this post? Publish It On Your Own Blog What exactly is an Internet Server ? People write books to explain this topic. It is a technical and complex area that brings internet connectivity into our homes and offices. I am only going to briefly explain the types of Internet servers available. Internet ...
More About: Web Server , Network

Is JavaScript more object-oriented than other programming languages?
2008-06-07 10:11:00
Like this post? Publish It On Your Own Blog I started my career as a web developer before the dot.com crash. I learnt all about HTML, IIS, ASP, SQL Server and Java Script . Equipped with the knowledge I built a few dynamic websites and carried my laptop with me to all my interviews and walked ...
More About: Programming , Development , Languages

GPS Receiver for Sony PSP
2008-06-04 23:53:00
In gadget land, owning anything that says GPS is fashionable. Satellite Navigation system is one of the most popular gadget that vehicle drivers own. I remember my first encounter with a Sat Nav system was I took a ride home with the two truck driver who kindly towed Herbie (my VW Golf) from ...
More About: Sony , Receiver , Sony psp

If you?ve never failed, you?ve never lived
2008-06-03 00:09:00
After watching this video, I can’t help but to also mention two motivational books that are key to overcoming failure. It is our attitude that will determine if we succeed or fail in life. Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell Attitude 101 by John C. Maxwell
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Download YouTube video to your desktop
2008-06-01 22:42:00
YouTube Download er 2.1.6 is a freeware software that allows you to download videos from YouTube onto your desktop and it also allows you to convert the videos to other formats for your iPod, iPhone, PSP, mobile phone, Windows Media, mp3, etc. Watch the video on how to download YouTube video and how to convert the video ...
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Broadband penetration in Malaysia
2008-05-26 12:38:00
Here’s an interview from YouTube.com where Josh Lim shared his research analysis on broadband penetration in Malaysia . I was quite shocked to discover that there is only a 2% broadband penetration in Malaysia with almost all of the 2% concentrating in the Peninsula Malaysia. He mentioned that the government is aware and admits ...
More About: Internet , Asia , Broadband

Twitter resource
2008-05-25 20:56:00
I signed up for a Twitter account some time ago but didn’t really get into it. Why? I don’t really know why. I guess it didn’t appear as an interesting Web 2 .0 application at that time. I was spending more time on Facebook, Orkut and other social networks but today I ...
More About: Social Networking , Websites , Resource

Using Photoshop to change the eye colour
2008-05-25 20:07:00
Here’s a simple and easy to follow Photoshop tutorial on how to change the eye colour on a photo. Photoshop - EYE COLOUR CHANGE - Watch the best video clips here
More About: Ideas , Change , Colour

Download your Entrecard E-book
2008-05-24 13:40:00
This is a great resource from Entrecard.com. It contains all you ever wanted to know about Entrecard and it is now available for you to download for free. The ebook is excellent because it covers basic, intermediate and advanced topics. Some of the advanced topics that I found very useful are: Dropping Strategies Making ...
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Share A Post
2008-05-24 12:53:00
I must admit that I have not put in a lot of effort updating my blog in the last couple of months. What’s my excuse? Mainly work. We just rolled out a new CRM system and I have been swamped with support issues and I am also working on a new corporate ...
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Why do some Wordpress plugins not work with some themes?
2008-05-24 12:08:00
I have been running into an issue with WordPress that I’d like some help with. As you know if you use WordPress, there is a WordPress plugin that allows you to track your blog stats. However, I have run across SEVERAL themes that, if I use them as my blog’s theme, seem to BLOCK visitors ...
More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Plugins , Work , Plugins , Themes

Why use LINQ to SQL?
2008-05-23 17:41:00
I’ve been doing .NET development for some years now and I am comfortable using ADO data access to SQL Server for persistent database data. Since moving from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5, I am challenged to rethink on data access. Why has Microsoft decided to create LINQ to SQL data access in .NET ...
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More goodies from Photoshop Express
2008-05-17 21:20:00
Not too long ago, I signed up with Adobe Photoshop Express Beta to try out the online version of Photoshop. Photoshop Express is the cut down version of the full blown version of Photoshop and it is a web-based application. In fact Photoshop Express is a flash-based web application. It lets me ...
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Shouldn?t I be blogging?
2008-05-10 23:41:00
The weather has been so warm and dry since last weekend that I decided to tear myself away from my Mac to spend more time outdoors. I asked myself shouldn’t I be blogging? Hack it when the weather is so fine. Who knows that this might be the only good weather we ...
More About: Blogging , Amsterdam

Use SocialMarker to promote your website
2008-05-10 23:05:00
Do you bookmark websites you find interesting? I use del.icio.us a lot to bookmark anything I find online that I think is worth remembering. The plus point for using online social bookmarking is I can access my bookmark from anywhere in the world. I can access my bookmarks when I am at ...
More About: Social , Website , Promote

Email the future with TimeMachiner
2008-05-08 15:19:00
I stumbled upon another cool mini web application called the Time Machiner. What the TimeMachiner allows you to do is setup email messages that you want to send in the future and the scheduler will automatically send the email on the future date you selected. How is TimeMachiner useful? I have a few friends who are turning ...
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Ways to convert Pdf to Word
2008-05-07 16:27:00
Most of the time people request to have their Microsoft Word document converted to Adobe Pdf but rarely the other way round. Recently there’s been a lot of discussion at work about a requirement to convert Pdf to Word. The discussion started when we moved our CRM reporting to use sQL reporting services ...
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How to embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint 2007
2008-05-06 23:01:00
What you will need to embed a YouTube video in Power Point. 1. PowerPoint of course but version 2007 2. A live internet connection 3. Enable Develop tab in PowerPoint 2007 4. Video URL link which you can copy from the YouTube website. Watch this tutorial now.
More About: Youtube , Powerpoint

Compilation of WordPress Video Tutorials
2008-05-06 22:46:00
Here are some of my favourite Word Press video tutorials. It is great that there are so much resource available online on how to use WordPress and there are hundreds of hints and tips out there. I selected the following WordPress tutorials because they allow you to look under the WordPress hood and learn ...
More About: Video , Wordpress , Tutorials , Compilation

Here?s your chance to become the next Picasso
2008-05-06 16:45:00
Do you have what it takes to become the next Picasso of this century? You can have some fun with Mr. Picasso Head. I came across this web-based fun type application recently. It allows you to express your creativity by drawing portraits Picasso style. There are predefined objects that you can drag and ...
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Dropped your mobile phone or iPod in water?
2008-04-29 16:04:00
My mate sent me a solution on how to fix a mobile phone or iPod if you accidently dropped it in water. Fortunately, this did not happen to me but it is worth knowing anyway. The first question that came to mind when I read the email from my mate was, is it ...
More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Ipod , Water

Facebook Apps for business and career enhancement
2008-04-21 23:37:00
There are hundreds of Facebook applications available and honestly I find some Facebook applications are fun and others annoying, especially when I get hundreds of invites to install apps that I would only use once. While reading my email today, I stumbled upon a list of useful Facebook applications on zdnet.com that will help ...
More About: Software , Business , Social Networking , Career

The many versions of ?Over The Rainbow?
2008-04-13 17:25:00
To be honest, I listened to IZ’s version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow for the first time after I heard Jason Castro’s version of the same song on American Idol. Do you know how many people have actually sang the song in singing competitions in recent years? Jason Castro in American Idol Katherine McPhee ...
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What is CAPTCHA?
2008-04-11 15:12:00
I know what you are thinking when you glanced at the acronym. You must have said to yourself, not another acronym! When will computer enthusiasts ever stop inventing acronyms to complicate things for people who are already confused by the excessive overload of information from the www. Mind you, CAPTCHA is not a new acronym and if you have to learn one acronym, I suggest you learn about CAPTCHA. I say this because if you are a blogger, you will want to know about CAPTCHA. You must know about CAPTCHA. It will help you. What is CAPTCHA? (more…)
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Technology enables restaurant to delivery food using a rollercoaster
2008-04-08 23:43:00
The restaurant’s name is ’s Baggers and it is located in Nurnberg in Germany. So what is so special about this restaurant. Besides serving freshly prepared Franconian cuisine, technology is used to enable customers to order their choice of food using a touch screen computer and the prepared food is transported on metallic ...
More About: Technology , Food , Restaurant , Delivery

Which were your favourite retro games?
2008-04-08 22:49:00
I decided to write this post after thinking a lot about computer and console games. I haven’t played any RPG games in at least two years now. I own a Playstation 2 and my favourite RPG game of all time is Final Fantasy. I have not bought myself a Playstation 3 and ...
More About: Watch , Gaming , Games , Nintendo , Commodore

Wii Virtual Pee game
2008-04-08 22:19:00
I read about Wii’s virtual pee game from thinkgeek website. It is a whacky creation from Japan . You play the game by strapping on the Wii remote which looks like a strap on penis. Then you try and urinate into toilet bowls. Sometimes a cat will appear and if you urinate on the ...
More About: Gaming , Game , Virtual

My interview on Peopleized.com by Mert Erkal
2008-04-04 00:02:00
I wrote a post about Peopleized.com a couple of months ago. If you have not read the post, Using Peopleized to promote your blog, Peopleized.com is a social network that uses interviews as the mechanism to encourage its members to network with each other. Peopleized.com’s business model allows the members to find registered people, conduct ...
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Quikpod for DSLR
2008-04-03 23:46:00
My friend sent me a photo of a Quikpod today and I said to myself, I should get one of this awesome gadget to use when I am travelling. How many times have I gone on a holiday where I have to ask another tourist to take a photo for me because I can’t ...

Four corners of a frame
2008-03-31 13:57:00
My nephew, a 22-year old young man enjoys blogging and has a personal blog called Four corners of a frame, just when you thought corners came in fives. Because we both live in different parts of the world, I read his blog regularly to keep myself updated with news from home. He lost his mum ...
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