I don’t know about you but surfing the web so much, I am still not used to coming across advertisements that could tell that I am in Malaysia. Worse is those emails that somehow just know my name. I know that my email address was probably sold to an internet marketer and somehow spread from there but it is still creepy nonetheless.

Just now, while I was searching for information on the web, I stumbled upon a blog that publishes advertisements from Friend Finder. There is a sister site called Adult Friend Finder but even though this ad was for “general” friends, the models were in clothing just as skimpy.

Anyway, I am not talking about the models but the chat at the bottom of the ladies. They claim they are from Ipoh as well. Hahaha! Isn’t that funny? The not so funny thing is that this advertisement could track that I am accessing the blog from Ipoh. I know, I know, my mind just refuses to be as high tech, OK?

My friend told me a long time ago that to have our computer totally safe and secure, we have to disconnect from the internet. SIGH… what’s the use of the computer to me, then?

I was quite a late starter to the internet but even then, it was way before the birth of Google. Yahoo! just started back then and the primary search engine that my online friends used were Ask Jeeves.

I also started to use Ask Jeeves upon the suggestions of these online buddies. Actually it was because I needed answers to some questions and didn’t even know where to look since I was an online noob. And they went, “Go ask Jeeves!” sort of like how we would reply to people to “Go Google it” if they needed to know something.

Oh yes, I remember back then, there was also another search engine giving Jeeves a run for his money. It was called Dogpile. Anyway, soon, Ask Jeeves became just Ask.com and Google dominated the web search business.

Now, Ask.com is bringing back Jeeves from his retirement, although the search page remains as Ask.com. Apparently, Ask.com wants to challenge Google’s dominance. Well, let’s see if Jeeves could do it!

I received a message via Facebook that there will be a Facebook developer gathering called Facebook Developer Garage which will be held in Cyberjaya on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009. This event aims to allow developers and developer wannabes to mingle and share ideas, socialize and network or look for joint venture partners.

I am signed up as a Facebook developer a while back because I have an idea for a Facebook application. I thought that it would be easy to do it after reading how so many people could easily build their apps with the tools that are available but bah, I guess I am not as technical minded as I thought I was. I couldn’t make head or tail of where to start!

Participating in Facebook Developer Garage would be most useful but too bad it is a tad too far for me to travel. Anyway, if you are interested to participate in this event, you should RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72921469339

Gmail released this feature to certain Gmail accounts in stages and one of my accounts is already enabled for voice and video chat within Gmail. Of course, I jumped at the chance to try it out.

Well, while the quality of voice and video chat still very much depend on the speed of our internet connection, I find that it is not that viable to video chat in Gmail, even though a new window is opened, because when I am logged into Gmail, all I want to do is email. Voice and video chat just distract me and I would not be able to collect my thoughts to compose a proper email. Text chat is not too bad, though.

However, I do see an advantage to have voice and video chat within Gmail. This is good for people who are travelling and not using their own computers or laptops. Perhaps they are in a cyber cafe using a computer that has not been installed with a third party chat client.

Or if you are using a company assigned system that disallows third party chat system, you could circumvent that restriction with Gmail voice and video chat. But then it means that you are using company property for something that the company doesn’t want you to use!