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Bloggers Gathering @ Penang Paradise Sandy Beach Resort!

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I received an email from Exabytes regarding an awesome blogger’s gathering which they are hosting at Penang Paradise Sandy Beach Resort. The ticket is only RM10 and according to the promotional mail, there would be lunch, discount vouchers, free DiGi reloads and web hosting, games and many more activities organized.

I think that it’s awesome that they are providing an opportunity for webmasters to get to know each other and if I were in Penang, I would definitely participate. It is RM10 only, after all, and it’s well worth the money not only in terms of the luncheon and door gifts but also the networking. THAT’S priceless, for a blogger!

If you are interested, you should register at RoundEgg.com. I believe this event is open to everyone as long as they run a website or blog! Enjoy yourself!

Computing & Internet

Text Messaging in Gmail Chat

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Google has come up with a new feature on Gmail yet again. This time, it is text messaging that is integrated with GChat. I read through their FAQ and know how it works but I am not sure if there will be any cost involved. As you know, Gmail users are all over the world. How could we determine if someone would be charged for RECEIVING a text message from overseas?

I think that while it is a great feature to have, it is not all that practical unless it’s a totally free service, not only with Google and Gmail but also with the respective cellular providers around the world.

If you have already tried out this feature perhaps you could share your experience here with us.

General

Planning Your Own Wedding

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There’s this website that I have kept in mind for a long time, should I get married. It’s called Fifty Flowers and if you are going to plan your own wedding, this website would come in handy. Just look at their range of fresh flowers, bouquets and even Rose petals. Yes, if you are so inclined, you could buy the petals only! Is that giving you any ideas yet?

Although some people prefer to hire a wedding planner, I think that it’s sweeter to do it personally. A wedding is supposedly a once in a lifetime major event and doing it ourselves would make the occasion so much more memorable.

Let’s not talk about the cost saved doing it ourselves I think that an important lifetime event like this needs a personal touch.

WordPress Issues

WordPress 2.7 is OUT!!!

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Wow, my worst nightmare came true!!!

I just updated all my WordPress blogs a couple of weeks ago, including my plug-ins and everything and I was telling, myself that I am sure WordPress would be coming out with a new version and sure enough, they did! Urghhh!!!

Now that version 2.7 is out, I am not in a hurry to update it in case there are security holes to patch up AGAIN. Yes, again!!! I just don’t have the time to keep playing catch up with WordPress. Blogging is hard enough, let alone blogging on so many blogs!

Moreover, I will be so busy these next few days, if there’s any reason to update, then it will have to be after the New Year. Christmas is coming soon and I have extra work to do unless there is an urgent security concern.

Blogging

Bloggers Scandal

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Recently, we here in Malaysia have been riddled with a scandal involving a handful of local bloggers. While I think that it is none of our business, the problem with doing something with another blogger, whether it’s just drinking or something private, we risk having these activities exposed.

The nature of bloggers is such is that they feel compelled to kept everyone know about something and would publish photos and whatever to remind them of that incident, even if you have specifically told them NOT to!

A blog is a personal diary on public domain, that was what a friend once told me. I once learnt from another friend, a veteran blogger, that if you like to keep something secret, then DON’T do it with a blogger! How dumb could one get?

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Sourcing For Engineering Services & Electronic Components

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A friend was asking me if I know of a one stop store that could provide him with Electronic Components at the most reasonable prices.

I have to admit that I do not know much about electronic components or places that sell it so I am not about to make a good comparison. However, I let my friend know about 1-Source so that he could check for himself if he would be able to get a good deal out of procuring the necessary electronic components here.

Besides providing a good source for electronic components, 1-Source also offers other engineering services. If you would like to know what they do in detail, check out their website at http://www.1sourcecomponents.com/

Computing & Internet

Get Things Done (GTD) With Gmail To-Do List

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Gmail has a new task feature, which is a little to-do list that pops up in a little rectangular box which we could create with a list of tasks to do each day and edit it as the day progresses.

I find this a wonderful feature as I am someone with a hundred and one things to do each day and usually write my daily or weekly to-do tasks in small note papers, sometimes sticking them on the computer monitor.

This means that I would prefer this to be a desktop feature rather than one that could only be accessible by logging in to Gmail. Besides, with three active Gmail accounts and duplicating task lists on each Gmail account is never practical, hence my preference for a desktop feature, though I am uncertain if there’s such a thing available already.