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Email Without Text

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The other day, my sister sent an email home to my mom and the funny thing was that, the email arrived without text even though she said that she wrote a long mail. The odd thing is that normally, when an email has no text, a pop-up box will appear but not this time, since she DID write an email at first.

I went to her email account to check her Sent Folder and yes, her email was there except that it also does not have any text! Now my sister is lazy to retype anything. I tried to teach her to type her email on MS Word or Notepad first but she is so low tech, she does not get what I am telling her, even on the phone. She doesn’t understand why she should do that. I guess she is not as sceptical as I am with technology.

I don’t know what has been happening to Hotmail lately but I have not been receiving my emails and I did not know until something bad has happened as a consequence. Well, I hope that whatever glitch it is facing will be righted soon.

Travel

Traveling With Maps

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Maps are very important in our lives. I am so glad that I live in the age where maps are already drawn out for most towns and cities. I wonder what the people who drew these maps went through a long time ago doing all those maps. I really thank them for the maps. I have never been good with maps and let’s not talk about DRAWING them, I have problems even READING them!

There was once when a friend of mine visited me and I had to take him to visit one of the most popular places in Ipoh and I took him to the wrong place, embarrassingly. Luckily, he was a boy scout and came equipped with a local map, GPS and compass. Haha!!

This friend of mine also has his own website that tourists rely on to visit popular places in Kuala Lumpur. You should check out the maps he drew and the popular spots he charted on the map. These people found the maps very useful, with directions and public transport facilities added in that they asked him if he provides map printing services, which he does not.

Without using maps, I think most of us would lose out way, me more than others, because I don’t have a good sense of direction!

General

The Internet Is My Best Friend

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Yabadabadooooo My Celcom 3G SIM works with iPhone now!

Just now I decided to do a search on the internet and see if my Celcom 3G SIM card will work with my iPhone or not and I found a solution in a forum. Now… if only I could get 3G to work with it, I would be so happy, happy, happy!!!!!

But I guess not until a new version of 3G iPhone is released. According to my friend, it is not a matter of simply upgrading the firmware. Alamak… why does technology have to be so complex???

Do you know why I started this post with “Yabadabadooooo”? Because just now I tested my first SMS to a friend and wrote “Yahoo! My 3G SIM works with iPhone!” and he responded with, “What about Google?” Bah!!!! So bad, laugh at me!!!

3G, 3G, 3G!!!!

Computing & Internet

What I Dread This Christmas

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It’s Christmas in a week’s time and do you know what I hate the most? It’s the family gathering. Coming from a family of scholars, it is hard not to feel small when talking to them because they keep asking me when I will continue with my education.

I tell myself, I am way too old to continue with it and whatever I study will not be used in real world, anyway, so why waste my money and the lecturer’s time, right?

I mentioned some months ago that my Uncle, an advocate of distance learning and online education, told me about capella university and asked me to check it out as there would be a course of my liking. Unfortunately, I haven’t the time!!! All I know is that they have a full range of courses from certificate programs right up to Post graduate studies and that this online university serves students worldwide.

I guess I need to go a little homework and prepare myself from their tirade of questions!

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Business Cards For Bloggers

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I am sure most of us have been very happy to play with the virtual business card for bloggers recently. However, how many of us serious bloggers have business cards?

I have been a customer of Vista Print for business cards, among other products, for both my online business and blogging and I give them the thumbs up for excellent customer service, product quality and fast shipping. I showed my friend, an artist, my new cards and he said the colors are very vibrant and real.

With so many blogs and websites, I figured that I needed a card specifically for blogging and I am glad that I could do it without incurring a high cost. At Vista Print, which you could visit at http://www.vistaprint.com, you can opt for their free business cards choosing from their range of ready made templates, where you ONLY pay for shipping and handling, or premium business cards. Of course, I urge everyone to get the premium cards as you would be able to use your own template and logo by uploading them and totally customize your cards.

For my premium business cards, I used Vista Print’s logo creator and it was a breeze. It was so simple to use, fast and I dare say the finished product is a class above! There is absolutely no worry about getting my printed products from Vista Print because I am thoroughly satisfied with the few times that I ordered my products from them.

If you run more than a couple of blogs, I think your should have your own business card specifically for blogging. It does show your seriousness as a blogger.

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iPhone AutoComplete Email Address

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Yesterday, I sent out an image via email to a friend from my iPhone. I didn’t get his email address from my Gmail Contacts and he is not in the contacts of my phone so I had to do it manually.

Well, no thanks to all the numbers in his email address and the still to be gotten used to touch screen keypad, I typed in the wrong address.

I got his address right the second time but then the email address with the error has appeared in my list of AutoComplete email addresses, or is it Most Recently Used list of email addresses?

Whatever the case, the WRONG email address is now there and there is no way for me to delete it from my list. Like everyone before me, I have cleared my email that was sent in error from my Inbox, Sent Box, All Mail and Trash but it is still there.

I read that the only thing to do to take away the offending email addresses is to do a restore. Ackkkk….Tell me THAT is not the stupidest thing.

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Where To Look For Austin Commercial Real Estate

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My friend, Paul, told me that he has plans to expand his business and start an office in Austin. Right now, he has an office in New York City which he is confident that he could leave the daily management to his brother.

Well, if like Paul, you are also looking for Austin office space, you should check out the website of Don Cox.

With a wealth of experience gained from more than twenty five years in this business and knowing the ins and outs of the commercial real estate market in Austin and its surrounding areas, I think that one would not have a problem looking for a suitable property that meets his needs and budget.