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Computing & Internet

Streamyx Combo Promotion

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I received a call from Streamyx yesterday because they are having a Streamyx Combo promotion. Right now, I am only subscribed to their 512kbps package, paying RM66 per month but comes with lifetime warranty for the modem.

This new promotion that was offered to me is their 1MB package PLUS phone line rental. I will have to pay RM110 per month and enjoy lifetime warranty of modem too. Phone calls made will be charged the normal (existing) rates.

Actually, I have wanted to upgrade my speed for a long time since my package was subscribed such a long time ago that this was the fastest they had. Recently, I enquired about the 4MB package but was told that my area does not support that speed. It’s cheap, though. Only RM160 per month, compared to 1MB at RM110, a difference of RM50 per month only but with four times the speed. Bah, so this is what we get for living outside of Kuala Lumpur.

Anyway, I did not upgrade as the difference between 512kbps and 1MB isn’t all that great and I did not want to void my lifetime warranty of modem but since their new promo comes with lifetime warranty for modem as well, I might as well upgrade. Anyway, subscribing to a Combo package at 1Mb speed would only save me about RM14 monthly, compared to subscribing to a 1MB Streamyx package and pay for a phone line separately.

Computing & Internet

SiteMeter New Code

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I was telling my friend about the extra work I had to do in completing the NuffNang survey and changing the new codes on my blogs over the weekend. I am just glad that I did not submit more blogs in my account.

My friend asked if I already know of SiteMeter’s revamp. Errrr nobody told me anything about it! Come to think of it, it has been months since I received their newsletter. One would have thought that information would be sent out for something as major as changing of code and adding new features. Or did Hotmail eat my newsletter AGAIN?

Anyway, I logged into my SiteMeter account and true enough, we are required to implement the new code. SIGH!!!! Extra work again. Although I do not use SiteMeter for my blogs, I use StatCounter for that, I use SiteMeter on my ecommerce store.

Gosh, imagine the hundreds of pages where I have to change the code for each and every page. Geee and I thought that there was a lot of work changing my NuffNang codes. Why can’t they continuing using the same code, or magically change the codes that have already been implemented in our websites or blogs?

Yerrrrrr lazy, really lazy to make the switch!

ETA: My friend just informed me that SiteMeter has decided to retain the old code after an uproar by users. Phew, luckily I did not start changing yet!

Computing & Internet

Nuffnang Survey For Better Targeted Blog Ads

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It has been a long while since I logged into my Nuffnang account. I was so busy last week that I did not want any distraction but just put my head down to work. So, I lost touch a little with what was happening over there.

Anyway, today, being Saturday and a little quiet, I took the chance to check INNIT and by chance read their blog post about filling out a survey and changing the blog ad codes that we have placed in our templates.

With multiple blogs with them, I was a little annoyed because each blog requires its own survey answers. That’s understandable because each blog has its own readership, right? Anyway, I found it difficult to complete the survey because the page lagged big time. I think it would have helped if the page was totally plain without all the fancy stuff on the sidebar. I tell you, I kept clicking on the wrong radio button!

Anyway, I completed all surveys finally. The difficult part was in implementing new codes. It was fine with Blogger blogs since it was easy to locate my own codes. With WordPress blogs, though, I don’t even l know if I have missed out some pages because of the multiple codes that I use throughout the blog. On one hand, I may have missed out some old codes, on the other, I may have changed the code twice. Ughhh totally leceh. I don’t get that much from NuffNang, anyway.

Computing & Internet

Read & Research

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My friends were chatting about online gaming and how exciting an industry it is. They are big time players but only during the weekends. It’s amazing how some of them could get off work on Friday evening, log into their account and play until early Monday morning and get to work again! From what I understand, they think of online gaming as a second job since it brings in some money too, if they wager smart.

As a blogger, I do a lot of reading and researching. I surf to a lot of websites, even casino review sites, though I personally find them useful too, especially when I need to join in the conversation with guys! So don’t be surprised that I do know of some of the best casinos, which pay higher bonuses, which offer free games or foreign language support.

My knowledge comes in handy to my friends. They may be big time online casino players but I am a little surprised that they do not spare a little time to read up on online casinos, check out the newly launched casinos or even keep up-to-date with news in the online casino scene, except for word of mouth from chatting with other casino players while a game is in session. I think that without doing any homework themselves, they are missing a large piece of the puzzle!

Charity, Computing & Internet

Charity Website

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As if my internet activities are not enough, I just volunteered to set up a website for a temple that my father is an advisor to. I felt that without a web presence, they are not able to spread their name and provide knowledge on what Taoism is. Also, since we have many charitable activities, it would be a good idea to provide an easy way for the public to support such causes.

As this is a charity website, I have decided to bear the costs of domain name registration, web hosting, web designing and maintaining the website. I have got the name already and am in the midst of looking for cheap web hosting. I have read web hosting reviews on some of the major web hosts but I cannot yet make up my mind since I am trying to find the cheapest.

My friend told me to go with Lunarpages because she has had good experience hosting with them but I am not so sure yet. I still would like to make comparisons by myself instead of letting others decide for me. Whatever it is, I am trying my best to keep cost as low as possible since I would be forking out the money from my own pocket.

Once I got this settled, I will start looking for a web designer. HHmmm I wonder if there would be anyone who would not mind doing it for free.

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Connected At All Times

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I need to be connected to the internet at all times because of work. In today’s IT age, I feel as if everyone is the same but was a little surprised to discover that a neighbor, who is a doctor, is not. I told him that my friend in the United States, Paul, told me that most doctors have equipped themselves with PDAs and smart phones so that they could have access to medical resources on the web at all times.

Let’s say they wanted to check up on something called Acute COPD Exacerbation, they could just log in to Epocrates Online and read the possible symptoms, suggested treatments, prescription, dosage and possible drug reactions with other medication that the patient may be on.

I think that more doctors here should be made aware of such free resources on the web so that they could make the most use of the information available in their “pocket”.

“This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.”

Computing & Internet

40 cents Increase For .com, .net, .org and .info Domains

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Gosh, it seems like just yesterday when there was a price increase for domain names. That prompted me to renew all my domains for five years. Since then, I have acquired even more domains and now I got the news that come 1st October, 2008, .com, .net, .org and .info domains would increase by another 40 cents.

This puts the price of my .coms to $9.69 per year, assuming I am not using a coupon code. Luckily I always managed to look for a coupon code before buying, renewing or transferring my domain names. Savings may be slight but it all adds up especially when we own multiple domain names!

So it looks like I will be renewing my domain names for the next few years again to avoid paying 40cents extra EACH domain name a year! But I just calculated, this renewal will cost me about MYR1000! F@rk loh!