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.

In The News

Remember September 13 – 913

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Those of you who are in Kuala Lumpur this evening and would like to show solidarity with yesterday’s ISA detainees, editor of Malaysia Today, Raja Petra (RPK), Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng and lawmaker from the coalition front, Teresa Kok, should participate in the peaceful candlelight vigils that are being organised, one in front of the DAP HQ in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya at 7.30pm and one in front of the Bukit Aman police HQ in Kuala Lumpur at 8.30pm.

The ISA has no place in modern society. Whether these three ISA detainees are in the right or wrong, ISA should never have been applied. A report on Malaysia Kini says that the journalist, Tan Hoon Cheng, may be released today. Come on, she should not have been arrested in the first place, right?

The horrible thing is that there is indication that more people would be detained under the ISA and I tell you, the scary thing is that if this could happen to them, this could happen to us. God help us.

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!

In The News

Silenced With ISA

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It has been shocking to Malaysians that three people have been arrested under the ISA, a British law that should have been abolished a long time ago. These three detainees are prominent blogger and editor of Malaysia Today, Raja Petra (RPK), Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng and lawmaker from the coalition front, Teresa Kok.

To read about the Internal Security Act and what it actually is or what purpose it serves, go check up on Google. This is not the first time that ISA has been applied to individual Malaysians to “silence” them. Somehow, living in modern day Malaysia in 2008, it feels as if we are watching a remake of a bad movie with the same old script but with new actors.

Nobody deserves to be detained under the ISA where the detainee will have no contact whatsoever with lawyers, family members or friends for up to sixty days. Do you think this threat is not enough to fear someone into silence? As a blogger with multiple blogs, I am very well aware from my stats that the Government employs people to surf the web, read blogs and websites of alternative media looking for targets.

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.

Blogging

Blogger bX Errors

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Months ago, I wanted to change the layout of my Blogger blogs. I was happily searching for Blogger layouts that I like. I specifically wanted only XML files since I was still using Blogger Classic with HTML files and I felt that I must be missing all the great features that the new Blogger offers. My friends were telling me how easy it is to place whatever we want on the sidebar by shifting them into place.

I thought that since I have a little time on my hands, it’s time to do a little house cleaning on ’em Blogger blogs. You know, all those java scripts that we are forced to place on our blogs really made them load so slowly.

Once I got my layouts ready, I was very excited about changing them but I have been facing error after error, which I subsequently searched on the web and found, too late, that I am not the only one facing this, that I thought, why did I even bother searching all over the web for nice layouts when I could not even use them because of Blogger bX-code errors?

Anyway, after trying (TRYING is the right word) to change my layout multiple times, I gave up. I made reports to Blogger too. It seems that each time I am thrown an error, the bX-code is different. I figured that it should be the same if I was trying to do the same thing and failed, right?

If you are also facing problems with your Blogger blog, it’s a good idea to report the error code to Blogger through this bX-code reporting form. I understand that the “engineers” will only work on a problem if enough people are reporting to them.

WordPress Issues

WordPress 2.6.2 Is Out

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As expected, even before I found time to upgrade my WordPress to 2.6.1, a newer patch is released. As usual, there are bugs to take care and this makes me wonder all over again why a program is released before extensive testing among a trusted software test group.

From what I read, most of the vulnerabilities are from the member registration feature, yet again. So if you have a WordPress powered blog that allows readers to register, you have no choice but to install this latest patch to close the security holes.

When I first started my self-hosted blogs, I kept this option of registering open. I did not know better. However, once I found out that there’s a security issue with it, I decided to disable it once and for all. I certain cannot afford the time nor the expertise to keep checking it people with bad intentions came and registered with my blogs!

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