FireFox 2.0

The other day, I upgraded my Firefox to the latest version 3 on my desktop computer upon the urging of my friend who ground the latest Firefox to be “fantastic” and working perfectly. I told him to try out the add-ons that I use to see if they worked on the new Firefox. He reported back that they worked great and that I have nothing to worry about.

So I upgraded my Firefox too but after intensive use of the plug ins that I MUST have running each second I am connected to the internet and I am connected each second my computer is turned on, I found that the plug ins do not work as well as my friend has reported that do.

I was a little pissed off when I found out because it caused me error in my work but there was nothing I could do on short notice. However, now that I know about the problem, I decided not to downgrade my FireFox on my desktop. However, neither do I have plans to upgrade my Firefox on my notebook.

Star Wars Clone Wars Toy Launch

Did you know that there will be a Star Wars toy launch on 25th July, 2008 at 10pm at Mutiara Damansara? The event is called ‘Star Wars Clone Wars Toy Launch’ and all Star Wars fans and Batman fans are welcomed. Why Batman? I don’t know but I guess Superman fans could turn up as well, if they want to.

Details are as follow:
Time and Place:
Start Time: Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:00pm
End Time: Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 1:00am
Location: MySciFiFan Outpost, Cineleisure Damansara
Street: Lot 208ii, 2A Jalan, PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Like I mentioned, there will be a toy launch. Which character, I don’t know. It’s a secret. it is sealed right now and will only be revealed at highlight on 25th July, 2008 at this exclusive event!

And there will be a sale where free gifts will be given out to lucky shoppers and there would be exclusive offers as well. If you are a Star Wars fan, this is an event not to be missed. Luckily I am not one. LOL

Midwest Auto Recycling

I may not be familiar with cars since I do not own one. However, I was told that there is a company called midwest auto recycling that deals with use car engines and transmission that come with solid nationwide warranty.

Over here, I know that most companies do not provide any warranty at all for used articles but not Midwest Auto Recycling. On top of the warranty, their used car engines and transmissions have already cleaned and tested, inspected and then only approved to be sold.

According to sources, these used car engines are in a complete assembly and are ready for installation. This sounds like a hassle-free purchase to me. If you have tried Midwest Auto Recycling before, I would like to hear of your experience!

Earning From Widget Bucks For Western European Traffic

Months ago, I was complaining that my Widget Bucks widget has gone missing from my blog. At least, accessing my blog from Malaysia, I could not see the widget. Anyway, I later discovered that the supposedly Widget Bucks widget has turned into an eBay affiliate button with I don’t know whose referral ID. So since I was not earning even a little from that, I removed the widgets from all my blogs.

A little while ago, I received an email update from Widget Bucks saying that they are now paying for Western European traffic. HHmm isn’t that strange?

So, here is a list of countries where you will get to earn from your traffic. I don’t know if it is worth it for you but for me, I would rather have a global widget on my blog.

Blog Your Way To Vegas

PicApp is giving one lucky winner an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for Blog World Expo. OK, when is Blog World Expo, you will need to check it up yourself. The thing you need to do is to embed PicApp images in your blogs, maximum two images per post, and the person with the highest number of PicApp images used will win.

I think this is a great marathon contest, except that they need to be transparent and add a little tally widget on their site. I would love to join as well, god knows I have so many blogs that require images, but then I hate the little box at the bottom of the image AND I can’t get away on long international trips for the time being so I am letting this contest go. Yes, contest freak me.

Who is joining? Will you let go this free trip to Las Vegas?

All Inclusive Resort Vacation

My friend, Lawrence, got his hands on an accommodation voucher for an all inclusive resort. He said that he would not be able to make it before it expires and would give it to me if I would like to have it.

Yes, I am so tempted to accept it. However, I am not sure if I myself would be able to make it. It has been a long while since I have been on a real vacation and if I were to make my way there, an all inclusive vacation would be it.

Karisma Hotels is well known of their all-inclusive romantic holiday packages. In fact, a friend told me that she is planning her wedding and honeymoon there too. Can you imagine not having to do anything except present yourself at your wedding reception? LOL That was the way my friend put it.

EntreCard & SeyzWho

I am sure everyone who uses EntreCard would have read about the collaboration with SeyzWho and credits will be awarded to members who comment on blogs that are in the EC community.

I think that it is a good effort to drive real traffic to blogs, instead of just doing stuff in our dashboard which does not bring traffic. I even think that advertising spots on out EC widgets should be purchased from members’ blogs.

However, I refrained from singing up with SeyzWho and waited for other members to implement it. Boy, I am glad that I did not do it. Like I passionately hate pop ups as I said in my previous post, I have things that pop up on my screen, small windows, bubbles, whatever, as I move my mouse across the page.

And SeyzWho will do exactly that. I don’t know if we need to implement special code or whatever, but the link to blog comments would not pop up a window detailing the comments that he/she has left recently and the comment rating.

And then there’s a widget that I noticed on some blogs that have been placed on the sidebar which POPS UP as well. I wonder if this is part of the EC collaboration as well. Whatever the case, this is not something for me. What about you?

Random Thoughts Off My Mind