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Premium WordPress Theme Club

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Did I already mention that I registered myself with a premium WordPress theme club? Normally, registration fee is US$5 per year but I received my membership for free thanks to being in the right place at the right time.

And although I already have all the WordPress themes for my blogs but am on the other hand, looking for Blogger themes, I figured that since it is free, there’s no harm joining. I just have tor remember to unsubscribe before the year is up because I have no intention of paying for something that I could get for free, though they are not the same.

However, with ten self-hosted blogs powered by WordPress, I guess using normal WordPress themes is no longer enough. I now need premium WordPress themes but I will never willingly pay for them. Free, please?

This premium WordPress theme club promises that each member will have access to more than twelve premium WordPress themes and support during the twelve months of membership.

Although right now there is no theme that I want to use out of the four available for download, I am eagerly awaiting to see what themes will be released later. I am not sure if I will want to change my themes so soon again, though!

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Read This Armand Rousso Article On Stamp Collecting

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I was surfing the internet when I was told of a Armand Rousso Philately article. As a stamp collector myself, albeit not a serious one, I have always been fascinated with collecting stamps from around the world.

My mother, who used to work as a postal clerk where selling stamps was her work, started collecting stamps as a hobby and passed her stamp collection to me later on.

If you have ever wondered what are the benefits of collecting stamps and what you can get out of your collection then you have to read this article by Armand Rousso. He wrote a comprehensive article with reasons why young children, adults and even the elderly can achieve from stamp collecting.

In The News

Ground Report On The Penang Election Rally

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If you have been following a couple of blogs, you would know that there was a “climax” election rally in Penang earlier this evening. I received a text message just now from a friend who told me that close to a HUNDRED THOUSAND people turned up to hear Uncle Kit, his son Lim Guan Eng, and many other people from the Opposition front.

Can you imagine a hundred thousand people wearing red showing their support for DAP? Another person reported to me that there were fifty thousand people at the Penang Ceramah. Who is more accurate, I really cannot tell.

But the numbers are really not that important. The question is, will these people convert their support in the form of votes for DAP candidates and the Opposition in general?

This is really hard to tell. Penang has betrayed Uncle Kit once before. This time, is their support REAL or are they just there for the carnival atmosphere and just to listen to what these politician-celebrities have to say?

Time will tell.

Computing & Internet

Where To Watch Your Favourite Reality TV Shows

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I have been a fan of reality TV since the days of Survivor Season I but with my hectic schedule, I am sure you know that I no longer have time for TV. However, being stuck to the computer for too many hours every day, and night, has its advantages. I can always watch videos of these reality shows on the web.

While my love for reality show may have started with Survivor, I now prefer to watch beautiful people trying to make it big in the modeling world. My current favorite is Make Me a Supermodel hosted by Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford, two very successful models in their own right.

Since this show is not yet on Malaysian TV as far as I know, I watch them on YouTube. However, I believe that these uploads are sometimes removed before I could catch them because of violation of copyright or something.

This morning, I was told of a website called Reality TV Fan at RealityTVFan.org which hosts all videos of reality TV shows from around the world. Besides Make Me a Supermodel, you can also find Survivor, but of course, The Biggest Loser, Back to Reality, The Mole and many more! You have to go and find out what’s available yourself since the site is updated regularly.

For your information, Reality TV Fan is managed by Viki, a lady from the United Kingdom. While this was started as a private project to keep her video uploads on YouTube organised, Viki has kindly invited all of us reality TV fans to view the videos if we have missed any on TV. As a contributor to YouTube myself, I do understand the amount of time required to upload videos! I really appreciate the trouble that Viki has taken with these reality TV shows. Now we know where to turn to if we need to catch up on an episode or two of any reality TV show.

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StatCounter Plug-in: Got A Scare

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The other day, shortly after being rank spanked, I got a fright when my traffic statistics did not record any traffic at all. I was thinking that maybe my blog has unfortunately been de-indexed from the major search engine and that’s why internet users were not able to come to my blog from search results. But then I also thought, don’t tell me not even one person is using Yahoo! Search?

Since I do not have any other traffic trackers on my blog except StatCounter which I am using via the plug-in, I thought I would check out my traffic from my NuffNang account. Traffic records are one hour delayed but that is good enough. It was well into the day already and my StatCounter was still showing a big fat zero for a few blogs.

NuffNang was able to record my traffic and I was pretty relieved. To double confirm, I visited these affected blogs from my iPhone using the Safari browser and true enough, my visit was not recorded.

Phew, believe me when I say that I got a scare!

Computing & Internet

Looking For A Russian Bride?

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I have visited many dating sites and am even registered with some of them. If you follow my blog, I am sure you have read a few of my review posts. However, some of my male friends who are still single tell me that they STILL have trouble looking for a partner. Although some people put it down to faith and some will put it down to luck, I think that they have to work harder.

Someone suggested that my friends need Russian brides LOL There’s no way they can get Russian brides except to go through an online dating agency that specializes in Russian and also Ukraine brides.

One thing about Lovers Planet is that they have screened through these girls via telephone to ensure that they are genuine and can speak at least a little English. That makes it a whole lot easier to communicate with them.

Computing & Internet

Rank Spanked

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It’s been slightly over a week since I was rank spanked on this very blog. Well, I am not surprised that it came but finding out that it happened finally is not easier to take than the first time this happened on my other blogs, especially when I calculate all the opportunities that I will no longer be eligible for.

Humans are like that. We do what we can to put food on the table and hence I still believe that we should not be punished. If the all mighty monster corporation thinks otherwise, then be fair. Hand the same punishment to all of us, or none of us.

They can claim that they are not able to spot ALL of these blogs but we all know that they have ways. Doing this manually with humans on selected blogs are really unfair to the victims, myself being one of them.

Whatever it is, I hope that there will be a solution soon where everyone would be happy once again. If not, we will have to remind ourselves that everything will soon come to pass.

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