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“Have You Seen The Photos Yet?”

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Haha that is the first question people now ask one another whether in real life or on the messengers! I find it so funny. And is there still anyone who has yet to see the photos? And I mean the new Edison Chen sex photos? I tell you, the while most of us don’t find the photos that hot, one guy told me that he could wank with them. Ekkk…

To me, even Edison Chen sex scandal photos, old or new, are stale already. When are we going to get to watch the Maggi Q videos leh??? It has been promised t us a long time ago already loh! I checked YouTube also don’t have anything, except that there are people making MTVs of Edison Chen and I noticed that the setting in his bedroom is exactly the same as those in the sex photos wor… which means to say that those photos were taken in his bedroom.

Can anyone photoshop photos like that? I don’t think so.

So, ya, have you seen the photos yet? I am waiting for the third installment now!

Computing & Internet

Protecting Young Internet Users

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I was very concerned when I learned that my 12-year old niece has subscribed to an internet broadband package. She lives with her grandmother, my aunt, an elderly lady who knows nothing about computers and internet. Last year, when my niece was given the computer, they did promise not to get connected to the internet until the girl is older.

So now that she is online, I am worried that she will fall prey to people who are older, pretending to be children her age and befriend her. I have read too many such cases. My aunt is also unable to monitor her online activities so I dare not tell her the reason why I thought that she should only get online when she is older.

I expressed my concern to a friend who has children and he told me that I have to install a program on her computer which will block websites with adult content, monitors chat conversations on social networking websites, prevents the transmission of private information over email, chat sessions and web forms.

All these could be handled by one program called Integard. I went to read further on this product on their website at http://www.raceriver.com and I am especially delighted to note that this program, once set up properly, could also send us an email to notify us of inappropriate internet activity. Moreover, I could also set up remote monitoring so that I know exactly what is happening with her limited online hours from my own computer at home or at work.

I think that this is an excellent product for people with young children, and even teenagers. Truly, one can never be too careful what with rampant internet predators prowling cyberspace.

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General

Goodbye Celcom 3G, Hello Maxis 3G?

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Just now Streamyx was down again for about two hours and it is not surprising that my Celcom 3G was down as well. I do know that they share the same backbone but then I thought that since my mobile line is with Celcom, it would be more convenient for me to go with Celcom 3G.

However, like what I experienced just now where both lines went down, having two lines served no purpose at all.

So I am contemplating moving my 3G subscription to Maxis. But it is easier said that done. I am tied to a post paid Celcom voice line that I have paid for a year in advance until June, 2008. And I must have a 3G line where I could log on to the internet via my mobile phone.

Does this mean that I have to get a Maxis voice and data package? If I take this package after June, 2008 when I am released from my bond, that means I would have to cancel my 019 number. I hope that by then we would be able to take along our number to whichever service provider we go to. Is it possible or is June, 2008 too near in the future?

General

All Those Free Radio Stations!

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With so much free music on the internet, do people still tune in to the radio? I do and in fact, my love for the radio which began when I was in junior high school never waned. Radios came and went and became more and more high tech. My interests in radio may have gone from the regular FM stations to Shortwave but I still prefer my radio than streaming music over the internet.

My friend, Paul, who lives in New York in the United States asked me if I have heard of the HD radio receiver. Well, of course I have! I wish that I can enjoy similar free services over here with crystal clear reception!

Do you think that it is fun to listen to Paul talk about New York High Definition radio stations that he gets to enjoy while I am left out of all the wonderful free radio stations?

Also, these HD radio receivers now come with iPod dock with iTunes Tagging that makes it easy for us to later purchase and download that particular music through iTunes and sync to our iPod.

I may not own an iPod yet but as the owner of an Apple iPhone dying to fill my 8GB with music, I think iTunes tagging is an awesome feature for music lovers to enjoy!

WordPress Issues

OOPS! I Did It!

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I am so damn proud of myself! Just a couple of days ago, I wrote that I wasted a whole day trying to customize a supposedly premium WordPress theme. Well, although this is a premium theme, it is free but the bad part is that BECAUSE it is supposed to be an excellent theme but is being given out for free, many things were not functioning and it was is if the creator simply released a theme half-heartedly without adequate testing.

Well, you know how “good” I am with CSS. I really wanted to give up when the codes kept throwing me an error message after another. I wanted to change to another theme already but I persevered and I deleted all the broken functions that I could not fix and could live without them.

Even though I have got it customized with everything that I want in a theme, there are still a little here and there that are not perfect but I could close an eye to those imperfections.

I am so proud that I did not even ask anyone for help. At one point, I asked a guy, “Do you know CSS?” and he responded with, “What is CSS?” OK, I have to remind myself that just because he is a guy does not mean that he knows CSS!

That was when I decided to start deleting all broken functions to save myself from further headache! Haha!

General

Convenience Of iTunes Tagging

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I don’t know about you, but I need to carry music with me wherever I go. Do you remember the days when you hear a song on the radio that a DJ played without mentioning the title of the song or the name of the artiste? I used to go online searching with keywords in the lyrics but luckily that is history already.

I was told that in the United States, iPod owners can get more free music now with the popularity of high definition radio that comes built in with an HD tuner that allows the listener to tag songs for easy download later on.

The convenience and ease of use of iTunes tagging that integrates with the iPod has allowed music lovers who own iPods to gain access to more music which they could purchase on iTunes later.

What surprised me was that this is a totally free service and if you would like to tune to to more new radio stations for free, all you need is a new HD radio receiver and start enjoying. This got me thinking, WHY would anyone want to hang on to their traditional radios anymore when there are so many more music and radio programs to enjoy for free?

WordPress Issues

Typical Malaysian Mentality

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A few days ago, while doing a research for a blog post, I went to the blog of a prominent Malaysian politician to check on her statement as I wanted to link to source for her quote I was including in my post.

Well, I was surprised that she was using the WordPress theme that I used for this very blog. However, her theme has been customized, a very ugly job if I may say so AND the person who did that stripped off the link back to the creator of the theme at the footer.

So in my article, I wrote what I wanted to, and I also mentioned that the credit to the creator of the theme has been removed when we have to leave it intact as it is a free theme.

The web mistress dropped by my blog, “thanked” me for calling them out and reinstated the credit to the theme author. I think that we should always give credit where credit is due and since this is a theme that we can freely use, why remove it, right?

Moreover, another person who would like to use that theme could always go to the website of the theme author to download the code. Isn’t that great?

Anyway, after receiving that comment, which I did not even bother to reply, I went to the blog to check and yes, the author is linked at the bottom as it should be from the beginning.

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