WordPress Issues

I’m Lovin’ It

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Have I mentioned that I really love my new theme PopBlue [3 column] by BlogOhBlog? Of course, I did some modifications; the most important to me is to justify my text. Friends laugh at me because I am a stickler for that. All my blogs have their text justified and I love that because it looks so much neater and makes reading a breeze. Don’t you think so?

OK, the reason I mention again that I love my new theme is because I successfully changed the colour scheme for my other blog. If you know where my blogs are, you can view the green version.

I think that if I have more “serious” blogs, I would continue to use this theme but of a different colour. Not only did I change the other theme to green colour, I also enabled comment on my Pages. Hhmm this is a HUGE deal for me, someone who knew nothing about CSS when I first started hosting my own blogs. 😀

I think it would be awesome if BlogOhBlog would release a package that contains various colours of this theme that we can witch to. I know of a few themes that have this feature and I think it is cool, except that I don’t like the theme enough to use any other them.

Fashion

Luxury Watches For The Rich

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A couple of months ago, my friend told me that he bought an expensive watch. I asked him how much he spent and he quoted a four figure amount and I nearly fainted. Of course, it is not as expensive as Patek Phillipe watches but it is still expensive to me.

However, my friend justified his extravagance by saying that a watch is something that a father passes to his son, just like mothers will pass jewelry to the daughters, sort of like a family heirloom! Based on this theory, my friend says that he has to buy a good watch that will last through generations.

My friend confessed that at first, he wanted to buy Breitling watches as their designs caught his fancy but unfortunately, these are out of his league. I am sure you know that these high end watches like Breitling, Corum, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Van Cleef & Arpels could only be afforded by the filthy rich like celebrities and royals.

Talking of luxury watches, I still “owe” my friend a Vacheron Constantin. Hah…. he requested that for his birthday last year. I think I will just send him a photo of the watch 😀

Computing & Internet

Picking Domain Names

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Phew, it really is not easy to pick domain names especially if you prefer dot coms only. Last night while I was searching for ways to come up with great domain names, domain names that are short, easy to remember and spell, I chanced upon a website where they offer the services of coming up with domain names and we have to pay US$50 for each name.

The good thing is that although we have to prepay US$50, if none of the domain names that are offered to us are up to our expectations, we could seek a refund.

And this company also has many freelancers working for them churning out one domain name suggestion after another to offer to these clients and if the domain name is selected, the person who came up with the name will receive US$25 for his or her effort.

Sometimes, this company may register a domain name which they think has the potential but has been rejected by their client. In this instance, they will put the domain name for sale on sites like SitePoint and if a sale goes through, the name contributor will receive a third of the sale price.

HHmm this is a great concept provided it is not abused by all parties involved. I mean, the client could reject the domain names suggested but then register it later under someone else’s name or the company or staff could register a domain name and not sell it or not give the contributor his share of the sale price and nobody would know.

And if the domain name is so good why doesn’t the contributor registers it himself and sell it by himself? It’s not expensive to register one or two domain names. In any case, I signed up for a Contributor’s account 😀

General

GDF: Total Fulfillment Solutions

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How time flies. It’s already two years since my friend joined a wholesale distributor company. When he first started, he found it hard to adapt from his previous job in a logistics company. Now that he has the experience, he could even explain to me the workings of a wholesaler.

According to my friend, his company has an automated warehouse which distributes their stocks to clients in an efficient way. They also hired an order fulfillment company that takes care of processing and fulfilling orders accurately and swiftly, including packing and shipping to clients.

Order fulfillment companies like GDF, a company that offers total fulfillment solutions, are very useful and cost saving to companies in the whole sale business, like my friend’s company, a wholesale clothing distributor. Fulfilling orders quickly and accurately means that there is no miscellaneous cost incurred from processing orders wrongly and that could happen if this is not handled properly and professionally.

Working in a wholesale clothing distributor company, my friend has gained new knowledge and now he is not only an expert in logistics but in warehousing as well.

Computing & Internet

Next 2 Friends

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Yesterday, I received an email notification that Next2Friends is now in Beta. This is the latest social network portal on the web. I registered myself. Surprised? Me, who did not even join FaceBook, the site that practically everyone and his dog joined? Well, prizes like iPods and laptops sure can drive membership!

However, I don’t think they mentioned how these prizes will be dispersed. Perhaps they are given to those who sign up the most new members or something like that and so that means I don’t even stand a chance because I don’t like spamming my friends and family with email invites to register with this or that website.

With so many social networking portals to expand our social circle, really, it is not easy not to have friends nowadays, even if they are only virtual ones but then friendship has to start somewhere, right?

If you are curious to know what Next2Friends could offer you that Friendster, MySpace, Facebook and every other social network portals in between have not been offering, then you will have to hop over to Next2Friends to read about them because I am not going to write them here.

General

Handmade Soy Wax Candles Plus More

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Like I mentioned in my previous post, I suffered from power cut for two hours and used up almost six long white candles. That’s because I was burning two at once placing them at the front and back ends of the house. I couldn’t stand the fumes and have been sneezing ever since.

I told my friend about it and he says that I am stupid because I should have used soy candles which will not pollute the atmosphere and generally healthier to use.

I have to admit, I have no knowledge about soy candles at all and embarrassed that a guy should know about it instead! I went online to check up about soy candles and noticed that at Soy Candles Plus More, they carry more than 150 fragrances of soy wax candles. Certainly, they smell great and look so cute, I am sure my friend has mistaken the usage of these candles!

Besides an extensive range of soy wax candles, Soy Candles Plus More also carries Body & Bath products to give ourselves a complete home spa experience.

Computing & Internet

Feeling Ill

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I used my iPhone and Nokia E61i as if they were a desktop and laptop just now when there was a power disruption in my home. After more than two hours in the dark staring at the ultra bright screen, I tell you, I am ready to puke. I don’t feel well at the best of times when I over strain my eyes but just now, it was worse.

It was not as if there was anything I could do and it made me realise that even with technology in your hands, without electricity, they are useless. I mean, I have two computers and two internet lines and two mobile devices but I had no electricity to power them.

Sure, you could say that we can depend on the battery but for how long? My iPhone was almost flat and I didn’t do much except to reply to a few emails, surf a little, play a little Reversi and listen to music.

UUgghh my eyes are crossed already!

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