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Barcamp KL this weekend
Barcamp Malaysia is now Barcamp KL. Get registered registered. Facebook event page here.
I’m not planning on giving a talk this time around but who knows. It’s barcamp, things happen spontaneously. See you there!
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Proof TMNet is cheating you
The secret is there are good IPs and bad IPs.
I work with video and all of the services I am reviewing / testing are outside Malaysia. At times my connection to US servers was as fast as my advertised connection speed and other times, most of the time in fact, my connection was 10 times [...]
JiffyLube engine flush damages engine
JiffyLube and EZLube technicians caught on camera lying about engine flush and transmission flush being required by manufacturers. Don’t put anything other than oil, gas, coolant and transmission fluid in your car. These companies deserve to be hauled into court for wrecking cars.
via NBC Los Angeles
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Keystroke capturing from 65 feet away
photo by Miss Emish
Swiss security researchers were able to detect keystrokes using 4 different methods from up to 65 feet away.
The researchers showed they can capture the words being typed on 11 different models of keyboards by monitoring the electromagnetic radiation emitted by those keyboards. The techniques work on PS /2, universal serial bus, and [...]
Peter Schiff predicts US economic collapse 2 years back
“Peter Schiff Predicts The US Economic Collapse With Unbelievable Accuracy”
I hope Schiff is not right this time.
The sad reality is that we borrowed and spent our way into this crisis, and we are not going to borrow and spend our way out of it. Legitimate credit can only be supplied if there are genuine savings [...]
Challie Rose talks with Warren Buffett on bailout
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New Zealand in recession
photo by Light Night
Last year we visited Auckland for 2 months to get an idea of what it would be like to live there. Both my wife and I have family in New Zealand and we’re giving it serious consideration. During our ‘07 holiday visit I checked in with my brother in law about the [...]
Dropbox update, build 0.6.402 adds Win2k support
Changes include:
- fix for bug where client falsely reports ‘downloading’ when illegal characters are present in a file name
- fix to bug where sometimes shared folder renames would result in leaving of a share
- improvements to installer/preferences pane
- client now notifies you on a change of quota(!)
- wink2k compatibility
- improvements to ‘move dropbox’
- fix to [...]
Michael Moore on Larry King: French tax plan
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Incense linked to lung cancer
photo by weare mockorange
You might not want to burn incense all day. I’ll still burn some Nag Champa and savor the positive effects, but with good ventilation.
Study participants who used incense in their homes all day or throughout the day and night were 80 percent more likely than non-users to develop squamous cell carcinoma of [...]
India VC up 120 percent
photo by vikramwalia
I’m tempted to move to India for a year. I’ve never visited however I have family staying in Kerala and Calcutta. I’d like to experience the incredible growth that’s going on there first hand. How’s broadband in India now?
Venture capital investment in India grew impressively during the second quarter of 2008. Between April [...]
P1 W1MAX pricing
Jan has been testing P1 W1MAX for a few weeks and seems quite pleased with it. I’ll wait to see how the service plays out once there are more people using and stressing the network however it’s great to see more broadband options in Malaysia. Streamyx needs the competition. Telekom Malaysia is very good about [...]
Half of network TV online video viewers choose online over broadcast
I grab most of my network TV from torrents and then pop the divx or xvid onto a thumb drive and watch it on the set in living room. If it’s a show only I am interested in, I might watch it on my macbook on the way to the office. I do see my [...]
Snoop Dogg hits Bollywood
photo by mulletgod
Snoop has packaged himself up ready for Indian consumption it would seem. I like some rap, even some Snoop. But I’m really tired of hip hop culture so I’m hoping Snoop is a dog in India. Anyone have a sense of how popular thug life culture is in India now?
Its first project is [...]
Fuel prices driving ecommerce
photo by Steve Brandon
This makes sense. Why not fire up the notebook instead of gassing up the car for a trip to the mini mall?
Research firm eMarketer has some good news for online retailers: high gas prices are fueling more Web shopping. In a July 25 report senior analyst Jeffrey Grau points to several consumer [...]
Googapedia
photo by mark knol (ironic eh?)
Google Knol has launched. Looks interesting and at first glance I’d say this is not a threat to Wikipedia. Reminds me more of Google Answers in wiki form.
Here is a sample article, “Firefox Plugins For SEO & SEM”
Speaking of SEO, how do you think links back to your site from [...]