Archive for the ‘General’ Category

So it’s aka Mac Air Book!

I was quite surprise to find a good increase in in traffic to this blog after I posted “MacBook Air or Mac AirBook?” .

People are actually searching for Mac Air Book! I tried a various combination of these search terms at Google and Yahoo, “mac air book” was one of the common suggestion.

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MacBook Air or Mac AirBook?

Steve Jobs did it again and this time, out of an envelope.

Yes, I think the MacBook Air is magic. It has the magic to make me say “I want” when I first laid my eyes on it.

MacBook Air

I received an email newsletter from Apple yesterday and I saw this super thin MacBook Air. I clicked at the photo and was taken to the new MacBook Air - Thinovation.

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Winner of SingTel mio Plan Sony Bravia V Series 46″ LCD TV

Finally, it’s official.

Three hours ago, I received the letter from Singtel that I am one of the winners of the Singtel mio Plan Lucky Draw. And the prize is a…

Sony Bravia V Series 46″ LCD TV

Sony BRAVIA V Series LCD TV

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SCV MaxOnline vs Singnet Broadband

The good news is I’ve just converted to Singnet Broadband 10 Mbps(mio Plan) and I am happy with the performance after 3 days of testing and 1 call to the Singnet Technical Support (1800-848-6933).

The not-so-good news is SCV MaxOnline upgrade the download speed from 6 Mbps to 8 Mbps for free from 1 Jan 2008. So, I would have gotten faster access if I were to stick with the plan and save some money!

However, it was unfair to compare Singnet 10 Mbps with MaxOnline Express. A better comparison would be between Singnet 10Mbps ($85/month) vs MaxOnline Premium($81.32/month).

SCV MaxOnline Price Plans

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Google PageRank Update October 2007

Has Google started updating the PageRank?

I think so. One of my new domain created in June 2007 has just gained PR when I did check with www.checkpagerank.net this morning.

Google PageRank PR Update October 2007

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Einstein Quotes - Did Albert Einstein Say These?

Albert Einstein Ideas and OpinionsI remember receiving an email some time ago about a list of quotes from Albert Einstein. However, I did not keep that email. And when I wanted to quote Einstein, I forgot exactly what he said.

With some googling, I managed to find the complete list. However, the actual source of these quotes cannot be verified:
http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html

Here’s some the timeless classic quotes:
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Predictions for 2007

Predictions 2007I was tagged by Kian Ann to make 6 predictions for 2007. And here’s the list I made at the comment of the his post.

  1. Technorati becomes the search engine of choice.
  2. Microsoft will gain search engine market share while Google declines.
  3. Focus switch to multi-media search instead of textual content search.
  4. Smartphones prices drop with increase in functionalities and battery life. Need to design your web page smaller screen.
  5. HSDPA(High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) becomes the standard while 3G fades out.
  6. A good year to invest in Indonesia and stay low on Thailand.

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My Greatest Achievements in 2005

I like to think that I have achieved quite a few noteworthy goals this year. The greatest achievement is trekking up the Lombong Falls near Kota Tinggi.

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I wanna buy a nano

I decided to buy an iPod Nano for my wife - as a Christmas gift. So I am going to build a couple of new websites to make the extra money that I need by Dec 25, 2005.

New GPS mini-site

I created this GPS website as a demonstration for the participants of the Internet Marketing in Action Workshop last week. As I was short of time and did not show them in detail how to do a mini-site with free web hosting, Netfirms.com. So I decided to to a new website on topic that I am familiar with.

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