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GoDaddy has a little Twitter promo: Uploaded with...

Aug 30th

Ideas are aplenty, but its the execution that matters

Aug 30th

RT @cyfu: Doesn’t really feel like Merdeka. It’s good to have a holiday, but it...

Aug 30th

Happy #Merdeka Malaysia. Ushering it in the dark; TNB decided to cut the power about 5 minutes ago...

Aug 30th

I realise something. Merdeka meant a lot to me when I lived overseas. Parties, nasi lemak,...

Aug 30th

Constant brownouts, aka, for some reason tenaga nasional has decided that load shedding would be a...

Aug 29th

LinkedIn wants you to pay for full profile views now. I wonder if this will make the service less...

Aug 29th

As we approach Merdeka #52, have you noticed the lack of flying flags on vehicles on the road?

Aug 29th

Stamps to sport unity theme http://bit.ly/RHBsh [did Pos Malaysia get influenced by South Park for...

Aug 29th

RT @aizatto: 1Malaysia - A Personal Website? http://bit.ly/o7qzS (aizat is right, @najibrazak should...

Aug 29th

Sharding for the masses: Introducing the...

Aug 28th

Nokia N900 mobile computer+GSM phone http://bit.ly/48nlYW [this is exciting! But for developers,...

Aug 27th

Sharding for the masses: Introducing the SPIDER storage engine (OpenSQLCamp @ FrOSCon)...

Aug 27th

Hear it from the Twitter addict http://bit.ly/cbTCy Sweet, congrats @nikicheong @davidlian...

Aug 27th

Watching an old Indecent Proposal. Rich man is a John Gage. I immediately thought “the network...

Aug 27th

The Star Online : Polls: ...

Aug 26th

Ah, dinner at The Lobsterman. It’s so empty tonight, one wonders if its like this on most...

Aug 26th

Internet Explorer 8 on the netbook performs a little like a dog. Nothing like Chrome (or Firefox).

Aug 26th

Nokia E90 web browser seems to not start, aka it crashes on startup. Is there a fix?

Aug 26th

Is it me or are there lots of timeouts when you use maybank2u and Chrome? Works fine on Firefox

Aug 26th

contact@thisweekinstartups.com – This Week in...

Aug 26th

Jais: Muslims CANNOT work in stores selling beer http://bit.ly/1I5Zm [so, no more Muslims in F&B...

Aug 24th

Anyone going to BarCampHK 2009? I am tempted… http://www.barcamp.hk/

Aug 24th

MySQL Labs http://bit.ly/XPj9f

Aug 24th

Haven’t written a blog entry in almost a month. I think mid-July-mid-August has been nice and...

Aug 24th

Since 2002, there have been over 35,000 being caned in Malaysia. Described as an epidemic by Amnesty...

Aug 24th

Sweet, Malaysia makes international news (CNN) on the caning of a Malaysian woman. We so totally get...

Aug 24th

More sites seem to be using Disqus for comments. Is it wise to “outsource” your...

Aug 24th

How to find per-process I/O statistics on...

Aug 23rd

Cheating the App Store: PR firm has interns...

Aug 23rd

MySQL Labs

Aug 23rd

RT @LenzGr: Slides of my #froscon talk on slideshare: http://bit.ly/4C3NL3 [on working for a virtual...

Aug 23rd

Now, @weigon tells us cool stuff about MySQL Proxy - i.e. ways to misuse it. Slides:...

Aug 23rd

wow, this is really just a weekend in Germany! People talk about going places for weekends,...

Aug 23rd

It seems like a lot of people don’t know about Gearman. I have Gearman stickers to bring back....

Aug 23rd

challenges for the iPhone in Korea http://bit.ly/33x0qt [good post by @gen. I’m curious to see...

Aug 23rd

In Finance Sites, Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/MDvQJ [I personally...

Aug 23rd

One thing great about the Internet in Germany? You’re getting 760KB/s transfers, and I wish I...

Aug 23rd

Dries Buytaert gave a most interesting keynote at #FrOSCon a little earlier. Drupal is really, quite...

Aug 23rd

Asia Venture Schwag http://bit.ly/gNvxe [looks interesting, but boy, am I so not into schwag...

Aug 23rd

If downloads of MySQL on Windows constitute more than 50% of traffic, why is it that helper tools...

Aug 23rd

Ooh, it seems that Intelligent Life by The Economist is now being delivered to other countries...

Aug 23rd

why does myOpenID not allow you to have a url: field in your vCard?

Aug 23rd

So, I’m in Troisdorf now, just a little out of Cologne. Tomorrow is FrOSCon and OpenSQLCamp....

Aug 21st

One thing the iPhone has over the Nokia N97: an option to disable data roaming. With the n97,...

Aug 21st

Sigh. All my MySQL presentations on the other laptop… have to start using slideshare more, and...

Aug 21st

Pos laju doesn’t send mobile phones, iPod’s, etc. WTF?!? Who’d send these items...

Aug 20th

HLA eyes RM150m from new plan http://bit.ly/1GOBff [good read, but why is there no info on HLA Cash...

Aug 20th

Stern warning to those who violate laws on Net http://bit.ly/4oGDei [won’t censor, but they...

Aug 20th

Economy hitting singapore airlines? Lounge has newspapers, but no more TIME, Newsweek, The...

Aug 20th

Lucky @zhiq (formerly @limyh) wins an iPhone 3G: Posted...

Aug 19th

Uniceed is an example of a successful Cradke graduate. Hmm. I is curious who else graduated from...

Aug 19th

Cradle has just under 50% succesful commercialisation rate for their grant funding program. Do we...

Aug 19th

“you cannot compete with google or microsoft, since they’re established” - no, its...

Aug 19th

SOTA to connect blogs to travel agents. I see some collab with Nuffnang really soon now. Harnessed...

Aug 19th

Abacus will provide flight info. I wonder if something like @wego could make an easy to use API, ala...

Aug 19th

Mktg: cari, nuffnang, tourism related sites. Tech: microsoft, google. Industry: GDS (Abacus), 600+...

Aug 19th

SOTA may already have WordPress and Joomla plugins. Restaurant finders anyone? Mmrm

Aug 19th

SOTA for developers talk had all the right buzzwords, but didn’t impress - lacking technical...

Aug 19th

Lucky @zhiq (formerly @limyh) wins an iPhone 3G http://post.ly/2PeB

Aug 19th

Leo Laporte and the TWiTs – TWiT 206: Mold...

Aug 19th

Leo Laporte and the TWiTs – TWiT 207:...

Aug 19th

Leo Laporte and the TWiTs – TWiT 208: Hide...

Aug 19th

Jay Rosen and Dave Winer – Rebooting the News...

Aug 19th

Listening to The digital edge ep#4. ChurpChurp. Interesting reading in this weekends Edge on the TA...

Aug 18th

RT @chrisblizzard: With an SSD even Openoffice.org starts up quickly. So much code for making...

Aug 18th

“Intermix content with advertising with the intent to fool somebody, that’s when it goes...

Aug 18th

This week in tech #207: Leo talks about IZEA being spammy in Twitter. About 30 minutes into the...

Aug 18th

Cabinet drops ‘race’ from official forms http://bit.ly/15lXU8 [this is really, a positive step...

Aug 18th

Update Twitter via SMS for Free in Singapore – sgBeat and SMSYO http://bit.ly/TTv1Y [cool, Interunix...

Aug 18th

Size stats: Men - 3 (M), 12 (L), 11 (XL), 2 (XXL). Women - 5 (S), 8 (M), 4 (L). Kinda interesting to...

Aug 18th

I will be at FrOSCon and OpenSQLCamp this weekend, so Cologne, Germany, here I come. Then, headed to...

Aug 18th

The Edge Malaysia – The Digital Edge Ep 4:...

Aug 18th

Amber MacArthur, Sarah Lane, and Leo Laporte...

Aug 18th

The Edge Malaysia – The Digital Edge 5: Geeks...

Aug 18th

Poken Asia

Aug 17th

Foller.me - before you follow...

Aug 17th

haineault.com / blog / A loser And a New Open...

Aug 17th

Mobile gadgets threaten in-flight...

Aug 17th

Had a quick lunch, while browsing mudah for apartments, noticed there’s a lot of...

Aug 16th

Whoops, I meant “bumi-only”. @derekw No, these are regular apartments, some lots seem to...

Aug 16th

RT @alphaque: @starintech why does mdec keep coming up with new projects but cant show deliverables...

Aug 16th

Wow, RM560 for glasses. And no photogray/transitions lenses either. But ready in 1h, ftw! @yoonkit...

Aug 16th

Shit. Spectacles just broke in the center. Making it hard to tape up even. Time to go get a new...

Aug 16th

I’m not the biggest audiobook fan, but buying a book via audible.com is just too easy. Amazon:...

Aug 16th

RT @ditesh: FOSS.my 2009 CfP has been extended to 31st August 2009! Submit your talks or side...

Aug 16th

Government Must Seriously Look Into Tax Reform - MIER http://bit.ly/2m4Gkb [GST/VAT in Malaysia by...

Aug 16th

RT @aizatto: new post at blog.aizatto.com: 15Malaysia http://bit.ly/2iBMVe [while I missed...

Aug 16th

Marshall Kirkpatrick & Dave Winer – Bad Hair...

Aug 16th

So who knows when APCN2 is going to be fixed? Is there status somewhere? Would love it when...

Aug 14th

Huawei makes the shittiest mobile broadband modems for MacOSX. Are there any recommendations from...

Aug 13th

Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte – net@night...

Aug 13th

contact@thisweekinstartups.com – This Week in...

Aug 13th

Jay Rosen and Dave Winer – News from NY

Aug 13th

So, why is KL so jammed today? Might want to head out there, but dislike being stuck unnecessarily...

Aug 12th

spotted someone wearing a tshirt: “uobgroup.com shines even brighter with Sun...

Aug 12th

RT @nazroll: 1st attempt in producing a short documentary video: one buck short rock-u-mentary...

Aug 12th

Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte – net@night...

Aug 12th

I have to say, kudos to the NetBeans team - I actually do like to use NetBeans 6.7 for Java code....

Aug 11th

More Aussie students to come for internships http://bit.ly/PvXmr [wait, in Oz, internships are...

Aug 11th

Wow, software is a funny business. About 43 days of uptime lost to a power failure? Nearly...

Aug 11th

Unconventional Methods To Prevent Influenza http://bit.ly/ENzUh [no masturbation? No homosexual sex?...

Aug 11th

“the BN government’s priority would remain the Malays” - Muhyiddin http://bit.ly/321c92...

Aug 11th

Congratulations to FriendFeed for getting acquired by Facebook. Holding out for years with great...

Aug 11th

Loving this new 5am-1pm routine for work. Well, I hope its a routine - seems to work for 2 days now...

Aug 11th

RT @mspecht: Best job title ever? http://bit.ly/9HJgY

Aug 11th

Why does Twitter only say I have 76 tweets? I’ve been tweeting since 2007, where the heck are...

Aug 11th

Twitter Support :: Tweet count is much smaller than it should be http://bit.ly/njJ9r [ah, Twitter...

Aug 11th

With blogging, you can search thru archives. With Twitter, its just not so straightforward. How is...

Aug 11th

Renewed flickr for another 2 years. Does that mean, some of my money now goes to Microsoft after the...

Aug 11th

Payment via touch n go http://post.ly/22Ll

Aug 9th

Early to bed, early to rise… Damn, a lot of work ahead of me. So much to do, so little...

Aug 9th

Sepet bug: jason gave orkid a mobile number, yet she called his home. Slit eyes? Interracial stuff?...

Aug 9th

Pavillion is a fucking fire hazard. You can park, but you can never leave. All exits/entrances...

Aug 9th

Chilling out at the lake club. Seems there’s free (fast) wifi at the garden cafe. And the...

Aug 9th

Payment via touch n go: Posted via email from Colin...

Aug 9th

DiGi business website fails on mobile phones. Though, i’m considering getting it...

Aug 8th

Bwin.com subtly advertises in lady gaga’s poker face video. Product placements are great...

Aug 8th

Saw a moving DiGi ad, that made sounds like the old newspaper man. Wonder if that kinda advertising...

Aug 7th

Learned a new skill today. I can now make gold nuggets for the afterlife, outta paper. And then burn...

Aug 6th

Upbeat music at the funeral is what everyone needs! And before that, the bee gees. Wonder if...

Aug 6th

They say unrequited love is the most painful? No. Seeing the one you love lose someone dear to her...

Aug 4th

C’mon nokia. I can play music without a wired headset, right? Why can’t i listen to the...

Aug 4th

And then it rains in Cheras. Let’s hope the weather is clear tomorrow, after today’s...

Aug 4th

SUSE Studio http://bit.ly/1aQMi [appliances/custom distros are the future. rPath were ahead of this...

Aug 3rd

RT @Asohan: NY Times: Malaysian Arrests Put in Question Vow of Rights http://tinyurl.com/lasf3x

Aug 3rd

“I have no idea whether he/she reads emails, Please contact by phone” - this from a...

Aug 3rd

Lazytwits, how does one actually go about purchasing this Amanah Saham 1Malaysia? There...

Aug 3rd

Who in their right mind will put MySQL and FORTRAN in the same sentence? Does anyone even use...

Aug 3rd

How does anyone with nails use the Nokia N97 keyboard? Do ladies with nails use it? I just had to...

Aug 3rd

Teoh family demand apology over ‘insensitive’ Utusan article http://bit.ly/fcquY [I never bought...

Aug 3rd

How does one get tickets to MTV World Stage?

Aug 3rd

Dear lazytwits, where can I get mahjong paper before Popular Bookstore opens? I.e. before 10am?...

Aug 3rd

If I were PAS, I’d have hired folk with A(H1N1) and other contagious diseases to go to the...

Aug 1st

Besides Alexa, and maybe Google Ad Planner (and Compete), what other tools do you use, to judge...

Aug 1st

“As long as Barisan Nasional is leading the government, the ISA will not be abolished” -...

Aug 1st

I know we have “erections” every 5 years, but freedom to protest is part of a democracy....

Aug 1st

Najib tries to buy votes from 50,000 university goers? RM100 that grows by next election…...

Aug 1st

Analytics Toolbox: 50+ Ways to Track Website Traffic http://bit.ly/1Tq9ux [useful, but not much on...

Aug 1st