Friday, November 28, 2008

Terrorism And Google Ads

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These days you can buy Google Adwords to sell anything. Even terrorism.

Two offensive Google Ads appeared next to stories about the recent Mumbai attacks on the IBN Live site.

It is of course not Google’s intent to sell offensive ads, but its just their automated ads - content targeting system that is flawed.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Web Barack Obama 2.0

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After a seemingly impossible 2 year campaign, Senator Barack Hussein Obama was elected the first black president of the United States earlier this month. The president elect has grabbed his ticket to the White House with the largest, most organised and active grass roots support in the history of United States politics, and possibly that of the world. He undeniably owes much of his campaign success to the power of the internet - to raise funds, gain publicity and organise support.

Barack Obama's has reportedly an army of over 3 million Internet associated contributors and volunteers who helped him raise a record breaking $600 million in donations and tirelessly lobbied for support on the ground.

In an acceptance speech in Chicago, Senator Obama said, "I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause."

Related stories:

Obama's Viral Marketing Campaign

Obama: The Internet Maverick

How Obama's Campaign Changed Politics

For the past 10 years, the web has indeed changed the way people work and live. And it now has made another breakthrough; by changing the way people participate in local and world events, including the selection of leaders.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Thank You

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Thank you all for visiting this blog.

The above is the screen shot of this blog's traffic for the previous week. With your support, this blog has been averaging between 400 - 500 unique visitors per day and is attracting approximately 13,000 unique visitors per month. This traffic also converts to about 26,500 page views each month.

I especially want to thank my regular readers; yes I know who you are ;). I know some of you have been visiting this blog when it only had less than 50 visitors per day. Thanks a lot.

This consistent traffic is a great motivation for continuing this blog.

Having said all this, I still need suggestions on ways to improve this blog - any suggestions are welcome.

Cheers, guys.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Barack Obama Elected President

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Barack Obama, the "Prince of Change", is set to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States Of America. Some Malaysians believe that 44 isn't a good number. In Chinese geomancy the number 44 represents a "double death" (Sei-Sei, in Cantonese). But adding 4+4, you get 8 (Fatt, in Cantonese) - as Fatt means prosperity, it is believed that the number 8 brings the equivalent positive vibes. So, WTF ? (What The Fatt ?)

The America people have made yet another dramatic and benchmark decision today by electing their first black president. With this landslide victory, Senator Barack Obama is poised to start a new era in America and possibly the world. What kind of new era, however, is yet to be seen. But as the last eight years under President Bush have been very disappointing for most Americans, how bad can Obama be, in comparison ? If you've been eating roti canai everyday for the last eight years, even maggi mee will be a welcome change.

Barack Hussein Obama, whose father is Kenyan and mother, a white American, beat his rival John McCain by winning the key states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, prior to passing the essential threshold of 270 electoral college votes at 0400 GMT, when results showed he had also won California and many other states.

America's political hurricane has also caused Obama's Democratic Party, to wrest convincing control over both the Senate and the House Of Representatives as well. This shows how desperate Americans must be for change.

Change has already started in America, and the winds of this change may blow towards our direction. Eating roti canai everyday for so many years can be really enduring, and equally bad for health. Why not try eating something different ?

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Movie Recommendation Tool

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Don't know what to watch next ? Use this tool to discover what movies you might like to watch. Type in a movie you like and you will get a list of several other movies that are similar.

Visit - MyFlimz

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Art & Ethics Of Double Parking Your Car

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A lot of people would agree that whilst illegal parking (double parking) is perhaps one of the biggest contributing factor to chaotic traffic congestion at popular commercial areas in the Klang Valley, it is nevertheless a necessary evil.

Even Mat Salleh (Caucasian) expats living in Malaysia have resigned to the idea that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do..." - thus in Malaysia, they have also learned to double park their cars just like Malaysians.

As the art of double parking has become a necessary survival skill when living in cities like Kuala Lumpur, the ethics involved should be considered as well. Why ethics ? well, to be considerate to other motorist, you'd have to double park your car in such a way so as not to block the traffic flow on the street. There are lots of inconsiderate "double parkers" (a new Malaysian term) in the Klang Valley - they double park their cars and leave very little space for other vehicles to maneuver, thus clogging the street. Some even double park their cars and just disappear from the vicinity. This cause the drivers wishing to remove their cars from the proper parking lots pressing on their horns (sometimes for 15 minutes or more) in attempt to get the attention from these inconsiderate double parkers, who are no where in sight. This is totally inconsiderate and irresponsible double parking ethics.

Allow me to be politically incorrect: the major culprits unfortunately are women, Ah Bengs and Machas. Women, because they normally can't drive or park very well to begin with - a skill flaw. Ah Bengs and Machas, because they are generally socially inconsiderate - an education problem. I might be wrong, as I do not have statistics to back this up, but this is my personal opinion based on my observation.

According to a recent news report, there are apparently plenty of commercial parking facilities made available, but motorist just refuse to pay the exorbitant parking fees. Of course, no one is willing to pay RM3.00 per hour if they're only wanting to park their cars for less than half an hour. What's worse is that these commercial parking facilities are usually half empty and the car park management would rather leave it that way instead of restructuring the fee system.

So folks, if you have to double park your car - be considerate.

Please post your comments. And be considerate also. ;)
 

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