Rest in Peace, Michael Jackson

@ndy    News    

My PC was on the whole night (as usual) and when I woke up this morning at about 6.20am to switch it off, i saw one of my friend’s Facebook status on the screen.. “…hhhmmm, Michael Jackson dies of possible cardiac arrest…“.

Aik?

I google for the news.. YES. I’m not dreaming. He’s dead. R.I.P . A shocking news early in the morning. Sigh.

Not to say I’m a Big Fan of MJ, but I used to listen to his songs  since i was a lil’ kid.  Still remember “Beat It” & “Billie Jean” and also his moonwalk. A trademark.

Legend.

And this is one of my favourite song, Heal The World…

“.. Heal The World Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough For The Living
Make A Better Place For You And For Me..”

Rest in Peace, MJ.

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FireFox 3 Out Now

@ndy    News, Open Source, Technology    

The latest version of Mozilla Firefox web browser, Firefox 3 released today. I’ve tried the beta version of Firefox 3 before in my Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) and what i can say, it’s not good enough. Few plugins/add-ons were not compatible (i dunno why Ubuntu 8.04 set Firefox 3 Beta as their default browser). Also a bit lagging when you open multiple tabs. Yea, i consider all that since it was a beta version. However it has improved! Still rocking lar, i must say. Much Better than IE7.

I’m sure this latest version of Firefox is getting better. Download for free. Hey! Don’t forget to spread the word about the Download Day, a mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!

Woot! I’m going to..

Update:

Extra reading : http://me.zestful.org/2008/06/first-look-at-firefox-3/

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Ad : 1a.m. Academy Launch

@ndy    News    

1a.m. is launching the very own 1a.m. Academy, a place where talents are groomed to be at their best, where new ones are discovered, and taught by experienced facilitators, integrating the message of excellence, with full fledged facilities provided but at an affordable price.

1a.m. Academy is dedicated in bringing forth positive music that will revolutionize and impact the future of the music industry. Inspiring transformation that will surface a new standard of creativity that is set apart, creating tracks of opportunities for a new generation of people combined with creative elements.1a.m. Academy is officially launched in June 2008, introducing courses like Music Production, Church Sound Production and Play-By-Ear as well as our instrumental classes and vocal classes. Come and learn from the best, check out our amazing range of courses and instruments classes that is offered, either learning a new or just improving your skills, let them help you to be at your best!

Contact 1am Academy for more information!

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Petrol will be RM2.70 a litre

@ndy    News     hike, petrol

Serious stuff dude…

The new price of petrol is RM2.70 per litre beginning midnight tonight,
it was announced a moment ago by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad. Diesel will go up by RM1 per litre while
the price for ULG 92 per litre went up by 74 sen. The 78 sen hike or 40
per cent increase for the ULG 97 petrol is still below the antiticpated
RM4 per litre price projected earlier and among the cheapest in Asia.

[Source : NST]

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Air Asia’s Baggage Fee

@ndy    News     air asia, baggage fee, datuk tony fernandes, low cost carriage

This is no good..

KUALA LUMPUR: Budget airline AirAsia will introduce check-in baggage fees from April 21.

The move is to defray rising fuel costs, said group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes.

The baggage fees are RM3 per bag (for online check-in) and RM5 per bag (for airport check-in).

Let say baggage fee = RM5 per bag..

Excess baggage (per kg) = ____ ?

Via : The Star

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Google, Wine, Codeweavers & Adobe Photoshop

@ndy    News, Open Source, Technology     adobe, codeweaver, crossover, cs2, linux, Open Source, photoshop cs, wine

Woooot! Just another superb project from Google. They hired Codeweavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine. A good news I must say for all Linux users as Google & Codeweavers are working hard to improve Wine for Adobe Photoshop in Unix platform. Yah as we know.. There are quite number of people who use “Photoshop” as an excuse not to switch to Linux 100% (including myself) . I still prefer dual-boot because of this single reason.

What is Wine, anyway?

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

Thanks Google for this Open Source project! Wooot!

Extra Reading:
Google behind Photoshop’s new Linux compatibility
Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work
Photoshop works better than ever in Linux, Thanks to Google

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Cayalah Arsenal! Keep on Rocking

@ndy    News    

On top again. Arsenal beat Reading 3-1. Carry on Gunners!

Via [Soccernet]

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Ask for Milo Ais and Sky Juice

@ndy    News    

We heard about a Mamak Restaurant in Terengganu sells a glass of Milo Ais for RM1.80 and given a compound RM22,500 by the KPDNHEP. But now in Miri, they’re selling the drink for RM2 a glass! What a joke.

Via Utusan Malaysia (Malay)

MIRI 30 Mei – Bahagian Penguat Kuasa Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) Cawangan Miri mengesan terdapat peniaga menjual segelas Milo ais sehingga RM2 dan ini merupakan harga tertinggi pernah dilaporkan setakat ini.

Heh. The most expensive price reported.

Public toilet in Malaysia will cost you around 30 – 50 cents per entry. But in Jelebu, the Sky Juice (air kosong) cost you 40 cents. Hmmm.

Also via Utusan Malaysia (Malay)

SEREMBAN 30 Mei – Percaya atau tidak, air suam yang dijual di sebuah kedai makan di Kuala Klawang, Jelebu berharga 40 sen segelas?

Tetapi begitulah dakwaan Presiden Persatuan Pengguna Negeri Sembilan (Nesca), Khairuddin Yunos yang mendedahkan perkara itu selepas mendakwa memperoleh maklumat daripada seorang pemanggil yang membuat aduan kepada pihaknya.

So, the 35% increment has changed the attitude of our ‘business-minded’ people.

So how now? Give them compound? Enough?

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Domain at RM26

@ndy    News    

Yep. If you think of buying domain name for your blog, your online business or whatever it is, now is the right time because the EcommerceMastery.Com (A Malaysia – US Hosting Joint Venture project) is having their promotion until the end of May 2007. You can get your own domain name at only RM26. A good deal for now. Yea. I already bought mine. Heh.. for future purpose. Who knows.

Hear me right. Their Efficient Plan can host 3 domain names in one package.. for RM100, with 1GB space and 10GB bandwidth.

*Updates:

Starting from June 2007. The domain name will cost you RM30 only! Get yours now.

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Google is Buying Feedburner for US$100 Million?

@ndy    News, Technology    

The rumours is over. So what now? The deal is already confirmed.

Via TechCrunch

Rumors about Google acquiring RSS management company Feedburner from last week, started by ex-TechCrunch UK editor Sam Sethi, are accurate and are now confirmed according to a source close to the deal. Feedburner is in the closing stages of being acquired by Google for around $100 million.

FeedBurner is a well known leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds. Well, I guess this will be a smart move for Google.

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Google’s Playground

@ndy    News, Technology    

Yea, Google is always experimenting with new features aimed at improving the search experience. We can have a look on their latest ideas here.

Or maybe you just visit their playground and see what’s next?

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Platinum Made Gundam

@ndy    News    

Little John might say.. “Mummy, I want that….”

But this is not an ordinary toy. This Gundam is made of 1,400 grams of pure platinum, unveiled in Tokyo recently.

Source : People’s Daily Online

Will there be a Gundam made of gold soon? Nothing is impossible, i believe.

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