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This party just took a notch up. Funny videos! :) seems lots of companies depend on mysql... But community is just so reliable for them 2 hours ago
Getting pretty bored at the Sun party... Maybe the coke light mix doesn't help... 2 hours ago
there are benefits to having a local office nearby. today they're buying booze for partners and staff :P 4 hours ago
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Messaging matters   2 days ago

Look at the pitches these articles give. Tell me if you get different messages from them.

The Star says Govt has stopped paying petrol subsidies: Shahrir and The Malaysian Insider says Malaysians are now paying petrol tax.

The Malaysian Insider has 28 comments at the time of this writing… Interactivity. Something traditional media should look into?

To remember in the future:

“After the station operators take their margin of 12.1sen and the oil companies take their margin of 19.1sen, we are left with RM1.69 from RM2.

“If the refinery price is RM1.30 per litre for example, the Government will be taking 39sen per litre as revenue.”

Tab sweep   4 days ago

PickupPal PickupPal is an interesting concept. Its a web tool to connect drivers and passengers, to help carpool, in various towns, all around the world. This is something I wish I’d known about had I been in Melbourne. I of course only found out about it, thanks to the city of Ontario being silly, and fining them for unregulated transportation. I say fair game for all - this is like hitchhiking 2.0? Good way to make new friends, and I’m guessing it’ll work well, if you already enjoy things like CouchSurfing, for example.

BBC promoting new shows via personalisation   5 days ago

A great, modern way, to promote a TV series. [spooks] code 9 allows you to upload an image, and play a “game”, that is generated into a movie (a short clip). It takes all of under two minutes to do, and the whole application itself (Flash based) will take about five minutes of your time.

Personalisation, has been taken to the next level. The video below will last for three months, after which all I have are the screenshots. Give it a twirl, you might enjoy it.

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my ID; a rendered me (as a Caucasian woman, quite possibly :P)

I like the idea of allowing you to email, or upload to Facebook, or embedding it to your own site. I like how you “play a role” in the mission. You have choices, before the final movie is made. All in all, good job BBC.

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Discipline   2 days ago

Shared by byte When we see someone with a good body there's a lot of subconscious reactions: attraction, envy, desire, perhaps even jealousy.Buried deeper, however, is another involuntary acknowledgment that here is a person who displays physical discipline.This is not to say that everyone who has a good body is disciplined - they may be bulimic, a junkie or just genetically blessed - but it is generally part of the complex message delivered to our senses when we see someone athletic without their clothes on.

When we see someone with a good body there's a lot of subconscious reactions: attraction, envy, desire, perhaps even jealousy.

Buried deeper, however, is another involuntary acknowledgment that here is a person who displays physical discipline.

Shark + iPhone   8 days ago

Just a tip, in case you didn’t realize — you can use Shark to profile an app running on your iPhone. It’s a little painful, but it’s do-able.

(Update 8:17 pm: Forgot to mention File > Symbolicate... You’ll need that too.)


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