This problem can be easily solved by price comparison sites like Wize.com. This site makes it easier for US online shoppers to get the best deal for a particular product they want to buy online and at the same time, get an idea of how good the product is based on the reviews. Take for example, if you are looking to buy a toaster oven. How do you make a choice from the many toaster ovens available out there? The toaster ovens page on Wize will be a good helping hand.

Now, if only they can expand this to other countries as well…

Anyway, if you do have to use printer at home or at work, you will have no choice but to buy the ink cartridges. There are many online sites that sell such ink cartridges, and one of such sites is inkers.biz. Their toner and ink cartridges are 100% guaranteed against defect for 1 year, so you don’t have to worry if anything went wrong.

Besides that, this site also provide a 30-day return policy with no question asked, which gives you an option to change your mind once you’ve received the order. However, they only sell to customers within the US only.

By using this site, you have the opportunity to look for vacancies or jobs in London and in every other big cities in the UK. Because London is more popular for jobseekers, the london jobs site will be vey useful for them.

There are plenty of other features of gumtree as well - basically it’s like an online classified site which combines almost everything, from accommodation for rent/sale to jobs and selling things online. It’s quite good; I’ve sold some of my thing before by using this site but as usual, one has to be always beware of scammers when selling things online.

I’ve never been to the States but if I have the chance to visit this country, I would love to go to Las Vegas. Not because I want to gamble, but it seems like the scenery in Las Vegas especially during the night is very nice despite the fact that it’s in a dessert area (if I am not mistaken). Anyway, if you’re interested in visiting Las Vegas, RealTravel.com is a site not to be missed.

This site seems to be a good travel site with almost everything a tourist would need. I’m actually surprised that it’s not as popular as other travel websites. There are list of popular Las Vegas hotels with their rates, list of Las Vegas attractions and also a useful feature called Travel Blog to give you an idea of what other tourists are experiencing in Las Vegas.

It’s a useful travel website and I’ll definitely use it if I’m going for a travel trip in the future.

I’m not a big fan of luxury watch as I prefer to be simple - having a basic watch with basic features such as showing the time and date. Some might prefer a much more expensive watch with various functions. But some others prefer something different and unique; like luxury watches. Such watches are extremely expensive and are normally decorated with diamonds and <insertanyexpensivejewel>.

So, if you are one of such lucky people, then you’ll love this site called Watchluxus.com. As its name suggests, it offers the world’s largest luxury watch database, which means you can easily find your favourite luxury watch here. Even by looking at the photos makes my eyes hurt (due to the virtual glare or maybe because my screen is too realistic). Well, this website has a lot of information on many luxury watches so even if you’re not buying, you can still browse around to gain some knowledge on the uniqueness of such watches.

There’s also a function to search for watches on the site, called WatchFinder. Using this search function, you can search for the best luxury watch that suits all your desired needs and functions. If you find such website helpful, don’t forget to donate a pair of luxury watch to me if you have a spare one lying around. =)

I still remember the good ol’ TV days, ie the days before YouTube and other video sharing sites “took over” our lives. At that time, all my family members will always fight for a place to sit to watch our favourite show on our small telly. Back then, I was really hoping that we could afford a large flat panel TV.

Well, I am still hoping to buy a large plasma screen for my family someday. While the prices of plasma tv in Malaysia is exorbitant, one can easily get a plasma TV in the US for relatively cheaper price. Take, for example the Pioneer PDP-6070HD Flat Panel plasma tv in Shopping.com. This website, which allows you to view deals on plasma TV clearly shows that one can easily get a 60inch plasma tv from as low as $3000. I doubt you can get anything close to that with RM3000.

For those in the US, you can make use of the listing of offers to make your Plasma TV purchase much easier. By sorting the list by price, you can find out the cheapest place to get your Plasma TV, which is much more convenient than hunting for one by foot. There are also plenty of other selections of plasma TVs and you’ll also get to read reviews of each product. If only such shopping website is available in Malaysia…

*Brought to you by Shopping.com.

If anything involves paying money, everyone wants the cheapest and the best. Thankfully, we don’t have to shop around manually as everything can be done online. This includes hunting for cheap accommodations when you go travelling.

Obviously, travelling involves a lot of money and most of the expenses are to pay for hostels and food. So, it’s very important to do your research before booking for one, or you might end up in a dodgy yet expensive hotel.

If you’re planning for a trip, then there’s a website called realtravel.com, which can help you with things like journey planning and hotel/hostel bookings. You get to read reviews and price list on hotels (for example, look at their New York Hotels section), get on discussion with other members in their discussion forums and read the interesting articles in their  Editor’s Picks section. This website has been voted one of the 12 essential travel sites by Forbes so obviously it’s a well-established site that will definitely help your holiday/backpacking trip planning.

I would like to share a bit about my experience with travel insurance. Some of you might think, why would I need to fork out extra money for travel insurance when you are already paying so much for a much deserved holiday. Actually, the more you pay for a holiday, the more worthwhile it is to get a travel insurance for your holiday trip.

When I went for a trip to Spain few months ago, I bought a single trip travel insurance from STA Travel simply because I want a peace of mind. I wanted to enjoy my holiday, without worrying about lost luggage or being robbed or losing your passport, as I know my insurance will cover that. You wouldn’t want to cancel your trip just because you lost your valuables, would you? Also, it is very usual to bring a lot of cash while travelling so you’ll get a sense of security there as well.

Actually, my wallet was almost being “picked” by a pickpocket in Barcelona. Luckily I managed to spot him. Their tactic is quite simple: they normally target travellers by getting close to them near places like gated exit/entrance (eg: when the gate where you enter/exit in Metro station). Once you passed through the barrier, you’ll be separated from the pickpocket so it’ll easy for him to escape. So, always be careful when entering/exiting places like that (in fact, you have to be careful at all times).

I didn’t realise that Marks and Spencer (aka M&S), the supermarket for “higher class” people also provide travel insurance. Yeah, you can actually buy your travel insurance from M&S, be it a multi trip travel insurance or an annual travel insurance. I shouldn’t be surprised really, because other big supermarkets in the UK provide bank accounts, insurance, credit card etc. Something that is completely different from what we can see in Malaysia, eh? Anyway, it doesn’t matter where you get your travel insurance from as long as you make sure it covers all your valuable stuff. It’s definitely worth getting a travel insurance, based on my experience. =)

So, from an ugly male –> hot female is not impossible. You know what I mean?

I’ve decided to go for a sex-change operation. I know it will cost a lot of money but I think it’s worth it. A lot of procedures to go through at the moment, such as changing my passport, getting a medical checkup and all that.

What do you think? If you believe everything I’ve written just now, well done. You’re officially my best friend. =)

I came across this story on digg.com, about a man’s experience of being a hot woman. Don’t be put off by the photograph on the front page, but read through the story - it’s pretty interesting! Don’t be put off by the 9-pages, either. Not easy being a hot woman, eh? With great beauty, comes great responsibilities.

Planning to visit the UK? If you have such plan, then finding an affordable accommodation for your stay here in the UK might be quite a problem. The cheapest option is to stay in a hostel, but many people are not keen on the idea of sharing dorm rooms with 2-8 people. Furthermore, you get problems like snoring room-mates and ended up not having a good night sleep.

Hence, a cheap and affordable hotel is probably the next best option. However, it’s not easy to find cheap hotels in places like London or Manchester. Hence, you would need hotel comparison website like CheaperThanHotels.co.uk to look for cheap hotels in London. I just took a quick look at some of the hotels and the 1 and 2 stars hotels are quite affordable considering the fact that they are mostly located in central London. If you are looking to visit not-so-central places like Greenwich, they also have plenty of Greenwich accommodation for you to choose from.

They do have cheap hotels listed on their website apart from those in London. For example, if you are going to visit Manchester (to watch Man Utd football match, perhaps?), then you might want to check out the cheap hotels in Manchester listed on their website as well. Bear in mind, it’s always cheaper to book hotels earlier (at least a few weeks in advance)and to shop around online for other cheaper hotels.

Note: This post is brought to you by cheaperthanhotels.co.uk

eBay gained so much success and has carved a path for online businesses to boom. Nowadays, it isn’t surprising to find better deals from shopping online as compared to buying in person. In the UK, you can even buy groceries online and have it delivered to you in person. Sounds pretty convenient, eh?

Well, now with so many blogs mushrooming and expanding so wildly these days, some bloggers are also trying to sell some of their unwanted products on their blogs. Ashop shopping cart software might come useful in this case. Even the online digital photo frame shop I blogged about previously is using this software for their shopping cart. It’s not a bad idea to start your very own small shop to sell your stuff, don’t you think so? As for online merchants, you might want to have a secure and proven shopping cart software for selling your products online.

I have not used this piece of ecommerce software yet, but after trying their demo on their website, I think it’s pretty simple and easy to use. So give the demo a try and if you want to take it further, they even offer 10-day free trial (without the need of credit card) for you to test it out on your site.

To be honest, when I saw this product I was amazed. I didn’t realise that technology has moved so fast and after not keeping in touch with the technology world (heck, I’m still using a 2G phone when everyone is using 3G or smartphone these days). Felt a bit left behind, after all I was a tech addict.

Anyway, this product I’m talking about is a digital photo frame. Remember the old type of photo frame, where you have to insert one printed photo at a time and after a few years, everything starts to turn yellow? Now with this digital photo frame, all you have to do is insert a memory card into the frame and it will display the photos you like. No need to worry about photo yellowing anymore (although you will still have to take some effort to keep it dust-free).

One place where you can get such product is from Digitalframez.com. It is an online store specializing in LCD digital photo frames. I haven’t used their services or bought anything from them before, but they seemed to a good selection of digital photo frames there. The products are priced in £, so I would assume that this is a UK company but they do ship internationally as well. So have a look around their site and see if you would like to buy a digital frame from them.

What is Smorty? Probably some of you might have heard of this company. It is another get paid to blog service that connects advertisers with bloggers. Basically, advertisers can join this program and create campaigns or opportunities for bloggers to write about their services or products. Then, the bloggers will get paid for blogging about their opinion according to the requirements outlined by the advertisers. Submit your post and the article will be subjected to approval by Smorty admin. As simple as that.

For bloggers who wish to sign up, a PayPal account is required to receive payment. As far as I can see from their signup form, anyone from most countries in the world can join this program. Bloggers will get paid weekly for their approved written article, which is good as you don’t have to wait too long for the money to arrive in your PayPal.

As this company is still new, there might be very few campaigns for you to choose from but give it a try. After all, every little helps, right?

 I know this is a bit late but better late than never, right?

Today, there are quite a number of bloggers attempting to blog every 30 mins for a total period of 24 hour; all in the name of charity. Here are some of the participants, our very own Malaysian bloggers:

• pelf for the Eden Handicap Service Center [Pledge]
• Edrei for the Association for International Cancer Research [Pledge]
• Serge Norguard for UNICEF [Pledge]
• Yee Pei for the Malaysian Mental Health Association [Pledge]
• Ja Mustapha for MERCY Malaysia [Pledge]
• Kelwin for MAKNA Malaysia [Pledge]

(Links copied and posted from chanlilian.net, I hope you don’t mind!)

To find out more about blogathon, go to their website here: Blogathon

To pledge and support your chosen bloggers, just click the Pledge link above and register with Blogathon before submitting the amount you are willing to donate. Note that you are not actually submitting the money to the bloggers, but it’s just a way to say that you’re donating that amount to that particular charity so no worries about scam here. You have to pledge by Sunday 9pm (Malaysian Time) or Sunday 6am (Pacific Time), so do it fast!

Remember, every little helps….Even if you can’t afford to pledge anything, why not hop on to their blogathon sites to give your support? =)

So, I went to look for other alternative and finally decided to go back to my previous spam blocker, Spam Karma 2 (aka SK2, but of course not the one you girls use for makeups). I was convinced by the article written by D’Arcy about “Downgrading Akismet“. Quite a funny article as well. SPAM DIE DIE DIE! Don’t disappoint me, SK2.

Some good features of SK2:
- Ability to configure stricter protection on old posts with no activity (popular spam target)
- Additional CAPTCHA check if the comment’s karma is within a certain error margin, providing the commenter with a chance to prove himself innocent.

So wordpress users, are you still using Akismet or have you guys switched away long time ago? Or if you have a better spam protection for your blog, do let me know.

Download SK2 from Dave’s Blog.

A long feat: (Above) Students from the Multimedia University in Cyberjaya cheering upon hearing the announcement that they had broken the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s longest barg kebab by creating one that was 2.016km long. The last world record was set in Denmark for a barg kebab that was 1.5km long. More than 250 students (below) made the kebab which required 3.5 tonnes of chicken meat costing RM24,000.  

Source: TheStar

Electrolux just tipped us the details on these, possibly their finest invention to date.

Crafted like a pair of lurid green slippers they’re designed to hoover, sorry, Electrolux up dirt as you shuffle around your gaff.

Source: T3 magazine

But, I think there’s already a type of robotic vacuum cleaner that goes around the house automatically? That should probably work better than these shoes.

This 22nd Century gadget is about half the size of your average deck of cards, sits wirelessly on any flat surface, and projects a red standard QWERTY-layout keyboard on any flat opaque surface. Using detection technology it “watches” your fingers hit the key locations it has projected, and then sends the keystrokes through to your PDA, smart phone or pocket PC via Bluetooth.

Source: IWantOneofThose

The price? Don’t even ask - it’s a whooping £149. No other keyboard is as cool as this, but at this sort of price, I guess I will have to stick with my normal basic keyboard.

Step 1: Adjust settings using Google Webmaster Tools
Google Webmaster Tools is useful to adjust the way Googlebot crawl and index your site, so sign up with them if you haven’t. After logging in to Google Webmaster Tools, look under the “Preferred Domain” menu (on the left sidebar), choose the appropriate settings for your site.

Step 2: Set up a 301 Redirection
After you decided whether to include www or not, you have to make sure all visitors will end up at the same url. There are few ways of which this can be done using 301 redirection.

First step is if your site is hosted on a Linux server with Apache Mod-Rewrite module enabled.

a) redirect all http://www.yoursite.com to http://yoursite.com
Go to your root directory and add the following code to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://yoursite.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

b) redirect all http://yoursite.com to http://www.yoursite.com
Go to your root directory and add the following code to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Note: Make sure you chance yoursite.com in the code to your own site URL!

Alternative Step: Use A Wordpress Plugin (For Wordpress Users)
If you are not hosted on Linux server, or if you’re not using Apache, or if you are confused with editing the .htaccess file, use this plugin called WWW Redirect. You can set whether to have the www or not from your Wordpress Admin panel once you set this plugin up successfully.

Hope it works for all of you out there.

Reference: John Chow - Setting The Preferred Domain

A guy called Nicael Holt, a 24-year old male put his life up for bidding on Ebay. Crazy? Take a look at his Ebay page here: Link

The bid has ended by the way, at AU$7,500!. I think the bidder is crazier than the seller.

So is this considered slavery? Or what? I don’t quite understand, man! LoL! Weird stuff people do these days… 

His name is John Evans and his achievements were listed in Guinness Book of World Records. Check out his website here: http://www.headbalancer.com/

Remember, don’t try this at home.

Yes, you can now use TextLinkAds* for blogs hosted by Blogger.com! Before this, TLA is only available for blogs hosted on non-free servers. If you’ve never heard of TLA, it’s a way to monetize your site by selling text links. The more popular your blog is, the more money you can earn!

We are excited to announce that Text Link Ads publishing program now is compatible with Blogger! If you have not yet upgraded to the newest version of Blogger, you will need to do so in order to use our publishing program.

Thanks for your patience with us while we got our ad program ready for Blogger

Source: TLA blog

So Blogger users, sign up and start earning from TextLinkAds* now.

Sign up for TLA*

* If you sign up from the link marked with *, I will get to earn some commission. Thanks!

Please help spread words around to help victims of the recent flood in Johor.

The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) is appealing to general public including private sectors, corporate, organisations for generous contributions towards the Malaysian Red Crescent Relief Fund set up to provide financial and relief assistance to people affected by the recent flood.

All cash contributions are tax-exempted and are to be made payable to:

“Malaysian Red Crescent Society” or Maybank A/C No - 5144 2210 3788 or call  Tel: +603 - 4257 8726, Fax: +603 - 4257 3537 (Operations Room) for details.

Those who would like to have tax-exemption receipt must fax in your bank-in slip and details (name, address and contact no) to the fax stated.

MRCS is also appealing for items that will be distributed to the various relief centres as follows:

Perishable Food
Rice, Instant Noodle and Milk  - Infant Formula and Adult

Can Food
Chicken/Mutton/Beef, Vegetables, Sardines, Sugar, Coffee/Tea (Dust), Biscuits, Salt, Cooking Oil, Mineral Water

Non Perishable Food
Sanitary Pads, Pampers, Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Towels, Soap, Detergent, Dettol, Slippers, Rubbish Bag

Medicines
Metronidazole, C.Penicillin, Ciprofloxacin, Anti-emetic - Metaclopramide, Antidiarrhoeal - Lomotil, Paracetomol tablets/suppository, Voltaran suppository and Antibiotic eye drops.

School Items
School Bags, Uniform, Books, Stationaries and Bicycles.

More details can be found at http://www.redcrescent.org.my

Here’s an interesting video of some crazy Christmas light show; just in time for Christmas! I personally think it’s amazing how they did that and it’s fun to watch! (However, if you did notice the date, it was uploaded about a year ago but who cares!).

Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas to everyone!

You guys got to watch this video. It’s a stop-motion movie of two friends who turned into enemies and fighting each other. Sounds pretty dull, but you’ll know what I mean after watching it!

I think they really have too much spare time! Can you imagine how long it will take to make that movie out of pictures? I would say, probably the guys who made this movies are 80 years old now… Haha! Enjoy the video!

On the “Light to Unite” Web site, visitors can light a virtual candle, share stories about how HIV/AIDS has impacted their lives, and help increase awareness of the epidemic by e-mailing a friend. For each virtual candle lit through December 31, 2006, Bristol-Myers Squibb will contribute $1 to the National AIDS Fund, up to a maximum contribution of $100,000, to benefit AIDS service organizations in underserved communities in the U.S. Web site visitors will also have the opportunity to increase the impact of the Bristol-Myers Squibb contribution to the National AIDS Fund by making an additional donation on the National AIDS Fund Web site at http://www.aidsfund.org/.

Source: MedicalNewsToday

I remember that I wrote about this exactly one year ago (See here); how time flies! It’s basically the same (and as simple) as last year - you just need to visit their site (LightToUnite.org) to light a virtual candle and Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate $1 towards the National AIDS Fund. It’s World AIDS Day today, so please do your bit! You can also read stories about AIDS sufferers after lighting up the candles.

Go ahead and tell as many people as you can!

Source: TheStar (link will not work after 7 days if I am not mistaken).

I’m not talking about the silliness of the train driver for driving the train off the track; I’m referring to the people who are standing below the dangling train.

Maybe you’ll think it isn’t at all silly, but if you read the full article, there’s an electricity substation just below the dangling train and a witness said that it was quite fortunate that the train did not crash down and struck the substation, because it would explode.

Explode? Possible? Just look at the picture again…. those people were standing so close to the station and watching. What is so nice to see that they are willing to risk their lives like that? Just imagine if the train suddenly moved and crash straight down to the electric substation.

Amazing people….

A WOMAN has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body. Natasha Timarovic, 27, was cleaning her teeth at in her home in the Croatian city of Zadar when lightning struck the building. She said: “I had just put my mouth under the tap to rinse away the toothpaste when the lightning must have struck the building.

This may sound crazy but it actually happened in Croatia! It’s amazing how lightning could strike a building and travel through the waterpipes. I guess we better not take a shower or brush our teeth, just in case!

Source: Lightning exits woman’s bottom | NEWS.com.au

Remember the 6 months free gym membership loophole in the trendy Cannons or Holmes Place gyms I wrote  about few weeks ago? Apparently, the offer has been extended to 31st of October 2006, so in case you missed the offer, better be quick in signing up!

To sign up:
Prudential Health*

Again, the details are more or less explained in my first post here, so head over there or feel free to ask if you have any queries. Remember, you could save up to £400 if you are a regular gym user!

UPDATE 1: I’ve received my sign-up pack but no free gym documentations were included (as expected). I have to call them to activate my insurance and also the gym membership, which I still haven’t got time to do. Will do it sometime this week or next week and will definitely post an update on that.  Stay tuned and spread the words around to those who are living in the UK!

UPDATE 2: I’ve activated my gym membership and currently enjoying my gym workout! This gym offer has ended and has been replaced with free £100 Boots’ Voucher instead - still a good deal especially if you are a frequent Boots’ shopper! Here’s the link to sign up: Prudential Health