Support Blogathon!
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? =)
Sick of Akismet? Use Spam Karma 2 instead.
Wow..it’s been a while since I last updated this blog. It’s now collecting dust and spams. I get email notifications every time a spam comment past through the protection by Akismet and it’s really getting on my nerves. Yes, Akismet is good but not good enough for me.
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. 
World Record for the Longest Kebab
The students from Multimedia University in Cyberjaya did it. The world’s longest barg kebab that was 2.016km long. But can someone tell me, do you feel proud of this “world class” achievement? The kebab was made up from 3.5 tonnnes of chicken meat worth RM24,000. Think of what RM24,000 could do to help the poor or to those in need of money for surgery.
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
Happy Chinese New Year 2007!
Happy Chinese New Year to all! This is my 3rd Chinese New Year away from Malaysia, so yeah…another year without red packets for me. The celebration here in the UK is obviously much less than in Malaysia (and the saddest thing is, there is no public holiday!). Anyway, hope you guys enjoy the celebration and have a great year ahead!
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