My Life With IT

The difference between working in the office and from home are what I have noticed.

Office

1. No MSN allowed.
2. No other software allowed to be installed even if they help with work. No open source.
3. No non-offical websites to be surfed.
4. No loud music or radio to be played.
5. Fixed working hours and over time may not be paid.

Home

1. MSN is allowed.
2. Any software that helps with the work is allowed. Open source is often used.
3. Any website that aren’t blocked by the ISP allowed.
4. The music can be played as loud as possible. However, you will go deaf in this case.
5. Flexible working hours. Over time to be claimed from clients depending on the contract’s terms and conditions.

These are just some of the differences. There are more such as the lack of social contact and facing the same room everyday and sometimes, forgetting to take breaks and put in more working hours. There are pros and cons to each but I am now much happier not to face the cubicles and most of the time, the privacy to doing my things without being interrupted at inappropriate times.

I am happy to do other things away from the computer when it strikes me. I am happy to just work in front of the computer without having the need to dress up appropriately for work. I am also happier that I can install as many web browsers and tabs for my convenience.

I am also happy to work in short bursts of energy on the necessary things that need my attention.

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I am very frustrated. I have reinstalled Ozh Better Feed more than 3 times and it is showing up nicely only 1 out of 5 blogs of mine. I went through everything and even copied from the working blog to no avail. I am not sure if it’s not compatible with the other plugins that I have.

Plugins

• Aizatto’s Related Posts 0.5
• Akismet 2.1.8
• Another Wordpress Tracker Plugin 1.1
• Bad Behavior 2.0.23
• Better Comments Manager 1.5.1
• Bookmark me 3.3
• Comment Analysis 2.6
• DashBar 2.0.1
• Enhanced WP-ContactForm 2.0
• FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2
• Homepage Excerpts 1.0
• Ozh’ Better Feed 2.1.1
• Plurk updater 1.3
• Recent Comments Widget 4.0
• Show Top Commentators 1.05
• Text Link Ads 3.1.0
• Whydowork Adsense 1.2
• Woopra 1.1
• WordPress Database Backup 2.2
• Wordpress Mobile 1.3
• Wordpress Multi URI Ping 0.9
• Wordpress Thread Comment 1.4.7.8
• Wordpress Video Plugin 0.67
• wp-cache 2.1.2

I think I have overloaded on plugins here. So, does it matter what plugins I have activated? Is there anyone who has this problem too?

I have vowed not to go to any Sitex, IT Show, Comex as the crowd is horrifying. However, I had no choice but to attend the first day of Comex on 28 Aug 2008 because my old D Link was throwing tantrums with constant disconnections.

D Link was having a discount for the 1st 30 customers who buy DIR 655. It was available at $159 only at 6.30pm. The horrors! Thus, I had no choice but to go down. I changed my initial queue time from 6pm to 5.30pm and it was definitely a good idea as I was queue number 13 when they doled out the cards for validity of purchase at the special price.

2 men older than be cut in from behind when we went to the cashier as if they were still afraid that they couldn’t buy the router. Now, I introduce my new router, Xtreme X Gigabit N Router. I stood for an hour for it and wonder how long the first 12 stood. Amazing.

This router is an award winning router. So, I had to buy it. Actually, I was more attracted to the 3 antennas instead of 2 as my old one had only 1. The setup took me 5 minutes and I was connected. I wanted better and stronger wireless connectivity then I realised that my Wifi connection is only up to 100Mbps. This is able to transfer speeds up to 1000Mbps.

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Ever wanted to join a gang but is afraid of being caught and booked for life? Now you can with Kuwakchai. This game has been derived from Ekin Cheng’s famous movie, what else but the name of the game itself. It can be additive and fun.

The best part of this game is that you get to be in Pudu Jail from 5 minutes to 45 minutes. Replenishment for energy, will, brave and health take some time. Thus, this can be a suitable game for anyone who just want to play for a few minutes to gain some increment in strength, agility, labour and defence.

However, it is not a good idea if you are studying and get addicted to this game as I can’t help you pass that important exam. You are the only who can help yourself. Do use some self restraint. Including those who are working too.

Now, a few warnings. There are users who abuse their levels and loves to bully those noobs and levels that are a lot lower than them. I have been robbed by someone whose level was a lot higher just seconds after I have some received some money from a friend. It was a good thing that I had deposited all my money 30 seconds before that user had the chance.

There are also other users who think that they are being tai kor just because their members of a lower levels complained of being beaten up and take revenge on the state person. Imagine being beaten up by someone whose martial arts are way better than yours just because you beat the brains out of their friend who has the same level of martial arts as yours.

With such players aside, this is a good game to pass that 10 minutes of your time earning some money and stats for yourself. Games only are not meant to be taken too seriously as it sucks your personality out of you. Have fun and just beware of cheaters, sneaks and all.

Having been blogging for quite some time, I have come to identify that blogging is an obsession. A blog is a site where ideas and opinions are meshed together.

Blog Abuse

After reading different types of blogs, from niche to personal, I have realised the abuse that blogs have become. There are many who make use of the traffic from genuine niche blogs to redirect to their money making sites infested with Google Adsense, Kontera and affiliates. The sites have no content value except to trick the non-savvy into clicking the advertisements.

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Blog Wars

When someone blogs about the personal opinion of a certain subject, another takes offence and starts a post linking to the “offending” post. Another trigger could be from an interview with the newspapers and one blogger starts to be offended at being quoted as “second fiddle” to the other. This starts with the blogger stating the reasons that the other isn’t good enough and a blog war is started.

Throughout my journey with blogging, I have experimented with a few niches that I have interests in and they are gaining traffic at a slow pace. This is a good sign as it meant that I am doing something in the right direction.

While there have been negatives seen along the way, blogs don’t necessarily mean negative. I haven’t seen anything that has no negatives.

New Friends

New friends with similar interests are found. It’s much more fun talking about blogging stuff with people who have similar interest in blogging.

Community

A community is created and it’s filled with more people who have tried blogging with different platforms and their frustrations with the platforms.

Knowledge Shared

Knowledge is shared among people with common interest. There have been times when one posted a request for looking for missing friends or family members whereby the people were found.

Blogs have evolved from personal diary to niche whereby different sites attract the group that is being targeted. Some have even started their own eHow, Wikipedia and even shop blogs. Shop blogs are gaining popularity in certain countries due to the uniqueness of the products and most of the time, availability of products that can’t be found in the country.

This is a group writing project by Daily Blog Tips.

We have come a long way since the start of using blogs to record our thoughts. When someone is known by the real name in the online world, things can get ugly or good. It has been made known that a name is identified and he/she is blogging constantly. The updates can be about anything in the personal blog but often, the identity is linked to the company that this person is working at.

We somehow link to the company having a blog when the company’s blog already has an official blog while this person is just voicing out the thoughts and opinions. This leads to ugly blog wars. Hence, Ignorant Soup has a question and some thoughts of how to learn from mistakes.

A finance consultant has a blog about investments and he declares he is working for a certain company. At times, he will introduce ways to invest and will mention his company’s schemes for the people. Does that make him a blogger for his company or himself? He could be mentioning the schemes as he feels they are the best after making his personal comparisons among similar schemes.

I have never declared the companies I have worked for online. I don’t wished to be accused of doing any free publicity when all I have done is to vent out my frustrations that I can never tell the bosses directly. I don’t want to be named as someone who is against the company when I am not.

I am not sure if I still want to reveal myself online after all these sagas. 2 years and the thinking is of a 2 year-old child. Utter disappointment.

I completed the bag design for a competition. I’m quite happy with it as I love hearts and floral brushes. The heart was made using Hawksmont Hearts brush in Photoshop. The green leaves are from Hawksmont too. And the curling yellow vines are from Melemel.

The bag’s theme is Love Nature. I love nature and would have included more but it would have killed my initial intention of keeping it not so cluttered.

I don’t know if there are payments for working with Agva in this case. I would love to be able to repay the brush designers though.