Archive for August, 2005

What is “merdeka (independent) day” for?

The answer that I’ve got the whole day was “got a day off”.
There is something really wrong, everyone of us smell it. But we are powerless at the same time.
While this is a great topic to think about for the rest of my day, I’ll enjoy a day off for now.

Celco confused email with SMS

Came across a celco email feedback page, and being stunned with their 255 characters limit on the comment.

Why on earth the 255 characters limit for? Still stuck with the 8-bits processing, or inspired by SMS 160 characters limit?

Maybe it is time for celco developers to walk out of their cubical more? Or at least try to use more email instead of SMS?

Image of the feedback page is here, incase they really listen and changed it ;)

[Update: Replied from the celco "We would like to clarify there is no limitation of numbers of comment for you to send to us. However, 'one' comment is limited to a certain characters as it is for 'feedbacks' for us to improve further. If you have a 'urgent' comment or feedback, you may opt to contact a member of our customer service for further assistance." -- well, what can say? At least they have replied!]

Flashblock – fear no Flash

If you hate Flash like me do, try Firefox with FlashBlock.
This is probably a more elegant solution to my “Plug and not in” approach.

Hail attack

Not in our text book, tropical country now having “hailstone”. The picture was taken by other, in Subang Jaya (a few KM away from the place I work).
We were having some hails too last year at this month, unfortunately the picture taken that time wasn’t convincing enough.
This one is much better…

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Attack by the haze part 5

It came back slowly around 1:30 pm today. We had one clean day at least for yesterday.
Anyway, it is raining dogs and cats out there, hope it clears the haze a bit.

[Update: The rain did chase away the haze, it is clean and clear here ]

Attack by the haze part 4

It has shifted to the north, the sky is clear now. We’ll continue this saga next year about this time, stay tuned.
Now you can see how fast people (and politicians) forget about the issue, and live (play) as usual.

Attack by the haze part 3

View from the place I work. I bet you can still recognized the same “bridge” and Motorola eerrr.. Freescale?

Attack by the haze part 2

A friend of mine sent in these photos, the city looks very futuristic (unrealistic?). Few years from now, when the pollution finally catch-up, it’ll looks just like this.
So, be prepare to live with the haze for a long long time.

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