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The Malaysian squad has just beaten Indonesian team on 4-2 aggregate in the final of 2010 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.
As a result, PM has declared 31 December 2010 (Friday) as Malaysia public holiday.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
31 Dec 2010 declared as Malaysia public holiday after winning the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup football match
Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
I have just posted the list of auspicious dates for opening business in 2011. And for employees, especially those in leading/managing position, here is a list of auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu.
It can be applied to first day reporting to new company/department/office/position, go for the post to lead/manage a new business unit/team/project/programme. It can also be applied to assuming new job position after promotion/restructuring/relocation exercise.
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- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
Here is the list of auspicious dates for opening business in year 2011, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. It can be applied to new business opening, or reopening of business after a break/holiday.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
Related articles:
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
Before becoming the life partner, marriage is proposed by lover and engagement is made.
Here is the list of auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in year 2011 (year of Rabbit), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
The dates highlighted in pink are considered even more auspicious.
You might aware that the Saint Valentine's day which fall on 14 February 2011 is among the auspicious dates. Other interesting dates include Women's Day on 8 March 2011 and 11 November 2011 (11-11-11).
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
Good luck in getting your right life partner.
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- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
Here is the list of auspicious dates in 2011 for organizing and hosting meet-up with friends and/or relatives (会友), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu.
The dates are applicable for house warming, open house, home party, gathering, and any other similar functions to meet up with friends and/or relatives.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
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- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2011
In many culture, religion and/or tradition, the first haircut of a baby is considered an important milestone for his/her life. The day is known as Mundan, Chadakarana, Halaqah, Upsherin, etc.
Here is the list of auspicious dates for baby first haircut in year 2011, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
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- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Friday, December 17, 2010
Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
Here is the list of auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in year 2011, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
If you are going to move to a new home, don't forget to visit the "home idea" section of my blog to find out my sharing on mortgage, renovation, furnitures, electrical appliances, pest control, etc.
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- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
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- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
I have posted the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012 recently, and here is the reverse, namely the inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012. The list below is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
If you are concerned, then you should probably avoid getting married on the listed days above.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
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- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2012
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2012
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2012
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2012
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2012
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2012
- Auspicious dates in 2012 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2012
Monday, December 13, 2010
Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
Many couples plan for their wedding more than 1 year ahead in order to have sufficient preparation time.
Here is the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in year 2012 (year of Dragon), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
Note that there are 2 forth month (润四月) in the lunar year during 2012.
You might aware that the mid-autumn day which fall on 30 September 2012 is among the auspicious dates. That day will have the brightest and biggest full moon of the year and is a Sunday.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
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- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2012
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2012
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2012
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut (Mundan) in 2012
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2012
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2012
- Auspicious dates in 2012 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2012
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
I have posted the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011 recently, and here is the reverse, namely the inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011. The list below is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
If you are concerned, then you should probably avoid getting married on the listed days above.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
Related articles:
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2011
Here is the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in year 2011 (year of Rabbit), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge)
The dates highlighted in pink are considered even more auspicious.
You might aware that the mid-autumn day which fall on 12 September 2011 is among the auspicious dates. That day will have the brightest and biggest full moon of the year. Another interesting date is Christmas Eve which fall on 24 December 2011 and is a Saturday.
Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of years, we should use it wisely and rationally, but not be too superstitious on it.
Related articles:
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2011
- Auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Inauspicious dates to avoid for wedding/marriage in 2012
- Auspicious dates for moving to new house/office in 2011
- Auspicious dates for baby first haircut in 2011
- Auspicious dates for house warming, open house, party, gathering, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in 2011
- Auspicious dates for opening business in 2011
- Auspicious dates for starting new job/post/assignment in 2011
- Auspicious dates for signing contract, register for marriage, etc. in 2011
- Auspicious dates in 2011 for getting a baby
- Auspicious dates for renovation in 2011
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
SunCity and Sunway to merge into single entity
After SunCity (6289) and Sunway (4308) suspended for 2 trading days awaiting for this announcement, the Sunway Group has proposed to buy over SunCity (Sunway City Berhad / 双威城) and Sunway (Sunway Holdings Berhad / 双威控股) with a private company called Sunway Sdn Bhd, which is controlled by the same boss Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling (谢富年).
After the merger, the new company (newco) will be relisted.
It is proposed that:
- SunCity to be bought over at the price of RM5.10 per share, a premium of RM0.61 (13.59%) to its last closing price of RM4.49.
- SunCity-WA to be bought over at the price of RM1.29 per warrant, a premium of RM0.17 (15.18%) to its last closing price of RM1.12.
- Sunway to be bought over at the price of RM2.60 per share, a premium of RM0.35 (15.56%) to its last closing price of RM2.25.
- Sunway-WC to be bought over at the price of RM1.50 per warrant, a premium of RM0.36 (31.58%) to its last closing price of RM1.14.
- Newco shares at the new listing price of RM2.80 representing 80% of the offer price.
- Cash representing 20% of the offer price.
- 1 free Newco warrant for every 5 Newco shares. Exercise period for the Newco warrant is 5 years.
What you will get are all the things in the last 3 columns. I think the free Newco warrant will have an initial listing price of RM0.005 and it is up to the market to give it a value during its 1st trading day.
The bad thing is, you will probably have some odd lots of NewCo and NewCo-WA after the exercise.
Disclaimer: This article is intended for sharing of point of view only. It is not an advice or recommendation to buy or sell any of the mentioned stock counters. You should do your own homework before trading in Bursa Malaysia.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The end of Novell
Novell, once being extremely famous with their NetWare Operating System, and also being the pioneer in Directory Service architecture, and later shifted focus to SUSE Linux, is now going to be sold to a not so well-known company - Attachmate.
The deal worth US$2.2 billion, or $6.10 per share.
Attachmate said it plan to operate Novell as 2 divisions:
- SUSE Linux
- The rest of Novell, including the ZENworks virtualization software and other networking solutions
With this acquisition, here come the end of Novell, once a technology giant with excellent products, but failed to compete with rivals such as Microsoft (NetWare vs Windows Server), Red Hat (SuSe vs Redhat Linux), etc.
Garmin releases MalSingMaps Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2010.40 for free update
Garmin has made available MalSingMaps (MSM) Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2010.40 (2010-Q4) for free update now.
You can click here to download the installation file of MalSingMaps Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2010.40 from Garmin server. The download file is split into 4, and you just need to download the file relevant to your Garmin GPS navigator:
- nuvi 3790
- nuvi 1460, 1350, 765 or 255w
- nuvi 1250
- nuvi 205 or 205w
The installation program will update gmapprom1.img, gmapprom1.unl, gmap3d.img and SGMYMAL.JCV into your Garmin GPS navigator. As nuvi 255w doesn't support 3D maps, if you are installing to this model, gmap3d.img will automatically be removed during the end of the installation process.
During the installation process, you'll be asked for the unlock key. The key is stored in the existing gmapprom1.unl file in your Garmin GPS navigator, which you can open with Notepad or any text editor. Just copy and paste the key to the installer when asked.
Version highlights:
- Update Traffic Message Channel in Singapore
- DPOI of Singapore
- Add more POIs, postal code data and laneinfo of Singapore
- Extended road shield of Singapore & Malaysia
- Trails are built into the map
- Road Signs value-added
- Synchronize to Malsingmaps v5.00
- Extending more Junction Views for complex intersection around Malaysia
Surprisingly, this version has a smaller SGMYMAL.JCV file of size 217,747kb only (compared with the previous 352,764kb), but it contains more Junction View pictures and more lane assist triggers.
It seems that the Garmin release of MSM has improved a lot over the year. However, I still prefer using MalFreeMaps (MFM) as the later contains much more POIs and also able to provide more precise route to the destination.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Fabulous Food 1Malaysia 2010 in conjunction with Deliciously 1Malaysia
For the 2nd year, the Malaysian restaurant food festival and cooking competition namely Fabulous Food 1Malaysia 2010 (一个大马。食全食美) held in conjunction with Deliciously 1Malaysia carnival is coming again.
Fabulous Food 1Malaysia 2010 is all about food. It brings together F&B businesses, restaurateurs, tourists and consumers in celebration and recognition of Malaysia's sumptuous spread of local and international culinary delights during the festive seasons, reinforcing Malaysia as a gourmet paradise to savor fine cuisines and food delicacies.
Date: 17-19 December 2010
Time: 10:30 am - 8.00 pm
Venue: Tun Razak Hall 1, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur
Admission: Free
This event is presented by Ministry of Tourism, organized by The Malaysia Selangor and Federal Territory Ku Su Shin Choong Hung Restaurant Association (马来西亚雪隆姑苏慎忠行餐饮业公会) and co-organized by The Federation of Hawkers and Petty Traders Association of Malaysia (马来西亚贩商同业总会). It is ambitiously targetted for 120,000 visitors from local and overseas.
150 exhibition booths will be setup, and there will be cooking competitions, restaurant showcases, cooking demonstrations, food acrobats, etc.
According to statistic, 2008 tourist spending on F&B in Malaysia stood at 8.77 billion and increased to 9.29 billion in 2009.
Click here to go to the website of Fabulous Food 1Malaysia 2010.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) - A Roadmap for Malaysia
Resulting from the results and targets of the 1,000-person workshop and 500-person laboratories orchestrated by the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), Najib has launched the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP): A Roadmap for Malaysia on 25 October 2010.
The ETP contains action plans, hopefully will transform Malaysia into a high-income nation by 2020. This is charted by lifting Malaysia’s gross national income (GNI) per capita from US$6,700 (RM23,700) in 2009 to more than US$15,000 (RM48,000) in 2020. In order to achieve this target, GNI need to continuously grow at the rate of at least 6% per annum.
The ETP is planned to be driven by 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) announced in the 10th Malaysia Plan, which are:
- Oil, Gas and Energy
- Palm Oil
- Financial Services
- Tourism
- Business Services
- Electronics and Electrical
- Wholesale and Retail
- Education
- Healthcare
- Communications Content and Infrastructure
- Agriculture
- Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley
It seems that areas ruled by MPSJ, including Subang Jaya, USJ, Bandar Sunway, Puchong, Kinrara, Seri Kembangan, etc. will be at the heart of Greater KL, and hopefully will be greatly benefited from the plan.
However, the planned MRT system under Greater KL, where the Red Line linking Damansara to Serdang, and the Green Line linking Kepong to Kajang, seems to have bypassed the heart!
Under the ETP, 131 Entry Point Projects (EPP) and and 60 Business Opportunities (BO) were planned, spanning across the 12 NKEAs. They include:
- Expanding the production of swiftlet bird nests (燕窝)
- Seaweed farming in Sabah
- Mushroom project
- Establishing dairy clusters in Malaysia
- Growing aviation support services
- Building globally-competitive outsourcing services
- Data centre and green technology
- Islamic financial services
- Launching EduCity @ Iskandar
- Solid state lighting (SSL)
- Home appliances and semi-conductors
- Solar energy
- Developing health metropolis
- Connecting to Singapore via a high-speed rail system
- Deploying nuclear energy for power generation
- Building a regional oil storage and trading hub
- e-Healthcare, e-Learning and e-Government
- Positioning Malaysia as a duty free shopping destination for tourist goods
- etc.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A furniture stock called LIIHEN
There are plenty of furniture stocks listed in Bursa Malaysia, including the recently listed HOMERITZ. Most of them are majoritically doing export business, and hence, furniture stocks are known to be cyclical and buoyed by the worldwide economic sentiment.
You would probably not be interested in furniture stock at the moment, especially when the Ringgit is going high against USD, which is not so good for export industries. However, there is one called LIIHEN (7089, 利兴) which attracted my attention.
Located in Muar the "furniture town" in Johor, Lii Hen has been around for decades since 1985, and now their furniture plants spans across an area if approximately 30 acres, undertake the full range of wood-based manufacturing activities from timber processing up to manufacturing and packaging of finished goods.
This is their corporate structure:
The boss, Mr Chua Lee Seng (蔡利成) has been active in local, state as well as national level of furniture associations, and has taken significant roles including executive advisor of Muar Furniture Association, president of Federation of Johore Furniture Manufacturers & Traders Association, etc.
Lii Hen was first listed in 2nd Board in April 2000, and transferred to Main Board in 2002. Most of the time, Lii Hen was a dull counter, except once been "goreng" around October 2004. However, it shows remarkable fundamental improvement since 2009, despite the global economic downturn.
As you can see, from 2009 onwards, its EPS surges, boosting its ROE to above 15%. And then, Lii Hen paid dividend every single quarter. If this is sustainable, it would become a dividend stock too.
Note that there was a fire incident on 28 October 2009 night at one of their main premises, and it was covered by insurance. The fire caused the total loss of buildings, inventories, plant & machinery and factory equipments amounted to RM8.3 million. The fire had caused lost of sales in 2009 Q4, and you can see that quarter has some figures gone red in the table above.
Anyhow, Lii Hen started to show better result a few months prior to the fire incident. After the fire, they promptly recovered and resume the up-trend again, as the disruption of the production capacity due to the fire incident occurred in the preceding quarter had been fully restored at rented premises in 2010 Q1. You see another red in the net profit of 2010 Q2 "due to the erosion of profit margin resulting from the depreciation of USD against RM".
Based on its closing price of RM1.23 on 9 November 2010, and using the figure of its rolling quarter:
- PE = 1.23/0.35 = 3.51
- DY = 0.145/1.23 = 12%
Click here to visit the website of LIIHEN.
Disclaimer: This article is intended for sharing of point of view only. It is not an advice or recommendation to buy or sell any of the mentioned stock counters. You should do your own homework before trading in Bursa Malaysia.
Friday, November 5, 2010
How to make your boss like you
The November 2010 issue of Personal Money magazine has an article titled "9 Ways To Get Into Your Boss' Good Books" which I believe is very advisable for all employee to read, understand and practise in order to excel in their career.
The 9 tips to let your boss like you are:
- Make your boss look good
- Understand your boss
- Understand your boss' expectations and do more than is expected of you
- Provide solutions rather than problems
- Working independently on the job
- Make your time count
- Communicate with your boss
- Watch your code of conduct
- Showing positivism in your life and work
- Trying to look productive but nothing is happening
- Making your boss look good in the wrong way
- Tripod-ding and apple-polishing
- Working overly independent of your boss
Monday, November 1, 2010
Using Dropbox service to sync, backup, share and publish files
Nowadays most of us have more than one computing devices - desktop, laptop, netbook, smartphone, tablet (eg. iPad), etc.
It would be nice if we can seamlessly synchronize some of our commonly accessed data files across those computing devices, so that the file will store in each (or some) of them, and always be accessible to us regardly we are at home, at work, at other place, or even on the road.
If the file is updated by us in one of the computing devices, we would like the same file storing in our other computing devices to also be updated to the latest. Technically, we call this as "synchronize" or "sync".
Dropbox is among the services that can answer that need. It uses cloud computing technology to enable users to store and share files and folders across the Internet with synchronization.
Data transmission of Dropbox is encrypted with SSL, and data stored in Dropbox cloud service is encrypted with AES-256. Dropbox uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for storage, which is the same cloud backend storage used by Ubuntu One.
One of the advantage of Dropbox is it supports multiple platform, including Windows, Macintosh, Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.), Android devices, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, etc.
All files stored in Dropbox cloud storage are automatically backup. You have the option to undelete the files in your Dropbox folder. If you make changes to the files, you can also retrieve back earlier version of the files. For free account, Dropbox keeps 30 days of your files undo history. You can opt to have unlimited undo history by subscribing to their Pack-Rat service.
Beside synchronizing files and folders among your own computing devices, you can also share out one or more folders in your Dropbox with other Dropbox user(s). You control who to share the folder with by inviting them with a special link, and the invitee has to Accept your invitation to initiate the sharing.
There is no special ACL in Dropbox sharing. Everybody who is sharing the folder can make changes in that folder. Anyhow, all the changes will be versioned and kept in history, and can be undone if necessary. In the event 2 or more persons are editing the same file in the shared folder, Dropbox will save the file in different filename to avoid overwriting.
Once you installed Dropbox, you'll notice there are 2 default special folders automatically created - Public and Photos. Files and folders resided in the Public folder can be shared out even to non-Dropbox users. This is made possible as the file there is accessible with a unique special URL, which you can disclose in email, instant message conversations, blogs, etc. However, the files will not be searcheable by search engine like Google.
The sharing concept of the Photos folder is similar to Public. In addition to that, Photos sharing enables you to have an online gallery of your shared photos with unique special URL to each of the folders inside as individual Album.
Dropbox provides 3 account options. The Basic account is free, and started with 2GB online storage. The other 2 are paid Pro account with 50GB or 100GB online storage.
The Basic account storage is expandable for another 8GB up to a total of 10GB by:
- Creating your account with a referal link (add 250MB once you installed your Dropbox client)
- Inviting your friends to create their own Dropbox account (add 250MB each after they've installed their Dropbox client)
- Becoming a Dropbox Guru (add 250MB, refer to the "Get Started" tab in your Dropbox web interface)
Therefore, if you are upset with the limitation of Windows Live Mesh 2011, perhaps Dropbox is your alternative.
Click here to open your free Dropbox account with 2.250 GB free initial Cloud storage.
Click here for a list of interesting Dropbox Addons. For example, Dropbox Folder Sync can make your live easier to sync folders into Dropbox, and they can still reside in their original location. This is useful for you to sync your IE Favorites, Firefox Profiles, etc.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Playing chess games with my Dell SX2210T multi-touch monitor
I realized that touch screen monitors such as my Dell SX2210T is pretty useful when using applications that requires a lot of point and click/tap actions. A typical example of such application is computer games.
I like to play chess games and card games, either with human or with computer AI.
Windows 7 Home Premium (and above) comes with a pretty nice game called Chess Titans. Its AI isn't that strong and you can easily defeat the computer.
Beside Western Chess, I also like to play Chinese chess. There is an open source Chinese chess game for Windows called Qianhong (浅红) by Jeremy Craner, which you can download here.
The GUI of Qianhong isn't great at all, but I care more about its features. Qianhong supports severate modes of playing including human-human, human-computer, and computer-computer. It also supports playing across the network.
Its 3-level AI is pretty weak not challenging at all. However, Qianhong supports AI plugins which you can download from their website, including 10-level Ki11egg AI by Tzer-jen Wei, 5-level VSCCPW by Pham Hong Nguyen, 5-level ElephantEye by Morning Yellow, etc.
By using the computer-computer mode, you can let the same or different AI of same or different level to compete between themselves, and you be the observer to learn their tactics.
Another free Chinese chess game I like is XieXie Master (谢谢大师) by Pascal Tang.
XieXie Master has a better looking GUI than Qianhong, but it doesn't have computer-computer mode. However, it has features that Qianhong doesn't have, including "handicap", etc.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
MyConstitution Campaign (Kempen PerlembagaanKu)
MyConstitution Campaign (Kempen PerlembagaanKu) is an initiative by the Bar Council's Constitutional Law Committee to simplify the Federal Constitution of Malaysia so that it can reach out to the general public.
The committee is formed to:
- Promote the concept of constitutionalism and the rule of just law;
- Raise awareness of, and educate the rakyat on provisions of the Federal Constitution and thereby to empower the rakyat;
- Document and respond to constitutional issues that arise; and
- Conduct research on matters relating to the Federal Constitution and/or State Constitutions and where necessary, make recommendations for constitutional reform.
As part of the initiative, the committee has published a series of Rakyat Guides (RG) to explain the Federal Constitution in layman's terms (click the links to download/access).
- The Rakyat Guides #1: What is the Federal Constitution? [Video Ads]
- The Rakyat Guides #2: Constitutional Institutions & Separation of Powers
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - The Rakyat Guides #3: Federal – State Relations
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - The Rakyat Guides #4: Parliament
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - The Rakyat Guides #5: The Executive
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - The Rakyat Guides #6: The Judiciary
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - The Rakyat Guides #7: Sabah & Sarawak
[Page 1] [Page 2] [Video Ads] - 人民手冊 #1: 联邦宪法是什么 [第一页] [第二页]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
World Vision [Change A Life, Change Your Own] Campaign
There is a line from a well-known pop song which declares: "I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives." How true, indeed!
For many of us, life is all the more meaningful because of some kind act, word or touch from people we come across daily, some of whom are complete strangers to us. Indeed, history is full of extraordinary events created when ordinary people act.
World Vision Malaysia's latest campaign Change A Life, Change Your Own is a tribute to the 32,000 and more Malaysians who have acted and are bringing hope and joy to children and communities in need. More importantly, this campaign is about the journey of these individuals - how their respective lives were changed (and still are!) even as they seek to change the lives of those whom they are reaching out to help.
Change A Life, Change Your Own is about ordinary Malaysians from diverse backgrounds living extraordinary lives. Truly, it only takes a spark to get a fire going.
Campaign Kick-Off Roadshow
Date: 28-31 October 2010
Time: 10am - 10pm
Venue: 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Ground Floor, Promenade (in front of T.G.I. FRIDAY's restaurant)
Sharing sessions by child sponsors:
- 28/10 8pm: Mei Sim (云美鑫) - "More than raising my own children"
- 29/10 8pm: William Yap (叶伟良) - "There is no law in the joy of sharing lives"
- 30/10 2pm: Owen Yap (叶剑锋) - "People matter"
- 30/10 8pm: Niki Cheong - "Never too young to start changing lives"
- 31/10 12pm: Danell Lee (李桀汉) & William Lee (李威廷) - "A simple kind of happiness"
- 31/10 4pm: Roshan & Yise (罗忆诗) - "Changing 101 + 1 lives"
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