Development turning up the heat on Malaysian cities:
Rapid development and the lack of trees are turning these cities into urban heat islands (UHI) that are hot even at night.
The average temperature in the morning is between 24 °C and 27 °C while in the afternoon, it increases from 33 °C to 40 °C and starts dropping slowly at night. Kuala Lumpur’s night heat can even be at 30 °C.
Die la..
Astro subscribers may find several of their channels have gone missing and instead have a black screen due to the satellite service’s recent migration from Measat-1 to the new Measat-3. Luckily, there’s a simple fix.
Finally, a clear answer to haze.
After countless meetings and talks over the past 11 years, Asean has finally come up with the most tangible plan so far to fight the region’s annual haze problem.
I hope this works.
Copyblogger points out 5 common gramatical mistakes that make you look dumb:
While we all hope that what we have to say is more important than some silly grammatical error, the truth is that some people will not subscribe, buy, or link to you if you make dumb mistakes when you write.
I agree, bad grammar makes you look dumb
How to sound more intelligent:
- Speak just a bit slower to allow yourself to select your most appropriate vocabulary and to give the impression of thoughtfulness.
- Carry your body up. Hold your head as if you had a crown on it. Don’t let your arms and legs have side to side motion when you move.
- Use short, simple declarative sentences. You say what you mean and you mean what you say.
John Gruber of Daring Fireball responds to Joe Trotter’s view on WordPress. Joe didn’t like the design of WordPress’ default templates and John adds his take on design:
Designing is thinking, and if you care about design, every detail — the layout, the colors, the markup, the URL structure — deserves to be thought about.
Default templates are terrific for people who can’t or don’t want to design their own — but they’re terrible starting points for anyone attempting to establish their own unique brand. If you start with nothing, you’re forced to think about everything.
Sigh.. if only Dad had allowed me to go to design school..
Joe Trotter hates WordPress and makes an interesting observation:
WordPress has become so widespread, so recommended – it’s becoming the new Blogspot.
I agree to an extent with the statement above but I’ve been considering moving everything I publish to WordPress because of its active development and ease of use. After all, when you’re blogging you want it to be enjoyable right?
WordPress was compromised. Matt Mullenweg says:
Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.
*Whine* Oh man… I write too many blogs to do it easily
Two podcasters on my Podroll, Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins, have been interviewed by the New York Times (registration may be required) about podcasting. I love it that Scott records his podcasts in the closet.
“A lot of no-name authors like me are getting massive grass-roots exposure, and some of us are going to percolate to the top and get on the best-seller list,� Mr. Sigler said.
I wish you great success, Mr. Sigler and Mr Hutchins. If you’ve not subscribed to their free podcasts, what are you waiting for??
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