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Back up your blog

I’d been blogging for a while and never had any real scares *touch wood* but when I recently realised that my wordpress backup plugin did not seem to be working I panicked.

I don’t want all my hard work over the past years to go down the drain! I’m not sure if my server has online backup I’m sure they do. I’m not taking chances however.

These days, I do a manual back up of the database first thing in the morning. I have to figure out a way to save it somewhere though – maybe a flash drive. That way if my server and computer crash, I’m still ok :)

August 28, 2009 | Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment 

Before we had the iPhone

… the unlocked phone was already available here! I used to see it in Sg. Wang Plaza where all the phone stalls seem to congregate.

I remember asking the stall owner where it came from and they would tell me it was an AP phone. I’m not sure what AP stands for but it means “underwater” or phones not covered by the usual distributor warranty. Ok if you don’t mind the fact that if things go belly up you can’t take it back to the original store.

That said, I was just thinking about this because I recently saw someone carrying an iPnone. Yep. It was from China so alarm bells were ringing. He got it for a mere RM500 and works exactly like the iPhone.

I dunno. Somehow an iPnone just doesn’t cut it :P

July 30, 2009 | Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment 

HP Mini Vivienne Tam edition

When I first read about the new limited edition HP Mini Vivienne Tam notebook I thought I’d really want it. The whole package called out to me, where it looked both functional and gorgeous. Also, its a lovely small size just like my Asus Eeepc. However, now that I’ve seen more pictures of it on Cnet, I’m less enamoured with it. The press pictures made the peony cover look so much better than it does in real life based on the pictures I’m seeing.

The problem of course is that, this is just a dressed up version of the HP Mini 1000 which would cost half the price of the jazzed up version. Its just not worth paying extra for a shell – pretty though the shell may be. I’d rather be spending that extra money on memory be it Mac memory or just memory for my other notebooks to jazz things up on the inside rather than on the outside.

So yeah, after hearing that it might cost a cool RM2800 here in Malaysia if or when the Vivienne Tam edition is brought in by HP, I think I’m giving it a miss. Pretty it might be, but practical it just is not.

January 6, 2009 | Filed Under Fashion, Technology | 1 Comment 

Displaying photos a digital way

With a wedding in the family (not mine!) it is only inevitable that the question of “Where are your wedding photos?” come up from time to time. The thing is that some photographers take the photos but charge a separate price to prepare an album. I’m not referring to those who go with bridal studio packages. Those are a different kettle of fish and you usually end up with a wedding photo album so heavy you need a crane to lift it out of its box. Ok, I’m exaggerating, but you might pull a muscle if you aren’t careful.

So, when I passed by a photo store one day and saw this digital frame in the window display, I immediately thought it would make a great gift! All the couple has to do is upload their wedding photos into the digital frame, and play it back for anyone who wants to view it. It is also ultra portable unlike a giant album that is so heavy no one would voluntarily pick it up. :)

I think it was retailing for RM100+ in one of the major photo stores in town for smaller sizes and RM200+ for the larger ones. I can’t quite remember. But this is reminding me to check it out!

November 23, 2008 | Filed Under Household, Technology | Leave a Comment 

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