tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30064662007-10-21T18:57:49.866-07:00morituri.tonightmorituriBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-70161484902375264202007-10-21T18:32:00.000-07:002007-10-21T18:57:49.927-07:0052 booksI reached my 2007 goal of reading a book a week early. My 52nd book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins was finished yesterday. There are 9 more weeks left in the year, and I still have plenty on my reading list.
Here's my 52 so far:
1. Sunstorm by Arthur Charles Clarke & Stephen Baxter 20070104
2. The Fourth K by Mario Puzo 20070118
3. Upsetting the balance by Harry morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-74651729961807833352007-07-17T00:16:00.000-07:002007-07-17T00:24:09.342-07:00What happened to 2007?In what seems like a blink of an eye, we're already halfway through the year. I've been working 7-day weeks since January.
Weekdays : I am lucky enough to work with the most exciting and dynamic company in Malaysia.
Weekends : Still helping out with Orange Katz. We now have over 100 students, including kids, teens and adults. Juggling 3 part-time teachers while the wife takes maternity morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-6145075339476038712006-12-31T05:29:00.000-08:002006-12-31T05:48:09.286-08:0052 weeks, 52 booksToo little time, too much to read. My aim this year, as it is every year, is to read 100 books. It doesn't matter if the book is fiction or nonfiction, thick or thin, dead-tree (i.e. physical paper) or ebook -- I try to make time to read anything I can get my hands on. 2006 wasn't such as good year for me. I only managed to finish 53 books, which averages out to one a week. Here's my reading morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-23340397763290606102006-12-14T03:03:00.000-08:002006-12-14T03:15:15.740-08:00I'm a finalist for the Comic Design Competition 2006!A couple of weeks ago, I found out about the Malaysian Digital Comic Design Competition, organized by MDEC (Multimedia Development Corporation). Participants were invited to submit their project proposals on a comics project -- either an ongoing series, a mini series or a graphic novel. There will be 10 winners, each of whom will get a grant of RM15,000 (US$4100) to produce the final comic. morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-4771695928532151702006-12-08T01:41:00.000-08:002006-12-08T01:48:55.696-08:00Starting a bricks and mortar business at Internet speedHow long does it take to start a business? Orange Katz is now in third month of operation. We managed to launch within our self-imposed deadline, which means we created a business from scratch in 3 months. That's how long it takes to start an Internet business, right? Apparently, that's also how long it takes to start any business, as long as you know what you're doing.
Here's what we (i.e.,morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1153354576310778132006-07-19T16:55:00.000-07:002006-12-08T01:20:42.106-08:00The road to entrepreneurshipHow long does it take to start a business? Orange Katz is now in third month of operation. We managed to launch within our self-imposed deadline, which means we created a business from scratch in 3 months. That's how long it takes to start an Internet business, right? Apparently, that's also how long it takes to start any business, as long as you know what you're doing.
Here's what we (i.e.,morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1149070100844845612006-05-31T03:05:00.000-07:002006-05-31T03:25:49.973-07:00Back to the grind Photo_053006_012 Originally uploaded by morituri. The break was fun but tiring. Cherating is a cozy, sleepy town in the East Coast of Malaysia. Not many tourists around, since it's just the beginning of summer. More photos at Flickr.
We stayed here, and had lunch here.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1148968353798608422006-05-29T22:49:00.000-07:002006-05-29T22:54:15.800-07:00Why we love WiFiMy son is in the swimming pool, my daughter is having lunch, my wife is revising next to me, and I have the glorious blue South China Sea in front of me. I'm 200 kilometres from home, and despite the fact that it's school holidays, there aren't many people around. Oh, and they have WiFi. At the pool. Life is grand.
Pictures coming soon.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1148693532721238982006-05-26T18:19:00.000-07:002006-05-26T18:32:12.743-07:00And then he said goodbyeAs of 5.31 yesterday afternoon, I am officially unemployed.
The good points :
1. I am the boss of me.
2. No tie, belts or shoes.
3. I can manage my own time - my most productive hours won't have to be spent in traffic or stuck in meetings.
4. See number 3; no more meetings.
5. I can eat healthier food.
The bad points :
1. No steady paycheck.
2. There's a kitten that keeps sitting on my iBook.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1145365477708742432006-04-18T06:04:00.000-07:002006-04-18T06:04:37.770-07:00Here's to another 5 years of blogging5 years ago, I wrote the first ever entry on this blog. One hundred years ago, San Francisco was hit by an earthquake. Here's to (at least) another 5 years of blogging, and I hope that when the next big one strikes, we'll be more prepared.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1144709823724883642006-04-10T15:45:00.000-07:002006-04-10T15:57:03.736-07:00The Engadget Store in Kuala Lumpur
Over the weekend, there was a big hoo-ha at technology superblog Engadget. Apparently there's a (physical) store that uses the Engadget name without permission. It turns out that this store is in my back yard - The MidValley Mega Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yesterday I hopped over to see whether it was real. My Treo 650 was at the ready to snap photos.
When I got there at a little morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1143775630520929892006-03-30T19:03:00.000-08:002006-03-30T19:27:51.916-08:005 years later, I'm going proIt's the season for thinking back, and looking forward. Palm celebrated their 10th anniversary earlier this week, and tomorrow (1st April), Apple will turn 30.
This blog's anniversary is also coming soon - I wrote the first entry 5 years ago, on April 17th 2001. A lot of things can change in 5 years. I have changed jobs twice. I now have a son (who is 4 years old) and a kitten (who is 4 morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1142737915782244102006-03-18T18:58:00.000-08:002006-03-18T19:11:55.793-08:00The Joys of DVD writing
Last year, I struggled with the choice between getting an external hard drive and a DVD writer for my storage and archiving needs. At the time, the hard drive option won on a cost basis. Two weeks ago, I re-looked at the decision and this time, the DVD writer won out.
Just how economical is the DVD writer nowadays? I bought my Imation brand DVD writer for just below RM200 (US$54). The morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1142057464789649112006-03-10T22:11:00.000-08:002006-03-10T22:11:04.843-08:00How Islamic inventors changed the worldThe Independent newspaper has a report on 20 most influential innovations from the Muslim world. You would be surprised what the inventions are - ranging from coffee to windmills to modern surgical instruments. It's high time for modern Muslims to get their act together and work towards making the world a better place once more.
Muslim Inventionsmorituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1139898011014265602006-02-13T22:20:00.000-08:002006-02-13T22:20:11.056-08:00The brrreeeport reportRobert Scoble is doing an experiment. In an effort to test out the blog search engines, he's put out a call to bloggers to put in the word "brrreeeport" into their posts. So here's my contribution to the effort.
brrreeeportmorituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1136288985786229612006-01-03T03:46:00.000-08:002006-01-03T03:49:45.796-08:00Video of my children's birthdayWe did a theme party for Sara & Athir's birthday - a Princess tea party for the girls and an Ultraman party for the boys.
morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1134634178417082302005-12-15T00:09:00.000-08:002005-12-15T00:16:25.336-08:00Top Paying Google Adsense KeywordsSeen on TopPayingKeywords:
Here are the 25 keywords that gained most in value from July 2005 to October 2005. Some of them might not make any sense! For example, do a lot of auto accidents happen in Cleveland?
cleveland auto accident lawyer
donate time share
cleveland auto accident attorney
the ny times
military service
spring break deal
driving mexico
dna
state farm
oxycontin abuse
napa automorituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1133860154863212962005-12-06T01:09:00.000-08:002005-12-06T01:19:36.706-08:00Building my own 72-hour kit
This has been a year of storms and more storms. Almost a year ago, thousands of people perished in a natural disaster of epic proportions : the Asian tsunami. Many were caught unprepared and were left homeless and without shelter. Earlier this year we saw that even a mighty first world economy was vulnerable : witness the aftermath of Katrina.
I've started building my own emergency morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1133428694612565932005-12-01T01:18:00.000-08:002005-12-01T01:18:45.540-08:00World AIDS Day - 1 December 2005
1st December is World AIDS Day. Spare a thought for the 8,000 people who die of AIDS every day, many of them children.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1131596841049908192005-11-09T20:27:00.000-08:002005-11-09T20:29:30.213-08:00Happy Birthday Firefox!
Firefox, the little browser that could, is quietly celebrating its first birthday. In just one year we have seen over 100,000,000 downloads (that's 100 million, folks). It's the browser that made Microsoft think about updating Internet Explorer again after so many years.
I've been using Firefox pretty much since the beginning, and it's now my default web browser on both my iBook and Thinkpad.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1127002608361012962005-09-17T17:16:00.000-07:002005-09-17T17:16:48.426-07:00Free downloadable Tech Video ShowsThe folks of FileFarmer have done a good job of compiling most of the recent free, downloadable tech-related video shows. You'll be able to download the shows via direct download, BitTorrent, or via iTunes. This is what the future of IPTV looks like. morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1125969279711451472005-09-05T18:14:00.000-07:002005-09-05T18:17:07.620-07:00Creating X-Wing Models from Metro tickets
This is just too cool. Here are step by step instructions on how to craft a tiny X-Wing fighter model from a single metro ticket.
The photos are hi-res and the instructions are really easy to follow, even though the text is in French.
Tags: X-Wing Star Warsmorituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1125730930102681122005-09-03T00:02:00.000-07:002005-09-03T00:02:10.156-07:00Introducing MacObsessionHere's my latest little venture : MacObsession. Like the name implies, MacObsession is a blog focusing on Apple computers. Expect coverage of the latest hardware (e.g. iBooks, Powerbooks, iPods), software (e.g. iTunes, iPhoto) and accessories, as well as news, tips and tricks.
Feedback is always welcome!
Tags: Apple Blogsmorituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1125377273089728092005-08-29T21:47:00.000-07:002005-08-29T21:47:53.136-07:00Disintegrating toy shark DSC00831 Originally uploaded by Bad_Sharks. My wife and kids went to Aquaria KLCC last weekend. While the place was packed, they had a lot of fun. They bought a "Coloured Glow Shark" as a souvenier toy. However, the toy very quickly disintegrated! To their credit, Aquaria KLCC has promised a refund.morituritag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006466.post-1124953356511168832005-08-25T00:02:00.000-07:002005-08-25T00:03:48.223-07:00Serenity in Lego
As a fan of the TV series Firefly, I certainly got a kick out of this. Chris Doyle built his own Serenity transport ship using Lego. You can check out tons of photos and the story behind the construction.
Tags: Serenity Firefly Legomorituri