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At least my banners don’t look crap!

Thursday 30 March 2006 @ 1:31 am

Noticed my banner up there?
The remote API needs abit of tweaking
“, “Yep. I finally got that silly phpAdsNew properly run, less the text ads which are running abit horrible!
but funny thing is, the ads in this AZRIN::NET looks ok, cos it pulls a non-static picture from Ads.perkahwinan.Info ( a mirror just to let you know) and well, o­nce I have all these ready, maybe can put some decent stuff in there?

Charge:? $0.50/click thru… or what…depends o­n how many pple I have.

CrispAds gives referrals of $1 per 10k impressions…
so if u have a high load, put yrs there…and I get a small sum!
No doubt they are my competitor…but then..I may get more someway or other. So far, not bad, $4.01 for 16 clicks o­n my CHAT.NU site!




Sunday Morning

Wednesday 29 March 2006 @ 7:25 pm

Don’t ask me why…I’ve yet to have enuff sleep since….
Thought I could catch an early nite in..rite after I went to recover embok’s Nissan which broke down…. and it was flipping freezing.. frost everywhere…and some snow and sleet were coming down.

Deprived of many nights sleep is common….especially when I wanted to complete the targets. And the fact that Athira will wake up about 2am for her milk,makes me feel like guard duty , 2hr rest and 2 off…makes u tired like fishcakes….thus normally we go for 4-on 4-off shifts….

coming back to the topic…..
I went to wembley last nite to pick up theRam and DVDROM drive from a seller on EBAY and well…the RAM DID NOT WORK on the Optiplex GX110.Disappointment for me as the idiotic pc needs -80 SDRAM instead, thats 80Nanoseconds refresh time in geekspeak, and what i got was a -88…which is abit slower.
But then…put in the D100 Dell Dimension works…so I’ve to see how fast I can overclock that CPU….which ever I can do with…it’s only a P200Mhz ok?! even the debian is struggling to run.

I’ve ordered a pack of USB2.0 PCI cards so it hopefully work as a fileserver instead.
At least I can fully utilise the FREECOM 80GB hdd….cos my Linksys Network Storage Unit NSLU2 won’t work with FREECOM. dunno why…a fuck up?

Other things in plan… get my hands on ULTIMATE AVENGERS DVD…. was told it was good..so maybe worth my £10 …rather than what?19 quid in Tesco!!


Since there are no commitments for this march…ie NO JOBS TENDERED OUT… I think it’s time to restructure and do what I’ve been dragging on … the websites, and all the advertising programs.

The last was quite good.. paying out a generous £140+vat for the january… having few sales done.
I’ve signed up with AMAZON Honor System, so another means to support myself.
Did not reach my ridiculous target of £100,000 commision for FY2005 …so it’s back to the drawing board.

Tradedoubler has been a bit dull, so little programs and little commission… so I’m desperate to promote the betting sessions of the programs I’ve signed up with, since it’s SOCCER SEASON.. aka WORLD CUP in GERMANY. Alot of creatives to do up… and I’m only person. Maybe I could get Raman to help me out promote the media in KL? Who noes….

Darn…what else I need to say…oh Lunch and Dinner…
Chee Hor Fun ….aka Steamed Hor Fun (rice pancakes) …in sweet chilli sauce and sesame seed oil and seeds….
Had some dumplings… looks like the Ondeh Ondeh back home …but instead of the palm sugar..it’s red beans…. Close Enuff… I wanted to get Tau Sar Pau,… Red Bean Pao….
Had some stewed chestnuts I bought from the chinese shop in Chatham Chinatown…

Loads of things to do..to say…
But I’ve to write some confessions….. heart-to-heart what I feel.

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Note: SO many things…So much to do.. So Lazy to do them…




Google warning signs

Tuesday 28 March 2006 @ 10:23 pm

I say what’s goin o­n down here?
What did I do? Some o­ne did?!
“, “Hey! What’s going o�n down here? Seems that someone or people been trying to sabotage my earnings! Is that the way Google does their business? I really wonder since I did not start my ad campaign o�n the AdWords and of recently, someone or some group of individuals have been bombarding mysites with unwanted or irrelevant traffic.

This is gonna make a sensational story to report o�n.
Heck, I have so far earned US$60.59 as of now and yes, no doubt I did use my site to google for some searches, but it was a real search. Not any old how search-click-and refresh.

Not just me have been complaining. Alot of other Bloggers alike are cussing and swearing.

So I did look at my ads and my site stats, to see if somewhere has gone wrong.
And it did! Myanmar & those fraud linked ip zones.
But they are my customers. Why o­nly Google make so much of a hassle??

I wonder why:
“, “0″, “129″, “7″, “azrin”, “The letter from Google:

Hello AZRIN ,

It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated o­n
the Google ads o­n your site(s).

As a reminder, any method of generating invalid clicks is strictly
prohibited. Invalid clicks include but are not limited to any clicks
that are generated through the use of robots, automated clicking tools,
manual clicks by a publisher o­n the publisher’s own web pages, or a
publisher encouraging others to click o­n his ads.

If you are clicking o­n the ads o­n your web pages for testing purposes,
please note that clicking o­n your own ads or encouraging others to do
so for any reason is prohibited, due to the potential for inflation of
advertiser costs. Please be assured that there is no need to test the
ads o­n your site, as our specialists review all of our ads to ensure
that they meet Google’s advertising standards.

If you would like to visit the destination of an ad to view its content
or to add it to your filter list, you can use the AdSense Preview Tool,
available here:

https://www.google.com/adsense/previewtool?hl=en_GB

The Google AdSense preview tool is an addition to the right-click menu
for Windows Internet Explorer 6.x, allowing you to preview the ads that
may show o­n any web page. Clicks and impressions from the preview tool
are not applied to the advertiser’s account. You can click through to
the target site without worrying about invalid clicks being generated
on your account, and without costing the advertiser for your test
clicks.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email. We
will be happy to help in any way we can.

Sincerely,

The Google Team




PHP, AdServer , Chat Server

Monday 27 March 2006 @ 10:22 pm

What do they all have in common?They are all PAIN IN THE BUTT when comes to recode”, “I honestly and frankly admit that the requirements of having to know loads of PHP codes are much more techy than just being a webmaster.

I have headache as it is with .HTACCESS rules in place and now this php gets o­n my nerves.
Why? Cos I don’t understand it.

So WHAT Worked:
ADS SERVER ( BBS.NU Com)

Gonna do a code to make it allowed to enable the payment api & add the clients and publishers.

CHAT SERVER

The Ajax codes work, but I want to redivert the xxx.CHAT.NU subdomains to CHAT.NU/xxxROOM as I noticed that alot of users are trying to find porn and other stuff from this chat domain.

Still loads of config to do.

“, “0″, “129″, “6″, “azrin”, “




Monday Blues

Monday 27 March 2006 @ 7:25 pm

What else to say but monday blues?
Ghost Stories?
Hantu?
National Service did I mention…or did you know I was a KENG KIA?
TIA! I’m gonna really BITE YOU!
Why? Cos U don’t wanna sleep after you woke up at 2AM!
Oh yes.. Athira Baby didn’t wanna sleep… changed nappy… and still cry? Why? Tummy Ache? Maybe… but was all ok when I placed her on my bed…. and she started to be a baby again.. PLAY TIME!
Gosh..this little Tia …is a real TIA!

What can I expect of babies? The bundle of Joy and loads of fun..and pain..
Imagine how I was a dweep when I was younger….till now.. heh heh.

Nothing much happened today..except that I went to work…
Bills to pay..and Ann-Marie (my landlady) came for her bills and stuff… and telling me she wanna get someone to see the kitchen so they can plaster up the place properly. About time…but I reckon it is just hype…. a year on we lived here..nothing been done. Nadda!

So what else is new? Singapore StraitsTimes said there is a new Agency for Overseas Singaporeans…. called Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU?) …seems to be another hype to me… like Contact Singapore…and the other bits….. another propaganda to monitor what monkeys (deserters and chao-keng NSMen ) like me do and Go about.

Hmmn… Go Figure… Election year remember?! Give freebies…. goodies… what bollocks. I’ve still to claim Athira’s Baby Bonus of S$3000! Too lazy to claim the paperwork… so much hassle. Maybe when I get back home….that is IF I Don’t kena Pao again for something silly I might have done.. like complaining about the PAP or NS Reservist Dodging….. heh heh …. Did I mention I Chao Keng (escaped by swindling) by getting myself downgraded to PES E9L1[P]…..

Yep! That’s a P behind the E9L1…meaning PSYCHATRIC CASE… due to Complex Incomplete Personality Syndrome.. aka Creative Smart-Ass Who Talks To Himself!
Don’t blame me… saw so many things happening when in Army…. So many Hantu (ghosts) and things from that SAFTI TOWER….

Can Go Crazy if U were in my shoes… well, my Logistics Assistant’s Understudy did got himself admitted to BuangKok (WOODBRIDGE HOSPITAL) cos he really went cuckoo..!… that was after a month in my unit. Told him that place was a nutter!

Could carry on rambling about those incidents during my guard duty times in SAS… heh heh ….seeing a soldier jogging ….. the only thing strange was he was only wearing a PT SHORTS, and that’s it…. and the fact that we went THRU the GateBarrier that we were locking… and got that driver who was talking on the fone with his gerl while smoking a real heart attack…and the fact everyone got sick for a few days after that…and landed me in TTSH (Tan Tock Seng Hospital) for SARS like fever…and later refered to CDC (Communicable Disease Center) cos I ran up a high fever of almost up to 40′c at nite and normal temperature in the day…

Those were the days…

Oh did I mention I wrote a complilation of Ghost Stories of Singapore many years back… while I was still in Secondary School?

Should rewrite them here…and maybe send these manuscripts to a publisher I suppose.. write a good complicated ghost story…

Not to mention the time when I was placed in custody at SPD (Selarang Prison Drug Rehab Center)… for soem stupid things I did when I was in army..
As they say..what goes around ..comes about…to haunt you.

Think about that when U wanna KENG ABIS (fiddle to the max)… as things can still backfire when U think U R long gone away from the hustle.

Note: To write some of the ghost stories in Tanah Merah Besar here….
To pen down those stories about in TMP and SPD.
And of those days when I was in Madrasah……

Did I say I went to Madrasah? Think I should be going back to what I do better.. a preacher of Islam… with the knowledge of Physics and Circular added with a dose of His Guidance…

Oh Allah, Give me the strength to carry on,
Bless us all with Your Grace,
Treat us well with Mercy and Compassion,
Take Care of Our Parents as How they cared for us,
Teach us all of Your Knowledge,
Provide us with Your Wealth…..

Oh Mighty One,
King of All Kings
The Just,
Protector of the weak.

Amin.




Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition

Sunday 26 March 2006 @ 10:15 pm

Very much disappointed by the concept of Virtual Server 2005.

“, “I honestly though that Microsoft hit the jackpot this time with Virtual Server 2005 R2 offering Virtual Clients are absolutely a waste of time.

What it is , virtually an EMULATOR for people to try play about in the server, ie: trying out without having to make images or hard install.

Good if you are testing your enviromental variables but it needs more juice.

I really thought Microsoft Virtual Server gave an extra lease of life to older computers, by doing remote client service etc, or am I missing something here?

I’ll explain that in my
“, “0″, “135″, “5″, “azrin”, “A real let-down for me. Or I think I gotta read the tech specs more in depth.
Note: We fooled about with installation of Windows XP Pro SP2 and Knoppix.
Knoppix doesn’t like it well.




USS ENTERPRISE::Installation of Windows 2003 Server

Sunday 26 March 2006 @ 10:10 pm

Nope this is not another of my Star Trek Starlogs.
So don’t be fooled!
“, “USS Enterprise : Universal Same-ol Stuff
I start the 2003 Installation o­n the XP initially and that STUPID OS wanted to hijack my XP..lucky I realised that it wanted to hijack my WINDOWS.

Nope I don’t want it to go to my C:\ and it doesn’t want to initialise o­n an un-partitioned space.

So.. 3-finger salute, Reboot.

The OS Booted Install just like its cousins with a touch of DOS. Same-Ol Stuff with installing Windows.. the wait etc and I installed o­n my F:\ , an un-initalised partition which I was saving up for my Debian or RedHat, so since it needs not much space and I don’t wanna lose my stuff again, I installed o­n another drive. And Nope! No way I wanna risk myself , having to lose another HDD of precious data of pictures and the works!

Like normal, it takes about 2 full hours to setup, init etc.,.. and the 39 Mins to complete install is a real nutter. Did not materialise.But it is more easier and quicker than W2KAS setup.

The Windows GUI is same as XP, and needs to be activated. I’m gonna find that hack so I can keep the OS. Naughty eh?

MS Virtual Server needs IIS to load and other bits and bobs… so I’ve yet to create the image partition yet. My To-Do after shopping today.

Anyway, enough rambling…and still have to design that IDE/SATA Raid system which I am aspiring.




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