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More Upgrades

Saturday 10 February 2007 @ 4:31 pm

Don’t say I DID NOT WARN YOU!
I am about to embark on my biggest project ever.

What to expect? Alot of downtime, for sure,cos mainly, I’m the only person doing all these stuff.Basicly, alot of factors made me do this.

1) Powweb Servers rental are due. They are not giving us the great deal as before. $7.77 was the deal, with buy one year, get 6mths free… and I took the 2yr get 2yr free. That is still active on the Perkahwinan.Org server. I’m going to remove all that, and port it to another single entity. I have 3 servers there, and there are are two which is under utilised and nearly to it’s end of the prepaid term. So , in order to renew, it’s $200 each, and it’s not worth it. I better put it to good use and renew the domains instead.

Their servers are getting VERY SLUGGISH nowadays, so I think it’s time to port out!Too much problems.

2)Hostgator Server 51 *(NS101) is on the Pre-Upgraded set. So, I am stuck with 5GB Space…and 75GB Bandwidth, whereas the newbies get 100GB space and 1,000GB *(that’s One Terrabyte!) Bandwidth. I have noticed that this server is getting sluggish and since the time we got banned due to a script error. So I did not want that to happen, and killed ALL of my sites, thus I took on more, with one I got for 1c on the first month. It’s silly, and I can say, it’s a real hassle!

But it works like a wonder! At least I can get things done properly, with PPP giving me a hit on the head for some work!

3)My Photo Galleries software are out of date, and so I took a new licensing for TWO new sites and a Photo based Advertising Gallery. That will be on my Free Property Listings - UK Edition. It’s a EBAY Style listing, and Foruming all in one. I will be working on it abit more, cos the previous marketplace I installed, well…sucked! Open Realty also has ALOT of limitations. I don’t want a vB based Job Marketplace…like Powweb did…..nor I want something on Ruby-on-Rails which I don’t even know head from tail! I will work on this once I learn new tricks and when my Linux machines come back to me. At least I can crash and trash it for all I care.

4)For the time being, it’s a one man show, less Mommy Tia & Co, in the world of Technology.My old operations have cease due to alot of problems I don’t even want to get into details.It sucks, and I hate to part with my friends who are my co-workers. So, if you want to work on this project with me, fine, as it’s quite promising, especially on the advertising aspect of things.

There will be more…but do understand if any of the network sites have an issue, it’s probably me doing something in the back…again!

Best Wishes.

Azrin




Segmentation of PPP

Thursday 8 February 2007 @ 8:42 pm

I’m a real fan of Paid For Advertising.It keeps cost down and provides alot revenue for both parties. It’s the same as sponsoring a school newsletter or something like that.You get direct contact with your targeted audience. It’s the same in the world of Internet Press Advertising. We seen it all with places like Amazon, C|NET Central, MSN and others. It all started from barter trading of advertising revenue share with Books.COM and Amazon.

Now in this era of personal diary exclusives, deemed now as BLOG, everyone wants to get into the action. From Text Based Ads to Google Adsense, we seen it all. Now, the hype of blog advertising has come to port. It’s another way of people having HONEST opinion of a product,service or place. I am a techie. I charge at least $500 plus loads of freebies like free software and the product itself normally to review and make that push for sales.I still keep those softwares till now, some as expensive as $50,000!

In PayPerPost, they started a grab-it-quick system,similar to Loudlaunch or Blogitive.They gave 20 mins , then 30 mins to complete the whole post from the minute we click take Opp! In a real haste, we write as fast as we could, some with unethical means of cut-n-pasting or just plain rubbish. I did that, cos at times, the advertising does not let me fully grasp the concept of the product to review. Eventually a positive review become….well,crap.I had to rewrite and reword all over again.It has become not personal anymore. Alot of grammatical errors with loads of acronyms that should not be. Eventually, I was banned by 19 over advertising for being nasty. Some of the products need to be given an HONEST TRUTH, as how I always believe in, rather than to mislead the consumer.

Essentially the blogger will be held to account a good review which is actually NOT, as what described under Advertising Standards, Trading Descriptions and Fair Trading Acts.A small matter like that will tarnish your reputation FOREVER.

Segmentation is already here. At least we can pick and choose that is relevant to the site.However, they should at least reset all the counters and start it all clean! At least there is a fair share of happenings.However, the little guy has no chance in hell to get it cleaned up. Some of the bloggers don’t have full English Education so that will discriminate them, by means of them being Banned or what not.

I am quite sad now….eventually though there was a happy sentiment when I started this review. Looks like I have to go back and fish for more advertising revenue.

Take Opportunity #3541
I understand that the following must be met to satisfy the offer:
Tack
How Much Have You Made
We want to know

Offer Amount:
$125.00

Rating:

* Currently 2.2222 out of 5 Tacks.

18 votes
Flag as Questionable Advertiser

Category: Computers & Internet

Runs Until: March 07, 2007

Minimum Words: 200

Post Type: Buzz

Tone: Neutral
Opportunity Description:

We would like to hear about how much money you have made with PPP and how much you think you cn make in the future now that there is segmentation.
Link(s):

» Posts must include a link
Disclosure Requirements: 8969
The following disclosure image must be placed at the end of your blog posting. To use, copy the code in the text box after selecting your desired color and paste into your blog post.




Exclusive : Eric Schiffer

Monday 5 February 2007 @ 3:33 pm

We heard it alot.From a nobody to a somebody. Now Celebrity Eric Schiffer will star in a Charles Bronson’s film called “Death Wish Returns” which will be filmed in Glasgow, Strathclydeshire,Scotland.

Don’t he look Astonishing? Reminds me of that Peter Belisi guy.
One thing we know is that the movie will be shown in MID-2008 and thanks to Hollywood News Entertainment Service, Inc. for the news tip! So Our Paparazi will be at hand and feet shooting him down!In film of course.

Thanks!




A new phone for Mommy Tia

Saturday 3 February 2007 @ 6:36 am

From my review at , I must really now get that new cell phone for the wife, cos MarTeeTa has gone kidnapping….or PhoneNapping that is.Phone Napped Tia’s Hello Hello.

So eventually, I had to rewrite a nice review for our friend at WireFly, who said they will sponsor me that one of their best selling cell phones in the market, the Motorola RAZR. Yes. This one in particular: Cingular Motorola Razr

And my apologies to Wirefly for that trashy review I wrote earlier on, was real haphazard too. Being sick and busy doesn’t cut it, I know.But I must say,that our american friends have less choice in the GSM world, as they are predominated by CDMA and TDMA carriers like AT&T,Verizon, Sprint and the works. Thus why main reason why our global markets of cellphone don’t get into the US market due to the GSM1900 availability issue, compared to the Global Standards of GSM 900Mhz and PCN 1800Mhz.

But I will see that the iPhone will be a popular one in the US. And those with 3G capability,Email and everything in it will do the best as how it was back in 1998. Back then no one in the US know what Texting or SMS (Short Message Service) was, all till the American Idol kicks in and everyone started voting using SMS. Those with WiFi and addon capability will prevail further with the addons like SKYPE and alike makes it more useful.Cheaper calling rates.What I see is that users will publish their SMS Capable VOIP phone number, and when he is in a WiFi zone, answers all calls on his cellphone thru VOIP, and when he is not on a HotSpot, reverts back to Cellphone calling.

That’s my 2c worth though.

Advertiser, please comment, if my prediction is good enough for the year.

Though, I don’t fancy it that much, cos it’s a flip phone and without any WiFi or 3G Video Calling, it is sleek though. Not as sleek as the KRZR that I mentioned earlier on. That comes with a RM1699 price tag here. Nah too expensive. Not that I won’t get it for Valentines Day or what, cos the risk of Tia grabbing it, and well, putting it out of commission.




Errata - Bug Problem on ANTI SPAM!

Friday 2 February 2007 @ 8:10 am

I found the most troublesome Bug on my HTACCESS Which caused the severe error earlier on.

Start off with
I’m gonna say RWC as re write cond;RwR denoting Re Write Rule OK?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RwC
s%{HTTPS} ^((s)on|s.*)$
RwR ^/*(.+/)?([^.]*[^/])$ http%2://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1$2/ [L,R=301]

That is to start off, so if it’s a SSL or not, it will work.

Then,
RwC %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RwC
%{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*

This means anything for files WP-COMMENTS-POST.PHP
We have to Denote a \. to anything with a Period or FULL STOP.

Here where it gets interesting…..

RwC %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*azrin.net.* [OR]

That is an error big time on itself. It means if HTTP REFERER is Not from Azrin.net.anything, which can be a.azrin.net.spam byitself
it should be

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?azrin\.net [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !*(www\.)?azrin\.net [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*azrin\.net

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$

{this means any user agent.I will write one for Firefox,IE and Safari etc. That code is in dev still}

RewriteRule ^http://chat.nu/?Channel=Go-Fuck-Your-Self-Spammers$ [R=301,L]

Previously I made an error and wrote a (.*) meaning it will loop itself
I will rather redirect that to a page where the IP etc will be blocked byitself.

I’m not ready to test this code YET…cos of some other stuff I need to tweak in my MOD_REWRITE.C in the APache.

Try at your own risk

try posting this in as it is…with a \. etc will kill your SQL Database.Just a note.So Don’t try to blog lift this post. It will also work on those RSS FEED jokers who love to swipe your works of art.

Leave me a comment on myBlog if U need more help.
Minthu:U better implement this asap…comment spam code.

Post Errata Edit:
I found another thing you need to do….
while I must warn that this will affect yr current PPP postings,it will still work if you use an older P=nnn system.

Go to Options>Permalinks
/wp-admin/options-permalink.php

Change the Permalink to something you like, like by postname or what.
the help quide is there, but I prefer %postname% instead.

And I found this post kills any RSS leechers cos the double backslash period kills the SQL inserts of a remote cron.

Anyone has trouble etc, let me know.




Press Release : Top 10 US Mobile Phones for 2006

Friday 19 January 2007 @ 8:32 pm

Press Release by
Jan 15 2007, Silicon Valley, California.
Wirefly announces the Top 10 cell phones of 2006.
And the Votes are in.

“Given the continuing popularity of that iconic, slim Motorola phone month after month, it should come as no surprise that the top selling cell phone in 2006 was once again the Motorola RAZR,” said Wirefly’s President Brian Westrick.

Wirefly’s List of Top 10 Cell Phones:

1. Cingular Wireless RAZR by Motorola (in various colors)
2. T-Mobile RAZR (in various colors)
3. Verizon Wireless RAZR (in various colors)
4. Cingular Sony Ericsson z520a/z525a video phones
5. T-Mobile Motorola v360
6. Verizon Wireless Motorola v276
7. Sprint Nextel Motorola i850
8. Sprint Nextel Motorola i710
9. Cingular Motorola v220
10. T-Mobile Samsung T309

–End of Press Release–
Well, Our Opinion Counts and since the US is so much concentrated in the GSM/CDMA 1900Mhz Frequency, we feel that it’s kinda CRAP to give 100% to Motorola.

So Our View:

Nokia 6280
SonyE P990i *(the one with the 3G+Wifi)
Nokia 5330
Nokia 7373 PinkN 7373 Pink
Motorola RAZR
Motorola KRZR
Motorola Z3
Motorola A1100i
Samsung X30 Black Samsung X30
T Mobile Compact |||
And a Must, Blackberry 7130G 7130G Blackberry

SO what We think??
We say, they Americans have a poor taste of choice, given what the Operators have to offer.

Post Editorial.
The boss of mine doesn’t think I do a good job by telling you what I feel should be the top 10 phones in the US,cos I think he’s abit of a knob head. Oh come on, yes these are hopeless phones, poor battery life and very, very….well, 1.5G standard. The only one I can give a heads up is the SonyE Z520,which has a video phone! Only ONE i see with some great features of the New Age of Video Calling. Heck they even have the old KYOCERA,which a friend passed me the other day. Yeah, He works in the Kulim High Tech Park Research & Development Facility , so I got a test run, despite it’s CDMA functionality *(1900/2100), I still managed to make calls and well, it’s a good runner, no much of a fuss, compared to my Motorola A1000 which is ever DYING!

Given what the choices in the US, I will still give the thumbs up for the MOTOROLA RAZR Series, especially the Pink one! But I will settle for a new SonyE P990i…..




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