Archive for March, 2005

Who do I Blog for?

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

For my readers, few though they may be. For my kids, who’ll remember what I wrote when I don’t. For my staff, who’ll remind me of the nice things a boss I said should do. For other bloggers, who read and trackback my stuff.

Who’s your audience? - Mr Kiasu, 10 Mar 2005.

Earliest Putra Train?

Monday, March 14th, 2005

This must be one of the earliest Putra LRT Train built. No train numbers. And that station doesn’t look like any one of the 24 stations on RapidKL’s Putra LRT Line.

That Tripod site also includes some other early photos and project sketches of the Putra project. The webmaster is Emrull Iqbarullah.

Word Press Customizations

Monday, March 14th, 2005

I’ve just took some time to do the following WordPress customizations:

Permalink with virtual site structure using .htaccess and mod rewrite.
Recent Comments List plugin.

Dealing with a Difficult Boss

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

It seems that successfully managing a difficult boss is a challenge but often feasible. Some ways to deal with difficult bosses are:

Understand the problem. - Recognize that, unless your boss is a bully, their behavior is probably due to ignorance.
Manage your own negative emotions. - Do not engage in self-defeating behavior such as stonewalling, […]

Rolling Tyres

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

My personal experience with (an almost) rolling tyre incident was back in early 80s in my student days using an old Nissan hatch back. While driving in the middle of Nottingham city, suddenly the Nissan sprung a regular clunking sound from the front left wheel. As it gets louder, I stopped by the road side. […]

Armed with a Digicam

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

Mycuppa found his digital SLR to be a useful defence weapon to keep an illegal parking caretaker at bay. I have yet to do the same with my pdaphone cam or my ultra compact digicam that is usually with me.
Since I always ARMED with my D70, so I take a few “live scene” which […]

Nusantara Cracker-fest

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

Jeff Ooi wrote about the escalating Nusantara cracker fest this weekend. I hope this spate of websites defacement will not be as bad as feared, and cool heads prevail.
Updated: 13 Mar 2005 1735h

JKR homepage displaced by nude picture - Jeff Ooi, Sun 13 Mar 2005 1650h. Defacement to www.jkr.gov.my.
Restraint, appeals Budi Rahardjo, IdCERT - […]

Div Float Right

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

Some XHTML code to remember …
<div class=”someclass” style=”float: right; margin-left: 5px;”>Some text floating on the right</div>

PC Lifespan and Replacement

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

Should we change from typical write-off period of 5 years to replacement cycles of 4 years?

PC Lifespan and Replacement - Mike Barger’s guidelines under Creative Commons copyright recommending, “Increase the replacement life cycle for newly purchased … PCs to 4 years … offers the best mix of lower initial purchase cost with extended time […]

Net Book Value of Computers

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

… or when to completely write 0ff the net book values of those darn computers. ;-)

InvestorWords: net book value - “The net value of an asset. Equal to its original cost (its book value) minus depreciation and amortization. also called net book value and depreciated cost.”
Investopedia: Book Value - “1. The value at which an […]