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Singapore Blog Awards 2008 - by Omy.sg

May 1, 2008 Blogosphere, Singapore

Just to share this info that I read from Omy.sg. Singapore Blog Awards 2008 is the fist bilingual blog awards in Singapore, launched by Omy.sg, the 1st bilingual news and interactive web portal. There are all together 7 categories: Best Youth Blog, Best Photo Blog, Most Insightful Blog, Most Entertaining Blog, Best Blog Design, Best Blog Shop, Best Individual Blog.

I did not read in details, but it looks quite interesting. So, are you in for the game?

Press release by Omy.sg, Singapore Blog Awards 2008.

To know more, check out Singapore Blog Awards 2008 Official Website.

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WordPress 2.5.1 is available now

Apr 26, 2008 Blogosphere

WordPress 2.5.1 is available for download now. There are all together over 70 bug and securities fixes from this version. Seems like the 2.5 version really got lots of bugs.

Taken from WordPress.org:

April 25, 2008

WordPress 2.5.1

By Ryan. Filed under Releases.

Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.

In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.

If you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:

* Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
* Better performance for those who have many categories
* Media Uploader fixes
* An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
* Widget Administration fixes
* Various usability improvements
* Layout fixes for IE

Secret lives of blogs

Since 2.5 your wp-config.php file allows a new constant called SECRET_KEY which basically is meant to introduce a little permanent randomness into the cryptographic functions used for cookies in WordPress. You can visit this link we set up to get a unique secret key for your config file. (It’s unique and random on every page load.) Having this line in your config file helps secure your blog.

Many thanks to Steven Murdoch for responsibly reporting the security issue (CVE-2008-1930) and Alex Concha for reporting an XSS issue.

Are you going to upgrade soon?

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Sex-in-uniform video on TNP, will police contact Jialat dot Com for assistance?

Apr 24, 2008 Blogosphere, Gossips, Singapore

I am referring to my post on 26th March, titled “What action will McDonald take against Sex-In-McDonald-Uniform staff?“. This piece of “news” has gone onto our local tabloid, TNP (dated 24 April, page 9), and the Chinese portal OMY.sg. No wonder when I checked my site statistics just now, I saw a surge of incoming traffics from search for “mcdonald sex”, “uniform sex”, ect.

In both TNP and OMY.sg reports, McDonald said they have lodged a police report. So I wonder, will police contact Jialat dot Com? Fortunately, I did not upload or distribute the clip or link, keke. Hope this won’t get myself into trouble though.

Anyway, I think the photo on OMY.sg was taken from my post. They just look exactly the same. But too bad I can’t prove it because I did not make any watermark or copyright claim on the original photo. As for the photo on TNP, I seriously think that they have PS-ed the screencap. From that angle, The McDelivery logo is darn freaking obvious, but they was none on the TNP photo.

By the way, you see, my post was dated 26th March. These local tabloids only published it today, 24th April. They are seriously WOLS… Please wake up! Be a responsible tabloid, act fast!

For guys who asked for links, too bad, too late if all the links in those forums are not valid now. This is the consequences of following the “mainstream” media, maybe?

mc sex
The logo is missing…… check out my post, the logo is so obvious.

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Seems like it is SingNet problem with Google

Apr 17, 2008 Blogosphere, IT

Seems like it is only SingNet users are facing problem with Google, Adsense…… For visiters to Jialat dot Com, if your page failed to load, that is because you are using SingNet service that SingNet seems to have problem with Google, Adsense right now. And I can’t do anything……

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Google down now?

Apr 17, 2008 Blogosphere, IT

Is Google down now? I could now enter Google.com. My blog with Google Adsense took forever to load, but problem gone once I took down Adsense. Heard that Blogspot also cannot be entered. YouTube seems got problem also.

Anything found similar problem?

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5 Signs of Internet Addictions

Apr 14, 2008 Around the Word, Blogosphere, IT

Do you have the following symptoms?

1 You suffer withdrawal symptoms such as anger, tension or depression when you can’t get online.

2 You lie about how much time you spend on the web.

3 You risk a job or relationship because of the internet.

4 You try – and fail – to cut back the time you spend on your computer.

5 You lose track of time and neglect basics such as food and sleep.

Maybe, it is time to take a rest.

Fabulous Magazine: ‘Who’s looking at YOUR web profile?’

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