For all CakePHP developers and fans out there, CakePHP 1.2 stable is reported to be released soon! Read the rest of this entry »

Writing good ad copies is utilizing science + art. This picture from Microsoft Adcenter shows some basic which can help you get started. Read the rest of this entry »

The model view controller (MVC) design pattern is not something new and was probably made famous due to web development frameworks such as Coldfusion Fusebox and Ruby on Rails. It’s a buzz word and almost every web development language wants it as a feature these days. As a web developer, if you take the time to learn it, it can really shorten the time to write and start running any web projects. I use CakePHP. Read the rest of this entry »

An airasia advertisement grabbed from doubleclick

Now here’s a reason why you will probably find more Australians, Britons, New Zealanders, Japs and Koreans in Kuala Lumpur in the coming months. Airasia is finally going to fly direct from Perth, Australia to Kuala Lumpur 6 times per week at a one way cost of AUSD$99! Read the rest of this entry »

Ever wonder what the united nations are up to? If you are an investor, take a look at this report dated back to August 2007 and at least have some insights on what’s happening around the world during that time, what happened, what’s REALLY happening currently, and maybe some upcoming opportunities. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2008 federal budget for Australia has been announced and the federal government expects 485,000 people to dump private health insurance after it doubles the Medicare surcharge threshold.
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Consider yourself an elite Yahoo! user if you know what these are. I wonder how many people knew about these, including a faster way to send mails in Yahoo!, search and redirect to your favorite sites and searching incoming links for a domain.
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I remember it was on 2007 that book 7 of Harry Potter was released and J K Rowling decided to make it the last book. For those who haven’t read it yet, you can read it here and even download it, thanks to scribd. Read the rest of this entry »

West Australia boomed like crazy thanks to mining, and suddenly immigrants are coming in, rental, traffic, food and fuel prices are rising, and so is inflation. However, I can’t help it but have to admit that Perth is really kind of quite and boring. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever wanted to view how the galaxy was form or what scientists at NASA are seeing? Now you can with the new Microsoft Wordwide Telescope. The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe. Read the rest of this entry »