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Recently, I was shown this video via Facebook and this very simple message was delivered so eloquently that I felt that I should share it with as many creative minds out there as possible. A very inspirational video for those who are at the cross roads of whether to start a business, venture or a...
We probably have heard of services to recover application and data files from accidental deletion or even from a crashed hard disk drive. The techniques used vary from simple recovery of files using software techniques through the understanding of the file system structure to needing a clean room...
As far as I remembered, when twitter first came to the scene, one of the main attraction to this micro-blogging or the one-liner blogging site, was the ability to blog (or tweet) from your mobile phone via SMS. It was initially envisaged as an SMS based social networking tool. Picture taken from...
There seem to be a sudden increase in online photobook printing for the many new found photography hobbyist. Prices ranges depending on the quality of the print, from very affordable (and crappy quality) to very professionally done albums. This convenience have attracted many people to use these...
In the online world where the expectations of free products and/or services are common, most business models are centered around advertisement. Google’s main revenue comes from advertisement and there are many other online advertisement companies around. The FREE world is here and probably here to...
In this trying economic times, it is tough for organizatons to justify headcounts and what more to ensure that they hire juniors to ensure future continuation of their human resources. This puts young graduates this year into a very tough situation. First and foremost, there will be very little job...
Thanks to Mr Ho, who informed me of this funding. The ministry of youth and sports is providing funding for youths to be entrepreneurs but the amount is miniscule! They are providing RM3,000 with the following conditions. Malaysian citizen Between the age of 18 and 40 years old Youth...
Well, we all know that 2009 is a year that will see quite a few hardships and those graduating this year will have to be more innovative in getting jobs. However, there are many other opportunities than merely seeking employment. For a start, many are encouraged to be entrepreneurs, there is a sudden...
In the past, each local community had at least 1 photo studio where films get processed into photos or even just to get their identity sized photographs (e.g. passport). These studios have either closed (or in the process of closing) as digital photography and the Internet makes photo printing at a local...
Lately, I have been spending sometime with my Sony Alpha 200 Digital SLR (DLSR) camera. This is my first DSLR and hence the minimal investment into something that I am unsure. I have also been spending time looking for 3rd party accessories, such as filters and flash. The main purpose is to learn about...
Recently, a colleague of mine said that we should have a nice quiet place to hang out near work. Being in a new "city" with very limited places to "hang out", it got me thinking about how much does it really take to have a small low cost cafe. The main ingredient is probably the coffee machine and the...
Blank!Have been too busy to even think of any ideas but I have read quite a few new, and not so new ideas, due to the nature of my work for the past one year. Just in case there are people who do come in and try to enlighten themselves with potential business ideas ... it will be back. Meanwhile, you have...
Lessons Learnt from the Dot Com Era for Real Physical BusinessThis entry is inspired by enterprising MMU students (or rather graduated students) and I feel strongly that I should at least give them a mention wherever I can to "advertise" their business.One of the most successful dot com business model is...
Malaysia a Halal Hub?I was actually looking for some food and beverage business idea when I came across this company in UK that produces Halal Baby food! Being a parent of a toddler, it made me explore this more as I have always thought that baby food contains just vegetables and other soft food.Although...
Web 2.0 in a Vertical MarketThis has been at the back of my mind for sometime but I haven't found the time to write it down. There are lots of talk about Web 2.0 and surprisingly not many know what it is. Ok, I don't really either but from what I gather, it has to do with the web is now no longer a one-way...
Adsense?Well, I have finally got sucked into the Google Economy. As you may have noticed, there are now some google stuff on this website. So, for those who are not sure what to do and have their own little websites, Google AdSense may make sense.
PS3 ClusterWell, with it's 1 PPE and 8 SPE (that's 1 main processing core with 8 pipelines vector co-core processors), it has a theoretical performance of more than hundred GFLOPS (that's billions of floating point operations per second to the slightly technical minded people). The Top500 fastest computers...
Linux Kernel Internals Anyone?I don't think so but then these courses are offered in the United States targeting the industry. Anyone out there think that such a course would be marketable in Malaysia or in the South East Asian region? If so, I would like to hear from you.
Happy New Year!Well, firstly Happy New Year 2007 to my readers and we start the new year with new ventures. What is needed in a new venture? ... Money ... really? I have a proposal to be part of a startup that will start without any funding, basically just to do projects for income and to barter trade...
2 months of no crazy ideasJust realised that I have not been updating my thoughts. It has been a long short trimester and I have been extremely busy with lectures, preparation for my own research and also administrative tasks. Of course, if you have been following this little section of mine, you are...