Netmoirs of A Solemn Rover

My EPN Terminated

I received a termination email today from EPN. They told me that I am not driving them any traffic. Yes, I admit part of that was true. My only sole blog that runs on EPN is my real estate blog and that blog was hacked few weeks ago. Not only they managed to temper in my account but they also manage to delete the whole posting that I have done over the years. My SQL database for that blog was literally wiped out. I managed to google for the perpetrator's hideout and those punks had...

Google Wave is One Hell of A Tidal

Google Wave is one hell of a tidal, yes indeed. I got mine today, thanks to some cybermates. And now I got few invites to spare. Who wants one, just follow up the comments below and insert your gmail details. Wave is more phenomenal than Gmail as far as I remembered. GW was 'sent' to rule the social networking arena soon, battering Facebook to the floor. Let's see how these two giants battle each other from supremacy. Still, it is too early to judge as I am still residing comfortably with...

Google’s New Interface

I frequent Google everyday for my searches and researches and I am a big fan of Google products. Today I have discovered from some tech blogs that Google had a new interface. I was abit skeptical at the beginning as this used to be a rumour before. It seems like Google really did a make-over on their search engine interface making it fast-loading thus streamlining the performance. This is good news. Nevertheless, I still find Google persisted to be the most streamlined search engine in...

How to Solve Magento Login Issues

I was in the midst of testing Magento as required by a client as my 'offered' expertise in Wordpress and Joomla does not tally with the client's requirement of a solid ecommerce package. Wordpress win hands down for the best experience in blogging with superb SEO capabilities and Joomla excel in being a versatile CMS minus the SEO aspects of it, but both platform does not suit my clients' ecommerce needs. After scouring around for a number of ecommerce packages, I then decided to get down...

Joomla 1.5 Custom CHMOD File

My web hosting has recently upgraded their facilities. Upgrades is a good thing, and that shows how well the company is willing to advance themselves in catering their clients by equipping themselves with the latest technology. At times big guys like these may have forgotten - forgotten to fiddle their settings. Mainly this issues arise can be traced back to the person behind the panel's professionalism, whether he understood ftp permissions or not. As webmasters CHMOD is a big thing for us,...

Canon 40D Firmware Update 1.1.1

The undesirable winter is the reason why my DSLR has been dormant for sometime. Unbeknownst to me that there were already three releases of firmwares for Canon 40D since my last time updating it from 1.0.3 to 1.0.5 since January 2008! The releases were 1.0.8 released as early as April and towards year end, 1.0.10 and 1.1.1 followed suit. From the information I have obtained around the blogs, 1.0.10 and 1.1.1 are actually unofficial. The only official one was 1.0.8. I am unsure why but from...

Ebay Partner Network Pays

Got my first payment today from Ebay Partner Network. Only registering them nearly 2 months ago. The impact was fast, and it is worthwhile though I am working on an experimental affiliate site. It makes money faster than Adsense. The new eBay Partner Network is previously an affiliate program through Commission Junction (CJ). It is one of the most generous affiliate networks on the web. Offering up to 50%+ of revenue for successful bids and purchases and $25+ for every new sign up. The...

Improve N95 Battery Life

Symbian phones like N95 does run out of power in a short-time due to simultaneous mechanisms running in the background just like those puny Windows drivers that you have no knowledge about. I have came across some tips from gersbo.dk, of how some functions can be turned-off to minimize instantaneous battery drain. Basic Optimizations Update phone firmware - new firmware might include improvements to battery management. Bluetooth - keep it off unless needed. Put bluetooth management...

Joomla SEO-ing

Found some cool site of SEO-ing Joomla portals. Joomla sites unlike Wordpress are difficult to SEO, which makes that the biggest downside of the CMS. This is because Joomla was made of many 'parts' (modules, mambots, components) that intertwine with each other to form a functional CMS, thus making indexing spiders 'confused' whilst entering a Joomla site. A proper 'guide' in form of scripts or SEF (Search Engine Friendly) patchers need to be implemented to guide the almost-confused indexers to...

TransMY New Facelift Pt.1

After a year, TransMY will be getting a new facelift prior to the Robotcon, 3rd Gathering event and also the grand Movie release! It's time to celebrate the fandom with new aims and fresh start. Till all are one! This is the first facelift in a space of a year. First facelift was done by myself with some help from Skytq (TransMY member) who designed the image header. Back then the old template was based on dark purple with 2 narrow columns sandwiching the main column in the middle. For...