Trying out PPS ping after fixing the WordPress Trackback bug.

When I first saw this, I was curious on why a chair was used to bar the door. I initially thought it was for additional security. Weeks later, when I relate this experience with Philipino friend of mine, he said that the chair is actually used to reach the top of the door where the lock is located. Now I know why we see so many shops in Philipines mall has such settings.

After suffering some downtime through the www.uni.cc host, penangbloggers can now be access through the .tk domain, penangblogger.tk.

At the same time, I have enlisted our Penang Residence Designer, Chee Aun, famed for his Phoenity skin to do a makeover on the Penang bloggers site. He manage to do a wonderful job and above that, he has added many new features such as RSS feed, promo banner and photos from Flickr.

If you are a penang residence or from Penang, now roaming the earth somewhere, do send us a mail to include you into penang bloggers family.

Penangbloggers.tk

Well, here is your chance to make Malaysia Proud, well, or rather, here is your chance to earn some good cash. USD $125,000 in prize for the best future Win OS design. Get your creative juice cracking…

When?
Closing date of submission is Oct 3, 2005 5pm PST. Plenty of time to meditate in the mountains and get inspired for your most creative design.

Winners will be announced on Jan 2006. This is certainly a long time to wait, hope I remember to see who and which design wins…

Who?
The judges are from Dell, Nike, Gillette, HP, Bose, HK Polytech Uni and Astro. Not our Astro, but ASTRO Studios from San Francisco.

What?
The challenge is not only to design a stunning Windows, but also cool functionality that are sustainable and ecological and environmental innovation. Hymmm… which part of a software is ecological and environmental innovative?, maybe they meant software ecology & environment..

Motivation
The prizes:

Judge’s Award – USD $50, 000

Chairman’s Award – USD $50, 000

Public’s Choice Award – USD $25, 000

Hymmm… why is the public’s choice award so few in dollars? Aren’t the public the consumers?, who will eventually make contributions to Microsoft? Maybe they don’t trust the public too much?..

categories

Personal productivity
Entertainment
Communication & Mobility
Living and Lifestyle

Interesting categories, I guess this is the future of PC, and these will be the market segments that will shape the future of PC usage. We have seen that the PC has start to creep into the Entertainment sector with the Media PC promoted by Microsoft and Intel. The PC replacing all the components below the TV, all the amp, CD’s and videos all in one box. The future is truly exciting…

Chee Aun, and all Malaysian designers.. Give it a shot.. Who knows, you may win and get a “grandfather” title along with it…

http://www.startsomethingpc.com/

“Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!”

I am leaving this default post of WordPress here, so that in the future, I can refer back to this date of my migration from MT to WordPress…