Salam and hello everyone. I don’t know why and how to solve this problem. It seems this blog has received an overwhelming and uncontrolled spam comments in the last few weeks and its getting worse few days back. It is weird because before this Akismet plugin that I’ve installed did a good job in protecting this blog from spam comments, but lately it has passed a lot of spam comments and I need to manually erase all these spam comments. It seems either Akismet has problems with it servers or the plugin itself. Akisment’s servers are okay and connectivity is available, but I’m not sure what is the problem.

So, I need to ask you if you know anything regarding this matter. Any method that probably can solve this and to stop this from happening again. Please suggest it to me by commenting below. Thank you.

Salam and hello everyone. After a quite long period of time I did not update this blog due to time constraint I had recently, I want to take this opportunity to wish all Muslim all over the world Happy Eid ul-Fitr and happy holiday to all of you who got long period of holiday due to this celebration. For Malaysian, I wish all of you Happy Merdeka Day and happy holiday. I’ve an advised to all of you who are going back to hometown by driving especially. Drive safely and get enough sleep and rest before you start you journey. For those who do not driving, please be alert to those who are driving. We need to remind each other, so that all of us can arrive safely to our destination. Last but not least, drive safely and ethically, you can make a different.

Salam and hello everyone. Just a quick entry to share with you the result for yesterday DIGI WWWOW Award which has been awarded to several bloggers and individuals based on online voting system. Well, I didn’t take part in this as I know where is my level in this internet industry. Nothing much to comment about the result even I heard so many people are disagree with some result of the award. So, here is the full result for the first DIGI WWWOW Award 2011.

1. Best Internet For All Idea : A.F.O Radio
2. Best Internet Good Award : Petfinder.my
3. Blogger of the Year : Anwar Hadi
4. Fave Malaysian Female Online Celebrity : Stacy
5. Fave Malaysian Male Online Celebrity : Nicholas Teo!
6. Fave Person Over 40 : Brandjontan
7. Fave Person Under 15 : Let It Be
8. Fave Tech Head : The Techno Hut
9. Must-Follow Personality : Anwar Hadi
10. Online Shop Of The Year : Karysma Beads and Sequins
11. Online Story Of The Year : Suzuki AFF Cup
12. Picture Of The Year : Beautiful White Orchid
13. Top Kay Poh : Lee Zi Wen
14. Top LOL : BlogSerius
15. Top Makan-Makan Expert : OhMalaysia
16. Video of The Year : Anwar Hadi

Like other competitions or awards, the result are finalized. However, I believe with one thing; an award should be awarded to the one which deliver quality in his/her passion, regardless whether you know him/her or not before or after the competition or award. People can judge whether you’re qualified to get the award or not. Well, online voting doesn’t portray the true result though, hence for those who didn’t win for this year DIGI WWWOW Award, try again next year if you still interested to grab the award.

Salam and hello everyone. I believe most Malaysian are aware about this issue. The video which has been uploaded to Youtube lately is claimed to be part of the video that has been uploaded and shared before. The previous video has been deleted from Youtube I believe, but not sure how about the latest one. However, I don’t really care to watch both of these videos shared on Youtube and don’t bother to search for it. I rather read others’ responses who have watched this video. However, if you expect you can find the link of the video here, I’m sorry I couldn’t fulfill your request.

Well, what I want to say actually is Malaysian bloggers should be careful in discussing this kind of sensitive issue. If you don’t know the true story, don’t make any speculations and false expectations.  The freedom of speech given to you in the internet has it’s boundary. You need to be aware about what you are going to write and what others may interpret from your writing. So, be careful. It is not the reason of being transparent or whatever, but you need be clear about whatever you are doing. Every facts must be supported with valid and reliable sources.

I know Malaysian bloggers want to express their opinion on the issue, but you must know where is your limit in expressing your opinion. Rohaizad has written a good entry regarding this issue and what Malaysian bloggers should aware when sharing this issue on their blogs. You can proceed here to read his entry. The entry is written in Bahasa, but I guess as a Malaysian you should easily understand what he is trying to deliver in his entry. I believe some people may agree with what I have written here and some people may disagree. I respect both of these people opinion, however, do share some of your thought on the issue.

Salam and hello everyone. First of all, thank you for dropping by here and read my blog posts. Without you as the readers, this blog means nothing. Well, thank you again for sharing some thoughts and comments on my posts in this blog. I know some of you might disagree in some issues written in this blog. Whatever it is, take it as my personal thought which may changes over time or maybe after I hear your arguments and read your comments. So, let me hear your thoughts.

I’m sorry for not being able to reply all your comments in this blog and updates this blog regularly. I know this is the first post for 2011. Even though I had planned to write something, and I actually had a lot of things to share with you before this, but because this is my last semester of my study, I need to give full focus on my final year project, thesis writing and few last subjects to complete my degree. However, I’ll try to keep this blog updated, as what I was doing now.

Last but not least, I hope I can keep this blog updated, at least one post in 2 weeks. Well, I’m just planning, I don’t know what will happen in the future. At the beginning of this semester, I thought this semester would be kind of free and easy for me, but it is otherwise. I have planned to do some changes for this blog and my other not-regularly-updated blogs since early this year, but none of it is started. Well, it is just a matter of time. I need to focus on more important thing first. Okay, that is all for now. Will keep updating this blog when I feel free. Thank you for visiting.

p/s: Anyone can help me with MATLAB GUI? I need someone who can guide me for maybe simple MATLAB GUI. If you or you know someone who can help me, drop me an email to i(at)izzatruslan.com

Salam and hello everyone. Sorry for not able to update this blog recently. Being busy is one of the things, another thing is I’m still waiting for TM to come to my house at my hometown for phone and Streamyx installation. I don’t know why TM takes too long of time to install phone and Streamyx connection. It has been 3 weeks already. Maybe they need some extra push to get it done quickly. =.= If you’re asking. Yes, my family just moved to new home and a lot of things are still yet ready to use. Well, I hope everything will get done as soon as possible. Owh, I’m posting this through my iPhone as this is the only way for me to get internet connection at my house. Otherwise, I need to go to my dad’s office, which I feel lazy to do.

Anyway, that’s not the matter that I want to talk now. I want to take this oppurtunity to wish all my muslim friends and blog readers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha. Even it is rare for us to wish for this celebration, anyway, it is not wrong though. And for others, enjoy your holiday today even some of us may only have one day of holiday only.

Anyway, that’s it for now. Writing a long entry via iPhone is not the best choice, however, it’ll be great for a live update entry. Ok, till next time. Bye!

p/s: You can follow me via Twitter for my latest update.

Salam and hello everyone. I have not been actively posting new update/entry recently due to time constraint, plus busy as a final year student. Even I have tried to manage my time as effective as possible, but still, I was unable to spend some time for this blog. I hope you understand. I probably will not able to update this blog for couple of weeks from now since in the next 2 weeks, I’ll have my final exam already. Hence, need time for preparation.

Anyhow, even I’m a kind of busy person now, tomorrow will be the last day for me to enjoy a bit before I have to struggle on my nuclear engineering exam this Monday, creative thinking’s project presentation this upcoming Wednesday and final year project 1 presentation which is scheduled on 15th of October 2010. Huh, still have a lot of things to do. Next after next week, I will have my study week for final exam. I have done some preparation for certain subject, maybe this will help me to reduce my stress during this study week period. Hopefully everything will be as planned.

Today I’ll be at Sepang International Circuit for MotoGP 2010 and it will be the last day for me to enjoy a bit before struggling for the next 4 weeks.

The picture above is taken by me during the practice day last Friday. I’ll be at K1 grandstand on race day, if you can find me, say hi. Hahaha.

That’s all for now. I’ll update again when I can find a time.

p/s: This entry is posted at 10.10 am on 10.10.10
p/p/s: I’m one of the group members who are currently working on this blog project on nuclear power awareness for the public. You can give a visit at this blog at www.Nuke4Malaysia.com. If you have any questions, comments, feedback and anything regarding the blog and nuclear power as electric source, please don’t hesitate to leave some comments on the blog. I would really appreciate it.

Salam and hello everyone. Good news for those who are still looking and planing to get domain names for their websites or blogs. From now on until 30th June 2010,  you can register your .my domain names with special price during this promotion period. Details about the price for .my domain names are as below:

.my DOMAIN REGISTRY will be having a 50% off promotion* on all .my domain name registrations and renewals. Promotion starts from 25th May 2010 to 30th June 2010. Contact your respective reseller for promotional eligibility.
*Terms and conditions apply.

RED colour price = Promotion price

Terms and Conditions

1. Promotional price are only valid for all .my domain names from 25th May 2010 to 30th June 2010.
2. Domain names that qualify for this price promotion are:-
   1. New Registration during the promotion period
   2. Renewal during the promotion period
   3. Advance renewal during the promotion period. Only renewal up to one year’s worth qualifies for the promotional price. The subsequent years will be subject to normal renewal fees.
3. Domain names that DO NOT qualify for this price promotion are those that are pending receipt of payment from .my DOMAIN REGISTRY.
4. .my DOMAIN REGISTRY shall not incur nor in any way reimburse any costs incurred during the active operation of the domain names (through websites and/or emails and/or related services).
5. .my DOMAIN REGISTRY, reserves the right to reject any registration and /or renewal of domain names without prior notices. The domain name registration and / or renewal shall be subject to the rules on choosing domain names, policies & procedures of .my DOMAIN REGISTRY, which includes the Agreement for Registration of Domain Names and the Reseller Agreement. These can be accessed from http://www.domainregistry.my.
6. .my DOMAIN REGISTRY reserves the right to change, amend and/or withdraw this price promotion without the need to provide any prior notice.

Please do not hesitate to email billing@domainregistry.my or call at 03-8991 7272 for queries;
Or
Click here for application of new domain name.

So, what are you waiting for? Get yourself a .my domain name before this promotion ends. I’m still thinking about the name to register for this promotion and most probably it would be for my photography portfolio website, but I’m still planing for it. Anyway, if you already have a name in your mind now, why not register it today before somebody else take it from you. Ok?

p/s:Do you have any recommendation from which registrars should I register? Exabytes?

Salam and hello everyone. Sorry, I still not able to reply all of your comments. But, I’m facing something weird with this blog currently. Starting from 1st April 2010, this blog traffic going down drastically from hundreds uniques visitors daily to less than 20 uniques visitors daily. I don’t know what is happening. I’ve checked hosting server status, it is running without any down time since 1st April 2010. It is ridiculous the traffic is going down like that in less than a day. More weird is that, it is starting from 1st April until today. Seriously, it make me crazy to think about it. Don’t tell me this is a kind of April Fool jokes. Huhu. See the screenshot for details.

Seriously, this is really weird for me. Looks like my blog main source of traffic, which is most of it from search engine; is gone. Do you have any ideas how this thing could happen? If before this I have not updated this blog about weeks, but still, the traffic still okay, around 30-40 uniques visitors daily, but this time, I can’t figure out what’s the problem. Either the problem is from this blog or really from the visitors itself. You think?

I have compared this blog’s traffic with several others traffic analytic tools, such as Nuffnang and Awstats. The result is quiet the same. These results drive me crazy to think how this could happen.

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Anyway, put aside about this blog traffic. April is coming, and this mean I have to be ready for my new upcoming challenge. Starting this upcoming 5th April 2010, I’m going to undergo industrial training as a requirement for my degree program. Check out my official industrial training online diary at doit.izzatruslan.com for details and daily or weekly updates during my industrial training period. Owh, forgot to mention, my industrial training is starting from 5th April 2010 until 25th June 2010, which is about 12 weeks. Some may say it is too short. Yes, it is. Three months is considered too short if compared to other universities, such as UTP which their industrial training is about 8 months. Anyway, three months is the minimum period of time for industrial training required by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and UNITEN has decided to go with this minimum period of time for industrial training. Well, nothing much to say, just do it!

Okay, that’s all for now. If you have any ideas what is the reason behind this drastic drop of traffic to this blog, please let me know.

Salam and hello everyone. Hope you guys in a great mood and health because it is weekend now. So, cheer up! By the way, title for this entry might tell the reason, why there are lack of updates recently at this blog. Okay, it is not all about Twitter actually even though I have to admit, I’m getting addicted to Twitter now. One of the reasons because I can simply write quick updates easily there just to tell my followers, what I’m doing now? What I’m thinking and reading now? That kind of simple questions somehow do not need me to write a proper entry for it. Agree with me?

Anyway, this entry is the second entry related to Twitter and the purposed is simply need some responses from fellow Twitterers, what do you think about Twitter? Did Twitter kills your blogging passion?

In addition, not all Twitterers are bloggers, some of them are just ordinary people who like to be connected with each other with simplicity of Twitter. Like you use Facebook and Friendster.

After using Twitter about a month, I found out that Twitter is more than just getting connected with each other. You can get more information regarding your interest by following people that suit your interest and maybe from that you can get the idea what to blog. Isn’t it useful?

So, what do you think about Twitter then? Did it kill your blogging passion? Leave your response using the comment form below and for those who yet join Twitter, why not join it today and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter for more “quick updates”.