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How to Generate Dummy Data - REALLY FAST

Saturday, August 9, 2008

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Need to populate a database with some dummy figures?  Here’s perhaps the fastest way you’ll be able to do this. GenerateData.com is a free service which quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats (eg. Excel, CSV, SQL, HTML).  What I like most about GenerateData.com it is you can choose the [...]

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How to Watch BBC News & Bloomberg For Free

Friday, August 1, 2008

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I don’t subscribe to cable news at home. Instead I now rely on the Internet for almost all my news since I’ve basically also stopped reading the papers as well.  Having said that, I’ll admit that watching the news on TV, is a lot easier than reading RSS feeds - So yes, I do miss [...]

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5 Free Tools to Make Your Digg Experience a Better One

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Digg is currently the most popular social media website (Yahoo Buzz doesn’t qualify because it is not open to smaller blogs), and over 60 stories are promoted to the front page and receive massive amounts of traffic. The users who submit such popular posts, are revered and are fondly called "power users". If you [...]

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BarCampMalaysia Day 2: It’s all about sharing

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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Welcome to BarCampMalaysia coverage day 2.  Noticeably fewer people today, but because the sessions were slightly smaller, I found that it really made for more personable, more interactive and less hectic talks.  I also learnt my lesson about picking sessions in barcamp yesterday, as I found out the hard way that technical sessions in [...]

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BarCampMalaysia Day 1 : Unconference of the Year

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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BarcampMalaysia certainly lived up to its promise of being an unconference to remember!   Great people, open sharing, and a good amount of ideas bouncing around the room - and every auditorium for every session - packed to the brim.  To give you a lowdown of the events, I won’t give you a full blow [...]

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