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Should you go to college, or just self-study online?
Should you spend 3 years and a ton of money to go to college, or do self-learning online for a fraction of the time and cost? After all, it seems like more and more employers don’t even bother looking at the degree, and want experienced skilled people instead.
CARSOME review: A breath of fresh air
Buying from CARSOME is like breathing in fresh clean air after exiting the public toilet. If that analogy makes you feel icky & dirty, good, …
Plane on conveyor belt riddle – Will it fly?
This is one of the most entertaining – and educational – online arguments I’ve had in a while. After a long night of online argument …
Alunan Resort review: A resort with SOUL
Alunan is a no-brainer choice for any visit to Perhentian Islands. I can write my face off, but it really comes down to this reason – Alunan Resort is a resort with SOUL.
The Dream Mirrors – Pilot Chapter
In March 2019 I thought about writing a sci-fi book, and kicked it off with a pilot chapter to gauge my writing, audience interest, and …
Congratulations Rashdan & Sara!
Congratulations on starting this new phase together! Wishing you many decades of love, happiness, and growth, as you walk this new path together. PS: (Non-programmers: …
Lessons from Facebook crash – How to set up your web systems to reduce your risk of failure
You probably already know by now that Facebook had a giant outage yesterday which lasted 6 hours. How can you prevent this from happening to your own website?
Outsourcing your app to an agency? Don’t just talk to the sales team.
If you’re planning to build a custom app, never make your decision if you’ve only spoken to the sales team (including the CEO) – more so if they’refriends.
Text summary: GAIN Bootcamp: CTO Series #1 with Arzumy
I had the opportunity to participate in an awesome webinar organised by MDEC. Although I’m unable to embed the video recording here, I hope the …
Review: Sarawak D’light, AEON Food Court, Bangsar South
The Good As with all soup noodles, the soup is most important. No point giving _banyak lauk_ if the soup is tasteless. Thankfully, Sarawak D’lights …
How to bulk/fast/easy delete LinkedIn Connections
LinkedIn doesn’t want you to delete your connections. That’s why it’s so hard to delete the 1000 spam connections that you approved 2 years ago. Well, not anymore.
Real or fake? 67-layer “Damascus” steel knife
I see cheap “67-layer Damascus steel” knives popping up everywhere. But just because it has many layers, doesn’t make it Damascus steel. Far from it.
How to fix or reset Bluetooth for Keychron K1/K2/K4/K6/K8/etc
Bluetooth is tricky and sometimes the connection can be laggy or broken or something else can go wrong for some weird reason – it could …
The Saotome Gambit by J. Austin Wilde – EPUB download
Skip to download link The Saotome Gambit was the first fanfiction I ever read and till today remains the only fanfiction I’ve finished. An unrelated …
Swimming hard without a compass = Going very far to nowhere
This took me a bloody long time to understand. I’ll spare you the sob backstory about how life was dreary and I felt aimless and …
Your business will fail
Your business will fail. So don’t listen to anyone else who says Success is just around the corner How long before you finally realise You …
How to disable the magnetic screen lock for Android devices
This is a similar feature to Apple’s smartscreen lock, where if a magnetic cover touches the screen, a sensor turns it off, and when you …
How to do a wildcard 301 redirect for a domain while keeping the same URL structure
Recently one of my clients did a rebranding and wanted to move all their content over to a new domain. Usually I would just do …
How to add CSS padding above #anchor link text
Update: Ok even I’m having trouble understanding what I wrote a few months ago… I’ll try to rewrite this for better understanding soon when I’m …
Calm the f* down, Milo isn’t evil
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past month, you’d have heard of Vishen Lakhiani of Mindvalley’s video that’s causing this major uproar saying Milo has been lying to you and it’s full of sugar and you should stop drinking it and blah blah blah. Here’s the bottomline of that video: IT’S AN AD.
Change background-position for images in Visual Composer
This’ll be a super short post as I’m busy AF trying to finish a site tonight, but basically: https://visualcomposer.io/article/background-image-position/ <– This doesn’t work And I …
MaidEasy review – A major pain in the ass, don’t bother
Update: Nope, they eventually failed to find me a maid altogether and I settled for a refund. What a major waste of time. Summary: I …
[SOLVED] Ultimate Member registration not working
I was trying to use Ultimate Member to add custom fields to my WordPress registration form. Unfortunately after setting it up, the form just doesn’t …
How to make a countdown timer in Google Sheets
I needed a multiple countdown timer, but couldn’t find anything online. So I decided to make my own with Google Sheets, feel free to use it!
How to haggle in Kota Kinabalu’s dried seafood market
I really shouldn’t be writing this… those guys rely on tourism dollars to stay afloat. But I guess if you’re searching for tips, you’d haggle anyway, so be kind.
WordPress: How to bulk remove categories from posts
We all know we can use the Bulk Edit function to add categories to multiple posts at one go. You’d expect to be able to …
How to show two columns on Visual Composer Post Grid for mobile
Visual Composer for WordPress is a lifesaver when it comes to web design these days. It makes designing page layouts a hundred times easier compared …
Startup Talk: When your word is not your bond
I found something out about a new startup today through a friend, and what he told me sickens me to the gut. I had been …
How to submit a URL to Google for crawling
Do you want to submit a URL to Google? You may have a website, or you might just want to update Google on a new …
SOLVED: How to access your site’s temporary URL for addon domains
If you’re like me and build your site on a temp URL before changing the DNS, you’re familiar with accessing your site through http://111.222.333.444/~username/. I …