I got an email from Scott Boulch, the author of The Death Of Adsense e-book. Here are some of that he wrote in the email:

At the time of this writing we have had over 20,500 people download “The Death Of AdSense”.

We even hit # 424 on Alexa’s list of the top 100,000 most popular sites last week!

I’m doing the final editing on the second part today and getting ready to
open up the doors on part II!

If you havent downloaded the e-book, click here to get it now.

Tomorrow Scott will be releasing the second part of the e-book. So check it out tomorrow to get your second part of the e-book free and find out for yourselves if Adsense is really dead.

I never thought programming is so much fun. All the while, I thought facing the computer screen day-in day-out would be very boring. That’s the main reason I thought I didnt like computer course. Circumstances however changed my perception about computing.

At Bendigo College of Advanced Education, I started my first year of studying Computing with much curiosity due to my initial thought about computers. Slowly, I began to like what I thought I hated most. Computer programming had proven to be very interesting for me. I started with BASIC programming language and then progress further with Pascal.

Pascal is a very interesting programming language to learn. I was made to understand Pascal is particularly suitable for introducing students to programming due to its English-like syntax.

I still remember the first major project I did in my computer programming subject using Pascal. We were asked to write a computer program to handle sales of tickets for a stadium. The program was supposed to be installed at ticket vending machines at the stadium.

If I remember correctly, there were some conditions that we had to handle in the system such as the different pricing for different sections of the stadium. The program also had to handle different pricing for adult and children. The most interesting part was how to handle the total pricing, receive cash from the customers, calculates how much to refund the balance and calculate what were the type and number of currency denominations to dispense from the vending machines when giving out the balance.

I was so hooked-up to completing the assignment that I spent every single free slot between lectures in the computer lab. My friends commented that I looked like zombie for spending long hours in the lab.

The best part of that assignment was that I was among the first students to complete the project well before date line. And the program worked perfectly producing correct results. I had so much fun testing the system just to see how the system calculates what type of currency denomination the machine should give when giving out change.

Learning Pascal programming language was really one of the greatest things I had ever experienced in my computing study.

Did you learn Pascal? What is your favourite programming language? Let us know your experience.

Webmasters….if you haven’t backed up your databases yet….stop reading this now and go to your control panel and perform the backup at once. And remember to do that every day if your website contents change all the time.

I have just recovered from one of my biggest shock in my life. I was working in mySQL database control panel. I wanted to do some cleaning up of the databases because there are quite a few junks in there due to some testings previously.

Thinking I was deleting one of those junk databases, I clicked ‘Yes’ to confirm the deletion and after it’s done then only I realized I had accidently deleted a live database used for one of my directory website.

I couldnt describe the inner feeling I had 30 minutes ago. I just didnt know what to do. I remember in the TOS with my webhosting company that backing up my databases is my own responsibility and that the backup done by the webhosting company is for their own disaster recovery purpose. I was doomed…..all I was thinking was how dumb and stupid of me for not double checking what I wanted to delete and double dumb and stupid for not performing a regular backup.

Out of desperation, I called the mobile number of the support center for the web hosting company and I explained to the support engineer my predicament. Eventhough the company is not in anyway obliged to do the restoration for me especially that I have no backup, he promised me to try to help me to restore the database as of yesterday. He has asked me to report the incident through the support website which I promply did, mentioning that I have talked to him about this incident.

Guess what, within less than 10 minutes of my sending the incident ticket, my database was fully restored as at last night 1.00am. I quickly checked the website content and I was so happy that I didnt lose much content as a result of that. In fact, I dont think I lose any content at all..I need to check that later to reconfirm…for now I have to tell this story first while it is still hot.

I cant describe how grateful I am for the fast and efficient services provided by Internet-Webhosting.com. This is not the first time the engineers at Internet-Webhosting.com have impressed upon me. On many occassions before, I found their support and services, from sales to post technical support, have been nothing less than excellent. I never had to wait more than two hours to get resolutions to any problem I had with regards to webhosting technical stuffs. The guys at Internet-Webhosting.com are simply terrific and helpful.

I hope they will continue to provide excellent services to all their clients the way they have reponded to my needs….I wish Internet-Webhosting.com all the very best in their business endeavour. Continue doing what you are already doing and I can assure you have me as your client….forever?

And hey…did I mention that the webhosting packages offered by Internet-Webhosting.com are also very competitive, if not one of the cheapest? Go and check it out and I am sure you wouldn’t be disappointed. I have registered for three domains inclusive of web hosting packages at Internet-Webhosting.com. One more new domain needed, I think I better go for reseller plan….:)

Phew…..Internet-Webhosting.com made my day.

Someone thinks Adsense is dead. They are so sure about it that they pay .50 cents for every ebook downloaded from this site..

I have downloaded the ebook as well, not because I want Adsense to die but to further find out what is this site talking about. At least if Adsense really dies, I know the cause of the death and what is there available to take over from Adsense.

You wondering yourself? Check it out here..

In the mean time, don’t remove your Adsense codes from your blogs and websites just yet because at this present moment, Adsense is still alive and kicking.

News source from Colbert’s blog.

When I started my Bachelor of Applied Science course at the BCAE, that was my first time ever I laid my fingers on the computer keyboard. The very first computer that I used was IBM JX. At that time, 1985, it was considered as one of the state-of-the-art personal computer ever introduced. With its slim design and small footprint, IBM JX was really a beauty at that time.

Ever wondered how powerful this computer at that time? Take a look at the configuration below :

NAME : PC JX
MANUFACTURER : IBM
TYPE : Home Computer
ORIGIN : U.S.A.
YEAR : October 1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE : Advanced BASIC
KEYBOARD : Full stroke 79-key with 10 function-key and arrow keys
CPU : Intel 8088
SPEED : 4.77 MHz
CO-PROCESSOR : No 8087 socket
RAM JX : 64k (up to 512k)
JX2 : 128k
VRAM JX : 16k
JX2 : 32k
ROM : 128k
TEXT MODES : 40 or 80 chars. x 25 lines in 8 colors
GRAPHIC MODES : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200 (16 colors) / 720 x 512 (2 colors)
COLORS : 16
SOUND : 3 channels, 8 octaves
I/O PORTS : 2 cartridge ports (64 KB each), Centronics (optional), RS232, Joystick, Light Pen
BUILT IN MEDIA : 2 x 3.5′’ disk-drives
OS : MS DOS 2.1
POWER SUPPLY : Built-in power supply unit
PERIPHERALS : Expansion unit - Houses a 5.25′’ FDD and 5 expansion slots

Ha ha ha…I know some of you must be laughing, but this was really one of the most powerful PC in that era. You need to have two 3.5″ diskettes to run this gadget. One disk drive is for MSDOS, and the other disk drive to save all your data. The 3.5″ disk then could only store up to 360KB of data.

Did you notice the speed? A whopping 4.77 Mhz….he he he. I used this PC to learn BASIC programming language. That was my first ever computer language I had learned.

Looking back, it is really amazing to see how much PC technology had advanced. The processing power that we have in a PC now was actually the processing power of a mainframe or minicomputer decades ago. Even then, the cost was so expensive that only big corporations could afford it.

What was the first PC you ever used? Come on share with us your experience.

I didnt actually watch the budget presentation on the telivision. I read about it in Sun2Surf.

From the IT point of view, I must say the new incentive for computer ownership and the tax relief that comes with it are both good and bad news.

Good news because the period of incentive is now reduced from five years to three years, which is just about right for the fast-paced computer industry.

Bad news is that the tax incentive change from a tax rebate of RM500 to a tax relief of up to RM3,000 will only benefit those with a taxable income of RM53,000 and above.

Here is how it works out:

A person with a taxable income of RM23,000 buys a PC costing RM3,000. Under the old scheme, he would be paying RM185 income tax, after the RM500 rebate. However, under the new PC tax relief, he would end up paying RM475 of income tax. The tax would be higher if the PC cost is less than RM3,000.

Source : Pikom in The Edge Daily

Sorry Pak Lah…this is not what the men on the streets want.

I have been busy with this project for the last few days since last week. Finally, it is up and running. Links Portfolio.com is running on phpLinkDirectory script. I decided to launch Links Portfolio.com as a paid web directory as there are already a lot of free directories for those seeking free listing. I also believe Links Portfolio.com as paid directory will attract better quality submissions as only those who are serious in promoting their websites will patronize paid links directory.

Since this is paid directory, I am not expecting a lot of new link submissions in the weeks to come, but I am prepared to give it as much time it needs to be accepted by the market out there. I hope to get lots of good quality sites registered in this web directory in the future.

Currently, payment can only be made via PayPal. Very soon it will be accepting credit card as well when I have upgraded my PayPal account.

This is the first time Links Portfolio.com ever promoted on the internet. I can foresee that I will be spending a lot more time in the next couple of weeks promoting this web directory over the internet.

If you notice, there are no Adsense ads on this site. I will be promoting only BidVertiser ads on this web directory. Later on I would like to compare the BidVertisers and Adsense to see which one is better performer to my bottom line. I hope both will do well .

I really appreciate if you have any comment to regarding my directory. I am open to any suggestion, except to make it free directory listing.

Cheers

It is really funny how I got myself into the IT world. From the very beginning, I never liked the idea of having to stay in the office just facing the computer screen and tapping the keyboard all day long. It was just plain boredom for me at that time. So when I was offered to do Engineerig course at Bendigo College of Advanced Education, I never had to think twice.

However, my sailing in the Engineering world wasn’t that plain after all. Suddenly I couldnt cope with all the mathematical subjects in the Engineering course. It was just numbers and calculations and I found out that this was just much. I couldnt maintain my enthusiasm for long, as a result of that, I knew I was heading for disaster, and I wasnt wrong.

The final semester results came out. I only passed 3 subjects out of about 9 subjects, if I remember correctly. I was doomed. I knew I had to do something about it but I was just not interested in the course anymore. My unplanned plan B immediately came into picture. I wanted to change my course of study…but what would be my choice? What is really I wanted to do with my life? Honestly….at that time I didnt know. But plan B must be executed at all cost.

So I approached the Dean of Business School and inquired if there is still any available seat in the Accounting course, purely out of desperation. However, I was told all places in the Accounting course were fully taken. But……if I was interested in switching to Computing, he could immediately confirm a place for me. Pheww…..this was hard. Computing? That boring machine? My thought ran wild for a while…what was I going to do….looked like I didnt have much choice. Again…out of desperation I just said YES….and that was the day I got myself into the world of IT.

I reluctantly enrolled into the Bachelor of Applied Science (Computing), with a few credits given for my three subjects that I passed in my Engineering course. What lied ahead was totally beyond my expectation….I will share with you about my journey in the Computing studies in my next post.

How about you? Do you think you made the right choice when you 1st enrolled in your tertiary education?