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Living in an Abusive World

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:52:55 +0800

The world is getting expensive for us to live. In the past 5 years, a hundred ringgit note can bought us lots of thing. At least, for that amount, you can get quite a bargain. Nowadays, all you can get from RM100 is a pack of diapers and a tin of powder milk. Quite sad, isn't it?

Let see more of it. How much you spend to fuel your bike? I used to spend RM3 for a full tank of gas but that's not the case of now. Petrol price has gone up pretty steep due great demand from China and India. USD100 per barrel is not something we can smile about considering the fact, it costs only USD75 in the last 5 years. Darn expensive though.

The sad part is, our purchase capacity remains static. So how do you survive this madness? How do you sustain your life in this abusive world? We can't beg for extra salary as our employer won't give a shit on us, aren't they? I don't ...

Blog for Non-Techie Webmasters

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:44:59 +0800

No doubt, blog is extremely famous these days. In fact, 1.35 blogs were created every second. Not only as a powerful tool of communication, but also as monetizing platform. As of March 2007, Technorati estimated that 120,000 blogs were created everyday. That's about 1.39 blogs created per second!

Okay, the data was extracted from BBC last year. Quite a phenomenon wasn't it? How about blog platform? To-date, there are at least 13 blog platforms well-known to the public and each one of them comes in different language. If you are 'web-geek', it won't be a problem but what if you don't have the technical knowledge, like me? No doubt, it will cause you pain in the neck.

Without undestanding blog platform, you still can be...

Writing English – Don't Let It Deter You

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:54:13 +0800

I admit, my English is not so good. I cannot speak English fluently nor write efficiently like the rest of you. Despite all the lacks, it does not hinder me to write in English especially when it comes to blogging.

I posted an article to one of the most popular blog; surprisingly I received quite a number of comments. However, these two caught my intention.

"dude your grammar totally sucks..like big time man... its not about having someone to proofread for you; but basic things you should've learned in Form 3."

"Yes, if you want to write in English, learn English first!"

How do you feel? Humiliated? Angry? Relax. There are lots of challenges when you do something beyond your capabilities. This is normal.

Whe...

Forget 100 Tips. These 3 Tips Will Generate You the Traffic

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:36:08 +0800

I've tried everything to increase my visitors. I actively submitted the articles to directories and rss aggregator sites. Unfortunately, I didn't generate much traffic from it. Not even close to 100 visits daily.

On 09 April, I wrote an article "Najib Under Siege?" and have it posted to one of the most popular political blog in Malaysia. What happened next totally amazed me. It received overwhelming response from the readers and as the direct result; thousands of people flooded this blog.

I was surprised with the stat - 882,806 hits with 16,126 views and 8,738 unique visitors, equivalent to 3.55GB of bandwidth from that article alone. Additionally, I tracked another 6 links pointing to my internal page. That was a s...

Flame Commenter: To Deal or Not to Deal

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:59:54 +0800

Few days back, I was 'invited into a war zone,' due to my previous article; "Masters In Disguise, Again?" I normally not too bother to let any comments listed within my blog. Say anything you like as I won't bother. To ease the effort, I don't even request any email address from the commenter. Heck, this is a blog and of course it generates any kind of comment.

Surprisingly, I found some of them are stubborn enough to understand. This is internet and people can write anything if not everything. When a company sells products and you gave bad review on it, does it mean you will be held accountable? A product doesn't sell for several reasons and there must be reasons when we gave negative thoughts.

This i...

Najib Under Siege?

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:59:06 +0800

May 6, 2006 – The parliment once again goes under debate. Not that some groups are demonstrating but due to one person taken into court. Yes, if it's not Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who else? The infamous blogger was alleged under Sedition Act 1948 due to his controversial article "Let’s Send the Altantuya Murderers to Hell".

In his article published on April 25, he incited the murder was connected to Deputy Prime Minister; Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Datin Rosmah Mansor.

"It seems the Affidavit also reveals that Altantuya was camped outside Razak's house and this caused him to panic. He then went running to Najib, and Rosmah s...

10 Things I Hate About My Blog

admin@fitzheim.com (Wan Assad) — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:58:51 +0800

The headline says it clear. In light of the fact that I'm in a crappy mood, why don't I post something unusual for my readers? Often I published tips and guides, but this time I want to write the opposites. I definitely sure, many of you encounter the same.

1) My blog has no readers
I hate it as much I hate terrorists. I have this blog runs and keep the content constantly updated but no one reads it. Without readers; to whom I shall furnish my contents?

2) My blog does not generate any income
I want to upgrade this blog further but it requires money. I place Google Adsense but no one clicks on it. I have created ads space but no one buys it. I hate it since without extra money; I cannot upgrade this beloved blog.

3) My blog do...