Following some trends over the weekend, I notice that some people are initiating a “boycott” against PPS simply because I now own it through my company, VCTech Network. Some have even been touting that a particular, relatively new blog aggregator will be a potential “challenger” to PPS. I did my homework and I can tell them right now that they are wasting their time in trying to boycott a local giant. You can see the PPS statistics if you don’t believe me.
But one of the reasons given for this “boycott” is because of their unwarranted fear that I would ban anyone who disagrees with me publicly on PPS, on the premise that I banned one uncivilised lout from it. Unfortunately this notion is simply mistaken, because that thug was the only person I have banned from the system thus far. I did unban several blogs from the system and of them was Sze Hau’s blog, who was banned (unfairly, in my opinion) for a technical glitch which was not his fault. Its good to see that someone appreciates my efforts to improving PPS. Its not like I am getting any monetary benefit from unbanning him or anyone else who was previously banned by PPS.
If banning an anonymous, uncivilised bastard who was born from the gutter is going to eclipse the fact that I unbanned a decent person, so be it. If this is going cause me to be labelled as an “extremist”, so be it. I really do not care. So be it.
20 Apr
I guess there must always be a first for everything:
BN May Not Contest Penanti
Barisan Nasional may not contest the Penanti state by-election if it obtains the consensus of all component parties, says PM Najib.
Via The Star SMS news.
18 Apr
Digging through the (now defunct) Project Petaling Street Blog, I came across a mention of yours truly. When the statement was first made, it garnered such unwarranted controversy that I decided to remove it. Not because I did not want to stand by what I had said, but because I find that Malaysians’ reaction to the statement silly, emotionally hamstrung and bordered on immaturity. The fact that Pak Lah was at the height of his popularity did not help my cause either.
Four years later, the batik/nyonya kebaya/songket fiasco is long dead and buried and Pak Lah has resigned retired in disgrace. Nobody talks or cares about Endon anymore either. So much for the flak that I received back in 2005. Poetic justice?
18 Apr
This letter from the Malaysian Securities Commission addressed to an official attached with a local Islamic bank confirms that ASB / ASB schemes currently do not comply with current SC regulations on Islamic unit trust funds and Syariah principles.
Continue reading…
17 Apr
I am getting fed up of Streamyx. It has been giving me problems since two days ago and even until today. Even though I am now able to connect to the Internet, my Streamyx connection is giving me timeouts and making it difficult for me to access my servers, what more updating the blogs. I am thinking that if I am still enduring these kinds of problems until next month, I will switch to P1 WiMax. Regardless of cost, I think it will be more damaging to me in the long run if I am getting this kind of crappy service from TM Nut.
The only problem is that I do not know how reliable will the P1 WiMax service be (or for that matter, the reliability of the WiMax technology in the country). Will it be greener on the other side of the plateau, or am I running away from the tiger’s jaw into the crocodile’s gaping mouth?
17 Apr
