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Sorry for not posting for the past couple of days. I just didn’t have anything to write about. Worst still, I’ve gone through what probably was the saddest weekend of my life as a family man.

On Saturday, I brought my wife to the gynecologist. We’re expecting our second child. However, upon examination, the doctor said that there’s been no growth at all since the last check up. There’s also no foetal echo (ie. no heartbeat detected).

And today, my wife started bleeding. I took her to the clinic first thing in the morning. A “cleaning” procedure has been scheduled for her at 3:00pm today (Malaysian time).

Yes, I do feel saddened by this whole ordeal; but hey, this is life. We score some points and we take some hits as well. Some more significant than others. The most important thing is to move on positively.

The first bug fixing build of WP 2.5 has been released. Before upgrading, you might want to read more about WordPress 2.5.1. A list of all bugs fixed in this build is listed here.

I’m very disappointed that the improper 404 handling bug is still in WordPress 2.5.1. Apparently the situation regarding this bug has gotten more complicated since my last visit to the ticket.

There are instances when you can’t avoid using faxes as a communication tool. Personally, I have a deep hatred of faxes. I find them outdated and costly, especially when I need to send them to an overseas number.

Thankfully though, there’s a low cost (free even, if you can tolerate ads in your faxes) method of sending faxes to the USA or Canada.

For $1.99 (USD), you can fax over a document to a US or Canadian number without needing a fax machine thanks to FaxZero. The document can be up to 15 pages (I’m assuming it’s for a standard A4 or letter size page) and should be in MS Word or PDF format in order to use this service.

If you’re really cheap, you can even fax a document using this service for free! However, the document is limited to three pages and a cover page containing advertisements will be included in your transmission.

If the fax is for business purposes, I suggest you invest in that $1.99 transmission fee to avoid your recipient having an ad-laced cover page. Surely you don’t want to be seen as cheap (or worse; unprofessional) to your prospects!

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 April 2008 - SAS Institute, the world’s leading business intelligence (BI) software provider, today announced that it is participating in the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT). SAS is the only independent BI vendor sponsor for WCIT 2008 to be held in Kuala Lumpur from May 18 - 22, 2008.

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At around 12:30am on Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, I heard what sounded like a jet fighter flying just over my apartment. At first I didn’t make much of it but the sound lasted more than five minutes. I went outside and tried to find where the noise was coming from.

I found where the noise was coming from. A jet of gas is shooting up to the sky somewhere along a Petronas gas pipeline which is supplying to Singapore. The location of the leak is just before the Permas Jaya bridge (on the Permas Jaya side, near the Shell petrol station). I managed to shoot a video of the incident and uploaded it to YouTube.

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