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I will go to KL to attend the BarCamp Malaysia held on 26th and 27th July 2008.

What is BarCamp?

Frankly, I am not sure too. According to BarCamp.org,

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

Get the idea? It is a group of people gather together and sharing with each others. BarCamp Malaysia is the 1st barcamp in Malaysia. Check out the interesting schedule.

When is BarCamp Malaysia 2008?

Date: July 26, 2008, 10:00AM-6:00PM. July 27, 2008, 10:00AM-2:00PM.
Venue: xTrain Sdn Bhd, Unit E-7-1, Block E, Megan Avenue 1, 189 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur. (view map)

BarCamp Malaysia was a registration only event but due to the overwhelming responds, they are open to walk in registration at 9am, 26th July 2008. So, if you are not registered but interested, make sure you are there early!

I am not giving any talk at BarCamp Malaysia 2008 but I am very much looking forward for it! Surely, you will meet many geeks and experts there and discussing geek topics with them is FUN!

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Just before I am going for my HongKong/China holiday, I got a great news. My blog, LiewCF.com is accepted in 9rules network!

“9rules is an online community of blogs and bloggers. In 2006 it took the award for Best Community Site of the Year at SXSWi in Austin, Texas.” [via wikipedia]

I was first notified by Keith Dsouza via Twitter. I thought it was a joke because I didn’t put much hope when filling the 9rules submission form after get to know about the 9rules 6th round submission on “Footsptes in the Mirror” by Edrei(the first Malaysian blogger in 9rules network?)

So far, Edrei found SIX Malaysian in 9rules network:

• Cypherhackz.net
• EducateDeviate
• Hochiak! Delicious Asian Food
• Liewcf.com
• Novelr
• Footsteps In The Mirror

I should be proud about it, shouldn’t I?

My two cents

I am not sure what is the traffic effect after joining the 9rules network, but it is great to be part of the big blogging network. 9rules is about community, as other existing 9rulers told me. Joining the family is definitely a good thing. Wish to have more Malaysian bloggers in the 9rules soon!

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It is quite common that mod_security is interfering the functions of your web applications. mod_security is installed and enabled by your web server admin but you can still disable it for your individual website using .htaccess file by following this tutorial.

“mod_security is an Apache module (for Apache 1 and 2) that provides intrusion detection and prevention for web applications.” — HowtoForge

Disable mod_security in .htaccess file

1. If you do not have one yet, an .htaccess file in the folder of your web application
2. To disable mod_security COMPLETELY, add the following line to the .htaccess file:
   SecFilterEngine Off
   OR, to disable HTTP POST scanning only, use the following instead:
   SecFilterScanPOST Off
3. Save the file and test your web application to check whether disabling mod_security has solved your problem.

I recommend you to try SecFilterScanPOST Off first, instead of disabling mod_security completely.

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I know what you are thinking when we talk about the gadgets for blogger. Yeah, blogger should have one of the Apple’s product such as iPod Touch, smart PDA like blackberry or dopod, 10 Megs of pixels with cool lenses DSLR like Nikon D60 or Sony Alpha.

How about Sony PSP or any MP4 player that can play any video from YouTube and dailymotion?

Talking about mobility, we have Nokia Communicator or Sony Ericsson P/T series. What else?

OK, here are another 5 gadgets that blogger should have but seldom be mentioned.

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Hong Kiat has a cool giveaway in May 2008 that worth USD$750 in total. The prizes included are FlashLoaded 3DWall, ColorSchemer Studio, Premium WordPress theme, and web hosting accounts.

To win the prizes, all you need to do is to subscribe his blog feed and notice the free giveaway link at the bottom of the feed. The fastest feed readers who submit their details will be the winners.

The first giveaway will start on the 7th May and each Wednesday for the entire May 2008.

My two cents

This is an interesting way to increase your feed subscribers and reward their loyalty. To increase your chance of winning, make sure you refresh HongKiat’s feed every 5 minutes on Wednesday of May 2008

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