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A Visit to KAUST

amellie — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:40:51 +0000

* Disclaimer: This post was written in October 2010. So a lot of things, including KAUST policy, might have changed.

About a week ago, I got a chance to visit the campus of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology…

TU/e Library Bookmarklet

amellie — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:19:16 +0000

I don't normally post technical or IT-related stuff in this blog. But I'll do it this time (and probably the last time ). For those who are not TU/e students, I strongly recommend not to continue reading this post as …

Internet in Saudi Arabia

amellie — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:09:00 +0000

I’m getting soooo depressed. If you love internet too much, I suggest you: DON’T live in Saudi Arabia. This picture tells you why:

Yap! The government blocks most of “pornographic” websites. They filter all the websites that are accessed within …

Google: Failure

amellie — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:35:00 +0000

Got this from Friendster’s Bullboard posted by Alay months ago

I’m sure some of you have tried this:

Go to Google and type: failure. Then click “I’m Feeling Lucky” (Don’t click “Google Search”).

Then…

Voila!

It redirects to the biography …

Information Technology & Society

amellie — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:30:00 +0000

I often wonder why people these days underestimate the world of Information Technology, well, my world to be honest. They think that people who are majoring in IT have no choice/interest in other fields. In their head, IT is the …

Yahoo! shops around

amellie — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:23:00 +0000

flickr
konfabulator
oddpost
overture
dialpad
upcoming
musicmatch
strata labs

I think Yahoo! is a shopaholic hehe.. They have bought all types of companies/websites; from mail, group, web space, social networking, job, and even voip! Yahoo! Mail was previously known as …

Google Earth, i mean.. Google Maps

amellie — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:15:00 +0000

Wew.. Google rocks! I saw my apartment on the satellite haha.. (norak..! :p) But I couldn’t see Jakarta though…

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Firefox Extensions

amellie — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:52:00 +0000

These are the list of my frequently used firefox extensions:

Chipmarks – One of my fave! It allows us to save the bookmarks/favourites in the central server. So you won’t lose the data, even if you re-install your windows

Installing Apache – PHP – MySQL

amellie — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:51:00 +0000

A few days ago, I had a very painful moment installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL in my computer. I tried to look at the documentations at both PHP and MySQL but none of them gave me clear explanations!! I didn’t …

strawberry season & INFS

amellie — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:29:00 +0000

I’m eating strawberries now!! Yummy hehehhe… Yeah, it’s strawberry season back here in Australia. It’s quite cheap around $2.50. Coles sell a very very sweet strawberry!!! I was so surprised when I ate it! I haven’t eaten any strawberries like …