Posted by Timothy Wong on 24 August, 2006
Chillies aid Sumatra jail break Eighteen Indonesian prisoners broke out of jail using an unusual weapon – the chilli pepper. Prisoners at Pematang Siantar jail in Sumatra mixed hot chillies with water in plastic bottles to spray at guards. The fiery liquid temporarily blinded the guards, allowing prisoners to grab their keys and make the [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 23 August, 2006
I ordered my Ubuntu CDs on the 24 July 2006, and although I had pretty much forgotten about them, I finally received my package today. It took just under a month for them to arrive in Hong Kong! I’m taking it for a spin now, so stay tuned for my “Ubuntu – First impressions” post, [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 21 August, 2006
When I look at music equipment, it takes a lot for me to go “wow, that’s really amazing. I want it”. But when I saw this, I was super-impressed. You’ve just got to watch it. I can’t believe Rico Loop isn’t more famous. He was on fire and rocked the show! Not that I’m his [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 20 August, 2006
Check out this video my fellow blog readers. A truck tips over and crushes a car, but the guy who’s driving the crushed car gets out and walks as if nothing actually happened. Amazing.
Posted by Timothy Wong on 19 August, 2006
Posted by Timothy Wong on 13 August, 2006
The most valuable part of my website is my domain name. Firstly, it’s super short – it stands at a bold 4 characters long. Secondly, it represents me – I am Timothy Wong. Thirdly, it took me a long time to get it. There’s probably a few more reasons why its so valuable to me, [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 8 August, 2006
This is my third update in less than 24-hours. I was going to save it, but couldn’s resist sharing. Swiss-manufacturer VIPN has just confirmed the availability of Jaren Goh’s “Black Diamond†Smartphone. This Windows Mobile 5.0-powered handset features a 2-inch display, 400MHz XScale processor, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 128MB of internal memory, an SD memory card slot, [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 8 August, 2006
cPanel is great – its one of the many (or should I say few?) things I have a legitimate license for. They recently revamped their entire website, and I think the new site looks fantastic. Old Website: New Website: I’m glad I quickly grabbed a screenshot of the old cPanel website, it’s now a piece [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 8 August, 2006
Vurta has been up for a while now, our datacenter is the core to our business. Without it, there would be no Vurta. Our servers power our business. Because of this, we have strict guidelines on how our systems are setup, managed, and kept. As always, safety is a priority too. Take a look: Actually, [...]
Posted by Timothy Wong on 7 August, 2006
Alright. I’ve been extremely busy with the launch of Vurta, hence a long time since my last update. Firstly, thanks to everyone for visiting, even if it has only been for a free Moola or Google Analytics invite. Vurta is a web hosting company set up by a bunch of people including myself. Since the [...]