Monthly Archives: June 2008

Maxis outage in Kota Kinabalu

There is no Maxis / Hotlink cellphone service in Kota Kinabalu. And there’s also no information on the outage it either. Woke up this morning around 8am with no reception on my phone. No bars. Not one. It’s not unusual … Continue reading

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Not a conspiracy theory

There are many conspiracy theories in this world. Loose Change is likely not one of them. I had a conversation with a friend last night and inevitably high fuel prices came up.  We had a bit of mass hysteria here … Continue reading

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New Maybank Visa debit card has limited usefulness

With great excitement I read about and applied for the new Maybank Visa debit card.  Unfortunately the new Maybank Visa debit card has limited usefulness. Update 090910 – A year on things look a little different. Maybank seems to have … Continue reading

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Download Firefox 3 on 17 June and help set a world record

I’ve cottoned on to this a little late. You can download Firefox 3 on 17 June and help set a world record for the most downloaded software in a 24 hour period. The reason that I’m so far behind the … Continue reading

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A mild flood in Kota Kinabalu

A little bit of rain never hurt anybody. Ya right, we all know that’s not true, especially in KK. And as I’m typing this, there is a mild flood in Kota Kinabalu, which is getting worse as we speak. I … Continue reading

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