Advertlets

A new blog advertiser has entered the blogosphere to grab its own slice of the cake. Who's that?Advertlets has made the advertising interesting where the host blogger can comment on those featured ad/polls. For blog readers, they could participate in polls. Please do participate. My Advertlets is located on the left column of my blog, just below my profile.

As for bloggers, we would be able to generate some returns too. Besides that, bloggers could also be paid to review products and services from advertisers. At the same time, Advertlets would make the advertisements relevant to our blog readers. This would be a good way for bloggers to link with Advertlets where we could earn additional income while blogging away daily.

With this link to Advertlets, I hope that it could generate more traffic to my blog and allow blog readers to have some interactive time while reading my blog.

Those who wish to participate, please e-mail: info@advertlets.com with the subject “Advertlets Review!” Advertlets is giving RM50 each away to 300 Malaysian Advertlets Bloggers, just for you to review our service on your blog!
Tags: Blog, Blogosphere, Advertiser, Advertisement, Blogger, Blog Readers, Money, Advertlets

Comments Are Welcome

If you are reading this blog for the first time or had been frequenting this blog for a number of times, you are most welcome to comment on each of the blog posting. It can be constructive criticism OR to provide additional info which I have missed out OR to further update the info that I have blogged about OR you could agree/disagree with what have been posted.

Important thing to bear in mind, don't over do it until I'm being investigated by the authorities as what had happened to 2 prominent Malaysian bloggers (read: Malaysian Bloggers Sued)

Looking forward to your comments.
Tags: Blog, Blog Comments, Bloggers

World's Oldest Blogger

News just got around that a blogger from Australia could be the oldest blogger in the world right now.

Introducing Olive Riley who has just posted 11 postings in her blog, The Life of Riley, as of today.

Reading: World’s oldest blogger at 107! - Susan Loone (Like what Susan has mentioned, nobody is too old to blog and blogging is the "in thing" now just like how email or sms has its own revolution)

Tags: Olive Riley, The Life of Riley, Blogger, Oldest, Australia

Internet Disruption

Only able to squeeze in this message that my internet link is very poor today. Just to create this post took me more than an hour. Will resume the moment the service is back to normal. Wonder how long it will take to process this post after clicking the Publish button.

Will post photos on how silk is being produced.

Tags: Internet, Disruption, Connection

Bloggers Unite

With Jeff Ooi and Rocky being sued, lots of Malaysian bloggers have united together. It wouldn't have happened if NST didn't initiate the legal suits.
- Malaysian bloggers unite against defamation lawsuits

Susan Loone has created a webspace for Bloggers United for bloggers to join hands calling for freedom of speech.

Kickdefella has allowed bloggers, young & old, Malaysian & non-Malaysian to unite to denounce NST.

Certain individuals have put up a blog, called Walk With Us, dedicated to support both Jeff and Rocky.

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance have also come out in support of Jeff and Rocky, urging NST to drop the suits.

Another blog called Blacklisted writer is just for your reading pleasure.

Tags: Malaysian Bloggers Sued, Bloggers United, Malaysia, Reporters Without Borders, Southeast Asian Press Alliance, NST, Jeff Ooi, Screenshots, Ahirudin Attan, RockyBru, Walk With Us, Susan Loone, Kickdefella

Statement By Bloggers United

BLOGGERS UNITED CONDEMN ACTION AGAINST ROCKY & JEFF
& DEMAND LEVEL PLAYING FIELD in ALL ACTION AGAINST BLOGGERS

We, Malaysian bloggers, who believe in justice and right to free speech, we, who endorse the Bloggers United movement, unanimously condemn the action taken by media conglomerate NST against bloggers Rocky Bru and Jeff Ooi. The action by the newspaper against the duo is an action against all bloggers who believe in their right to free speech, freedom of expression and justice.

The recent event may seem like a grave development in the path of bloggers, but it can never and must never impede or stop us from defending our right to speak, to express, to write and to tell the truth, to be the watchdog, eyes and ears of the people, or simply to share our view, and give fair comment on any subject which involves and affects us as humans, as rightful citizens of this country.

The recent event may very well give the government owned media the opportunity to dictate the so-called 'truth" but such actions only prove that bloggers must unite, continue to uphold the right to free speech and freedom of expression, fight for justice, even if it is not our own, be more alert, committed to the cause of free speech, relentless and persistence in the face of such persecution like the one which had befallen on the two of us.

What YOU do to any of US, is what YOU do to ALL.

As responsible bloggers, we demand and claim our space on the blogosphere for free and fair comment, where important national issues and prominent personalities are discussed.
Although it may seem as if the NSTP defamation suits will have a chilling effect on freedom of bloggers, as litigation can be expensive and may jeorpadise a blogger's economic position, we will not be cowed or silenced by those who have no regard for free speech.

If you find our post offensive, you may refute us with correct facts and figures and fair comment, in the spirit of free speech.

The first two cases will have grave impact not only on the internet, but country as a whole as the country celebrates VMY2007. The healthy, mature and democratic growth for free speech and expression in our midst is at stake. The reputation of the nation as it strives to promote our multimedia supercorridor and love for IT will be a national joke for all the world to feast on.

We demand for a level playing field in all action meted out to bloggers and in particular in the defamation proceedings particularly in terms of financial resources and capabilities, and secondly, that the legal rights of bloggers et al are properly protected in keeping with the imperatives of an information society and knowledge economy which Malaysia aspires to become.

For further information, please contact blogger susan loone at susanloone@gmail.com and sheih at kickdefella@yahoo.com

Tags: Bloggers United, Malaysian Bloggers, Freedom of Speech, Defamation, Jeff Ooi, Screenshots, Ahirudin Attan, RockyBru, NST

Malaysian Bloggers Sued

The news of the 2 Malaysian Bloggers being sued have travelled widely across the globe.

- Malaysian bloggers sued for libel - MWC News, Canada

- Malaysia Newspaper Sues Two Bloggers - Houston Chronicle

- Malaysia newspaper sues two bloggers - BusinessWeek

- M'sian bloggers sued - ZDNet Asia, Asia

- Bloggers to face defamation suit - Ninemsn, Australia

- Malaysian newspaper sues bloggers in landmark case - Reuters India, India

- Bloggers to face defamation suit - Sydney Morning Herald

- Malaysian bloggers sued for libel - Aljazeera.net

- Malaysian paper files 1st ever defamaton suit against bloggers - Yahoo!/Kyodo News

- Malaysia's pro-govt newspaper sues two bloggers for defamation - IHT

Tags: Malaysian Bloggers Sued, Jeff Ooi, Screenshots, Ahirudin Attan, RockyBru, Libel, Defamation, New Straits Times, Freedom of Speech

No. 1 Blog !!

Just found out that my blog is currently on the no. 1 spot under the TopSite Guide rankings. When you log into my blog, you can see a blinking "Vote for My Blog" on the left column. If you think my blog is worth your time, just give a click to support my blog.

And when you can't remember my blog address, just key in Johnny Ong in Google Search and you'll find my name appearing on the no. 1 spot too. Real ease in locating me (virtually of course).

Tags: Vote, Topsite Guide, No.1, Google Search

Bloggers United

I'm a fan of Manchester United ...... didn't expect that there is the United thing in blogosphere too. Well, this Bloggers United started off from Sheih of Kickdefella where it calls for Malaysian bloggers to be united in freedom of speech.

If you are a Malaysian blogger, you can copy this picture to be pasted in your blog. If you are a non-Malaysian blogger but supports bloggers, you can also paste it in your blog. Or access Kickdefella's website for more picture sizes.

Sadly, we have been informed that 2 socio-political bloggers have been issued Writs of Summon (of 12 inches high) for their blogging. It seems comments made in the respective blogs are also taken into consideration as part of the blogger's responsibility now.

Jeff Ooi of Screenshots and Ahiruddin Attan of RockyBru will have to appear before the court by month end.

Kickdefella came up with a poster in support of RockyBru.

No more freedom of speech in Malaysia?
Tags: Writ of Summon, Jeff Ooi, Screenshots, Ahirudin Attan, RockyBru, Bloggers United, Kickdefella

Internet Disruption

Major undersea cables damaged due to Taiwan's earthquake on Tuesday has caused my satellite transmission (linked to Hong Kong) to be affected too. Downloading on blogger.com is taking ages and even uploading of pictures are not working well.
Tags: Taiwan, Earthquake, Undersea Cables, Internet Service, Satellite Transmission

Urban Legends

At times you might have received certain emails on peculiar happenings throughout the world or even in your own country that threatens your safety or expressed concern for our own family members.

Example:-

Kidney stolen after a heavy party fling and left in a bath tub filled with ice cubes

A certain email attachment named 'Life Is Beautiful' going round the email world stating do not open this email with named attachment which has virus in it

Emails stating that if you send a particular email to a number of persons in your list, AOL or Microsoft will reward you for helping them to market their services

For more of such urban legends or false news, you can view it under Snopes which has a full reference of such scams or false news. Before you thought of forwarding such emails, think again and search it under Snopes first and update yourself with the latest creation. In this particular website, each news has been verified and explained as to why it was not real.

Sometimes I felt irritated by such emails even from personal friends who don't have the audacity to verify whether the emails they sent out are true or not even though it was with good intention. It flips me more when a learned person send it to you. What say you?

Tags: Snopes, Urban Legend, Emails, Scam, Rumour, Spam, False, Fake, Tales, Folklore, Weird

World's Most Popular Blog

The weblog by Chinese starlet Xu Jinglei is now the world's most popular. With more than 60 million clicks and currently listed as no. 5 in Technorati's billboard under the category of blogs having the most links, a leading weblog search engine.

Xu, an actress-turned-director, became famous overseas when she won a best director award for "Letter From An Unknown Woman" in the 2004 San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain.

Begun last October, Xu's blog at blog.sina.com.cn/m/xujinglei only took 112 days to break domestic records with more than 10 million visits.
Tags: Xu Jinglei, Technorati, Weblog, Most Popular, Best Director, Letter From An Unknown Woman, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain

Blogging Away???

Blogging is becoming a hit amongst net users. Bloggers blog about their personal life, interests, a particular topic, comments on world's happenings (like me) or venting on certain issues. According to Technorati, a blog is created every second at this moment.

But some bloggers blogged about their working lifes and were dooced due to those blogs. A blog, named Morpheme Tales, has been created recently highlighting bloggers that were dooced or almost.

Two write-ups (here and here) in the STAR newspaper also highlighted this today.
Tags: Blog, Technorati, Blogger, Morpheme Tales

News on China or Taiwan

If you are interested in the latest gossips, news that won't be published in the mainstream media & dark secrets being revealed then hop on to EastSouthWestNorth blog. It has good links too. This is one of the websites that I read daily.

Tags: EastSouthWestNorth, Zonaeuropa, Media, News

High Profile Bloggers in Indonesia & Iran

Priyadi Iman Nurcahyo - Defence Minister of Indonesia
* Update - the real Defence Minister of Indonesia is Juwono Sudarsono. Priyadi himself updated me on this.

Mahmood Ahmadinejad - The President of Iran (wow!! available in 4 languages - Parsi, Arabic, English & French.

The above blogs are real but the best of all pranks made is a Friendster website for - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - The President of Indonesia.
Tags: Priyadi Iman Nurcahyo, Juwono Sudarsono, Defence Minister of Indonesia, Mahmood Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, Bloggers

31 Aug - International Blogging Day

Co-incidentally, 31 Aug is also known as the International Blogging Day.

Blogs that I browse through often:-
Jeff Ooi - A renowned Malaysian blogger who brings up "in-depth" Malaysian news with dozens of blog commenters leaving behind their opinions.

Lim Kit Siang - Reprensenting all the Opposition Parties in the Parliament as the Opposition Leader. Brings out controversial news on his blog.

Sarah - based in Darfur of Sudan, will write about her daily happenings with photos in her blog entitled "Pretty One Day?".

RockyBru - a journalist, somewhere between veteran and retired. Last post held in mainstream media was Executive Editor. A fellow blogger who is straightforward with their words on certain true scenarios happening in Malaysia.

Aisehman - fellow blogger who will highlight or just want readers to know what's actually happening ("behind the scene") around Malaysia.

James Wong Wing On - a former member of the 8th Parliament, former senior and award-winning journalist, writer, author & strategic analyst - being a journalist himself you will find lots of interesting write-up on various issues.
Tags: Blog, Blog Day 2006, International Blogging Day, Jeff Ooi, Lim Kit Siang, RockyBru, Aisehman, James Wong Wing On

The Growth of Blogs

, Just when the Malaysian government has talked about restricting internet linkages due to recent unwanted or incorrect information found in various blogs, below is the state of blogoshpere reported under Technorati, a blog tracker (where it traces my blog too).

As at 31 July 2006:-
* Technorati is now tracking over 50 Million Blogs.
* The Blogosphere is over 100 times bigger than it was just 3 years ago.
* Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size every 200 days, or about once every 6 and a half months.
* From January 2004 until July 2006, the number of blogs that Technorati tracks has continued to double every 5-7 months.
* About 175,000 new weblogs were created each day, which means that on average, there are more than 2 blogs created each second of each day.
* About 8% of new blogs get past Technorati’s filters, even if it is only for a few hours or days.
* About 70% of the pings Technorati receives are from known spam sources, but we drop them before we have to send out a spider to go and index the splog.
* Total posting volume of the blogosphere continues to rise, showing about 1.6 Million postings per day, or about 18.6 posts per second.
* This is about double the volume of about a year ago.
* The most prevalent times for English-language posting is between the hours of 10am and 2pm Pacific time, with an additional spike at around 5pm Pacific time.

If the government intends to restrict blogs, Malaysia would be taking a regressive mode in terms of technology in the world. Advisable move? Most items stated in blogs would have been relied on the mainstream media. There is a close relationship between blogs and mainstream media.

Related topic: Please excuse me while I laugh
Tags: Technorati, Blog, Media, Blog Tracker, Index, Blogosphere