The four things meme

Got this meme from the "Key West or Bust" blog. Don't know why but unlike other memes, this one was quite interesting.

Four Jobs I’ve Had:
1) Research assistant
2) Sub-editor
3) Communications officer
4) Lecturer

Four Movies I Can Watch Over & Over:
1) Any Star Wars movie
2) Any Harry Potter movie
3) Any of the LOTR trilogy
4) Any of the Matrix trilogy

Four Places I’ve Lived:
1) London, UK
2) Imphal, India
3) Solan, India
4) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Four T.V. Shows I Love:
1) Friends (I am assuming that old ones count too. This is my all time fav)
2) MTV's Pimp my ride
3) Little Britain
4) Dr. Who

Four Highly Regarded Television Shows I’ve Never Watched A Single Minute Of:
1) Grey’s Anatomy
2) Prison Break
3) EastEnders
4) Sopranos

Four Sites I Visit Daily:
1) Google.com
2) Payperpost.com
3) ah ok lah blog
4) Freebies blog

Four Places I’d Rather Be Right Now:
1) Pulau Redang, Malaysia
2) Pulau Perhentian, Malaysia
3) Lakshadweep Islands, India
4) Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Four places I’ve vacationed
1) Melbourne, Australia
2) Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
3) Redang island, Malaysia
4) Phuket, Thailand

Four of my favorite dishes
1) Palak paneer (Indian dish of spinach with cheese)
2) Maggi goreng (fried Maggi noodles. Most popular Malaysian fast food)
3) Ooti asangba (a green coloured traditional vegetarian dish from Manipur)
4) Aloo Parathas (Indian flat bread stuffed with potatoes) with pickle/ butter.

Four People I’m Tagging To Do This Next (same like Leigh):
1) Anyone
2) Who
3) Feels
4) Like it

Satellite view

I am sure you have heard of bird's eye view and now that this is the Internet age, we have Google satellite view.

Found this great site called Sightseeing with Google Satellite Maps. When I last checked it had links to 10833 destinations.

One thing I noticed was that many of the satellite images of Malaysia were really poor and there were only 15 entries. Anyway, enjoy the site.

SEO charges based on top rankings

There are a lot of Search engine optimization (SEO) companies out there on the net and choosing one for your company can be a tough choice. After all, how do we know they can deliver after we have already spent the money.

Well, looking around the net, I came across this incredible offer from a search engine optimization company called eTrafficJams.com based in Tampa Bay Florida. They promise top 10 organic search engine placements on Google, Yahoo!, and/or MSN completely FREE of charge for a month. This means that you are not bound to a contract regardless of the results as is the case when you sign up with other search engine optimization companies.

I was thinking that might be a great way to instil confidence in your customers so that they can try you out. However, they are not cheap - their monthly fees are based on the number of top 10 rankings they get for their clients and start from $500/ month. I liked the fact that they had four different SEO packages to choose from, to suit your needs and your search engine marketing budget.

Quite impressed with what their clients have to say in their testimonials page. One of their clients, says that they received top 5 rankings on AOL, Google and Yahoo in just a few days. As I have always stressed, before you go for any SEO company, it is always advisable to look at their Google page rank. I checked and found that their home page has an impressive PR 6 and Alexa rankings of 143,059.

On the other hand if you are looking for an affordable option, I might be able to help you. Just search on Google for SEO Expert Coventry.

Natural wonders under threat

Global warming is threatening natural wonders all over the World, according to a recent news release from the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF).

The natural wonders under threat include the Amazon, the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico and the US, wild salmon in the Bering Sea and melting glaciers in the Himalayas among others.

This report was released ahead of the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Second Working Group Report.

Read the article here.

World Class Data Center in Raleigh

Hosted Solutions is the US East Coast’s leading Data Center and Managed Services Provider, which has been in operation since June 2001. Hosted Solutions' Data Center Raleigh in North Carolina, is one of it's 4 Data Centers, which it operates in 3 key markets. The other data centers are in Boston, Charlotte and Cary.

The Raleigh data center is a SAS 70 Type II compliant facility designed to meet the most demanding requirements. Regardless of whether you choose colocation, dedicated server, managed services or disaster recovery, their Raleigh Data Center prmoises to deliver the highest level of security, safety, redundancy, reliability, scalability and technology.

Even though the Hosted Solutions state-of-the-art facilities are targeted at local key markets, they are capable of handling server management applications for customers worldwide. They promise 100% uptime and 24x7 local technical support guarantees. They also promise to deliver uninterrupted managed services and availability. to all their customers, regardless of whether they are a Fortune 100 company or a small business.

The fact that a high number of companies have chosen Hosted Solutions for colocation, dedicated server, managed services and disaster recovery. I was particularly interested in the hosting services they have to offer. Most people are not really sure what type of hosting they need. I found out that they have a range of dedicated servers to meet the "needs of any architecture - small or large - centralized or distributed."

According to Joe Colopy, Founder and CEO of Bronto Software and one of their satisfied customers:

“As a rapidly growing software-as-a-service company, we sought a data center partner with the highest levels of reliability, proactive and friendly support, and the capacity to handle our growing needs. We found that partner in Hosted Solutions,”

If you are interested, you can contact a sales representative from 8am to 6pm EST.

Malaysia as South East Asian oil hub

Artist's impression of the new hub

Malaysia is set to become the oil hub for the entire South-East Asian region with the setting up of a RM1.4 billion (approx. $405.6 million) storage facility in Pulau Tanjung Bin near Tanjung Pelepas, Johor (just off the Port of Tanjung Pelepas). The Malaysian Government has given the green signal for the project.

This is a significant development and the facility would be the World's largest Petroleum hub when it is completed. The 1.0 million cubic-meter storage terminal would be located on a 40 ha island and will be able to handle over 60 million tonnes of petroleum products annually.

The proposed project will be handled by KIC Group of Companies subsidiary, Asia Petroleum Hub Sdn Bhd, which is a joint venture between KIC Group of companies (90%) and Trek Perintis Sdn Bhd (10%).

According to Asia Petroleum Hub's executive chairman Abdul Rashid Mohd Isa, the hub would enable the government to reduce its subsidies for petroleum products through the elimination of double handling charges. (Source: The Edge).

The facility is expected to start operations by early 2008.

Some more details about the project:
- Financial adviser and financier: CIMB Group
- Managed by: Kadriah Integrated Facilities Sdn Bhd
- Project management: QI-pmc Sdn Bhd
- Engineering and design consultant: Mott MacDonald Ltd, a British-based engineering firm
- Contractors: Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and Nam Fatt Construction Sdn Bhd, with ZAQ Construction Sdn Bhd as the managing contractor.

Tags: Asia Petroleum Hub KIC Abdul Rashid Mohd Isa

Bristol classifieds site

If you live in Bristol, moving there or going there for a few days, you should check out this local bristol site. This one stop Bristol resource lists local businesses, homes for sale, restaurant reviews and lots more. Good news for local businesses, listings on the site is totally free.

If you are visiting and looking for a place to stay, you should check out their list of hotels.