Nov26
Today when I went to Celcom website, I was surprised when I got an error message from them. It says,
Status : 504 Gateway Time-Out
Description : Lost connection to origin server.
And here is another message when I refresh the website.
Information
You are currently browsing the CypherHackz.Net weblog archives for the year 2007.Do you feel any difference on my site? Can you feel how fast it loads up? It is not because the WP-Cache plugin that I mentioned in this post . It is all because CypherHackz.Net is now hosted in new server, in new datacenter.
Before this, CypherHackz.Net and my other websites were hosted by Internet-Webhosting (read this post ). But recently the server is having problem and always down. So I decided to find other hosting provider which gives me better services and the server must always up.
Fortunately, Sam Lee the owner of ServerFreak, a Malaysia Web Hosting provider found out about my problem in a post that I made in Webmaster Malaysia forum. He is very kind and offered me to sponsor my websites. Who don’t want to get sponsored right? But before I took his offer, I did some information gathering and I satisfied with the results. Then I accepted the offer and now CypherHackz.Net is hosted in a server at Global Net Access (GNAX) datacenter. If you do whois, you will see the DNS has changed to ns3.serverfreak.biz and the datacenter is at Global Net Access (GNAX).
If you have many ads or affiliate banners and you want to rotate them on your website, here is the way on how to do it. But make sure your server supports PHP because we are using PHP script here.
First, you need to create a blank PHP file and name it as rotateads.php. Then copy this code and paste it in.
<?php
$bannerCounter = 1;
$bannerCode[$bannerCounter] = ‘replace with your ad code‘;
$bannerCounter++;
$bannerCode[$bannerCounter] = ‘replace with your ad code‘;
$bannerCounter++;
$bannerAdTotals = $bannerCounter - 1;
if($bannerAdTotals>1)
{
mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1234567);
$bannerPicked = mt_rand(1, $bannerAdTotals);
}
else
{
$bannerPicked = 1;
}
$bannerAd = $bannerCode[$bannerPicked];
echo $bannerAd;
?>
As you can see at the above code, you need to replace “replace with your ad code ” with your own ad or banner code. If you want to put more ad in the rotation, just add these two more lines
$bannerCode[$bannerCounter] = ‘replace with your ad code‘;
$bannerCounter++;
below the previous one.
Nov20
So you want to create your own Web 2.0 logo but don’t have the fonts? Worry no more. You can download the fonts from here but not all fonts are included. But atleast you have something to start with.
Web 2.0 Logo Fonts [via BlogIsEverything]
If you want to go to Penang and not so sure whether the traffic flow is smooth or jam, maybe you might need to check the status at Penang Bridge Camera.
The 24-hour CCTV cameras are installed at 8 different locations along the laybys and main span. All these CCTV cameras are connected to the Penang Bridge Communication Centre to enhance their traffic monitoring surveillance service.
But if your internet connection is slow and not able to watch the live camera, Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd also provides still captured images and you can watch the bridge from the images taken. All snapshot were taken when each time you refresh your browser.
Even though you subscribe the 384kbps or 3.6Mbps Celcom 3G broadband package, it does not guarantee that you will get the maximum speed.
Speedtest is a website that allows you to check your broadband speed. When you visit Speedtest website, it will locate your location based on your IP address. Then it will display servers that near to you. The recommended server is mark with yellow. You can choose the recommended server or you can choose other server to start the test.
The result after I got the HSDPA signal
It will start with the download test first and then it runs the upload test. After both tests are completed, Speedtest will display the result in .gif image which you can use to share on your website or in forum.
Nov15
Who is Hosting This is a website that enables you to get information about who is hosting any website. You just enter the domain name in the form and click on ‘tell me’ button. In a snap, Who is Hosting This will tell you who is the hosting provider.
My hosting provider is Internet-Webhosting but they put my website at US datacenter. That is why it shows Layered Technologies Inc in the result. 
Find Out Who Is Hosting A Website [via Techie Buzz]
Each time when you click on a link to download a file, Firefox download window will pop up. This is really annoying because it blocks our view to the website and we need to minimize it every time it appears. But there is a Firefox extension that will replace it from a disturbing download window into a small nice download statusbar.
Download Statusbar is a Firefox extension that will replace your current Firefox download window into download statusbar. This extension will appear above the status bar in your Firefox and will not disturb you while you browse a website. It will sit there until you asked it to do something for you.
Download Statusbar - Firefox Extension
During the download, it will show you the progress bar, the download speed, the file size and estimated time. When you mouse over the download bar, you will get extra information about the file you are downloading.
Nowadays, many peoples use Google Toolbar in their Firefox browser. I don’t know what makes Google Toolbar so popular. Maybe because of the pagerank checker that enables you to check a website pagerank or other functionalities that can helps you in browsing web pages. But if the pagerank checker is the reason you install the Google Toolbar, I want to recommend you a Firefox extension that do the same job as the Google Toolbar pagerank checker.
Live PageRank (LivePR) is a Firefox extension that will display a small pagerank bar at the lower left conner of your Firefox browser. It will check the website pagerank from Gooogle datacenters and display the result instantly. I more prefer using this extension than using Google Toolbar because Google Toolbar will fetch our browsing history and data and keep them for their own purposes that we don’t know. I know about it after I read an article a long time ago and can’t remember the link to the article. But I really don’t like how tricky the Google Toolbar works and that’s why I don’t like it very much.
Firefox 3 will be released to the public very soon. Not sure when though but is really soon. But just in case you can’t wait for the release date, you can test the beta version by downloading the installation file from the Mozilla server. The download link is included at the end of this post.
Here are the features you will found in Firefox 3.
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Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop.
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A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you’re on.
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Integrated search (powered by Google).
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Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing.
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Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively.
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A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable.
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A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.
I would like to remind you that this version is not stable and currently in Beta stage. It is for sure there are many bugs and security issues will be found in this version. I also heard that, there are many peoples facing some serious problems So use it at your own risk.
Download: Mozilla Firefox v3.0 Beta 1
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