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Box is moving home
Just a heads up that my host will be moving the box to a new data center this coming Saturday, March 22 midnight The downtime is estimated to be about 12 hours though I think it’ll probably take some time... Read full entry
Mar 20, 2008
Summer break
I was contemplating on how and what to write on this blog now that I’ve not update it for 3 months. To start off, the last 3 months has been challenging, stressful and fruitful. For one, I’ve been tied up... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Dec 28, 2007
Spring cleaning
In case you have not notice, I’ve finally got around and made some minor changes to the site. A few categories have been renamed and some removed. The site has received a fresh update to the about page together with... Read full entry
Jul 23, 2007
Photo Galleries
Over the last two years, I’ve managed to travel quite a fair bit. Be it to the United States for my intern-ship program or to Australia for my flying training, there are many fond and precious memories. So when... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Jun 26, 2007
Overdue refresh
I’ve been working on some long overdue refresh to the site and have rolled out some of the updates today. To start off, the search feature on this site is now being powered by Google instead of an internal search... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Jun 20, 2007
Real-time update of twits and playlist
This was what I’ve been up to for the last few days and it also explains the infrequent updates. I’ve been trying to find the most viable method to synchronize my last.fm recently played tracks on my blog without any... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Apr 25, 2007
Re-Branded
After close to 3 weeks of coding and development, I’m pleased to present to you version 3.0 of PureHype. I have been tempting to give this site a full re-brand as I kind of got tired viewing the previous version.... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Feb 23, 2007
2 years and beyond
Two years ago this day, my interest for blogging sparked off and after the many research and read up on blogs, PureHype came into existence on the World Wide Web. Although the domain was registered way back in 2004, I... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Jan 2, 2007
Meddling around
I’ve been tweaking around with a few of the templates and have changed the way how certain contents are being presented. The database have also been messed around though the logs says that changes have been reflected and things are... Read full entry
Oct 12, 2006
Contact form is back
A few weeks ago, I decided to completely take down the contact form due to the numerous spam I receive daily and mainly because I couldn’t find the time to resolve the issue. Yesterday, I decided to get my brains... Read full entry
Sep 16, 2006
Contact form disabled
Due to the sudden increase in the amount of spam I’ve received recently, I’ve decided to investigate the root of the cause. It turns out that my contact form is vulnerable and is one of avenues that caused the increase... Read full entry
Aug 15, 2006
Minor site updates
Since the redesign of PureHype almost a month ago, I’ve made quite some changes which include tweaking and optimizing certain files as well as to keep this site trimmed and meets the W3C web standards. If you have been visiting... Read full entry
Jun 29, 2006
Why I blog
I was inspired to create a web site and started blogging a few years ago after reading from the newspaper about web logs (aka blogging). You can find some background of this site here and more about me. So, why... Read full entry
Jun 14, 2006
Site reloaded
Welcome back to the newly re-designed homepage. If you are using a newsreader, you wouldn’t have noticed any difference as I’ve redirected the old feed address to the new one. However, do check out the new site and what it... Read full entry
May 31, 2006
Housekeeping
Things are getting a little messy around here as I’ve been meddling with the contents and doing some housekeeping. Pardon me if you get weird errors or missing pages during this period of transition.... Read full entry
Apr 22, 2006
Snowballed
During my first year in the polytechnic, my course manager used to say The amount of knowledge and projects you are going to do during this three years will be challenging and intensive. If you do not put in enough... Read full entry
Dec 26, 2005
New site design
I’ve been working on a new design for this site and I’m proud to say that it is 90% completed. Initially, my intentions was to launch the new design before my enlistment for military service but it seems that I... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Jun 8, 2005
Growing links
The ever-growing links under “Fellow Bloggers” on the right side of this page site will soon force me to take some action before it gets out of control. I intend to fine tune certain portion (or even new colors) of... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | May 18, 2005
Still alive
I’m still alive! I’ve always wanted to update this site but I just couldn’t find the energy to do so. There are many entries sitting in one corner of my HDD that is suppose to be posted here and yet,... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | May 16, 2005
An introduction
It started when I got sick and tired of the design limitations I was experiencing while hosting my weblog with blogger (the free blogging tool). Being unable to do much customization, especially the lack of a good commenting system led... Read full entry
0 comment (0 comment) | Jan 2, 2005