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Covid Report = Weather Report

Why Covid case numbers stopped being meaningful.

Using Nokia 105 in 2021

Recently my iPhone 6s died but I'm not in a rush to buy a new smartphone. The particular SIM card installed is just a number mainly used to receive SMS TAC codes. Digging my store I found an old phone bought in 2017. It's almost unscratched as it just saw

Why Donald Trump Will Win & United States Plunges Into ‘Civil War’

In a world steeped in the cult of personality, the idea of Joe Biden presidency is not relatable to most average American. Even Obama can’t tell a personal story about him. People will elect person they know and if they feel they don’t know Joe Biden they will

Template Surat Cuti Sekolah COVID-19

Cutikan anak dari sekolah kerana bimbang kes COVID-19 meningkat? Berikut adalah template memohon pengecualian kehadiran anak ke sekolah. Terima kasih kepada cikgu yang telah menyediakn template ini. Saya hanya bantu taip semula dalam bentuk Word & PDF. Download Format MS Word Download Format PDF

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Podcast Baru The Dredger TV

Kami kini bersiaran dalam bentuk podcast di Spotify. Bernama The Bucketline, podcast mingguan ni akan membincangkan perkembangan dunia startup Malaysia dan luar negara.

Disunited States: A Country Tearing Itself Apart

Whatever the result of the election in November is, it will not be accepted. The seeds of doubt concerning the election result has started to be sown right now including by Trump himself.As a vast, massive country the impact of COVID19 is highly disporpotionate. For country rednecks who had

Mental Model Yang Salah

Pertama kali terasa bahang COVID-19, saya jauh memandang rendah tahap keseriusan wabak ini. Pada waktu itu Malaysia baru sahaja selesai ‘musim’ influenza. Ramai yang demam dan katil-katil di hospital penuh. Ada rakan yang satu keluarga semuanya kena. Maka apabila gelombang pertama COVID-19 datang dan ‘pergi’ di

Some Predictions on Some Countries

This is what comes to my mind regarding certain countries in the night of 22nd March 2020 during first week of Movement Control Order (MCO) due to COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s mostly based on intuition and news coverage rather than deep reading or what not. I wrote it down

Ulang Tahun ke-8 FirdausAriff.com

Saya mula menulis blog sejak Julai 2003 pada usia 17 tahun – pada waktu itu Blogger.com masih belum dibeli oleh Google. Sekarang usia saya 34 tahun maka sudah lebih separuh kehidupan saya telah tercatat dalam blog. Dulu saya pakai nama Ibnu Ariff tetapi bila dah nak kahwin tu saya

Peluang Keemasan Malaysia Pasca COVID19

Data daripada pandemik Spanish Flu tahun 1918 menunjukkan bahawa wilayah yang mengenakan kuarantin yang lebih ketat dan kembali beroperasi lebih awal akan menjadi lebih kaya. Malah, wilayah-wilayah tersebut akan menjadi lebih kaya lebih pantas daripada sebelumnya. Logiknya mudah sahaja, orang kaya masih ada duit dan mereka memerlukan tempat selamat untuk

Future Shock

Antara ‘penyakit’ yang akan melanda dunia pasca COVID19 adalah Future Shock. Penyakit ini tidak menyerang tubuh badan tetapi mencengkam minda dan perasaan. Future Shock tidak membawa maut tetapi mampu melumpuhkan individu dan komuniti dari berfungsi dengan normal dalam dunia baru pasca COVID19. Istilah Future Shock dipopularkan mendiang Alvin

Spicy Seafood Aglio Olio

2 heads of garlic – finely chopped500g spaghetti10 scallops flesh15 mussels with shells on2 medium calamari – sliced into rings500g prawnsolive oilthymemarjoramoregano10 bird eye chilli100g butter3 cups seafood stock2 lemons Seafood Stock shell and heads from 500g prawnsone stick of unpeeled carrot1 large onion – chopped into two with skin

Transcend USB C SD Card Reader Quick Test

My pet peeve with the MacBook Air Retina is the lack of SD card slot and I’ve never been without one since I started using laptops. I do a considerable amount of multi camera video shooting making the loss of SD card slot more than just a minor

The Joy of Homegrown Vegetables

Perhaps this is not the most economical way to get our vegetables. Growing our own vegetables required time, fertilizer and equipments. However it is definitely the most satisfying as we can cook it in a very simple and just let the flavor came through. Another positive side effect is that

The Best Kacang Pool in Bangi

The bean and beef gravy is exquisitely spiced topped with onions and chili. It is paired with a thick toast slathered with ghee. The killer move here is two eggs fried with ghee. To be really over the top they also include crispy papadoms and one lime. Salt, fat, acid

Paylah.com x IIUM Student Union

Today marks the official launch of IIUM Student Union by Dr. Maszlee Malik. Our involvement is simple – we are providing fundraising solution. Really looking forward to help the student union achieve financial sustainability in the long term.

Imagination + Accurate Throwing = Superpower

Research had shown that there’s two things that separated human from the rest of the animals: The ability to imagineAccurate throwing capability These two ability combined is enough to make us able to kill all other animal no matter how ferocious. With our imagination we were able to

Gig Worker vs Freelancer

Gig WorkerFreelancerSkill LevelLowMedium to HighOwnership of Means of ProductionPlatformWorkerPricing PowerNo PowerSet Own PriceWage TrendDefinitely Going DownVaries according to market demandAble to Choose CustomerNoYesSkill DevelopmentNoYesRequire Higher Education?NoMaybe Another thing I notice is that for Gig Worker the skill is never offered as a diploma or degree. For example, there’

Riba = Berperang Dengan Allah & Rasul

Setelah berfikir dalam & panjang, rasanya baru mula memahami kenapa Riba itu ibarat berperang dengan Allah & Rasul. Kerana penindasan dari riba itu mudah membawa manusia berputus harap dengan Allah & Rasul.

Repurposing Old iPod

This iPod is too slow and the battery is busted. So what I did is just install Alfred and hook it up to the charger so it can function as CCTV. Setup is easy and you just need to sign in using the same Google account on all your devices.

Billboards + Waze = More Money

Driving past rows of billboards along the highway I thought of how wasteful this ad medium are. It costs a lot to put up yet you don’t know who looked at it and there’s no way to retarget the audience. Then I saw Waze running on

Simple Pocket Pizza

Seven years and three kids after our wedding, we still have a pile of unopened wedding gifts – our extended family and friends had been very generous. One of it is a sandwich maker. On the box it suggested to do pocket pizza. So we just take two slice of

Re-Reading The Back of the Napkin

I don’t know why but I somehow neglected the book after reading it 8 years ago. However when I reviewed the forecast and strategies made using the method from this book it is surprisingly excellent. I was able to accurately asses an industry and the way forward. Although

Projek Rakaman Baca Sajak

Sesi fotografi projek rakaman baca sajak Raja Ahmad Aminullah bersama Zulkifli Ramli & Abdul Raof.