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	<title><![CDATA[Hash as filename]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Hash-as-filename</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[md5, sha1, etc are very handy tools for programmers to generate hashed strings from random or fixed keys. A lot of the times, we simply store these hashes directly into databases, setting the field data type as string, or use the hashes as filenames (handy for creating cache files). While there is nothing wrong in ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:16:36 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Connect to IBM DB2 on PHP via ODBC]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Connect-to-IBM-DB2-on-PHP-via-ODBC</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[This was done and tested on a Linux (CentOS) system running PHP 4. Configure PHP with ODBC support. You should check that it is successfully installed by doing phpinfo(). Obtain the latest DB2 ODBC driver from IBM. You can download it from here. Lookout for Driver for ODBC and CLI. Untar it at a dir. ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:15:58 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lack of keyboard shortcuts in Apple applications]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Lack-of-keyboard-shortcuts-in-Apple-applications</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[One thing I&#8217;ve always really hate about Apple softwares are the lack of keyboard shortcuts on a lot of things. Today, I&#8217;m looking for a shortcut for editing of a cell in Numbers (a spreadsheet application in iWork suite) and this is what it says: &#8220;Edit content in cell: Select cell and click once, twice, ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:52:53 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[How to convert a char column to numeric in PostgreSQL]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/How-to-convert-a-char-column-to-numeric-in-PostgreSQL</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Attempting to ALTER a char column directly to numeric will result in the following error: ERROR: column &#8220;COL_NAME&#822 1; cannot be cast to type numeric Here&#8217;s how to get around that: Verify data is ok & delete away the old column. I blog about PostgreSQL and other Linux sys admin stuffs on my Twitter (@uzyn) and ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:30:30 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Running MySQL on EC2 ephemeral storage while maintaining consistency]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Running-MySQL-on-EC2-ephemeral-storage-while-maintaining-con</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[ Note: This article is written based on Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Server (Karmic Koala), having previously set up MySQL to run on EBS based on]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:11:36 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Accessibility fail]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Accessibility-fail</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[From website of Malaysia&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:05:12 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Email from myself — 5 years ago]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Email-from-myself-5-years-ago</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Received this surprise in the mail today: From: capsule@forbes.net To: chua@uzyn.com Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:15 AM Subject: Hi from me 5 years back Greetings from your past. In the fall of 2005, you agreed to receive this message, which has been preserved in the Forbes.com E-Mail Time Capsule. For more details, visit ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:38:35 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Bloggers wanted to visit Selangor, Malaysia for all-expenses paid trip!]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Bloggers-wanted-to-visit-Selangor-Malaysia-for-all-expenses-</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[My Selangor Story is a contest spearheaded by Tourism Selangor to promote Selangor’s cultural diversity and rich tourism resource to travellers around the world and Ping.sg is proud to be …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:27:15 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[First111!!!11!]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/First111-11-</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Alright, I&#8217;m not exactly new to blogging. Have been doing that since 2004. Stopped for 2 years from 2008. Now back again. Good to be back again. 140 chars are killing me.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:54:01 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Four great years of Ping.sg]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Four-great-years-of-Ping-sg</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 4 great years of Ping.sg! Growth We have been growing steadily since our launch back in 4 July 2006. Over the last 2 years, we have had steady >100% growth of number of registered users every year. There has been more blogs added to Ping.sg in the 4th year alone compared to the ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:35:38 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Singapore’s online reality TV – Nokia The Rookie]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Singapore-s-online-reality-TV-Nokia-The-Rookie</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Nokia Singapore has recently organized and produced a Singapore-based reality TV to promote its newest handset, Nokia E72. The show is organized similar to the format of The Apprentice where contestants are required to perform certain business-related tasks. Losers will be eliminated with each episodes. The unique and nicest thing about this series is the ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:03:21 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ping.sg is looking for beta testers]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Ping-sg-is-looking-for-beta-testers</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ping.sg has certainly come a long way. We began from a small community 3 years ago, aggregating less than 10 blog posts a day, to what it is today, aggregating over 1000 blog posts a day.What started as a blog aggregator, with a simple-quick system that determines most popular posts of the day by most ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:37:51 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Social Media Sharing Session at Singapore Polytechnic]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Social-Media-Sharing-Session-at-Singapore-Polytechnic</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I gave a short presentation at Singapore Polytechnic for the students of the first batch of a social media module that they will be conducting.I probably went overboard with the technological terms that I used in my slides for being overly excited about the future Ping.sg plans that I almost forgot that my ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:28:38 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ping.sg is going offline for maintenance]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Ping-sg-is-going-offline-for-maintenance</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ping.sg will be off from now for an hour or two for maintenance.More updates soon.Update at 7:09AM: Site is still down due as we are in the process of migrating to a new server.Update at 12:33PM: We&#8217;re almost there. This is probably one of our longest scheduled downtime ever. Hang in there!Update at 2:01PM:And we&#8217;re ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:10:44 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[My Perfect Vacation with Cebu Pacific Week 1 Winners]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/My-Perfect-Vacation-with-Cebu-Pacific-Week-1-Winners</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ping.sg has been running an online contest for a budget airline operating in Singapore, Cebu Pacific. We have 10 pairs (total of 20) tickets to Avatar movie* to be given away!There are 2 parts to the contest, online quiz and lucky retweets. Each week we will be announcing 2 lucky winners for lucky retweets. Each ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:38:42 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Urgent Maintenance [Nov 22, 2009 2:00AM]]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Urgent-Maintenance-Nov-22-2009-2-00AM-</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ping.sg is going to be offline from Nov 22, 2009 2:00 AM SGT for an urgent maintenance &#8212; major upgrading of Ping.sg core.Scheduled downtime is to be around 1 hour.Follow @pingsg or check back on this blog for status updates.       ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:57:07 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Scheduled Maintenance on 29th Sept]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Scheduled-Maintenance-on-29th-Sept</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[We will be having a scheduled maintenance this 29th September 2009 at 12:00AM SGT.Downtime is expected to be around an hour.Follow us, @pingsg, on Twitter for status updates.       ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:41:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[And We Are Back with Ping.sg v2.0.0]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/And-We-Are-Back-with-Ping-sg-v2-0-0</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[We apologize for the 4-hour long down time but we are not only pleased to announce that the maintenance is finally complete, Ping.sg has also been updated to v2.0.0!Changelog on v2.0.0 to be posted soon.uzyn&#8217;s Profile on Ping.sg       ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:56:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ping.sg is 3 Today]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Ping-sg-is-3-Today</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe, it has been 3 years since we first started.We have certainly come a long way to be at what we are at now.Thanks to all the Pingsters for the continual support and believing in us. Every single one of you have made it possible for us to go on this long and ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:20:05 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Scheduled Downtime]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Scheduled-Downtime</link>
	<dc:creator>uzyn</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Ping.sg is scheduled to be down on Thursday, 23 April 2009 for about an hour between 02:00 AM to 06:00AM for maintenance.As usual, you can follow our progress on our Twitter account, @pingsg. Add us if you haven&#8217;t already.Some surprise awaits as soon as we are up again.We&#8217;ll be back.(after watching 3 Terminator movies over ...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:03:42 +0800</pubDate>
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