It’s been a tough week. But a necessary one, we think. As you may have noticed, the site was unavailable for a week due to server-related issues. The principal reason being over-utilised server resources. This is the second time we’ve needed to upgrade in six months due to resource-related issues. Vernonchan.com is currently hosted with the awesome boys at Site5, [...]
Musings
Dealing with Malware
Sorry for the lack of updates on the site. We’ve been battling a malware problem on our server. We’ve traced it back to August 2011, which was the date of infection. The malware exploits vulnerabilities in the TinyThumb plugin used by many WordPress themes. A backdoor script injects malware code into .js (Javascript files). We’ve put many, many man hours [...]
Love, Peace, Empathy. Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)
RIP, Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of grunge band Nirvana, was also known as “the spokesmen of a generation”, responsible for cult anthems like “Lithium”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and so much more. Nirvana was “the flagship band” of Generation X, but Cobain was often uncomfortable and frustrated with that label.
Video: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Video: Happy Valentine’s Day! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGNDeeoi_I Remember: Love hurts. Happy Valentine’s Day! Video from RAWN.
Turf Toe: True Pain in the Foot
Turf Toe: True Pain in the Foot I woke up Friday morning with an unusual swell… no, no, not there… on my left foot. To be precise, it’s the balljoint where the big toe bends called the capsular ligament. Mobility of the big toe was limited and the ligament was swollen. The pain was of course, quite excruciating. I haven’t [...]
100 Highlights of 2010
100 Highlights of 2010 2010 came and went in one quick swoop. It seemed like yesterday when we bid farewell to 2008 to welcome 2009. Crazy isn’t it? Undeniably, the year has been eventful, with ups, downs, sideways action (ahem) and more. Here’s 100 of my highlights (in random order):
Harimau Malaya Champions of AFF Suzuki Cup 2010
Harimau Malaya Champions of AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 I have to admit that I haven’t supported the national football team, let alone watched local football since the glory days of Mokhtar Dahari, Arumugam, Santokh Singh, Soh Chin Aun, James Chua and Shukor Salleh. And even the 90s semi-pro leagues with Zainal Abidin, Serbegeth Singh, Ong Yu Tiang. [...]
Thanks for all the Laffs, Leslie. RIP.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJEmtLxkEoI Thank you Leslie Nielson for “Airplane”, “Naked Gun” and so much more. You’re awesome.
Android on an iPhone
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A Something us geeks would love. Steve Jobs is quietly cringing back at 1 Infinite Loop.
Eh, penat la.
The recent violence and church attacks in retaliation over the ‘Allah’ issue is still fresh and widely spoken about in the media, and especially in unofficial channels like blogs, Twitter and Facebook. I promised myself I would not write, comment nor mention anything related to this issue after the first couple of days. Too saddening and disappointing. And depressing. This [...]
Wozai. China’s answer to Twitter.
Can't use Twitter / Facebook in China? Why not try Wozai? Looks like a Twitter rip-off (not surprising coming from the land of the copyright-free), but could be using the API. Dunno. Register and follow me! http://wozai.cc/vernieman (do I need yet another Twitter account, no.) By the way, impressively, they have a plethora of desktop/mobile clients for many platforms including iPhone, [...]
