So I’ve removed all the clutter and reduced the lag, the following is what I think of some of the online ad serves that I’ve tried and tested.

Adsense
Possibly the least fancy but quite relevant and surprisingly, the $$$ is comparable to other ad serves. Some ads are cost-per-click (CPC), some are cost-per-thousand-impression (CPM). My ads are mostly CPC because it’s not so huge/popular that advertisers choose to place an ad here for CPM. Cashout at US$100.

Advertlets
You get paid CPC and CPM, payout is in RM, cashout at RM$100. No minimum traffic requirements. One of the prettiest advertisements. Malaysian based company, server lags out terribly quite frequently causing my blog to load slowly.

BLOG2u.SG
One of my favorite and best paying, they match you with an advertiser and you get to choose whether or not you wish to write an advertorial on the vendor. Singapore-based, cashout is immediate via internet bank transfer! Remember to say keymistress referred you!

Nuffnang
Verdict: Don’t waste your time.

WidgetBucks
Welcome to the MLM of online advertising! Ugly flash ads, CPC only. Good for massive tech blogs, doesn’t work for me.

At the end of the day, I wonder when I’ll ever hit the minimum cash payout. Probably after 3 years of blogging, maybe?

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I’ve got a new toy, and at a great price of only SG$68 after renewing a high-end plan and trading in my old cellphone. Being the absentminded girl that I am, I rely on my phone to remind me of appointments and also as my trusty alarm clock. Here’s what I think of the Motorola Q9h.

tuzki is the official Q9h mascot

Feels solid with an excellent QWERTY keyboard, no complaints. Easy to assemble but manual doesn’t show you how to insert the extended memory card. Comes with a good leather case with a clip that I want to remove but it’s not removable. Haven’t seen a desktop charger in ages, it also charges via USB.

This is my first time using a Windows Mobile cell so it took a bit of getting used to. First thing I wanted to do was customize the Home Screen. It was a huge pain in the a** to do so because there is no way of previewing so I had to set and view, set and view, set and view. Doesn’t help that it comes with names like Luminescence (what I’m using now), Pixelation, Sand Flower or Translucent (which is actually red by the way) so you can’t really tell what colors they are.

Wallpaper is an illustration by Malota, check out her shop!

A few things I don’t like:

x Doesn’t come with multiple alarm clocks like Sony Ericsson phones

x Contacts need to be in phone if you want to add a mugshot to the name (and I haven’t found out how to mass copy all the contacts in my SIM card to the phone)

x I get running applications that I’m not running and I need to do an end task every now and then

x I wish it had two shift keys instead of one because it’s a little inconvenient to type in caps for chars on the right side of the keyboard

x I can’t unlock the phone without looking at the phone because of the weird key combination

x No WIFI (not that I really need it since my DS and iPod Touch both have it)

x The phone is processing pretty okay overall except when I try to access Media Centre > Audio with which it lags like crazy trying to search and like fetch all the audio files in the phone

Well, it does come with a whole lot of features which you can read up on, plus it is compatible with BlackBerry Connect. Overall, I’m pretty happy with my new phone.

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Earlier this year, my tablet PC was stolen right under my nose from my access-only office. It was company’s property and I had to pay $1,000 even though technically, it wasn’t my negligence. It was really upsetting; police reports and investigations didn’t help a bit. I wished I had BAK2U back then (especially when I already knew about the service before my tablet got stolen). It’s a really small price to pay for insurance, there’s no subscriptions or annual fees. Prior to that, I left my mobile phone in a cab and sadly, the cab driver/next passenger didn’t return it to me.

My worn out unazukin and 2 new MOS burger accessories that my hubby bought for me
(I wanted tomato-chan but it was sold out)

So when BLOG2u ran this PhoneBAK SE (Anti-theft for Sony Ericsson phones) campaign, I was more than happy to try it out.

I should have known better than to “challenge the system” by transferring it the installation files via Bluetooth the first time, then via the phone cable the second. Both resulted in the software working incorrectly. So please follow the instructions and transfer the files to your memory stick only. After transferring the two files (.jar and .jad), run the .jad file to install PhoneBAK.

PhoneBAK has a Data Eraser function which will erase everything from your internal and external phone memory in case of a breach so your contacts and any other personal data will be safe. You can set up to two different numbers to be notified when your phone is misused or stolen, please remember NOT to enter your own mobile number (duh!). I like the fact that I can customize my own warning message to the person who “stole” my phone.

The PDF instructions were not as clear as I’d like but after getting through the initial hiccups, you won’t need to meddle with it anymore.

I’m using a W850i right now and I hope they will release versions for all other brands of mobile phones and iPods soon.

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