While waiting for my wife doing her weekly grocery shopping,I went into Strudell and ordered a peppermint tea and bread pudding.I need this solitary ceremony to think and to reflect.By the way,this happened to be the 10th annivesay of me being online and also by sheer coincidence the 5th anniversary of my palm users community mailinglist (palmx) which has more than 500 subscribers.Another successful mailinglist that I was involved is my almuni(SDARA),which I set up in 1998 and it is still running.Alhamdulilah.
Let me quote a Chines proverb:
Anyone can open a shop, but not everyone can keep the shop open.
I owed the success of the above mentioned mailinglists/virtual communities to my fellow moderators and the members.
Here is another reason why I celebrate:
Most of the time,when I need to install or configure something in my computer I will ask my son to do it for me.However,yesterday I made a small personal achievement. I managed to get all my emails(mac/streamyx/news and blogs using RSS/gmails) into one email client called The Thunderbird from Mozilla.And this I did it all by myself and this called for a small celebration especially for someone in my age group;-)
Happy Birthday PalmX!
Posted by: drtamil | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 09:05 AM
Congratulations Thunderbird Guru!!!
Posted by: Kura-Kura | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 09:35 AM
Assalamualaikum ,
Just to let u know , ur blog is a must for me every morning after utusan and berita harian online.
So, dont stop giving ilmu to people outside.
Anyway , congrate pak Adib .
Posted by: Des | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 09:51 AM
Kura-Kura,
I am still learning by trial and error-a long way to be a Guru.
Waalikumussalam Des,
Thanks for reading my blog and insyaAllah I will continue imparting whatever little knowledge I have acquired.My advice is focus more on applying/executing/amal the knowledge and at the same time never stop learning.
Posted by: Adib | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 01:53 PM
It's better to be an experience guru rather being a default! :)
Posted by: Reader Jr | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 04:53 PM
Keep it up Abedib! Just came back from KT. Feel happy to learn that palmx is now 5 years old. A little celebration is indeed needed. ;-)
Posted by: mhi | Monday, July 25, 2005 at 10:54 PM
tahniah!!!
i still havent figure out/use my DVD recorder...and it has been there for a few months now; the manual is still intact. one day... :)
Posted by: atok | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 05:53 AM
Atok,
The same thing happened to me.I never know how to configure my video recorder.Now,it is rusting..waiting to be sold as 'besi buruk'.
I suggest you open and read the manual now.If not, it will take many,many years more;-)
Posted by: Adib | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 08:06 AM
Thunderbird? Takde malicious spying software install in the background ke? My Notebook is working on its own in the background and no matter how I try to remove the spyware, its still there.......
Posted by: Gukita | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 05:34 PM
a'kum,
Interesting blog of the day. Of course one is never too old to learn technology as long as one has the drive,passion and perseverence.
At your age, you are doing alright. In fact you put to shame to some younger guys who know nuts about pda and smartphone. So that's smething to keep you going.
Have fun with your beloved Treo and iBook ;-)
Posted by: xion | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 11:10 PM
Gukita,
I heard about spyware but I don't know how to detect it.I better check if any spies are lurking and residing in my computers.
Captain Xion,
Thanks for your words of encouragement and good wishes.Sometimes,I imagine you tweaking your Psion netbook and your Nokia 9500 in the cockpit of 747 on the way to London.That is great and cool while travelling at 10km up there with the speed of 1000km/h:-)
Posted by: Adib | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 05:50 AM