Renew Your Driving Licence Online thru myEG

Picture 1: myEG's Home

Too busy and have no time to renew your driving license? Too lazy to go to post office? Don't worry, I will educate you on how you can renew your driving license online. No need to queue, no need to be trapped in the traffic jam, no need to CRY.

Below are steps to renew your driving license online thru myeg:

1. Go to myEG's website at http://www.myeg.my/
2. Log in using your Username & Password
3. Click Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ)'s dashboard (refer Picture 1)
4. Select Driving License Renewal (refer Picture 2)
5. Fill in all required information (refer Picture 3) - including delivery term
6. Make payment thru myEG prepaid Account or credit card or Financial Process Exchange (refer Picture 4)
7. Wait for the delivery of the new driving license

Picture 2: http://www.myeg.my

Picture 3: User Info

Picture 4: Payment Method

Awesome: Airasia Live Chat

Air Asia Live Chat

On 30th April 2012, I was trying to contact AirAsia call centre via AirAsia general phone number (+603 2171 9333) just to found out that the general phone line has no longer active. That means I can no longer talk live to AirAsia agents as before. I can only use AirAsia Premium Customer Service Line (600 85 9999) with condition that I am the AirAsia X Guests. That doesn't sound like a good news to me because I am only the ordinary member. Furthermore, the charge is RM 1.95 per minute which I think is too expensive for me just to ask few question to AirAsia personnel.

I got very upset about it because all I just seeking for small help to change the passenger's gender which was wrongly registered when I bought the flight ticket earlier. Without wasting more time, I dialed the Premium Customer Service Line and I managed to talk to AirAsia personnel. But, they still not able to help solving my problem because they must start educating customer to use their new support system. Therefore, the personnel have introduced AirAsia Live Chat, their new way of managing customers' query.

Using the AirAsia Live Chat, I was able to chat with friendly AirAsia live agent, Lakshmi. With some verification done and after I shared my problem with her, Lakshmi was able to resolved my issue. I am very satisfied with the service and the ability to give prompt response by AirAsia personnel. The flow information thru chat room also were very smooth. Thus, I would recommend others to use the service. Good job to AirAsia......

Data Storage Evolution

An IBM Model 350 Disk File - 5 MB (1956)

The beauty of Information System & Technology era is the ability of transferring and sharing data and information. Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer or electronic devices to another in many ways. Unlike 10-20 years ago, nowadays we are used to have hundreds of gigabytes of storage capacity in our computers or electronic devices. Even the small MP3 players and thumb-drive have several gigabytes of storage. This was pure science fiction few decades ago.

The first hard disk drive was introduced by IBM in 1956. It was called the IBM Model 350 Disk File and was a huge device (refer above photo). It had 50 24-inch disks contained inside a cabinet that was as large as a cupboard. This hulk of a storage unit could store a whopping 5 MB of data. One interesting fact, although hard disk drives kept improving, state-of-the art disks were built according to the concept “bigger is better”. Hard disk drives were normally used together with big mainframe computers, so this was not such a big deal. Entire rooms were already set aside for the computers.

3.5" Floppy Disk - 1.44 MB (1982-present)

In 1982, world has been introduced with Sony's 3.5-inch floppy that won the approval of the Micro-floppy Industry Committee. A hard plastic shell has allow users to carry disk easily, and a sliding metal cover protected the magnetic media from debris. Miraculously, the 3.5-inch physical factor has extended the floppy's lifespan until now, and only recently it has become common to find new PCs without the 3.5-inch drive bay.

USB Flash Drive - 64 GB (2000-present)

The most significant storage innovation since the 1.44MB floppy disk is the invention of USB flash drives in 2000 which has overshadowed floppies. The convenience of USB is the plug-and-play operation which can makes every computer user's life easier, and that advantage extends to removable storage as well. Small, portable USB-powered hard drives are common today; they hold lots of data and get cheaper every year.

2.5" Portable Hard Drive (2000-present)

Portable hard drive is a high-memory capacity data storage device. The latest generation portable hard drives with lightweight characteristics are increasingly becoming popular among users. Many portable drives come with some kind of automatic or push-button backup solution, with capacities reaching as high as 1TB. High-capacity portable hard drives can be used to store graphics-rich documents, photos, high-end presentations, music videos, utility tools and even movies.

Secure Online Environment for Your Children

Children nowadays are more advanced compared to those in 90's in term of the opportunity to have access to computer and internet.The fact that they are not yet matured and their thinking level is still in the beginning, it is crucial for parents to spend some times to guide their children on the right way of using computer and internet. Parents are responsible to provide safe online environment especially at the stage where these children have a great ability to absorb information and knowledge, be it the good one and also the bad one. Have you play your role as the GUARDIAN?

How can parents provide safe online environment to their children? The answer is simple. Parents just need to control their children's view, thru "blocking" inappropriate and unnecessary website. There are many reasons why parents might want to block certain websites from their child's view. The most obvious one is that we do not want our child to be exposed to adult content websites, but that is far from the only reason. For instance, you might decide that you do not want your children accessing social websites. You might, on the other hand, just want to block a website from your child because there was a potential exposure to financial scam when your children giving out personal information to strangers. 

How to Block Sites Using Internet Explorer

• Go to "Tools" in the Internet Explorer window. Scroll down to "Internet Options." Click it and then click the "Contents" tab in the window that opens.
• Look at the "Content Advisor" section. Click "Enable." Then, go to the "Approved Sites" tab.
• Under "Allow this Web Site" type "*.name of blocked website". Again, exclude the "http://www." portion. The asterisk tells Windows Explorer that the site is to be blocked and not allowed. Click "Never" when finished and "Apply" at the bottom of the page.
• Go to the "General" tab once you've entered all of the sites to be blocked. Beside the words, "Users can see sites that have no rating," click to put a check in the box. Do the same to the box "Supervisor can type a password to allow users to view restricted content."
• Scroll down to "Supervisor Password." Click "Change Password" and set your new password. Also, add a hint to help you later if you forget. Click "Apply" at the bottom of the page. Click "OK" to return to Internet Explorer.

Antivirus

Do you know what is "Antivirus"? Do you know what its function? Is it important to have antivirus installed into your computer? OR you just don't bother? If you does not think about it at all, you better stop, take one step back and open you mind. This is very crucial and it is very important to take note because you have to do something to protect your computer.

What I am about to share should be able give an idea on how important to get antivirus software installed into your computer.

What is Antivirus?

Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove computer viruses, malware, worms, trojan horses, spyware and adware or in a simple words, a software program designed to identify and remove a known or potential computer virus.

How Antivirus works?

Antivirus software will regularly scan your computer and seek out viruses and other malicious software that might potentially harm your computer. Depends on how often you run it, though generally it is recommended that you run it nightly or at least weekly. If the software finds a virus, it typically destroys it. In addition, most anti-virus programs will protect you while you do everyday activities such as check e-mail and surf the Web. Whenever you download a file into your computer from the Web or from e-mail, the scanner will check and verify that the file is OK and virus-free.

Where to get Antivirus Software?

1. Paid option: Norton Antivirus has many options. All of the antivirus programs are subscription-based.

2. Free option: Free option like AVG Free usually doesn't include a firewall. It will update its antivirus definitions, run on a scheduled basis and do live protection on the Web against threats.