To my surprise, through Meltwater news monitoring service, The Tan Sri Dr. Abdullah Sanusi Digital Library has been featured among other libraries in Mr. Lee’s blog post, Humanizing your Facebook Pages. In his post, he explained why some libraries had few FB fans while others had more than thousand fans.

The ground rule is very simple and easy. Make your Facebook Fan page as lively as possible. Post updates everyday and off course interact with every comments. That is the secret, well, it’s no-brainer stuff.

Others should follow too. Facebook is free and setup is super easy.

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Semoga Tuhan Seantero Alam memberkati anda semua. Tidak mengira Parti Politik, samada PAS atau UMNO, DAP atau PKR. Semuanya adalah sama di sisiNya. Semoga Tuhan memberkati anda semua.

Saya ada terbaca mengenai sebuah Extension Firefox yang amat berguna kepada pengguna Gmail. Oleh kerana kantor saya menggunakan Gmail sebagai platform Emailnya, saya pon mencuba Extension ini. Ianya dikenali sebagai Better Gmail 2 oleh Gina Trapani. Sebuah Extension untuk Firefox yang cukup bagus dan berguna, khususnya pengguna Gmail. Sungguhpun begitu Entension ini hanya berfungi untuk Gmail Interface yang baru sahaja.

Antara yang menarik mengenai Extension ini adalah:

1. Jumlah Email yang Baru di FavIcon

2. Row Hightlight

3. Mimetypes Icon untuk attachment

4. Jumlah Email yg belum dibaca mengikut penghantar

Maka begitukah perihalnya tentang extension yang bagus khususnya pengguna Gmail. Oleh itu, marilah semua, tinggalkan Internet Explorer itu dan beralihlah ke Musang Berapi.

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Yesterday I made a post regarding that fakap IE6. Which is Web-Developers worst nightmares on earth. My nightmare. IE6 is the dying old man which refuses to retire. So I wrote a little script to force users to upgrade whenever they view the library portal.

However, after looking at the log files and google anal. report, I soon realize that forcing users to upgrade their browser is mean. So mean, to the extend that some users still stump upon the upgrade warning. (lol. they still asked me what to do). I do so believe the warning is so direct. Why some users still don’t get it.

Some users may not upgrade to the latest IE due to unlicensed copy of Windows (stop using pirated windows ler). Some users may not install alternative browsers due to Company Restrictions (what company is that… so evil). Due to this I will have to lift the force upgrade script.

So… once again hacks and workaround will do the trick. All this started with CSS compatibility issues. Some elements may not appear in IE6 and some element will break the page in IE6. Sometimes I will have to forget the beautiful effect and design since in IE6 the page will break. What a nuisance.

After searching for solutions how to these pages at least viewable in IE6 I come across the conditional codes. Hmm. Created by Microsoft for Internet Explorers.

One of the most common operations performed in a Web page is to detect the browser type and version. Browser detection is performed to ensure that the content presented to the browser is compatible and renders correctly. The browser type can be detected using many different techniques. Most methods of browser detection make use of script on the server or client.

This article introduces conditional comments, which offer certain advantages over scripted browser detection techniques. Conditional comments make it easy for developers to take advantage of the enhanced features offered by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later versions, while writing pages that downgrade gracefully in less-capable browsers or display correctly in browsers other than Windows Internet Explorer. Conditional comments are the preferred means of differentiating Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rules intended for specific versions of Internet Explorer.

Source : msdn.microsoft.com

After some reading I use these stupid IE codes


<!--[if lte IE 6 ]><div id="bodoh"><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 7 ]><div id="panes"><![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>--><div id="panes"><!--<![endif]-->


These codes will load specific line based on users’ browsers as explained in the links. I hate IE.

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Perilaku manusia mmg pelik. Namun sikap manusia ini kadang-kala tidak mencerminkan umurnya. Susah kita nak teka bagaimana seseorang itu hanya dengan melihat perangainya. Orang-orang tua cukup percaya dengan kaedah ini. Mereka percaya seseorang itu boleh dinilai hanya dengan melihat kelakuannya. Ini sebenarnya tidaklah betol, kerana orang-orang tua bukannya betol 100%.

Tak elok anak dara nyanyi semasa masak kerana khuatir akan dapat laki tua. Celah mana? Bongok sungguh orang-orang tua zaman itu. Kenapa perlu berlapik2? Kan ke mudah dan cepat serta tepat kalau guna kata-kata yang terus. “Oi Minah! Ko jangan la nyanyi, bukan sedap pon sore ko! Hangit nasi karang!!!”. Itu adalah contoh. Ada juga yang berperangai seperti orang giler tapi tidak giler. Saya ada seorang kawan yang giler, tapi dia tidaklah giler. Bererangai seperti seorang saiko.. tapi tidaklah saiko. Muka macam samseng pemandu lori tapi hati dia kecik. Merajuk numero uno. Haha

Okeylah kita berbalik pada tajuk utama iaitu… silent mode HP.

Apekah susah nak tekan butang itu? Apekah payah nak setkan fungsi bergegar? Susah benarke nak disable kan bunyi telepon. Faham2 jelah apabila melangkah masuk kedalam Library, pengguna harus tanam didalam otak bahawa sebarang bunyi yang bisa mengganggu pengguna lain haruslah dielakkan.

Payah ke nak paham Library = Diam = Toksah ganggu orang lain – perangai bangsat + hormat pengguna lain dan dapatlah jumpah besar iaitu pengguna library yang bijak. Kalau tidak mahu hormat undeng2 library… kurang-kurang hormatlah diri sendiri!!

Ramai tidak suka kalau saya panggil mereka berperanagi seperti bangsat tapi kalau dah serupa bangsat.. nak uat macam mana? Kalau kanak2 tadika masuk library buat bising tak apa la. Kita tahu sebab dia kanak2. Bodoh lagi dan masih belum bijak untuk berfikir. Ini dah besar, badan berbulu dah boleh jadi bapa atau ibu.. tapi masih lagi dungu.

Sila-sila lah pahamkam diri anda… apabila masuk kedalam library anda haruslah perlahankan handphone anda. Tidak ada orang yang akan kagum dgn hanpon anda!!! Jadi letakkan phone anda ke silent mode.

Paham?!?!

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Another 45 minutes to go before I will start chasing all the students out from this library. /lol. Of course, will never do that. It will reflect me as a person and what not, as a Happy Librarian. This is Munawar the Happy Librarian. The one that will always try to help no matter what.

For the past few months, I have made some changes to the iPortal’s look and feel. However, it is not available to the general public. You have to log in to our system in order to view. The time has come however, to replace the old look of Public iPortal. Remove some useless codes and putting away non-public directive and add-up some CSS 2.1. The new iPortal is now available.

This server is lacking some important packages, no PHP and mySQL. Nothing much that I can do. Installing won’t help either, I will need to recompile APACHE which I dare not to do. Let it be, let it be. Do not have the guts to face the fiasco should it arise.

Not like Maybank… iPortal still functions as it should. Haha. You suck big time Maybank!!!

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It has been a while since my last post. Oh. Not that long, only 3 days without post. Well, what can I say, am a very busy man. Very busy with my life, my social life (do I have one? lol) and of course, the life that I enjoy the most, The World of Warcraft.

Tomorrow I will be going to Sabah to conduct ISW (Woes to you that do not understand this acronym, ISW stands for Information Skills Workshop) class for the new students. Well basically, we have to provide current awareness to these students. The art of searching information and The art of developing Keywords. Searching through google is not the way. Information from google are not valid for research paper. It may ruin your paper.

There is nothing wrong with google actually, but the information from it. The authoritativeness, accuracy, timeliness and reliability are the most common disputes for them. To Sabah I will go, to Sandakan and KK, teach them all I know. May the spirits guide me.

Take Care

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For the past few days the Digital Library were closed due to OUM 6th Convocation. Not just the library, the whole OUM was closed to give way to the convocation ceremony. It was tiresome. I was involved with OUM Choir Unit. We had to sang for each sessions. 2 songs during the opening which were Negaraku and OUM, 1 song in the middle and finally Negaraku again for the closing. They were 6 sessions altogether. And if my calculations were not without mistake, 25 songs were sang during the convocation. Those songs were:

1. Top of The World (2 Times)
2. Standing in the Eyes of the World (Too bad, only 1 Time)
3. One Moment in Time (2 Times)
4. Malaysiaku Gemilang (2 Times)

Despite of minor glitches the choir went smoothly. We had some troubles to follow the rhythm as our Monitor Speakers were not functioning properly. That is a trouble. Having to sing without music guidance is terrible. However, we had good instructor and of course the teacher himself. Guided us until the speakers operated normally.

Well, this is my debut as a Choir Members. Scared for making mistake (none was made), tired as having to get up early in the morning like 5.30AM and fun as I never realised I could sing.

That’s all folks. Gotta go to Convocation Dinner. Absolute must for me.

Take care

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As of August 4 this year, me position as a Librarian in Tan Sri Dr. Abdullah Sanusi Digital Library has been confirmed. After 6 months of undying will to serve OUM to the best of my ability has been fruitful. Being given a confirmation letter is the best experience for me this year. It’s like Wow!, Horrah!, Yeay!, Yeeehaaaa! in one word.

My resilience towards challenges in OUM, including external factors such as fever and what not is unbreakable. The traffic condition in Lok Yew is nothing for me. Stupid drivers in that area have no effect upon me whatsoever. I still remember when I was in PLF, money was an issue. Almost everything would require careful planning and I could never spend like now. But, that was a long time ago. Today, money is no more an issue. I can buy whatever I want.

Being new in OUM, I cannot say “No!” to anything. All requests by the bosses must be fulfilled. I was asked to join Choir, I did without any sign of refusal. I am Bass Vocal in OUM Choir Group. The fatherly voice as told by my choir instructor. I was asked to produce 495 CDs and I did without resistance. And of course with the help of fellow colleagues. There’s no way I can finish that in 2 weeks.

As I am now confirmed as OUM Librarian – more responsibilities are coming to me. I just can feel it. However, my life is still for the Horde.

Adios

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As promised here is the update of yesterday’s post [The Executive Retreat]. The Paint Ball Session. To most of us, this was our first time experiencing the heat and tense of paint ball. And of course the pain of being shot with that gelatin pallet. I was hit on the head, elbow, neck and the eye. If I were not wearing any protection gear, I would be blind by now.

This was the final day before our training was finally over. We were told to get ready by 8.00AM in the morning where we would be transported to Bukit Tinggi Paint Ball Field. Arrive Bukit Tinggi around 9.00AM and we were briefed on safety aspects of Paint Ball, Strategies and How To Paint Ball. In Paint Ball game, Mask or Face protection is a must. It is absolute no no to play paintball without face protection.

We were then divied into 4 groups comprised of 8 players. Gender was not an issue. Each group was given colour, The Red Team (my team and led by me), Green Team, Blue Team and Pink Team (lol). The 1st game was between Red Team and Blue Team and Winner of course the Red Team. Next was Green Team vs Pink Team and won by Pink Team due to foul play by the Green Team. Then loser vs loser and winner vs winner. With Red Team exceptional leader, the Red Team was declared the Champion of the Day.

Then the game got more interesting as the Marshals versus OUM. Obviously, the loser would be OUM Team. Those Marshals were far more experienced with this game. And they play for free. We on the other hand were inexperienced. Nevertheless, the Paintball Session was fun and satisfying. We then head back to Awana at 12.30. We planned to perform Friday Prayer but time did not permit us. So we skipped Friday Prayer and straight to checking out.

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Last week me went to Genting Highlands for OUM & METEOR Executive Retreat 2008 aka OUM-Awana Green Campus. It was a 3D and 2N retreat held at Awana Genting. A total of 50 (I believe it was 50) participants from OUM and Meteor were selected to join the retreat. We arrived around 10.00AM and Dr. Selvaraj was already there waiting to commence the Ice-Breaking session. We barely knew each other and this session was a good start. Weird huh? We are working in the same building. We don’t even say “Hello!” to each other. So, the Ice-Breaking Session was definitely a good start.

After being grouped into 6 smaller groups, Dr. Zoraini began her presentation on Understanding Open Distance Learning in Open University Malaysia. Then we proceed to Lunch Break and Room Check In. Apparently, that is best part of any events, seminars and conferences. We had buffet that day. After that, Prof. Dr. Mansor, Senior Vice President OUM officiated the OUM-Awana Green Campus 2008, marking our days as the students of the Green Campus.

In the evening, Mr. Puniamurthi, deputy Registrar UM began his talk on Working Culture and Attitude. He emphasized on team work and was ready to demonstrate the importance of Team Work by providing each group with 1 small potato. Each group would have to cook this potato by any means necessary within 30 minutes. All 6 groups with their creativity began to cook the potato. It was funny, very funny. How to cook a potato without water and stove and container? One group had their potato became complete carbon. My group cooked the potato by placing the potato in the hole and burn it from top. Well, a failed attempt. Later on, Mr. Puniamurthi began to explain the best way to cook the potato and his class on Working Culture and Attitude started.

Then around 7.00PM we stopped for dinner. Again my favourite part. I had mutton, plenty of them and middle-east cuisine. Of the 3 days I was there, not a single rice was taken. Why should I as could always take them everyday. This was buffet, so rice a definitely no no.

After that we had Stephen Corneilius, Dean of Sedaya College talked on Quality and Accountability in the Workplace. A very long talk. I could see some of the participants yawning due to late hours. But he quoted us a very good quote from Zig Ziglar “You are what you are by what goes into your mind“. In laymen terms, this phrase simply means “We are what we think we are”. If we think bad then bad we will be and vice-versa. Alas at 11.15PM his talk was finally over. Imagine from 10.00AM – 11.15PM marathon. A very long day for me and the rest of the participants.

A day after, we had Tony Hayman talking about Thinking Ouside the Box. He basically described how to think analytically and effectively. There’s must be a way of doing something he told. By thinking outside the box men are able to create many inventions that were impossible before. Computers, Refrigerator, Car and many others. These inventions were the result of thinking outside the box.

Then we continued our training with Working Performance & Etiquettes by Puan Faizah Mohamed, Senior Manager (Human Resource Dept.). Many seemed enthusiastic with Bonus and Benefits with OUM as most of the time were spent on answering questions related to performance appraisal, pay and bonus.

After Lunch Break, we had Michael Reyes, CEO of Money Tree Asia Pacific to talk about Interpersonal Relationship : Quality & Professional Attitude. Perhaps the best session as many seemed to be interested with the topic and many laughter and interactions. He explained that most conflict originated from within ourselves. If we could deal with our intrinsic desire to burn the other party we could avoid conflict. He stressed that, it is easier to deal with ourselves than the other party when resolving a conflict. Which is very true.

Lastly, Prof. Dr. Latifah give a talk on Understanding Student Issues. A discussion to understand the problem faced by students doing Open and Distance Learning in OUM. She then asked each group to discuss the problem faced by these students from the Staff perspective. How would we see the problem. Well, we did explain various problems faced by them.

That was all the training we went through for the entire 2 days. For the day after we would have the opportunity to shoot some head and butts of the participants in PaintBall Session. That would be in the next post.

Take Care all.

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