100 Blogs that grow you Brain

100 Blogs that grow you Brain



OnlineUniversities.com has put together a list of 100 blogs that will make you smarter. The blog list is broken into 10 categories with 10 blogs in each one. I am honoured to see that Hacked Gadgets has made it in the DIY category. Is this list link bait? I don’t think so since I would agree with all of the entries I have looked at.



"Do It Yourself
Learning how to create what most people buy is a valuable lesson on using your brain and creativity. These blogs will help you do just that.
Make: Blog. Learn how to make some seriously cool stuff with this blog from the popular Make Magazine.
Instructables Community Blog. Find out how to make the world’s largest pinata or test your Instructables knowledge with a quiz on this blog.
Hacks Blog. Make a cake in a coffee mug, a Linux-controlled power switch, or play backed-up Wii games with the information here.
DIY City Blog. Independent artists with a DIY flair share their ideas that range from knitted hats to hand-made jewelry.
DIY Audio Projects. From vacuum tubes to subwoofers, this blog will help you build your own audio projects.
The Automata/Automaton Blog. If you are interested in making or collecting automata or mechanical toys, this blog will provide you with plenty of information.
DIY Woodworking, Home Improvement, and Art Projects. From building a guitar to installing a toilet, learn how to do it all here.
Gizmodo. Learn to see in 3D or read about the latest tech gadgets at this blog.
Hacked Gadgets. Learn to make your computer control an LCD display or create a beer cooler lock down on this blog.
Chic Knits. Get your knit on with this blog that offers suggestions, tips, photos, and more to help you knit stuff worth wearing."

P/S: I feel that my brain getting a bit bigger. (rite)

Rock Sports

So its been a while since i've been at my fav sports. kof kof.. wall climbing. so took out my unused 1-yr old gear and went climbing at the normal place. Camp 5 one utama. However things have really change since i last been there. Everything is different. Even the people there are different. The routes have change very much. My favorite routes that i have finished or barely finished are gone. They have replace these routes with new routes. More difficult (maybe for me).

Ouh, just something to add. I saw Jehan Miskin climbing on the sentinal wall. Didnt really care much. So as usual started with the normal warm up routines. Which I cant recall much. Then start with traversing. I only did like 3 - 5 minuts of traversing and my hands already started to pump. Damnit. Then after a little of relaxation started climbing on the auto belay routes and top rope routes. I was very dissapointed with myself as for a simple 5A route i have trouble finishing it. And as for the hands and fingers, since i havent climb so far, my hands seems to be 'softer'. as u can see from the picture it turns red-ish in colour showing in deeply pain. ouch, it took me months to get my hands 'harder' and now i have to start back from scratch. But overall i dont think i did that bad. I still have my upper strengths but my footwork needs help. Real serious help.

When im with you

Dear you,

When im with you,
I feel like a strager,
A stranger in love,
Like I dont know what is it to love

When I’m with you,
The world seems so small,
But big enough for the both of us,
Just you and me,
Living like we should.


When I’m with you,
My heart starts beating,
Like it never beat before,
Then it stopped for a while,
Like it never stopped before.

When I’m with you,
Everything right seems so wrong,
Everything wrong seems so right,
Oh I wish I can tell you all of this,
But it would be wrong,
Cause you’re the cause of all this

Ramadhan!

Again it is the time of the year again. And no, its not the shopping spree~

It's ramadhan! The time where you dont have to eat all day, and at night u get to do lots of exercises. Well, thats from the physical view. And from the religious views, the time to get closer to god, to ask for forgiveness, and to realise the importance of well being, life, and other world-ly things. And the most important thing is to realise, that we are not gonna stay in this world for a very long time. So, we should make the best of it while we still can.

I have come to realise that my birthday is less than a month time. Not thinking about presents, i realize that I am getting somewhat old-er. On 27th septermber 2008 Im going to be 22.
22 is a very big number to me. 22 means that Im almost reaching half of my life cycle. On average, men only live till lets say 60-70. Ok, im exaggerating, 22 is not the middle point. But it does feel like reaching half of my life cycle.

Then comes the question. What have i accomplished within this 22 years. And that took me a long time to answer that, and im still thinking about it as we speak. It turns out that I have not accomplished anything! Nothing to be proud of! NOTHING!

Lets say that I have about 40 yrs to live (in case nothing happens). What can I accomplish within that period of time? I know already that I am incapable of accomplishing nothing in those 22 years. Double the time, what can I do? Double NOTHING? sheesh.

Well, It looks that I have to start figuring things to do after this. Since its ramadhan and I dont have to think about food. It'll probably be a good time to accomplish this.

Happy Ramadhan to every muslims. Hope this ramadhan wont be our last. InsyaAllah.

Time to go.

Its finally here. The time to go. It is the time where I'm gonna venture to a new place. A place that I've never even set my foot yet. Tanjung Bin, Pontian.

Haih. I'm actually quite sad. 'depressing' is another to describe my feelings. To leave everything behind, my beloved family, friends and most importantly my internet. How am i going to survive those 3 things that i cheerish and love so much.

*sighing*

Maybe, who know something good will come out of this. I've never really been out of my 'comfort zone' as been told by nik. This is the time see how am i really built. Am i just built out of bullshit and craps. Am i the type of person who only talks bullshit and does nothing about it. OR I am actually for real. The outcome should be interesting.

Im supposed to hear this song in my head ;

all my back are pack im ready to go,
the taxis waiting outside the door

But unfortunately, Im not hearing any. Maybe because all my backs are not yet packed. And there's not taxi waiting for me.

But instead, im hearing this song in my head;

i wonder how, i wonder why

maybe because i wonder too much whats going to happen to me there. Well, maybe im exagerating too much. I will survive(somehow).

ok peeps. Its time to sleep. I have a long journey tomorow. Journey of soul and mind. Better get my rest. Until the next update, ill be dead. ha ha.

Today is another day. Like every other day, decisions have to be made.. Whether it is the correct decision or not, one has to bare with all the consequences upon making the decision.
Then comes a person, they call him 'the rhaiz'.The rhaiz is a person who has very much trouble making decisions. From making the really huge decisions, and making little tiny decision such as eating, what to wear and such.

This rhaiz has reach a point where he has to make the biggest decision in his life. and no, it does not involve marriage. He has to make decision to go to to practical training all the way to johor. I dont mind going to JB. Couz i've been there. And the place is quite ok-laa.. quite happening sometimes. But, ive never been to pontian side of Johor. I've been hearing rumours around. Saying somehow ill be bored to death there. Someone even made a bet with me that wouldnt last for even 1 week.

ok, ill show them.

First Entree'

This is my first entree in a blog. I finally succumbed to peer pressure of writing a blog. Well, if everyone is doing it. It wouldn't be any harm right?

Well then, I received a phone call from Malakoff on tuesday morning. By miracle, they received my application letter for internship and offered me a position. However, they offered me a place Tanjung Bin, Pontian.

For those who doesn't know what is Malakoff. Click here. Malakoff is actually and independent power producer (IPP). In simple word, its actually power plant. Capable of supplying 2100MW. And its coal-fired type.

How does this particular powerplant works. Simple, a machine called pulverizer pulverizes the coal into small tiny bits. This coal is then burned in the furnace. And everyone knows that when u burn coal u get heat. This heat is then used to boil water into steam which the steam will then turn the turbine. The shaft of the turbine are connected to a generator that will generate electricty. Each generator are capable of generating around 700MW.

Imagine that times 3 (because of the 3 turbine). Then, u will get around 2100MW. Rated power. Im sure many of us(including me) only knows how to switch on/off the lights in our room. But never bother to know how and where it came from.

Enough about technical. The question lies is whether to take the job or not. Here are few pros n cons that im able to listdown.

Pros

1. Good experience to work with a multinational company

2. Good base to learn about almost everthing, not only limited to electronics, as we all know powerplant consist of everything from mechanical to electrical.

3.It will probably look good for my resume(nyeh nyeh)

4.The pay isnt that bad either(nyeh nyeh nyeh)

Cons

1. Quite far. Pontian is about 3hrs drive.

2.Secluded area

3.No accomodation provided

4.Not very interested in eletrical power

As u see the pros and cons are balanced. And its a green light from my parents. Now its all about me. I have to decide whether to go or not haih.

well, here are some of the pictures that i found on the intenet on Tanjung Bin Power Plant. Enjoy!.