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Create your own Twitter Character!

Posted by IcedNyior on July 21, 2011  |  2 Comments

This is a pretty cool “customized” infographic for you Twitter users out there. Quite fun and interesting project from the people over at Visual.ly

Get your own here – http://visual.ly/twitter

One of my gripes about the infographic is that I don’t seem to have a unique URL to show people my character. So what I did was I screenshot the whole thing so that I can share it here.

Whoops my bad, you can get a short unique URL to show people. And also, I’ve noticed that it seems to track back only to a certain time, meaning the topics are what you’ve talked about in the past few days or past 1 week, I’m not sure. This is because my character this week is different from the one I did above. Also it’ll be quite cute if I can actually use the character created as my display picture automatically.

But still quite cute and good work from Visual.ly & @shanesnow

Twitter on ‘Men Carrying Handbags’

Posted by IcedNyior on March 22, 2010  |  8 Comments

See, even Cristiano Ronaldo has a clutch

I was sitting in Starbucks the other day, when I saw this guy carrying this tote (thats a big handbag for you lads) while his girlfriend walked beside him, empty handed. I thought it looked weird so I decided to ask Twitter.

Question : Tweeps, what do u guys think of Guys carrying their Gf/fiancee/wife’s handbag while they are out? Yes, No, WTF?

@spinzer : @icednyior I love doing it. makes me feel rich when my partner can go shopping for all she wants? #

@lightyoruichi : No #

@wssoo : Yes. next time girl should bring along their bf while shopping for handbag coz bf are the one carrying it most of the time instead. yeap, once we step in to the mall i will be holding it alr.even hold a handbag for fren too..# #

@nicklwc: lol im fine with it. especially since at times i stuff it with subway sandwiches and other drinks to sneak it into the cinema :P # or when she complains that its heavy :) i rly dont understand the concept of “holding bag = less macho” :P #

@faliqfahmie : ok if for a short while, i.e when shes going to the toilet. NO for the entire outing -___-’ #

@thatjames : Takes a real man to pull it off. *ahem* #

Malaysian Twitter Users put Rais Yatim on Trending topics #yorais

Posted by IcedNyior on January 19, 2010  |  6 Comments

“Malaysians, especially Muslims, must avoid being totally immersed in the internet culture, especially Facebook and Twitter, said Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

He added that facilities like internet could not be accepted wholly because it was a form of business introduced by the West and “Malaysians were just users.”

Yes, all this coming from the Info Comm minister of Malaysia in a local newspaper The Star. Read the full article here.

As can be expected, the Msian Twitter-ers are not happy and came up with a hashtag #yorais that talks about how old, ancient and backward thinking he is.

And the best part, it made it in the current top trending topics in Twitter. Here’s a screenshot for proof. LOL! Malaysia & Twitter boleh?

Some sample #yorais tweets :

• #yorais is so ancient, when asked about ‘good ol’ days’, he replies, “BC or AD?”.
• Rais is so ancient that the word “past”,”history” and “sejarah” hasn’t existed. #yorais
• #yorais Rais is so ancient, he anyams his own clothes
• first rice plant after him. #yorais
• In the afterlife, you’ll identify Rais right away. He’s so old, he has no navel. #yorais
• Rais is so ancient he once asked Socrates, “Kenapa you ni suka tanya banyak soalan?” #yorais

Check out Twitter for more #yorais

Updates :

Check out Spinzer’s post, it has a dynamic chart to show how fast the hashtag is rising.

Tutorial : Use a WordPress blog to backup your Twitter tweets

Posted by IcedNyior on December 28, 2009  |  3 Comments

Okay, first you will have to setup a new wordpress blog or you can use your existing one. In this tutorial, i set up a new wordpress blog at TwitterBackup to separate my tweets from my blog posts.

If you’re using a separate blog for your twitter posts first thing you need to do is go to the Settings > Discussion and Uncheck “Allow people to post comments on new articles”. This is so that people can’t comment on your posts.

Maria Ozawa the Japanese Pornstar is on Twitter ?

Posted by IcedNyior on December 5, 2009  |  6 Comments

Checked my email today and saw this. Maria Ozawa is following me. woot! Hahaha!

Most Influential Twitter Users in Malaysia

Posted by IcedNyior on November 23, 2009  |  6 Comments

WeFollow is a site where you can tag your twitter account to certain tags such as Malaysia, web design, marketing, etc.

Anyway, they recently added a Most Influential list. The screenshot above shows the Most Influential tagged under Malaysia. Big names such as staronline, tekong, hongkiat, nikicheong, theBackpackr, blogjunkie, mohdismail, kidchan, khailee and MalaysianLife is in the top 10. Im not, but 11th place is good enough :D

Its still quite a mystery how they calculate it tho. Does anyone know?

Twestival KL – Tweet. Meet. Give

Posted by IcedNyior on September 13, 2009  |  5 Comments

Tweet up – A meetup of people who use Twitter, also called Tweeters or Twitter-ers
Twestival - Event or festival organized under short timescales & 100% run by volunteers, for fundraising/charity.

Pic by @reubenhot

In this case, Twestival KL was run by a small organizing committee comprising of @Ling_chan @davidlian @Suanie @radianceleong @nigelais @Eevon @nikicheong and all proceeds were to be given to Destiny Starting Point, a home for delinquent youths in Klang to turn their life around.

I reached Mist Club Bangsar at around 7.10-7.15pm since it wasn’t very jammed, surprisingly. Got awesome parking in the front. Hehe! Walked in and saw the 1901 Hotdogs booth and some cupcakes frm Cupcake Chic. Was too stuffed to eat tho.

[Twitter] Updates for 11 July 2008

Posted by IcedNyior on July 11, 2008  |  No Comments

• Spent the nite on d sofa in my fren’s bridal suite after all that drinking. Am on d way to d airport #
• Am at the KK airport, terminal two. Waiting for my flight #
• Ladies and gents, i hv safely arrived at LCCT terminal frm KK. Its good to b home but i will miss KK lots #

[Twitter] Updates for 10 July 2008

Posted by IcedNyior on July 10, 2008  |  No Comments

• Morning people! Today is the trip to manukan island for a morning of sun, surf and beach. Whee~ #
• Am at the jesselton point wharf, deciding which island to go to #
• This is the life – relaxing at d beach, beer in one hand, ciggie in another, gossiping with good frens #
• Am finally back at the mainland. Hot! Hot! Hot! #
• Im doing my first tattoo today. Nervous! #
• I broke my tattoo virginity. Lol! Cant wait to upload d pic #
• http://twitpic.com/3fny – My very first tattoo #
• Hanging out in rhumba,le meridian KK. Drinking chivas with gud frens #

[Twitter] Updates for 8 July 2008

Posted by IcedNyior on July 9, 2008  |  1 Comment

• Last nights wedding was good. Only got back at 1am then finally slept at 2am after a long day of abt 22 hrs #
• Went to one borneo for a while. Quite boring coz d shops not fully open #
• Ahh so stuffed. Had 2 reg pizzas at pizza hut, city mall. No, we din get to finish it. #
• Sprained my ankle tis morning coz i missed a step. Painful :-( boo hoo #
• @ehon hv a safe flight. Not dropping by kl? #