The Rig

As it was in the past election, I kept a close eye on the results as they trickle in. Rather than wait to hear it on mainstream channels, social media was the way to go.

My Mac Pro were rigged to them allowing me to blast the reports through twitter and facebook as they came in.

I used a multi-column tweetdeck app to monitor twitter with keywords and mentions, while another screen scour the RSS feeds using feedly and of course facebook though the web browser.

Stock for the night ...I had instagram on the phone and to disseminate my tweets, I used tweetcaster pro, which allowed me to simultaneously post on both twitter and facebook with just one click. I ended up usign the phone to send out posts attached to a bluetooth physical keyboard allowing me to type fast and post ont the fly.

The disappoinitng thing was how slow it took for the results to reach us. SPR really let us down - and Karim Raslan really had a go on live TV - and it was bordering on frustration. Once the results started to come in, it was evident that the then opposition were gaining ground.

SPR optimistically - and somewhat arrogantly - promised that the results would be done and dusted by 10 pm, but it was not to be. When Tun Mahathir came live on the air at around 1.30 am putting pressure on the commission, then finally things were moving.

Clearly the Chairman was unprepared with the shift that night and since there were plenty of results not going as expected, they had to do more checks and recounts. This raised the suspicion of the so-called “black magic” which were rife in previous elections. The Chairman also had to answer the question on why the voters who came earlier that 5 pm were not allowed to vote despite queueing for hours before to get to the room. He simply did not hvae the details and looked stunned. There were also an imbalance in the number of voters paired with centers with clearly they had too many voters than they could cope.

Karim Raslam really went mental after elarning that Tony Pua had a majority of more than 100,000. Clearly there were just too many voters at the constituency.

Almost out of kuaci .... but many of the results were still pendingThe results were more or less confirmed by 3 am and despite the tally was not ready for Sabah, I had to call it the night. I was already tired from my tons of posts and reply. Suffice to say that it was an interesting night and the rig worked like a charm ....

One Album at A Time

Now, after the dust settled, it was time to start uploading the photos from the Singapore trip. The SmugMug and Flickr migration was already done last week. I had started uploading to Facebook since yesterday, and I preferred to upload them one album at a time, since there were so much interaction.

All together, there would be about 300 photos in all. Five albums, so, it would be 5 days. I would also be updating a segment on the blog about the trip as well, and put it on the drop down menu up top. That would take at least a couple of hours!

At least, I should have some free time after work today …. looking forward to that …..

p/s - by the way, I use Aperture as part of my digital workflow as you can see ....

The New Layout

It was the other way around. After asking around, most of my friends were not keen on the new Facebook layout. Most people felt that the new layout made their details too opened. I kinda agree with them and at the beginning decided against changing.

The listing of links were much more organisedSo were the album displayHowever, when i saw how the new layout looked on my iPhone, I soon changed my mind. It looked neat and since I tended to put up plenty of links, all the entries were put down chronologically. The new layout made everything looked more visible and clean.

The entries were arranged chronologicallyAnd navigating through them was super easyShame that the iPad version has yet to adapt the new setup. I was sure it would be long before an update arrive.

Update on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 6:50AM by Haris Abdul Rahman

The iPad version will be out in January 2012

More constructions!

The new Orthopedic Research Centre being built. Located between the Medical Department building and the Medical Library, it certainly looked cramped. I'm sure it will be nice by the time everything is completed.

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A Long Day for Me ... An Even Longer One for the Candidates

I was involved in the examination for the afternoon session and the whole process went well. I only realised how tiring it was after I reached home. I can imagine how exhausted the students were, having firstly to wait for their turn, then suffer the agony of being quarantined.

Toad doing some online shopping. Oi! Stay off my wallet!Judging from the postings on Facebook, everyone had mixed feelings about how they did during the exams. Usually apprehension is healthy. There's not much else anyone can do after the actual exam. We can only wait and watch, and wish our friends still waiting for their turn all the best. I must say that I was very impressed on the quality of the cases on show. They are all very fair, and not out to trick their candidates. Some of the cases can even allow them to shine. Those waiting for their turn tomorrow and Saturday don't have anything to fear.

I also spend today reorganising the way things are posted on the site. I have added another journal stream, called themed posts. This is where the post according to the themes I selected yesterday will be put onto. Hopefully it will prevent the blog from getting clogged up. Today, I looked into three articles from NEJM. I thought they are pretty useful, and hopefully help my Medical Officers and students interested in current medical updates.

The best of luck for those still waiting for tomorrow and Saturday. It will be over soon.