Starting from March 2008, I think I shall be posting my site traffic generated by Webalizer on a monthly basis to let my readers know how much site traffic lesterchan.net is getting.

March 2008 Total Traffic

• Total Hits: 4,153,886
• Total Files: 3,781,449
• Total Pages: 504,964
• Total Visits: 145,390
• Total KBytes: 12,001,303
• Total Unique Sites: 100,212
• Total Unique URLs: 13,225
• Total Unique Referrers: 14,879
• Total Unique User Agents: 5,154

March 2008 Daily Traffic

• Hits per Day: Average: 133,996 - Max: 196,464
• Files per Day: Average: 121,982 - Max: 181,707
• Pages per Day: Average: 16,289 - Max: 38,207
• Visits per Day: Average: 4,690 - Max: 6,417
• KBytes per Day: Average: 387,139 - Max: 759,665

Do note that there are NO advertisements on this site, not even a single one (I am very proud of that). I am not intending to make any money out of this site. Nevertheless, I still welcome donations (on the right menu) =D.

I am also using Google Analytics to track specific sites like http://forums.lesterchan.net, http://expenses.lesterchan.net, http://files.lesterchan.net and of course http://facebook.lesterchan.net (there is no index page so I am not linking it) where it houses all my Facebook applications.

The N-Gage platform is now live. So far there is 5 devices (N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95, N95 8GB) supported according to the download page.

I think I am going to get my copy of Block Breaker Deluxe. Just love that game.

We are live! The games, the devices, and the community are all here for you to finally get your teeth into. The Forums are back up and the new N-Gage application is here.

There will be an official announcement on Monday, but for you, the N-Gage faithful we wanted to let you know were up and running! So come join our moderators in the Forums for our launch party, and start enjoying the next generation of mobile gaming.

Source: N-Gage’s Blog

Adobe Creative Suite 4 will support 64bit OSes running Windows, whereas for Mac, it will still be 32bit only. When Adobe Creative Suite 5 comes, it will support both 64bit OSes in Windows and Mac.

What’s Adobe doing with Photoshop? In the interest of giving customers guidance as early as possible, we have some news to share on this point: in addition to offering 32-bit-native versions for Mac OS X and 32-bit Windows, just as we do today, we plan to ship the next version of Photoshop as 64-bit-native for Windows 64-bit OSes only.

The development is frankly bittersweet for us: On the one hand we’re delighted to be breaking new ground with Photoshop, and when processing very large files on a suitably equipped machine, Photoshop x64 realizes some big performance gains. (For example, opening a 3.75 gigapixel image on a 4-core machine with 32GB RAM is about 10x faster.) On the other hand, we work very hard at maintaining parity across platforms, and it’s a drag that the Mac x64 revision will take longer to deliver. We will get there, but not in CS4. (Our goal is to ship a 64-bit Mac version with Photoshop CS5, but well be better able to assess that goal as we get farther along in the development process.)

Source: John Nack on Adobe: Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe’s 64-bit roadmap

Didn’t realize that McDonalds has a new breakfast item on the menu called McGriddles. It is basically a mashup between Sausage McMuffin with/without Egg and Hotcakes. Just imagine McGriddles as Sausage McMuffin but replace the Muffin with Hotcake. The bread is a little too sweet for my liking. At first my mom thought it is a double meat patty instead.

Sausage McGriddles Without Egg Meal - SGD$5.70
Sausage McGriddles With Egg Meal - SGD$5.90

McDonalds McGriddles Breakfast

I think McDonalds should come out with a Double Sausage McMuffin filled with the goodness of double meat patty.

As you are might know by now that WordPress 2.5 has been released. Many people have upgrade issues, plugins issues, theme issues, permission issues and what not.

If you are having problem with any of my plugins with WordPress 2.5, check out this 3 links below:

• My Plugins Compatibility With WordPress 2.5
• WP-Email And WP-Print With WordPress 2.5
• My Plugins And WordPress 2.5

I just want to add that ALL my plugins - except WP-Wap (not tested) should be working with WordPress 2.5. My WordPress Blog is one good live example of it.

If it does not work for you:

• You may have done something wrongly
• Conflicting with other themes and plugins
• Configuration problem with your server, PHP or MYSQL
• Permission problem with your server

To isolate these problems, I would always advise my users to install a FRESH copy of WordPress in another folder and then test the plugins on it.

Please post all support questions in the Support Forums. Thanks.

WordPress 2.5 has been released and WordPress.org has a refreshed look based on WordPress 2.5 new redesigned administration backend.

New User Features in WordPress 2.5

• Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
• Dashboard Widgets
• Multi-file upload with progress bar
• Bonus: EXIF extraction
• Search posts and pages
• Tag management
• Password strength meter
• Concurrent editing protection
• Few-click plugin upgrades
• Friendlier visual post editor
• Built-in galleries

New Developer Features in WordPress 2.5

• Salted passwords
• Secure cookies
• Easy taxonomy and URL creation
• Inline documentation
• Database optimization
• $wpdb->prepare()
• Media buttons
• Shortcode API

Download: WordPress 2.5

Got my copy of Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath from The Software Boutique for SGD$89.00. The bundle includes the game itself and a limited edition Razor Deathadder mouse which really looks ugly with the EA logo replacing the Razor logo.

Kane’s Wrath Game + Razor Deathadder Mouse

Razor Deathadder Mouse

Kane’s Wrath Box Contents

Tiberium Wars + Kane’s Wrath

I did not even complete Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars because my computer will restart every 15 minutes once I tried to play the game, which I think is due to my graphics card (ATI Radeon X800XT) heat issue. I bought this game to collect it and once my new computer comes in June 2008, it is time to play.

I turned 24 today! Happy birthday to myself. I am officially classified in the range of mid-twenties.

Thanks to all my friends for the birthday greetings, be it in Facebook, MSN or SMS. Thank you so much, it is the thought that counts =D

Thanks to Li Xiang, my brother and Huimin for the wonderful presents =D

Thanks to my parents for feeding me till now.

Thanks to NUS for the loads of assignments/tutorials/projects that I need to hand in next week.

Vantage Point - 20th March 2008
Caught Vantage Point on Thursday at GV VivoCity. Personally, I find the movie is nice but I know of others who do not like the movie at all due to the repetition. I love how they tried to bring the message across to the audience based on different perspective. I love how they leave a cliff hanger at the end of each perspective and visiting it back later at the next perspective. I think back in 2005, Hoodwinked also uses this method.

24th Birthday Celebration - 21st March 2008
Celebrated my 24th birthday with Li Xiang at Mandarin Oriental’s Melt, The World Cafe, on Good Friday. The buffet dinner is SGD$70.00 per head on weekends and public holidays. Ordered an additional 2 glasses of pineapple juice and after paying the bill, I realise it is SGD$12.00 per glass. The total bill amounted up to SGD$164 and the tax and service charge alone is SGD$29.03. Ended up paying SGD$193.05.

The next buffet we are going to try shall be The Line at Shangri La.

Birthday Presents
Li Xiang bought for me quite a number of presents this time round. It is meant for my birthday plus valentine’s day present. I got a Penguin Soft Toy, a little illustrations book entitled “The Secret Of Love“, a Superman T-shirt (she also bought the same one for herself) and a Arnold Palmer Polo T-shirt.

I also gave her an evening purse which is meant for Valentine’s Day. I bought it before Valentine’s Day but she do not want to accept it because her Valentine’s Day present for me is not ready.

Thank you dear for your wonderful presents. Promise me not to spend so much next time ok?
Thank you to my brother and Huimin for the Lacoste Polo T-shirt.

Here are some photos taken using my Nokia N82. I have not used any digital camera to take pictures ever since I got hold of the N82.

Melt, The World Cafe

Food

More Food

BBQ Food

Lor Mee

SGD$12.00 Pineapple Juice

She Finished All The Desserts Alone

Taken At Marina Square

My Presents

Evening Bag For Li Xiang

Birthday Card From My Brother And His Girlfriend (Huimin)

Chocolate Birthday Cake From Awfully Chocolate

Lacoste Dark Blue Polo T-shirt My Brother And Huimin

Trifter has written an article about McDonald’s menu around the world. This article is dated on 19th July 2007 so some of you all might read it already.

After reading it, I find Singapore’s McDonald’s menu is lousy. By the way does anyone here knows whether the Curry Sauce that comes with the McNuggets is uniquely Singapore?

Thanks to Li Xiang for the find.