Good news my contract got extended until May awesome

Yes! my contract got extended toward May, that’s very good news to me.Being a contractor consultant, month to month basis sometime can be scary 🙂 Although I have many back up plan in place, but plan that has not been thoroughly tested, although it seems likely that it work, but hard to say :), worst case scenarios plan that is. Need to keep on paying for kids savings education, a dollar does matter and as time goes by it grows 🙂

Rain today according to the forecast here in the East Coast of USA

This year sure have some strange weather, winter doesn’t seems like winter, we’re missing all the snows, where are all the snows? well as I recall this winter we only got like a couple inches that’s about it, although the weather temperature was and very cold. However it’s almost spring, today I believe is the last day of February, tomorrow will be March and Spring start in March 2012. Get ready to cut the grass plant some flowers garden 🙂

From around the world 25 suspected Anonymous hackers arrested

Before I doze off, I was msn.com page and saw this news. Well I’m not surprise that Interpol was able to track them down, do I believe it? yes. Some people can say it’s a conspiracy or so call trap that set up the real hackers of Anonymous to show there faces or launching stronger attack. People arrested are age range from 14 to 40s and from Spain and South America. Some hackers are good, some hackers are bad, some are just plain script kiddie or instigators.

Interpol arrested 25 anonymous hackers
Interpol arrested 25 anonymous hackers

Be careful with [email protected] Xigmatek rebate

*** update 9/28/2012 : Finally got paid today, over 9 months later LOL, hey! at least they pay 🙂 OK xigmatek, I leave you alone now

Be careful when buying rebate from this company Xigmatek. I sent in a rebate for  $20 rebate GAIA SD1283 35-233-082 on 12/1/2011 and I send them an email on 2/1/2012 which is two months later, and they said to check back with them in 4-8 weeks. Well today is 2/28/2012 and I sent them a new email on 2/26/2012 and they did not even respond, I understand they may have backlog, but taken more than 48hrs to respond to email? not good business practice. So people, please be careful with company like this one, they either ignore you and you will probably never get your rebate due to whatever reason they will say to you, such as lost mail they never receive it, so ensure you have copies. I really hate companies that offer rebate on items that they sell at retail value which is super high price and then you have to mail in rebate proof of purchase and wait 6-10weeks sometime to even check for rebate status, and they said they never receive it, sometime you forget about it and never check rebate status and company rebate never contact you, they simply pocket your money, totally bad business, stay away from them. If you do rebate, here are a few tips: 1)copies of mailed items, 2)schedule follow up date ensure they receive (use delivery confirmation or certified mail if needed for high rebate $ item), 3) do follow after 6weeks ensure indeed processed and after 10weeks you still did not receive rebate, definitely contact and provide proof copies.

New Vietnamese Audio books – Truyen Audio

I just posted a few VIetnamese audio books, simply download and listen to great Vietnamese audio books, in Vietnamese, Truyen Audio. Why read? when you can listen to someone else read it to you, don’t get me wrong, I highly recommend reading when possible, but for people like me, want to finished the story fast, I rather someone read it to me when I ly down and rest 🙂 like children bedtime story. Audio books are great, you can take it anywhere and listen to it anywhere. Here’s the website: http://www.doctruyenaudio.com/