09-01-2006, 04:00 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Greetings from Malaysia!
Hi everybody! I'm still a little shell-shocked, but when Jason first approached me about being a Contributing Editor, I jumped at the chance. So here I am, the latest Contributing Editor-in-Training for Pocket PC Thoughts. My name's Nurhisham Hussein (no relation to Saddam), aka hishamh, so here's a little about myself.
I'm from Malaysia...you know, that little bit of land between Thailand and Singapore, with that little bit on the side near Indonesia.  I work as an economist in a fund management company, about a 10 minute walk from the site of the ex-tallest buildings in the world. I know: that's about as un-sexy a profession as you can get. My first real experience with technology was when I was about seven - playing 3D chess against a mainframe at Stanford University. To give you an idea how long ago that was, it was before the Apple II was released! I've been a geek ever since. I first got into Pocket PCs in 2004 looking for a way to listen to audible.com content on the go, and it's been downhill from there...I'd never imagined I'd get this involved in a community, though I'm glad I did. My other interests include reading, music and econometric time series models. :wink:
I hope I can help keep up the standards the news team has brought to this site over the years - it's a tough task! Meanwhile, I'll still be hanging around the forums, helping out where I can. Being largely in the same time zone as Darius means we can pretty much cover the news more or less round the clock without knocking everybody out, especially with so many exciting developments coming out of Asia.
You know, the one bad thing about this is now I have absolutely no excuse not to get a Windows Mobile 5 device...
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09-01-2006, 04:12 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Apa khabar hishamh! I was surprised to see someone from Malaysia made headlines in PPCThoughts! I am from Penang, but currently in North Carolina for my doctoral studies. It is wonderful to have someone from home in one of my favorite websites. My foray into ppc started with to Toshiba e740, then the e750. Right now, I am using the Qtek9100. In anycase, tahniah! 
sooby77
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09-01-2006, 04:14 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: Greetings from Malaysia!
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Originally Posted by Nurhisham Hussein
Being largely in the same time zone as Darius means we can pretty much cover the news more or less round the clock without knocking everybody out, especially with so many exciting developments coming out of Asia.
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Welcome, fellow GMT+8'er. Good to have you on the team.
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09-01-2006, 04:24 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Welcome to the team Nurhisham! 
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09-01-2006, 04:33 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 229
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Congratulations! I've often seen your very erudite postings in various places!
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09-01-2006, 05:16 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Thanks for the warm welcome, guys!
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Originally Posted by sooby77
Apa khabar hishamh! I was surprised to see someone from Malaysia made headlines in PPCThoughts! I am from Penang, but currently in North Carolina for my doctoral studies....In anycase, tahniah! |
Khabar baik! Thanks for the good wishes. My wife is from Penang
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09-01-2006, 06:37 PM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,233
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Welcome to the Team! Hopefully between you and Darius, our homepage will keep humming all day long
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Executive Editor - Android Thoughts
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09-01-2006, 07:57 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,998
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Welcome to the team Nurhisham!
:way to go:
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09-01-2006, 08:29 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,097
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Welcome aboard Nurhisham!
In case of emergency, your seat cushion will function as a life preserver... Provided you're over water. :wink:
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09-02-2006, 06:24 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 116
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Sorry for the Lengthyness
Hello Nurhisham,
This is actually my first post in Pocketpcthoughts.com, or in any online forum for that matter (besides my unwillingly posts for some of my online clasees), any way. I wish you luck on your new endeavor. I have been a fan of this site since purchasing pocket rss reader from HappyJackRoad with the pocketpcthoughts.com RSS feed preloaded on the application and enjoying the lengthy rss pulls showing on my today screen using Pocket Breeze (it helped deter people from playing around with my ppc; claiming that it looked to complex due to the legthy text rotation evey two seconds).
I am happy to see that [i]you[i] found an excuse to switch to a Windows mobile 2005 device. I have yet to find a reason, being that all of the ppc phone editions offered in the US have the 2.8 inch screen (which in my opinion is to small to be ejoy the touch screen feature). I have contemplated importing the I-Mate JasJar with the impressive 3.6 inch screen, I prefer the 3.5 inch displays and the JasJar might be too bulky.
I have been a pocket pc enthusiast for exactly 374 days and this (pocketpcthoughts.com) is my undoubtedly my favorite site.
Thanks for reading this lengthy post
P.S. break a leg, or more apropriately: break a screen (I've done it 6 times)
I hope my post does not encourage a character limit for posts.
PCC enthusiast, Frankie N.
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