Omegle – Anonymously talking with strangers

If you are bored and have nothing to do, you can try this neat free service from Omegle.com, talking with strangers! You don’t need to register, just open the page Omegle.com and click the “Start chat” button. In no time, you will be connected to a stranger and you can start chatting. The interesting part is that the person on the end want to chat too, just like you. If the topic was right, the conversation will be very interactive. The most important part is, your chats are completely anonymous. But sometimes, the conversation can get ugly as some strangers like to harass others like using dirty word, talking about racism, and so on. As the conversation is completely anonymous, they have nothing to scare of. If this ever occurs to you, just disconnect by clicking the disconnect button at the bottom.

If you find your conversation interesting, you can save the whole of it after disconnecting. It will be saved as HTML files with same formatting as Omegle interface.

For iPhone and iPod Touch users, you can get the Omegle iPhone app for just $0.99, which enables you to chat with random strangers anywhere as long as you have internet connection.

So, have fun talking to strangers!

Related Links:
Omegle.com
Omegle.com blog

InfoMalaya.com – great Malay language weblog

InfoMalaya.com is a good Malay language blog. Behind this weblog, there are two young men Huzairy Bin Mohd Rezuan aka Bat and Mohd Yazid Bin Zaaba aka skylinez, who are very keen to share their knowledges and experiences about the cyberworld, especially with the beginners. This site was established in early 2006 and it was only a forum site. After discovering the power of blog, they decided to combine the power of blog with the ability of forum.

If they keep their effort constant, it is not impossible that infomalaya will become a great Malay language website. Nowadays we lack of Malay language blog with good content. Malaysia Boleh!!!

Names of Hurricanes

Satellite photo of Hurricane Emily near peak intensity

As my teacher was explaining about an newspaper excerpt in my German language class, she told us that hurricanes are named according to alphabet order. I’ve do some research on the internet and have found some useful facts.

Hurricanes names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization. The Atlantic is assigned six lists of names, with one list used each year. Every sixth year, the first list begins again. Each name on the list starts with a different letter, for example, the name of the very first hurricane of the season starts with the letter A, the next starts with the letter B, and so on. The letters “Q”, “U”, “X”, “Y” and “Z”, however, are not used.

Often when an unusually destructive hurricane hits, that hurricane’s name is retired and never used again. Since 1954, forty names have been retired. In 1996 Hurricane Luis was retired. Is your name among the currently used or retired hurricane names? (I’m not listed. I wonder if the Malays were to give name to the hurricanes… )

Hurricane Names Selected for the Atlantic Basin

1997/ 2003	1998/ 2004	1999/ 2005	2000/ 2006	2001/ 2007	2002/ 2008
Ana	Alex	Arlene	Alberto	Allison*	Arthur
Bill	Bonnie	Bret	Beryl	Barry	Bertha
Claudette	Charley	Cindy	Chris	Chantal	Cesar
Danny	Danielle	Dennis	Debby	Dean	Dolly
Erika	Earl	Emily	Ernesto	Erin	Edouard
Fabian	Frances	Floyd*	Florence	Felix	Fran
Grace	Georges*	Gert	Gordon	Gabrielle	Gustav
Henri	Hermine	Harvey	Helene	Humberto	Horrtense
Isabel	Ivan	Irene	Isaac	Iris*	Isidore
Juan	Jeanne	Jose	Joyce	Jerry	Josephine
Kate	Karl	Katrina	Keith*	Karen	Kyle
Larry	Lisa	Lenny*	Leslie	Lorenzo	Lili
Mindy	Mitch*	Maria	Michael	Michelle*	Marco
Nicholas	Nicole	Nate	Nadine	Noel	Nana
Odette	Otto	Ophelia	Oscar	Olga	Omar
Peter	Paula	Phillippe	Patty	Pablo	Paloma
Rose	Richard	Rita	Rafael	Rebekah	Rene
Sam	Shary	Stan	Sandy	Sebastien	Sally
Teresa	Tomas	Tammy	Tony	Tanya	Teddy
Victor	Virginie	Vince	Valerie	Van	Vicky
Wanda	Walter	Wilma	William	Wendy	Wilfred
* Hurricanes retired since 1985.

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