Cosmic Bowl Sucks

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I’m going to re-blog what a friend of mine, ady has just put on his post on how terible Cosmic Bowl are. Just to emphasize on how bad things were over there.

The place: Cosmic Bowl, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur
Review: SUCKS BIG TIME !! Avoid whenever possible.

We just had a bowling session last week, and what a dump the place was. The equipment malfunctioning all the time. There’s not much bowling ball weight to choose from. And whatever bowling ball they have, it was chipped and has a big hole on it!! (Not to mention all the problem ady has found out).

To the management, please improve your condition. The Malaysian consumer just had it with all this corporations and businesses who just keep thinking of the profit without giving much value to whatever we’ve paid for.

Gmail Adds Themes To It’s Feature List

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Taken from Official Gmail Blog:

Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven’t been an integral part of Gmail. We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company.

Some screen shots of the new theme:

Gmail Theme

To customize your inbox, go to the Themes tab under Settings. I don’t see the settings available yet on my account, so I might be checking back soon.

UPDATE: The themes setting is available now on my account. Should be available on yours too. Enjoy. Woohoo!!

Protect Your WordPress Directory from Public Browsing

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Found a really good WordPress security tips a while ago:

Directories should not be left open for public browsing.

There is a potential problem letting people know what plug-ins you have, or what versions they are. If there is some known exploit that is linked to a plug-in, it could be easy enough for someone to use it to their advantage.

To test whether your site is vulnerable to this issue, just go to http://<your_site>/wp-content/plugins
Your site SHOULDN’T be listing all the plug-ins available on your site.

It’s fairly simple to protect your WordPress installation from public browsing:
1. Make an empty wp-content/plugins/index.html file
Or
2. just add this line in your .htaccess file in your root:
Options All -Indexes