{"id":1486,"date":"2009-05-06T06:09:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2009-05-06T03:12:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T08:12:40","slug":"tracking-government-spending-with-regards-to-economic-stimulus-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/05\/06\/tracking-government-spending-with-regards-to-economic-stimulus-funds","title":{"rendered":"Tracking government spending with regards to economic stimulus funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The good news &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/news\/story.asp?file=\/2009\/3\/31\/nation\/20090331154309&#038;sec=nation\">website to track economic stimulus funds<\/a> in Malaysia is now ready. Check out: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rangsanganekonomi.treasury.gov.my\/\">Rangsangan Ekonomi Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even better news, <b>they used an open source software solution (Joomla!) to make that website happen<\/b>. So mad props go out to them.<\/p>\n<p>Only thing that irks me? Its all in Bahasa Malaysia, with no translation in English.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Tracking%20government%20spending%20with%20regards%20to%20economic%20stimulus%20funds&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F06%2Ftracking-government-spending-with-regards-to-economic-stimulus-funds&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Check out: Rangsangan Ekonomi Malaysia. Even better news, they used an open source software solution (Joomla!) to make that website happen. So mad props go out to them. Only thing that irks me? 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I also did Nick & Ishaq's cardio workout at home (I don't know if Open Cardio on Apple Watch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3519,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/03\/28\/life-with-rona-day-10","url_meta":{"origin":1486,"position":5},"title":"Life with Rona &#8212; Day 10","date":"28\/3\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Two workouts done -- one with Ping, the other with Isabel and Marcus. Both great. Stimulus announced for Malaysia. Started with RM250 billion. The reality is it is maybe a tenth of that that is cash. The B40 group got the most. M40's get a little. 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