tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0000NETITSWVIDBlah-Blahx64HWMOBILEMEDAcademicOutdoorsGoodiesINFOPHYSIOProtonSagaSpeak-OutiPhoneCompCaseDine-n-WineGoogleHere-n-ThereW8'debtdash' is derived from Indian 'devdas', story behind. This is a blog sharing thoughts on information technology, internet & social phenomena. Welcome!http://debtdash.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-4307062387005908347Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:47:00 +00002018-01-01T17:49:07.433+08:00GoogleITNETSWx64Been using Google Pinyin IME in Windows for years. Love it or so use to its functionality (can type both simplified & traditional Chinese characters), compatibility (so far no system halt issue) and customisability (use your own established phases). Thought it will be uneventful to install and set up Google Pinyin IME in my new Windows 7 x64 SP1, only to find out the same nagging "http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2018/01/discontinued-google-pinyin-ime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-3639987176412233684Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:32:00 +00002018-01-01T17:48:32.399+08:00HWITNETSWx64After I had been using Windows XP Pro x64 SP2 for more than a decade, I decided to sell my ten-year-old Compaq (does any new netizen never heard of this?) Presario together with the old OS. It took me a few weeks before "taming" down yet another Compaq Presario that was used by my brother. Speaking of this "taming down" process is clueless. In fact I thought it was either power supply unit, main http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-year-new-system-yet-another-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-646383569566364603Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:42:00 +00002014-08-18T01:42:13.877+08:00HWITMOBILENETSWx64Microsoft is ceasing despite its old glory. I am rather busybody to offer my help to update the firmware & software of a Nokia Lumia 710. Prior to this I though it would be as easy as connecting the Windows Phone to a PC to transfer files. No! My Windows XP Pro SP2 64-bit just not able to process this toy! Upon unsuccessful installation of USB driver I downloaded and installed Windows USB http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2014/08/installing-zune-in-windows-xp-pro-x64.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-5173691643942174633Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:34:00 +00002014-04-14T02:34:09.680+08:00HWITSWx64While I still could not find the reason why my LCD turning off or going to standby mode automatically after around ten seconds of various format of movie played by MPC-HC, followed by audio off & irresponsive system (i.e. keyboard Caps Lock LED not responding to pressing Caps Lock) recently, I decided to update the ASUS branded NVIDIA GeForce display card driver since ASUS does not http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2014/04/updating-nvidia-geforce-33528.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-8921416238656374890Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:55:00 +00002014-03-08T01:57:20.928+08:00ITMOBILENETSWTwo decades ago people thought personal computer (PC) is for fun, as Multimedia is just having its bloom, followed by Internet, that came with Instant Messaging (IM). ICQ was my first IM start-up, that I used to contact family members and friends far away. Still remember the tiny green bloom with little yellow dot at the centre? Since then netizen spends hours using PC to communicate. As http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2014/03/chatting-for-decades-review-my-instant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-649036060415407068Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:32:00 +00002013-12-23T00:32:04.099+08:00HWINFOiPhoneSWI don't think this gotta happen so soon before Christmas until I see evad3rs' evasi0n7, this indeed a great xmas gift for those who waited for long. I'm not going to brake the jail soon as I have little time for myself to fully customize my iPhone4, and that many great apps are free, even paid apps are free for limited time at times. Just be sure to backup despite the extended time needed. http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2013/12/ios7s-broken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-2589870049609761615Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:59:00 +00002013-12-07T00:59:20.605+08:00ITNETEver wonder what the heck is "pwned" or "pwnage"? Answer revealed as the project of Troy Hunt, called ';-- Have I been pwned? Simply check if your account is being compromised by typing your email. Good news — no pwnage found! http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2013/12/pwned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-5384884232629592346Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:25:00 +00002014-03-07T23:28:39.325+08:00HWiPhoneITMOBILESWx6426th Sep added screenshots 19th Sep updated w/ iTunes 11.1 update. I am not an Apple fan, not fancy to i-products, and ever since I received a secondhand iPhone4, I was amazed by its simplicity, and lazidity (yup, rigidity + laziness). Usually I'll set my own ringtones but this time with iPhone I was stucked as I could not perform as I wish within iPhone settings (unless a jail-brokenhttp://debtdash.blogspot.com/2013/07/iphone-with-box-of-windows-xp-x64.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-7820532577555325238Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:18:00 +00002013-01-22T05:18:25.122+08:00MEDVIDLast week I encountered an adult male patient of mine who allegedly having the ability to perform stretches and mobility exercises himself. After watching on his recorded film, I would say those are involuntary, yet structured movements. He is sure that he did not know any of those sequenced movements prior. Neurologist prescripts medicine to stop them while orthopedic surgeon says they are http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2013/01/sudden-gifted-self-exercise-movements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-5831633740085603578Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:50:00 +00002012-12-03T01:50:02.582+08:00HWITMOBILENETW8Was regretted and frustrated seeing my brother's left over SE W8 became bricked that showing no further with Sony Ericsson logo, after customisation / deleting system files. Thanks to professional geek soleheen D, I manage to unbrick W8 using Sony Update Service. Just keep in mind that this update service will check for the latest version and it will download and upgrade itself which takes uphttp://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/12/unbricked-my-sony-ericsson-w8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-8832895768320411514Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:45:00 +00002012-11-19T23:45:04.688+08:00INFOAs I'll be going Taiwan next month, thought of renting a car to bring my family here and there. Thus I emailed consular of Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre asking about short-term possibility of driving a car legally in Taiwan, and she replied to get an International Driving Permit (IDP) from local authority JPJ, only then can I drive a car in Taiwan for 2 months only. According http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/11/malaysian-international-driving-permit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-403249517892807601Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:54:00 +00002012-11-12T01:54:30.697+08:00MEDJust came across an interesting article in The Lancet about old people seeing things they knew not true, as referred to Charles Bonnet's syndrome, thanks to the advancement of science. While I'm impressed with the article titled "The sound of silence" reporting auditory hallucinations of an old lady keep hearing familiar voices & music, which is rather romantic, oops.http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-late-grandma-seeing-things-revealed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-3591390152109363518Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:56:00 +00002012-10-17T02:56:01.156+08:00HWITNETDell has a new series of printers.I particularly like the Inkjets (all wifi enabled) because I learnt that Dell's having a "trade to save" scheme, and that my sister's having a dried (inks are dried up) HP all-in-one. So I bought V525W online for RM299. After received the new all-in-one for a few days, today only I filled up the claim form online, yet to send the used HP http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/10/go-green-by-trade-in-printers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-6151950928999441059Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:18:00 +00002012-07-24T11:22:53.731+08:00HWITNETSWWindows users used to be quite aware of hard disk space consumed, not after having increasing availability of half terabyte hard drives. Here why I particularly mention Windows Update is because during & after updates Windows will store both the backups & updates files which in turn consume much disk space, making my used to be spacious 10GB system partition a short dull, sluggish with http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/07/free-up-some-space-after-windows-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-356771095933284589Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:22:00 +00002012-04-28T02:22:03.596+08:00ITNET...what I initially thought was a Google Map thing to navigate while people's driving, ha, silly I should have learnt Dropbox or MS SkyDrive. Google Drive is not ready for all but to apply so when the service is available for you Google will email you: Upon entering, you will find it filled with your documents in Google Docs. I'm not very keen in it yet for people claimed there is a line http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/04/google-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-8917387834479807502Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:16:00 +00002012-04-25T00:16:56.069+08:00MEDOk I must admit I borrowed the original title. Chiropractors as Family Doctors? No Way! This is just too arrogant and eager for the chiro institutes to push their graduates into disastrous consequences. Chiro Stroke Channelhttp://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/04/chiropractors-as-family-doctors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-8217470799033088652Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +00002012-03-04T18:00:36.763+08:00ITSWx64As high hardware specs demanding and sluggish performance of Vista from MS Windows I remained in Windows XP Pro, shifted to Ubuntu 7, then went back to Windows XP x64. While weight-loss Windows 7 has successfully reclaimed OS market, alleged to be the best seller in Windows family, still not convincing for me to try out, until its successor, Windows 8 is out for consumer preview. I have http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/03/windows-eight-to-be-tested.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-4793227310094735601Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:55:00 +00002012-03-03T00:55:20.111+08:00NET...yet, not beyond Uncle Sam. "Sorry, locations outside the U.S. are currently not supported." So we Asians are looking for cheap flights with AirAsia. http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/03/google-flightss-still-not-taken-off.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-5888419544113390683Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +00002012-02-11T02:44:24.340+08:00Blah-BlahNETRumor getting from my email has it that Red Bull can cause numerous neuronal diseases and multiple organs dysfunctions if mixed with alcohol. I googled and found out this has been spread in internet for a few years with various versions, talking about fatality caused by mixture of energy drink with alcohol, large quantity use, scary effects never learnt before regarding their major component, http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/02/energy-drinks-taboo-red-bulls-kill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-3888634532438296633Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:42:00 +00002012-01-03T02:01:40.616+08:00Blah-BlahVID If I Die Young by The Band Perry If I die young, bury me in satin Lay me down on a bed of roses Sink me in the river at dawn Send me away with the words of a love song Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby The sharphttp://debtdash.blogspot.com/2012/01/band-perry-if-i-die-young.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-6111047732195447497Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:39:00 +00002011-12-08T08:43:41.557+08:00NETOutdoors Yes 10-cent is just eyes-cream, but with as low as RM16++ from KL to PEN. For PEN only to Langkawi for RM29 one-way. Think it's not for me again as I used to work not a good holiday planner.http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2011/12/air-asia-turns-10-offer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-3185732562200191566Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:56:00 +00002011-12-01T04:22:38.921+08:00ITSWx64Finally after a few years my WinXPx64 left unprotected, I installed an antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). I thought there might be some malwares after I discovered that a few programmes just not showing up after executed. But as soon as I installed this thought to be more system integrated stuff, I lost around 200MB of space. How greedy this tiny anti-whatever, oh, x64 http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2011/12/microsoft-security-essentials-x64.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-6460143857187413445Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:41:00 +00002011-12-01T03:33:26.891+08:00MEDNET Do you hesitate to store your personal health record online? Been using Google Health as my online personal health record so I can access from anywhere via internet. I have no disease that is shameful, plus this is not publicised, and I can get brief pharmacology information regarding my medicines, it was a good platform to manage my health condition. More than a week ago I http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-health-is-ceasing-ms-healthvault.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-3153528290612265964Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:59:00 +00002011-10-29T04:01:18.136+08:00ITNETJust found out my Shelfari Bookshelf staying over right bottom of my blog did not working, traced it then only know it has already been acquired by Amazon back in the end of 2008. Gosh! Why am I so left-behind?! But it was working well months ago. (Hey, they use quite a good trick to hide their new logo with Amazon from showing the source URL, so I could not post as a link here. But http://debtdash.blogspot.com/2011/10/war-of-ebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883483025770965753.post-968904613887285007Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:17:00 +00002011-10-24T01:17:54.772+08:00AcademicSWJust got rehearsed by my colleague regarding neurofeedback with a cover story titled "The Alphalearning Revolution" in the magazine Calibre. The main idea is to achieve the balance or harmonious state physically & mentally, in a damn fast way. It is rather costly for average families but the market demands are incredibly huge, that there are now a few profit-making private schools lining uphttp://debtdash.blogspot.com/2011/10/learning-to-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0