yay -Ps

Show available updates for packages installed from the AUR.

yay -Qau

Update packages installed from the AUR.

yay -Sau

Update all system and installed packages.

yay -Syu or yay

Update a single package.

yay -Sy <package>

Start a new terminal session or source the profile file. source /etc/profile.d/google-cloud-cli.sh

Verify

❯ which gcloud
/opt/google-cloud-cli/bin/gcloud
❯ gcloud version
Google Cloud SDK 459.0.0
alpha 2024.01.06
beta 2024.01.06
bq 2.0.101
bundled-python3-unix 3.11.6
core 2024.01.06
gcloud-crc32c 1.0.0
gsutil 5.27

I am running the papermod theme.

Here’s how I disabled tracking on my blog.

1. Edit the config.yml file.
2. Comment out the Google analytics line. #googleAnalytics: G-6L9QBHWEKX
3. Commit and wait for the pipeline to push out the changes.
4. Verify that no Google tracking is getting picked up now.

There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["hostonlyif", "create"]

Stderr: 0%...NS_ERROR_FAILURE
VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter
VBoxManage: error: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while adding new interface: failed to open /dev/vboxnetctl: No such file or directory
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleCreate(HandlerArg *)" at line 105 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp

Vagrant currently can’t create host-only networks on Virtualbox 7. Github issue 12967

The workaround, for now, is to use Virtualbox’s “internal network” private network. I’ve tested this as it works on macOS Ventura.

  config.vm.define "host1" do |host1|
      host1.vm.hostname = "n2"
      host1.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.56.11",
        virtualbox__intnet: true
  end

I normally have PiHole running on a RPi sitting around for this purpose but can’t get my hands on one in Malaysia at MSRP.

Follow the steps below to change the default DNS servers to Cloudflare’s DNS servers.

Cloudflare’s DNS servers

IPv4

Primary: 1.1.1.1
Secondary: 1.0.0.1

IPv6

2606:4700:4700::1111
2606:4700:4700::1001

Steps

1. Log on to the router at 192.168.1.1. http://192.168.1.1/
2. Login is tmadmin and password is Adm@[last 4 characters in the mac address]
3. Navigate to the “Service” -> “DNS Server” page.
4. Change “Domain Name Server Assignment” option to “Manual”.
5. Update the Domain Name Server [1..3] fields with the new DNS servers.
6. Navigate to the “Service” -> “DHCP” page.
7. Update “DNS Option” to “Use DNS Relay”.
8. Apply your changes and reboot the router.

localhost> en
localhost# conf
localhost(config)# username admin secret supersecretpassword

Option 1

Use the show version command.

(admin@lab01.local) Password:
Last login: Thu Feb 24 15:33:07 2022 from 192.168.1.253
SW01(s1)>en
SW01(s1)#show version | grep Software
Software image version: 4.18.5M
SW01(s1)#

Option 2

Use the base Linux OS

(admin@lab01.local) Password:
Last login: Thu Feb 24 15:33:07 2022 from 192.168.1.253
SW01(s1)>en
SW01(s1)#bash

Arista Networks EOS shell

[admin@SW01 ~]$ cat /etc/system-release
Arista Networks EOS 4.18.5M
SW01(s1)#

iface lo inet loopback

auto enp4s0
iface enp4s0 inet static
        address 172.22.36.146/20
        gateway 172.22.47.254
        mtu 9000

iface enp5s0 inet manual

2. Restart the interface

root@hpvebkpdev01:~# systemctl restart networking.service 

root@pvebkpdev01:~# systemctl status networking.service 
? networking.service - Network initialization
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/networking.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (exited) since Sun 2022-02-13 13:03:11 CST; 14s ago
       Docs: man:interfaces(5)
             man:ifup(8)
             man:ifdown(8)
    Process: 2052 ExecStart=/usr/share/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 2052 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 476ms

Feb 13 13:03:10 pvebkpdev01 systemd[1]: Starting Network initialization...
Feb 13 13:03:10 pvebkpdev01 networking[2052]: networking: Configuring network interfaces
Feb 13 13:03:11 pvebkpdev01 systemd[1]: Finished Network initialization.

root@pvebkpdev01:~# ip a list enp4s0
2: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 9000 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:07:43:05:b9:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.20.32.146/20 scope global enp4s0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::207:43ff:fe05:b9f4/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Here’s how to disable auto arranging of work spaces

System Preferences -> Mission Control -> “Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use”

This is the way,

sudo dnf update --exclude="kernel*"

1. Using finder navigate to “/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/”. Command + Shift + g will bring up the goto dialog.
   

   

2. Delete the “obs-mac-virtualcam.plugin” file.

   

3. Verify if the “obs-virtual-camera” device has been removed. The screenshot below is from MS Teams.
   

   

I will install the KIND binary into my ~/bin/ directory since that’s where I keep all my binaries.

>_ cd ~/.bin
 
>_ curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.9.0/kind-linux-amd64
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
 100    97  100    97    0     0    163      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   162
 100   642  100   642    0     0    831      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   831
 100 7247k  100 7247k    0     0  4742k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 18.6M
 >_ chmod +x kind

 >_ which kind
 /home/danesh/.bin/kind

 >_ kind version
 kind v0.9.0 go1.15.2 linux/amd64

>_ source <(kind completion zsh)

I prefer the binaries to be in my ~/.bin/ directory as it is already in my PATH

>_ cd ~/.bin

>_ wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 --2020-11-06 19:41:28--  https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 Resolving get.helm.sh (get.helm.sh)… 152.195.19.97, 2606:2800:11f:1cb7:261b:1f9c:2074:3c
 Connecting to get.helm.sh (get.helm.sh)|152.195.19.97|:443… connected.
 HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
 Length: 13315267 (13M) [application/x-tar]
 Saving to: ‘helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz’
 helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz  100%[======================================================>]  12.70M  77.2MB/s    in 0.2s    
 2020-11-06 19:41:29 (77.2 MB/s) - ‘helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz’ saved [13315267/13315267]
 
>_ tar -zxvf helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 linux-amd64/
 linux-amd64/README.md
 linux-amd64/helm
 linux-amd64/LICENSE
 
>_ ll
 total 303M
 drwxrwxr-x 11 danesh danesh 4.0K Oct 11 11:27 fzf
 drwxrwxr-x  9 danesh danesh 4.0K Nov  6 19:01 google-cloud-sdk
 -rw-rw-r--  1 danesh danesh  13M Oct 26 10:37 helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 drwxr-xr-x  2 danesh danesh 4.0K Oct 26 10:36 linux-amd64
 -rwxrwxr-x  1 danesh danesh  54M Nov  6 18:10 minikube
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh 119M Sep 30 12:55 packer
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  82M Sep 30 13:10 terraform
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  37M Aug 24 18:02 vagrant

 >_ cp linux-amd64/helm .

 >_ rm -rfv linux-amd64
 >_ rm helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

 >_ ll
 total 330M
 drwxrwxr-x 11 danesh danesh 4.0K Oct 11 11:27 fzf
 drwxrwxr-x  9 danesh danesh 4.0K Nov  6 19:01 google-cloud-sdk
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  40M Nov  6 19:42 helm
 -rwxrwxr-x  1 danesh danesh  54M Nov  6 18:10 minikube
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh 119M Sep 30 12:55 packer
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  82M Sep 30 13:10 terraform
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  37M Aug 24 18:02 vagrant

>_ helm version
 version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.4.0", GitCommit:"7090a89efc8a18f3d8178bf47d2462450349a004", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.14.10"}

>_lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Pop
Description:    Pop!_OS 20.10
Release:    20.10
Codename:   groovy

I prefer to have my standalone application binaries placed in ~/.bin/ which is already included in my PATH.

>_ cd ~/.bin
>_ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 53.3M  100 53.3M    0     0  63.9M      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 63.8M
>_ install -m 775 minikube-linux-amd64 ./minikube
>_ ll
total 343M
drwxrwxr-x 11 danesh danesh 4.0K Oct 11 11:27 fzf
drwxrwxr-x  9 danesh danesh 4.0K Oct 30 14:29 google-cloud-sdk
-rwxrwxr-x  1 danesh danesh  54M Nov  6 18:10 minikube
-rw-rw-r--  1 danesh danesh  54M Nov  6 18:10 minikube-linux-amd64
-rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh 119M Sep 30 12:55 packer
-rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  82M Sep 30 13:10 terraform
-rwxr-xr-x  1 danesh danesh  37M Aug 24 18:02 vagrant
>_ rm minikube-linux-amd64

Verify if it’s working

>_ cd ~
>_ which minikube
/home/danesh/.bin/minikube
>_ source <(minikube completion zsh)
>_ minikube version
minikube version: v1.14.2
commit: 2c82918e2347188e21c4e44c8056fc80408bce10

Some of my docker containers access resources from a NAS over NFS.

On reboot, the Docker service comes up before the NFS paths are mounted, this causes the services within my containers to fail.

Restating the docker service, systemctl restart docker fixes this but I’d rather the containers come up properly the first time.

Solution

Add a systemd drop-in unit for the docker service instructing it to wait for the NFS mount to come online before starting.

Steps

Identify the systemd unit for the NFS mount. In my case /nas/data .

danesh@antman:~$ mount -t nfs4
192.168.100.1:/volume8/data on /nas/data type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.1,rsize=131072,wsize=131072,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=192.168.100.2,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.100.1,_netdev)  

danesh@antman:~$ sudo systemctl list-units | grep nas-data
  nas-data.mount                                                                                                         loaded active mounted   /nas/data         

Create the systemd drop-in unit file for the docker service. Create the directory if it is not there.

danesh@antman:~$ sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/  

danesh@antman:~$ sudo echo "[Unit]
After=nas-data.mount
Wants=nas-data.mount" >> /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/wait-for-nfs.conf

danesh@antman:~$ sudo cat /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/wait-for-nfs.conf 
[sudo] password for danesh: 
[Unit]
After=nas-data.mount
Wants=nas-data.mount

After: Start after NFS /nas/data is mounted.

Wants: If not already mounted, go ahead and mount /nas/data

If Wants is changed to Requires, the docker service will not start unless /nas/data is mounted.

Restart the docker service to verify that the drop-in is picked up.

danesh@antman:~$ sudo systemctl restart docker

danesh@antman:~$ sudo systemctl status docker
? docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
             ??wait-for-nfs.conf
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-08-31 20:45:40 UTC; 5h 21min ago
TriggeredBy: ? docker.socket

If the drop-in is showing then the change will now be persistent across reboots.

Sources

Soichi Hayashi

Fauxzen

Freedesktop Systemd

The error was identified and a post describing the error with a fix was posted to the ArchLinux news feed. Read Here

? sudo pacman -Syu                          
.....
.....
(201/201) checking for file conflicts                                                                  [------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
nss: /usr/lib/p11-kit-trust.so exists in filesystem
lib32-nss: /usr/lib32/p11-kit-trust.so exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

? pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/lib\*/p11-kit-trust.so
.....
.....

? sudo pacman -Syu                                        
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 endeavouros is up to date                                                   0.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [c  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  ]   0%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

The network interface was not showing up when I connected the adapter. Some googling later and I figured out what I was not doing.

Thunderbolt devices need to be authorized and added to the thunderbolt device manager before they can be used. This requirement can be changed in the BIOS if desired.

Here’s how I added my 10GbE adapter.

Install the thunderbolt device manager.

>_ sudo dnf install bolt

List connected thunderbolt devices. Take note of the UUID.

>_ sudo boltctl list

 ? QNAP Systems, Inc. QNA-T310G1S
   ?? type:          peripheral
   ?? name:          QNA-T310G1S
   ?? vendor:        QNAP Systems, Inc.
   ?? uuid:          00a928e5-0ce2-5600-ffff-ffffffffffff <--
   ?? status:        connected
   ?  ?? domain:     d2030000-0080-7718-a3c6-0d4a5f01a11d
   ?  ?? authflags:  none
   ?? connected:     Sat 29 Jun 2019 08:25:09 PM UTC
   ?? stored:        no

Authorize and add the device to the device database.

>_ sudo boltctl enroll 00a928e5-0ce2-5600-ffff-ffffffffffff

 ? QNAP Systems, Inc. QNA-T310G1S
   ?? type:          peripheral
   ?? name:          QNA-T310G1S
   ?? vendor:        QNAP Systems, Inc.
   ?? uuid:          00a928e5-0ce2-5600-ffff-ffffffffffff
   ?? dbus path:     /org/freedesktop/bolt/devices/00a928e5_0ce2_5600_ffff_ffffffffffff
   ?? status:        authorized  <--
   ?  ?? domain:     d2030000-0080-7718-a3c6-0d4a5f01a11d
   ?  ?? parent:     d2030000-0080-7718-a3c6-0d4a5f01a11d
   ?  ?? syspath:    /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:00.0/domain0/0-0/0-1
   ?  ?? authflags:  none
   ?? authorized:    Sat 29 Jun 2019 08:28:26 PM UTC
   ?? connected:     Sat 29 Jun 2019 08:25:09 PM UTC
   ?? stored:        Sat 29 Jun 2019 08:28:26 PM UTC
      ?? policy:     auto
      ?? key:        no

Device should now show up.

>_ dmesg | tail -n5
[26025.134557] atlantic 0000:06:00.0 enp6s0: renamed from eth0
[26027.069740] atlantic: link change old 0 new 10000
[26027.070131] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp6s0: link becomes ready

>_ ethtool enp6s0
Settings for enp6s0:
        Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
        Supported link modes:   100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Full 
                                10000baseT/Full 
                                2500baseT/Full 
                                5000baseT/Full 
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  100baseT/Full 
                                1000baseT/Full 
                                10000baseT/Full 
                                2500baseT/Full 
                                5000baseT/Full 
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: 10000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: FIBRE
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on

The fix was simple. Comment out the problem line in the perl file.

[root@dbserver local]# mytop
Error in option spec: "long|!"

[root@dbserver local]# which mytop
/usr/bin/mytop

[root@dbserver local]# vi /usr/bin/mytop

From 
     "long|!"              => \$config{long_nums},

To
#     "long|!"              => \$config{long_nums},

>_ file tsetup.1.7.7.tar.xz
  tsetup.1.7.7.tar.xz: XZ compressed data

  
>_ tar -tvf tsetup.1.7.7.tar.xz
  drwxrwxr-x preston/preston   0 2019-06-10 05:25 Telegram/
  -rwxrwxr-x preston/preston 97436648 2019-06-10 05:24 Telegram/Telegram
  -rwxrwxr-x preston/preston  1400643 2019-06-10 04:52 Telegram/Updater

  >_ tar -xvf tsetup.1.7.7.tar.xz
  Telegram/
  Telegram/Telegram
  Telegram/Updater

  
>_ ls -l Telegram/
  total 96524
  -rwxrwxr-x. 1 user1 user1 97436648 Jun 10 05:24 Telegram
  -rwxrwxr-x. 1 user1 user1  1400643 Jun 10 04:52 Updater

It has something to do with the AppArmor exception rule for ptrace for what I could gather.

danesh@hades:$ spotify
cannot perform readlinkat() on the mount namespace file descriptor of the init process: Permission denied

The workaround for now is to upgrade your snap core to the beta channel.

danesh@hades:~/kernel$ sudo snap refresh --channel=beta core

There’s no 32bit support now so update the source list file to get rid of the warning.

In my case, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

Change

deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib

to

deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib

danesh@hades:~$ sudo apt-get update
danesh@hades:~$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
danesh@hades:~$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
danesh@hades:~$ sudo apt-get update
danesh@hades:~$ sudo apt-get install ansible
danesh@hades:~$ ansible --version
ansible 2.6.2
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u'/home/danesh/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.15rc1 (default, Apr 15 2018, 21:51:34) [GCC 7.3.0]

When I first set it up, closing the lid would send the laptop into standby mode. Here’s what I did to get promox/debian to ignore the laptop lid action.

Edit the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file

Change the lines below.

HandleLidSwitch=ignore
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

restart the logind service.

#systemctl restart systemd-logind.service

Franz is a new multi-platform messaging app for Linux, MAC and Windows. Been running it my Arch boxes for a few months now and am loving it!

It’s not in the default repo so you’ll need the AUR to install it. ArchWiki

Once you have your AUR setup, pull the package down and build it.

$ yaourt -Sy franz-bin

mmlscluster --cnfs

Delete the nodes returned from the previous command from your cnfs configuration.

mmchnode --cnfs-interface=DELETE -N foonsd1,foonsd2

Verify cnfs has been disabled.

mmlscluster --cnfs

Add the lines below to the /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf file and restart gnome.

[redshift]
allowed=true
system=false
users=

shopt -u -o history

or

set +o history

Don’t forget clear out the old history file too.

# history -c;

Fortunately, the fix is easy, just run the command shown below. This will default file operations back to Nautilus.

xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory

You can easily change the default web port for unRAID from port 80 to something you like by changing the “go” file in “/boot/config/”. In the example above I changed my unRAID to listen on “8008” instead of the default “80”.

You will have to restart your unRAID server to apply the change.

Looking to buy the new Raspberry Pi 3 model B? Here’s list of places locally where you’ll be able to purchase one from.

Quite a few sellers on Lelong are selling the Raspberry Pi 3 now, prices vary depending on your choice of case, power and cooling options.

TMT.my is a subsidiary of the popular IT chain storeThunder Match Technology Sdn. Bhd. They don’t have the Raspberry Pi 3 listed on their site yet but it might be worth calling them up as they have been known to have stock in the stores for walk-in customers.

Official Raspberry Pi Distributors

- RM174

- RM170

RS and Element 14 are both official distributors for the Raspberry Pi globally. Getting the Raspberry Pi from either one will be the cheapest option especially if you’re planning to buy in bulk.

Ok, that’s it for now. Hope this post helps you get started on your Raspberry Pi 3 adventure.

If you know of any other businesses carrying the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B locally please let me know and I’ll update the list.

System > Identity

If you prefer the Terminal

[admin@oldname] > system identity print  
[admin@oldname] > system identity set name=newname  
[admin@oldname] > system identity print

I just installed Deluge on Archlinux but the GUI kept failing to come up with  “No module named gobject”.

This happens because installing just the deluge package does not meet all the dependencies required to run the GUI. Install “python-gobject2” and “pygtk” packages to satisfy the dependencies and Deluge will run fine.

$pacman -Sy python-gobject2 pygtk

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I’m running Spotify version 0.9.4.183-1 and  local mp3 files don’t play anymore.

All I get from the logs is “15:58:39.156 I [audio_driver_linux.cpp:18 ] Using PulseAudio”, no proper error message 🙁

After some googling, the fix was simple enough. Install the “ffmpeg-compat” package from the office repo.

sudo pacman -S ffmpeg-compat

Restart spotify and your local mp3 files should now play in your Spotify client.

Source: ArchWiki

Arch Linux defaults to DHCP on a new install. This guide will walk you through the steps need to configure a static IP interface for your Arch Linux install.

1. Create the interface config file in “/etc/netctl/”. Either use the sample file in “/etc/netctl/examples/” as a base or create one from scratch. We’ll create a new file for this walkthrough.

#cd /etc/netctl<br /> #vi eth0

The lines below go into the file.

Description='eth0'<br />
Interface=eth0<br />
Connection=ethernet<br />
IP=static<br />
Address='192.168.1.201/24'<br />
Gateway='192.168.1.1'<br />
DNS='192.168.1.40'<br />
Broadcast='192.168.1.255'

2. Enable the new interface.
   #netctl enable eth0

3. Start the new interface or reboot.
   #netctl start eth0

The Spotify client is available through WINE or natively through the AUR. I’ll walk you through the AUR way.

1. Download the Spotify package from the AUR. [[Spotify AUR][1]]

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sp/spotify/spotify.tar.gz

2. Unpack the package and compile.

tar -zxvf spotify.tar.gz</p>
cd spotify/
makepkg -s
` `` 
The "-s" switch will use pacman to resolve any dependencies.

3. Install the compile package.

`pacman -U spotify-0.9.4.183-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz`

 [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotify/

Just completed my fresh install of Arch Linux and Gnome 3.10. Hit my first issue, gnome-online-accounts dialog does not come up so I can’t add my clound accounts.

The Fix:

Install “telepathy-gaze” packge.

pacman -S telepathy-gaze

Fedora Utils is the “Ubuntu Tweak” of Fedora. It simplifies many of the post install tasks. It’s basically a collection of scripts and customizable plugins wrapped around a nice GUI which  help you install fonts, codecs, flash, java, etc. It also cleans up your system, fixes some common issues, tweaks your desktop, etc.

Here’s a one liner to get it installed on your Fedora 20.

su -c "cd /tmp/ && curl http://satya164.github.io/fedorautils/fedorautils-installer -o fedorautils-installer && chmod +x fedorautils-installer && ./fedorautils-installer"

Source: Fedora Utils

MYTEKSI is currently running a donation campaign for undeserved children across Malaysia. They are looking for English children books and toys.

The campaign will be happening on these dates, 28th & 29th, December 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th, 18th & 19th January.

Question: I have books and toys to give away, what do I do now?

Easy, install the MYTEKSI app on your android, apple or windows phone/tablet, register if you haven’t already, book a taxi and select “MYTEKSI HQ” as the destination and finally enter the “#gifts” hastag in the “notes to driver” section.

Your taxi will show up, load your gifts  drive them off  to MYTESKI for distribution. All for free! , yes FREE!

MYTEKSI has made it super easy and cheap for you to contribute so open up your hearts and share.

Source: MYTEKSI | FB

Maxis 4G LTE APN Settings.

Needed these settings for my Huawei e398 LTE USB dongle to work with Maxis LTE.

Profile Name : LTE

APN choose Static : max4g

Access number : *99#

Username : maxis

Password : wap

It’s a good time to grab .my domains. MYNIC is letting them go at RM30 for 1 year and RM50 for 2 years. .my domains normally retail around RM100 per year.

The promotion ends on 31st January so hurry.

Go grab your .my domain at iChoose by MYNIC.

Thanks TechAttack

From the Administrative Command Line Client (dsmadmc) run,

"query mount" or "q mount"<br />
and for detailed output run,

"query mount format=detailed" or "q mount f=d"

`Syntax

You can use the “lsblk” or “blkid” command to get the UUID of your partitions. In this case I’m running it on my Arch Linux box.

[root@r2d2 ~]# lsblk -no NAME,UUID /dev/sdb1<br /> sdb1 eb2cb768-7306-4fe5-a981-14d27d0c25fa

[root@r2d2 ~]# lsblk -no NAME,UUID<br /> sda1 05df7ca0-4af7-4e0a-ae1b-72518966847c<br /> sda2 8ad2ec57-2d62-482b-96ff-253fa402c786<br /> sdb1 eb2cb768-7306-4fe5-a981-14d27d0c25fa<br /> sdc1 cba2f94f-3eb4-4d6b-af7d-5d947eec2209

[root@r2d2 ~]# lsblk -f<br /> NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT<br /> sda1 ext4 05df7ca0-4af7-4e0a-ae1b-72518966847c /<br /> sda2 swap 8ad2ec57-2d62-482b-96ff-253fa402c786 [SWAP]<br /> sdb1 ext4 eb2cb768-7306-4fe5-a981-14d27d0c25fa /vm<br /> sdc1 ext4 cba2f94f-3eb4-4d6b-af7d-5d947eec2209

[root@r2d2 ~]# blkid -o list<br /> device fs_type label mount point UUID<br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> /dev/sdb1 ext4 /vm eb2cb768-7306-4fe5-a981-14d27d0c25fa<br /> /dev/sdc1 ext4 (not mounted) cba2f94f-3eb4-4d6b-af7d-5d947eec2209<br /> /dev/sda1 ext4 / 05df7ca0-4af7-4e0a-ae1b-72518966847c<br /> /dev/sda2 swap <swap> 8ad2ec57-2d62-482b-96ff-253fa402c786<br /> /dev/sda3 (not mounted)

Ran into a mysql issue at work today after an unplanned power outage took the server down. The error was "Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Table ‘mysql.host’ doesn’t exist" everytime we tried to start mysql. Looked like the system tables were gone.

The fix;

We recreated the system tables in the mysql data directory using mysql_install_db.

mysql_install_db –user=mysql –ldata=/mysql-data/location

Restart mysql and you should be good to go.

Can you control you TV volume from your Astro B.yond remote control?

I could turn on/off my TV using my Astro remote, but the volume needed a few extra steps to get working.

1. Make sure you can turn on/off your TV from your Astro remote. Follow my guide if you can’t.
2. Make sure your Astro decoder volume is full and your TV volume is low.
3. Press the OK and Vol+(volume up) button together until the indicator blinks twice.
4. Press the Vol+(volume up) button. If your volume increases the everything went well.

http://cloud.feedly.com/#subscription%2Ffeed%2F%s 

Pics.

Today I stumbled onto Window’s secret “god mode”. Well, it’s basically a special folder containing all system settings.

Create a new folder and call it “GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}”. The folder icon will change to the control panel icon if it worked.  Open the folder and enjoy your new god like windows power 😀

The code:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Here’s how to add the EPEL repo to CentOS 5.x

cd /tmp
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

I spend a lot of time working with ssh terminals over very slow connections. One common  issue that crops up often  is unresponsive terminals. Closing the terminal is what most of us would go with but then you would have to go through the login workflow again.  If you had to login to 3 servers then redoing that every time would be a pain.

Here’s a quick tip. The next time your ssh session becomes unresponsive, hit “ENTER” , followed the  “~” key and finally the  “.” key. ( ENTER , ~ , . ) . That will terminate the unresponsive session but still keep you within your main ssh session.

SSH supports a bunch of escape characters. It’s a less known feature but in my case proved handy. To see a list of all the supported escape characters run " ENTER , ~ , ? “.

[root@server conf.d]# ~?<br /> Supported escape sequences:<br /> ~. - terminate connection (and any multiplexed sessions)<br /> ~B - send a BREAK to the remote system<br /> ~C - open a command line<br /> ~R - Request rekey (SSH protocol 2 only)<br /> ~^Z - suspend ssh<br /> ~# - list forwarded connections<br /> ~& - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate)<br /> ~? - this message<br /> ~~ - send the escape character by typing it twice
(Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after newline.)

Let’s face it, Nowadays we’re always too busy to visit our folks. I’m guilty of the same crime 🙁

I stumbled on to “See You Folks” today. Put together by 4 guys under 24 hours with the goal to raise awareness about death.

Give it your parent’s location, age and average visits and you’ll know how many more times you’ll get to visit your parent before they are gone for good. You might be shocked by the answer.

Check it out at seeyourfolks

What version of the GNOME Shell am I running?

You can quickly find out your GNOME Shell version be running “gnome-shell -version”

danesh@r2d2:~$ gnome-shell --version<br /> GNOME Shell 3.8.2

This is also an indicator to which version of GNOME you are running.

I lost my hard drive and was trying to install Windows 8 from a Windows USB boot disk. When came time to activate I was greeted with “Code: 0xC004F061 your key can only be used for an upgrade”.  I bought the upgrade license during the launch sale but din’t know about this restriction.

Microsoft’s solution was to first install Windows 7 and then run the Upgrade assistant again to upgrade to Windows 8.  That would take too long!

Some Googling later and a solution was found. A simple registry hack. Here’s how,

1. “Windows + r " and type “regedit” to bring up the registry.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
3. Double click on “MediabootInstall”
4. Change the value from “1” to “0”. Exit the registry.
5. Hit the “Windows” key and search for “cmd” . Right click and select “Run as Administrator”.
6. Type slmgr /rearm and hit press enter. Wait for confirmation.
7. Reboot.
8. Try to active again. Should work now.

Picture Guide below.

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Archlinux dropped support for ifconfig “net-tools” sometime back. [announcement]

To get the ip address use “ip” tool instead.

ip addr show dev [device name]

ip addr show dev enp2s0

If you really want ifconfig back then grab the “net-tools from the AUR.

Malaysia’s independent news provider Malaysia accessible through http://www.malaysiakini.com and http://m.malaysiakini.com/en might be down (.i.e blocked by our ISP) for many of you.

Try these alternatives.

Alternatives;

1. http://www.mkini.co/ - Mirror
2. https://twitter.com/malaysiakini - Twitter @malaysiakini
3. https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini - Facebook

You can’t block the internet!! Get that through your thick skulls …

This list will be updated as more mirrors show up so check back often.

Update:

http://www.malaysiakini.com/
https://www.malaysiakini.com/
http://m.malaysiakini.com/
http://www.mkini.co/

https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini
https://twitter.com/malaysiakini
https://twitter.com/Yahoo_MY
https://twitter.com/premesh

http://www.KiniTV.com/
http://www.youtube.com/kinitv
https://www.facebook.com/kinitv
http://www.youtube.com/malaysiakini

http://live.undi.info/
https://ge13.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://bit.ly/mkinige13

Create a new source file for the Spotify repository.

# sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list<br />
Add the following line into the source file.

Add Spotify’s public key so that you can verify Spotify’s packages.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59

deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free<br />
Update your sources

#sudo apt-get update<br />
Install Spotify

#sudo apt-get install spotify-client<br />
Source: Spotify

Session logging is not enabled by default but if you want logging enabled by default for all your sessions then here’s how.

Fire up Putty and go to the “Logging” tab. Check “Printable output” option and insert your desired log file name and location into the location field.

For the log file name, Putty supports the following substitutes.

&H - Hostname
&Y - Year (yyyy)
&M - Month (mm)
&D - Day (dd)
&T - Time (hhmmss)

D:\Users\username\Dropbox\backup\putty-log&H-&Y&M&D-&T.log

This will log all your sessions into a dropbox backup folder with the desired naming format. .i.e “hostname-20130305-132319.log”

Go to “Session” , select the “Default Settings” saved session and hit “save” to make this default for all your new sessions.

NOTE: All your previous saved sessions will need to manually updated.

For some stupid reason my Google hangout and voice calls stopped working on my Windows machine. Removed the Google voice plugin and tried reinstalling it and got hit with a new error “Installer error 1603”.

After some digging around the issue was narrowed down to either permissions or the windows installer service having some hangover files or registry entries from previous installs.

The fix was to run Window’s FixIt to clean up the installer. This is what it does;

• Removes bad registry key on 64 bit operating systems.
• Windows registry keys that control the upgrade (patching) data that become corrupted.
• Resolves problems that prevent new programs from being installed.
• Resolves problems that prevent programs from being completely uninstalled and blocking new installations and updates.
• Use this troubleshooter for an uninstall only if the program fails to uninstall using the windows add/remove programs feature.

Download Here

Let me know if it work for you.

Malaysia finally gets it first GPS based taxi booking service, Unicablink. Its part of the Sunlight  Taxi group of companies.

You have 3 ways to book a cab. Call the call center at 1300-800-222, book online or through the mobile app. The mobile app is the best way and is available for both the Android and iPhone.

When a booking is made,  the nearest taxis will be notified and they can then bid on the job. Just like the cabs in SG. The company claims booking time has dropped from 20 minutes to only 5 minutes.

The next phase will be to introduce alternative payment methods. Credit / Debit cards and Touch n Go. This is something many of us are waiting for! Especially travelers.

Go grab the app on Google Play or the AppStore and take it for a spin.

What about Taxi Monger you ask? If I’m not wrong, that’s sms based and the response time is slightly longer.

I’ve yet to book a cab through Unicablink, hopefully soon. Have you tried Unicablink yet?

Some screens from the Android App

1. Check the current time.
   [root@atom ~]# timedatectl status<br /> Local time: Mon 2013-01-21 08:57:21 MYT<br /> Universal time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21 UTC<br /> RTC time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21<br /> Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (MYT, +0800)<br /> NTP enabled: no<br /> NTP synchronized: no<br /> RTC in local TZ: no<br /> DST active: n/a

2. Set the correct date and time.
   [root@atom ~]# timedatectl set-time "2013-01-21 00:59:00"

3. Check again, make sure the date and time looks right now.
   [root@atom ~]# timedatectl status<br /> Local time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:59:14 MYT<br /> Universal time: Sun 2013-01-20 16:59:14 UTC<br /> RTC time: Sun 2013-01-20 16:59:14<br /> Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (MYT, +0800)<br /> NTP enabled: no<br /> NTP synchronized: no<br /> RTC in local TZ: no<br /> DST active: n/a<br />

Here’s how to easily change the UID and GID for a user in Linux.

Check my current UID/GID
[root@atom ~]# id danesh<br /> uid=500(danesh) gid=500(danesh) groups=500(danesh)

Change my UID to 1000
[root@atom ~]# usermod -u 1000 danesh

Check my UID/GID again. GID is still 500.
[root@atom ~]# id danesh<br /> uid=1000(danesh) gid=500(danesh) groups=500(danesh)

Change the GID for my group.
[root@atom ~]# groupmod -g 1000 danesh

UID and GID now updated.
[root@atom ~]# id danesh<br /> uid=1000(danesh) gid=1000(danesh) groups=1000(danesh)

This will update the files in your home directory with the correct UID/GID but anything outside you will have to do it yourself.

Google has released the official Jelly Bean 4.2 images to its servers. If you can’t wait for the OTA like me then the manual method will get you 4.2 now. See how below,

I’m doing this on Fedora 17

NOTICE: Do this at your own risk. There is a chance of things going wrong and you might end up with a brick.

1. install adb and fastboot
   yum install android-tools

2. Download the Jelly Bean 4.2 (JOP40C) factory image. Link
   wget https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-jop40c-factory-6aabb391.tgz

3. Extract the downloaded file.
   tar -zxvf nakasi-jop40c-factory-6aabb391.tgz<br /> cd nakasi-jop40c/

4. Make the install scripts executable.
   chmod +x flash-all.sh<br /> chmod +x flash-base.sh
   flash-all.sh will erase all data and flash everything.
   flash-base.sh will only flash the bootloader and radio.

5. Make user USB debugging is on for your Nexus 7.

Settings -> Developer Options -> “On” -> USB Debugging -> “On”

6. Boot into fastboot

power off -> power on (hold power + volume down)till you get into the fastboot screen.

7. Unlock the boot loader.
   fastboot oem unlock
   confirm on your Nexus 7 screen.

8. Run the install script.
   ./flash-all.sh

Want one? Here’s a list of retail outlets where you can pick one up.

via ASUS@FB

Apple will be announcing its latest iPhone 5 and a few other devices (maybe) at its media event tomorrow, September 12th 2012 10AM PT, 1PM ET (1am GMT +8 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) .

There is not live stream so you will have to tune into the many live blogs covering the event to know what’s coming out. Here’s a list of live blogs I know covering the event.

gdgt - Live iPhone 5 launch coverage

The Verge - apple-iphone-5-live-blog

CNET’s Apple event Live Blog

Engadget - Apple’s next generation iPhone liveblog

TIME - iPhone 5 live blog

PC Advisor UK - Apple live blog

Yahoo - Apple live blog

GIZMODO - iPhone 5 live blog

I’ll update the list as I find more. Also, please do share if you have more.

No one likes bicycle helmets, they’re heavy, bulky and simply look weird. However, they keep us alive and I’d rather stay alive with an ugly helmet on then die without one.

The overall design of a helmet has not changed for a long time and it always seemed impossible to come up with a better design until now that is.

Design students  Anna and Terese thought it was possible. 7 years of hard work later they came up with the invisible helmet “HÖVDING”.

It’s essentially an air bag designed into a collar that fits around your neck with a custom shell designs to match your outfit. It will inflate in 0.1 sec when abnormal movement is detected either from a collision and when the rider falls of his bike. Read more

You can buy a “HÖVDING” for 3998 SEK (USD 600) from their online store.  I love the design, I’d buy it now if I had the money , guess I’ll have to wait.

Watch the video and be wowed.

Bring the party to you desk with this cool Android neon lamp. It looks small so most likely for your desk. Found it on the GoogleStore going for USD $36.40.  Check it out

I am thinking of getting one soon. Check out the night shot below.

Apple ditched Flash on its mobile platform and its desktop platform too. MS is also said be doing the same by limiting Flash on its OS.

Flash has always felt heavy on the desktop and mobile platforms unlike HTML5.  HTML5 is the way of the internet future for now and it’s good to see Adobe starting to work with HTML5.

@via androidme

HOW A BICYCLE IS MADE by the British Council

1. Download the signing key.

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -<br />
2. Download the install package. Beta or Stable

Beta,

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb<br />
Stable,

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb<br />
3. Install the Google Chrome package. This will also automatic add the Google Chrome repositories which will allow Google Chrome to receive updates.

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb<br />
Enjoy your browser. 😀

Samsung Malaysia is offering 10% off its Samsung Galaxy S3 phone as tribute to Datuk Lee Chong Wei’s silver medal and Malaysia’s first medal for the 2012 Olympics. It’s one day only. Happening on 8th August, the discount will only be available at their official retailers.

@via twitter

Looking to get a new domain name? Good time to get one from [Shinjiru][1]. 50% off on all .my domains, see table below. The sale runs from 1st - 31st August 2012.

Besides domain names, Shinjiru’s also offering 2 free months for every 1 month of VPS hosting.

Also, do checkout their dedicated hosting packages which could save you up to RM300 (duit Raya 😀 they call it.)

I’ve already purchased all my domains for this year from [ServerFreak][2] but maybe you could benefit from the [Shinjiru Merdeka Raya sale][1].

There’s a new photo feed app out today  from Pictarine for the Android.

Pictarine pulls photos from  all your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr and tumblr. It then presents the photos to you in a nice feed where you can like, comment or share those pictures. All you need is a Google or Facebook account, connect and the app does the rest.

Features:

•  Connect Pictarine up to 11 social networks, streamlining photos and activities like commenting, liking and sharing.
•  Rediscover your memories through a choice of the photos that matter most to you. You will be surprised! (my favourite feature)
•  Get photos from all of your services in your pocket, so they are always one touch away.
•  Bookmark your favourite photos in playlists
•  Works with Android versions 2.2 and above

Grab it from Google Play.

If you loved last year’s Big Bad Wolf book sale, get excited!! It’s coming back!

Super Monstrous Big Bad Wolf Book Sale will be happening between December 7 - 23 2012. no news on location yet, most likely the same spot as the last sale.

Via Facebook | bigbadwolfbooks

New to Linux? Need a good beginner book to be your companion?

The Linux Command Line by “William E. Shotts, Jr.” , that’s the book you need to get.

The book’s 522 pages will familiarize you to the command line and the many commands that you will use in the future.

Download the free PDF (CC) here or buy the printed or e-formats through No Starch Press.

Source: http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

Just for fun. Let Nyan Cat run around in your terminal. Bring up a terminal and run “telnet miku.acm.uiuc.edu”

Source: http://miku.acm.uiuc.edu/ | Nyan Cat

However, if you want everyone on your machine to have the same privilege for a specific mount point, this is how you can do that.

Add “user” to the mount options for the desired mount point in your /etc/fstab file. In my case “/media/music”

I changed mine from

//192.168.1.200/Music /media/music rw,noauto 0 0<br />
to

//192.168.1.200/Music /media/music cifs user,rw,noauto 0 0<br />

The default GIMP package that comes with Ubuntu 12.04 is 2.6. However, if you’d rather have the latest version 2.8 here’s how you can get it.

1. Remove the existing GIMP package.

sudo apt-get autoremove gimp gimp-plugin-registry<br />
2. Add the unofficial GIMP 2.8 PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />
3. Update your sources and install GIMP 2.8 package.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gimp<br />

Flipboard needs no introduction and it’s now available for you android device.

How well do you know your tire safety? Besides knowing that Klang has the cheapest tires around most of us don’t think much about out vehicle’s tires. They keep you on the road and alive!

The infographic above will enlighten you on tire safety, lifespan and suitability.

Source: Delirium

Looking to get a bargain on your next domain purchase?

Zenpipe’s  running a sale from from 8th till 22June 2012. All domains are going for RM20 and you and buy as many as you want.

.my
.com.my
.net.my
.org.my
.edu.my
.gov.my
.mil.my
.name.my

To enjoy the sale make sure you use coupon code “crazy2early”

via Zenpipe

Quick step to restart the autofs service on Solaris. I’m running Solaris 10.

1. Check the auto service status.
   # svcs | grep auto<br /> legacy_run Oct_24 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S72autoinstall<br /> online 17:31:10 svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default

2. Restart the autofs service
   # svcadm -v restart svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default<br /> Action restart set for svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default.

1. Download and install Oracle’s public key.

danesh@python:~$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

2. Create a repo file for Virtualbox

danesh@python:~$ sudo -s  echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> ~/virtualbox.list

danesh@python:~$ sudo mv ~/virtualbox.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

3. Install Virtualbox

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get update

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1

Enjoy.

Liquid Skies is the story of an astronaut hurtling across the universe-past suns you and I may never glimpse, yet fighting battles we may all face ourselves one day.

I love the soundtrack, Fools Rhythm by Two Fingers.

I’ve always felt that the default font size on Ubuntu was a bit too large for me so naturally that ended up being the first thing I tweaked every time I installed Ubuntu.

Since there’s no fonts option within the default “appearance” tool for Ubuntu, the workaround is to use the “gnome-tweak-tool”. Here’s how.

First, Install the Gnome tweak tool.
danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool<br />

The, run the tool and edit your fonts size on the “fonts” tab.

The Unity launcher for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin has a bug. When auto hide is enabled, there is a lag when trying to get the panel to show. When working correctly the panel should show when the mouse cursor hits the edge but the bug requires you to move your mouse beyond the edge to get the panel to show. Feels heavy.

There’s no official fix out at the time of this post. Do you?

Currently, the workaround to get the panel working is through a config tweak using the “compizconfig-settings-manager” tool. Here’s how.

1. Download compizconfig-settings-manager tool. Command line or from the app store.

or

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

2. Launch the compizconfig-settings-manager. Go to “Desktop ->  Ubuntu Unity Plugin -> Experimental Tab”.

Change the value for “Launcher Reveal Pressure” to “1” or what works for you. I have mine set at 10.

Enjoy.

Oracle JDK is no longer included by default in Ubuntu’s repositories due to licensing. OpenJDK is default now but many apps still don’t play nice with it. This is why I installed Oracle JDK.

I’ll walk you through the process of installing Oracle JDK 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, the easy way. For this we will use the “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8”.

The “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8” will download the official binaries from Oracle and install the JAVA 7 JDK, JRE and browser plugins on your machine.

1. Add the “WEBUPD8” PPA.

   danesh@python:~$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java 

2. Update your repositories.

   danesh@python:~$sudo apt-get update 

3. Install JAVA 7 JDK.

   danesh@python:~$sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

To uninstall,

sudo apt-get remove oracle-java7-installer

Did it work for you? [Test here][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Java-7-install-check.png) [2]: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp “Test your Java install”

Well, it was meant for the Samsung Galaxy S III but [Valcho][2] from XDA decided to export Flipboard from his Samsung Galaxy S III and share it with the world instead. Thanks .

[Google Currents][3], you have catching up to do. 😀

[Grab it here.][4] | [QR][5]

via [XDA][6]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-09-20.30.13.png) [2]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2471312 [3]: http://www.google.com.my/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=google%20current&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fproducer%2Fcurrents&ei=NGWqT6XGFofR4QTXrOyDCQ&usg=AFQjCNElmISOVomkgXcXJkj5Q4cqn-wNpQ [4]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1050223&d=1336554337 [5]: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=250x250&choe=UTF-8&chld=H&chl=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D1050223 [6]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25866075#post25866075

Had a few documents to scan to PDF urgently today but to my surprise all the cybercafes around my neighborhood didn’t provide scan to PDF service. The best they could do was scan to jpeg. Hmmm…why?

Thanks to Linux I had a solution. Scan the docs to jpeg, then convert the jpegs to PDF using imagemagick. Worked like a charm.

Here’s how, on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Install the imagemagick package if you don’t already have it.

:~$ sudo apt-get install imagemagick<br />
Convert a single file.

:~$ convert scan.jpeg result.pdf<br />
Convert multiple files.

:~$ convert -adjoin scan*.jpeg result.pdf<br />
or

:~$ convert -adjoin scan1.jpeg scan2.jpeg result.pdf

``Did it work for you? Do you have an alternative solution?

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/05/words_to_pdf.png)

Yup, tickets for the  first show sold out and now Russell’s got a second show on.

Location , seating and pricing remain same but oddly the second show (11th May)  is scheduled a day before the first show (12thMay). Funny! 😀

Show details:

1st Show:
12 May 2012 , Saturday
8.30pm
Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam

2nd Show:
11 May 2012 , Friday
8.30pm
Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam

Tickets will be availalbe through [TicketPro][2] and [Redtix][3] starting 10am on Saturday 28th April 2012.

via [abinesh][6]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/235_peters.jpg) [2]: http://www.ticketpro.com.my/jnp/home/index.html [3]: http://redtix.airasia.com/ [4]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/844852_515424_price_table.jpg) [5]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/844854_515425_venue_layout.jpg) [6]: http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/russell-peters-2nd-malaysia-show-ticket-details/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+abinesh+%28abinesh.com%29

Good news, you can now start applying for the free [Transformer Prime TF201 GPS Extension Kit][2] . Head over to  the [ASUS VIP members portal][3] and follow the [steps][4] provided by ASUS or as seen on the screenshot below.

*The offer will expire on 31th of July, 2012 (PST)

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/TF201_b.png) [2]: /posts/asus-transformer-prime-user-to-receive-usb-dongle-to-attention-gps-issues/ [3]: http://vip.asus.com/ [4]: http://event.asus.com/ASUSPad/TF201GPS/ [5]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASUS-TF201GPS-Steps.png)

If you own a Transformer Prime then you should already know that the GPS on it sucks! Asus is now planning to release a USB based GPS dongle (GPS Extension Kit) to attention the GPS issues on the Prime .

The news first surfaced on XDA but has since been deleted. However, Asus has officially said that the plan for the release will be anounced on the 16th.

Source: [All Things D][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime.jpg) [2]: https://allthingsd.com/20120406/confirmed-asus-plans-add-on-to-fix-transformer-primes-gps-issues/

I’ve always hoped for an independent delivery service here in Malaysia. There’s tones of  good food around but no easy way to get them to us. That’s all about to change now, hopefully.

FoodPanda is a delivery service for restaurants that don’t do take out. Its already up and running in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and now Malaysia.

The Malaysian outlet has 60 restaurants on its take out menu and the list keeps growing. Service is currently limited to Klang Valey but will grow over time.

How to order? Easy,

1.Find a restaurant
2. Order what you want
3. Checkout & Payment (Currently only COD)
4. Delivery

If you own a restaurant and want to get onto their list then drop them a mail at [contact@foodpanda.my][2] .

I am yet to try FoodPanda , have you?

Source : [FoodPanda][3] || [Blog][4] || [Twitter][5] || [Facebook ][6]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/The-Food-panda-540x405.png) [2]: mailto: [3]: http://www.foodpanda.my [4]: http://blog.foodpanda.com/ [5]: https://twitter.com/#!/foodpanda_my [6]: https://www.facebook.com/foodpanda.my

Finally, Instagram for Android has been released.

Feature list is almost the same with  picplz and lightbox. It has its own advance camera and lots of filters. And yes the usual sharing options to FB,Twitter, etc…

I’m using [Lightbox][2] now and love it, sadly most of my friends are on Instagram. Might have to make the move. How bout you?

Grab Instagram on [Google Play][3] join the other [1 million][4] who have already downloaded it.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/04/instagram-android.jpg) [2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lightbox.android.photos&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5saWdodGJveC5hbmRyb2lkLnBob3RvcyJd [3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android [4]: http://mashable.com/2012/04/04/instagram-for-android-1m-downloads/

Here’s how to get an extra 23GB added to your DropBox account.

Remember!!, this might not be legit so proceed at your own risk. Not sure how Dropbox’s going to react to this. They might remove the extra space or ban your account.

Step 1: If you already have Dropbox installed on your Android device, you must Clear data, Force close and uninstall it from Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Dropbox.

Step 2: Download and install the Dropbox+23GB APK [[Dropbox Link][2] || [MediaFire Link][3]].

Don’t forget to enable Unknown sources under Settings -> Applications or Settings -> Security (on ICS) before installing the APK.

Step 3: Launch the app as usual and log in. Upload and download a few files.

Step 4: Wait for the confirmation email. Might take up to an hour in some cases.

Step 5: Uninstall the app and reinstall the official app from [Google Play][4].

Thanks [theos0o][5] for this great gift. 😀

Source: [XDA-Dev][5] | [Redmond Pie][6]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DropBox-Logo.png) [2]: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&drKey=1359&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1551118&v=1&libid=1332408026407&out=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F36747826%2Fandroid%2520apps%2FDropbox_23GB_S4_v2_theos0o.apk&ref=http%3A%2F%2Freaditlaterlist.com%2Funread&title=%5BMOD%5D%5BAPP%5DDropbox%2B23GB%20free%20AND%20GooglePlayStoreV3.5.15%20with%20CompatibilitY%20issue%20fixed%20-%20xda-developers&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F36747826%2Fand...v2_theos0o.apk&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13324084329601 [3]: http://www.mediafire.com/?15msg5ur36cwe39 [4]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android [5]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511381 [6]: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-get-23gb-of-free-space-on-dropbox-using-a-custom-apk-android-only/

[TED][2] has finally released its official Android app. You can now watch all your favorite TEDtalks on your Android phones and tablets.

2 main features to love. First, Offline browsing, useful when I’m on a plane or out of coverage. Second, Audio only, handy while driving to work.

Other common features include latest videos, search, sharing and bookmarks.

Go grab it on [Google Play][3]

via: [TED Blog][4]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TED-Android-app.png) [2]: http://www.ted.com/ [3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ted.android [4]: http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/15/announcing-teds-new-android-app/

My close friend rescued 7 puppies recently.  They are a month old now, healthy and currently looking for new homes. Can you help?

Please contact Alan, Shirley or me for more info.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/03/418441_10151376815035301_858670300_23014653_44327730_n.jpg)

Need to grab a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy Nexus?

Hold down the “power” together with the “volume down " button for 1 second to grab a screenshot.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screenshot_2012-03-05-14-11-21.png)

yes today launched its postpaid unlimited data packages. Starting at RM48; the packages are,

• SUPER48 - 1.5GB for RM48/Month
• SUPER68 - 4GB for RM68/Month
• SUPER98 - 6GB for RM98/Month
• SUPER168 - 10GB for RM168/Month

For the devices, yes has the usual 12 / 24 months options for you to choose from. 12 months the free usb dongle and 24 months for the mobile hotspot or home gateway.

Browsing speed is advertised to be up to 20Mbps and 128kbps when your quota is reached.

I’ve been on the prepaid packages for a few months now, It’s reliable 🙂 but running out of credit while on the road sucks. I’m looking forward to going postpaid and I guess most prepaid users might feel the same too.

Find out more at yes.

via: SoyaCincau

[1]: http://i.minus.com/iTSG7G5J78vzz.png) [2]: http://i.minus.com/ibyW4nQwMNJZ9E.png)

Here’s a quick way to check which version of Solaris you are running.

#cat /etc/release

Solaris 10 11/06 s10x_u3wos_10 X86<br /> Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.<br /> All Rights Reserved.<br /> Use is subject to license terms.<br /> Assembled 14 November 2006

For 1 day only, TODAY! Enjoy Burger King’s Supreme Angus Steakhouse burger for only RM5.

Here’s how to install it.

Download and compile from source.
#cd /tmp<br /> #wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar.bz2<br /> #tar -jxvf hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar.bz2<br /> #cd hddtemp-0.3-beta15<br /> #./configure<br /> #make<br /> #make install<br /> #cd /usr/share/misc/<br /> #wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp.db

Test it.
#hddtemp /dev/sda<br /> #/dev/sda: WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3 : 45°C

Work in IT? Unlocked any achievements lately? See how many you can check off from the full list.

I mainly use my box.net to hold eBooks for later access on my Laptop and Android devices.

There is no free client for Linux so I use WebDAV instead. It’s slower but it works.

Start by installing davfs2.
# sudo yum install davfs2<br /> Create your Box.net directory
# mkdir ~/Box.net<br /> Create the davfs2 config directory. It’s in your home dir so it’s not system wide.
# mkdir ~/.davfs2<br /> Disable locking. Causes issues sometimes.
`# cd ~/.davfs2

echo “use_locks 0” > davfs2.conf`

Create a secret file to hold your box.net login details. Make sure to “chmod 600 the file”
`# echo “https://www.box.net/dav [you box.net login] [your box.net password]” > secrets

chmod 600 secrets`

Backup and update your /etc/fstab file to include your box.net directory.
`# cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.ori

echo “https://www.box.net/dav /home/danesh/Box.net davfs rw,user,noauto 0 0” » /etc/fstab`

Mount and you should be able to list ~/Box.net
`# mount ~/Box.net

ls -l ~/Box.net`

This is the hard way to do this. I will post a simpler method using Nautilus in a future post.

1. Change to root user
   # su -<br /> 2. Create the the roboto directory
   `# cd /usr/share/fonts/

mkdir roboto

cd roboto`

3. Download the roboto font and install it.
   `# wget http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/download/roboto -O roboto.zip

unzip roboto.zip

rm roboto.zip

fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/roboto/`

Enjoy your new Roboto fonts!

See next page for the full infographic.

Source: [soyacincau][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/01/geek-nerd-infographic-small.jpg) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/01/geek-nerd-infographic-full.jpg) [3]: http://www.soyacincau.com/2012/01/05/geek-or-nerd-which-one-are-you/ “geek or nerd”

I always find it hard to remember which apps have access to my social networks.

Found something handy today,  mypermissions.org helps you with that. It provides you with direct links to you app permissions pages. For now it covers the main 8 social network seen in the picture above.

If you like the page and want to reminded to come back often, don’t forget to set a reminder at ifttt.

From 19 December 2011 till 8 January 2012 enjoy BK’s French Chicken burger at RM 1 when used together with any value meal. Just print the coupon and present  it at your nearest BK.

Source: [Delirium][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2011/12/20111219-BKrazy-Monday-Offer.jpg) [2]: http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/burger-king-french-chicken-for-rm1-only/ “Delirium”

I’ve been using Google’s Music locker / streaming service for awhile now. You get to upload 20,000 tracks and getting them on is a breeze with Google’s Music Manager. I’m running Fedora 16 now and here’s I got Google Music Manager running on it.

1. Get into your home downloads directory.
   # cd ~/Downloads<br /> 2. Download the Google Music Manager rpm.
   64bit:
   # wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-musicmanager-beta_current_x86_64.rpm<br /> 32bit:
   # wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-musicmanager-beta_current_i386.rpm<br />
2. Satisfy the dependencies. Install the qt-x11 package.
   # sudo yum install qt-x11<br /> 4. Install the Google Music Manager package.
   # sudo yum localinstall google-musicmanager-beta_current_x86_64.rpm<br />
   Possible error; make sure you have qt-x11 installed.
   [danesh@pandora ~]$ google-musicmanager<br /> /usr/bin/google-musicmanager: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

`/dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3 Serial Number: WD-WCANKF265386 Firmware Revision: 10.02E04 Standards: Supported: 7 6 5 4 Likely used: 8 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 – CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 488281250 Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 10241024: 238418 MBytes device size with M = 10001000: 250000 MBytes (250 GB) cache/buffer size = 8192 KBytes Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec’d by Standard, with device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 128 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported:

• SMART feature set Security Mode feature set
• Power Management feature set
• Write cache
• Look-ahead
• Host Protected Area feature set
• WRITE_BUFFER command
• READ_BUFFER command
• NOP cmd
• DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE Power-Up In Standby feature set
• SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up SET_MAX security extension
• Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
• 48-bit Address feature set
• Device Configuration Overlay feature set
• Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
• FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
• SMART error logging
• SMART self-test
• General Purpose Logging feature set
• Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
• Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
• Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
• Host-initiated interface power management
• Phy event counters DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization Device-initiated interface power management
• Software settings preservation
• SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
• SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
• SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
• SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
• SCT Features Control (AC4)
• SCT Data Tables (AC5) unknown 206[12] (vendor specific) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct `
  Hope it comes in handy for you. Know a better way? Please share

That’s it, you should now be able to use the Ubuntu fonts in your applications and documents.

Here’s a video of the process.
How To install Ubuntu Fonts on Fedora 16

Check if the install was successful. In Firefox, go to “about:plugins” in the address bar and look for “Shockwave Flash”. If installed you will see;

`File: libflashplayer.so<br />
Version: Shockwave Flash 11.0 r1`

Quick Step: If you just want to install the Flash Plugin and not bother about the repo you can download the installer directly and install Flash.

cd ~<br /> sudo wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.0.1.152/flash-plugin-11.0.1.152-release.x86_64.rpm<br /> sudo rpm -ivh flash-plugin-11.0.1.152-release.x86_64.rpm

Start by creating a repository file for Google called google.repo and place it in /etc/yum.repos.d/ .

sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo<br />

Add the lines below into the repository file. google.repo

[google-chrome]<br /> name=google-chrome - 64-bit<br /> baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64<br /> enabled=1<br /> gpgcheck=1<br /> gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Update yum,
sudo yum update

Search for Google Chrome,
sudo yum search google-chrome

Install Google Chrome Stable
sudo yum install google-chrome-stable

If you prefer the beta like me then run,
sudo yum install google-chrome-beta

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm<br /> rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm

1. Fire up a terminal
   2.wget http://212.117.163.148/jd.sh
   3.chmod +x jd.sh
   4../jd.sh
2. Wait till the install completes and you can enjoy JDownloader.
3. To start JDownloader moving forward simply run “./jd.sh”

Quick, one day only. Go grab yourself a copy of Plants vs. Zombies for the Android. Download Link

Many have been complaining of their chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15. In my case it was LastPass and Xmarks.

The issue is caused by SELinux and the quick fix is to disable SELinux. Here’s how you get it done;

1. Fire up a terminal

2. cd to /etc/selinux/

3. vi the “config” file.

4. Change “SELINUX=enforcing” to “SELINUX=disabled”

5. Reboot, launch Chrome and your extensions should be working fine.

sudo yum localinstall https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm

or

sudo yum localinstall https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

for 64bit.

Enjoy.

My uncle suffered a stroke recently. It ain’t pleasant, I can tell you that.

When someone is experiencing a stroke, time becomes their worst enemy. With every passing second, brain cells die and more of their bodily functions start to degrade. The faster one can identify a stroke and react, lesser the damage to the patient.

To identify if someone’s having a stroke, do the following;

1. FACE - Ask them to smile. Is their face sagging? Are the facial muscles working?

2. ARM - Ask them to lift their arms. They might not be able to lift an arm.

3. SPEECH - Have a simple conversation with them. Get them to repeat simple sentences. They might have trouble doing that.

4. TIME - Don’t waste time!! Call 911 or in our case 999.

Via Delirium

1. LiveCD  boots into a blank screen.

When you see the boot menu when you boot LiveCD, hit F6 and select the “nomodeset” option.

2. Boots into a blank screen after install.

Reboot and keep your finger on the “SHIFT” key till you get the grub menu. Highlight the first entry and replace “quiet splash” with “nomodeset” .  Hit CTRL + X to continue booting. Once logged in install the latest Graphics drivers. System -> Administration -> Additional Drivers

DONE. Hope it works for you, it did for me.

Nikon D7000 manuals if you are too lazy to register on the Nikon site for them.

Nikon D7000 User Manual [ [Download Here][2] ]

Nikon D7000 Quick Start Guide [ [Download Here][3] ]

[1]: http://digitalslrinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Nikon-D7000.jpg) [2]: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2LZezj_CaM8NWNmYWNkODItNzhjMC00MWNlLTk5NmQtMDUzZWZjNzA3M2Ez&hl=en [3]: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2LZezj_CaM8NGRhNWRmYjgtN2NjZS00N2E0LWI5ZDQtYjg2Zjg5YzM3MWIw&hl=en

[1]: http://www.mymcd.com.my/fb/coupon/mcdbigbreakfast.jpg)

You’ll learn what passwords to avoid and how to generate easy to remember secure passwords.

source: abinesh

:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

It now supports Stage Videos which allows Flash to utilize your machines’s hardware acceleration features thus greatly improving performance.

10.2 also introduces support for multiple monitors. No more headaches when trying to multi-task while watching a video, this is when you can only play flash videos on one screen and not the other.

Another cool feature is the support for native mouse cursors. Developers can now design and implement custom cursors for their work. I see this really useful for educational software.

And finally some sub-pixel rendering to improve text in your flash videos. Advertisers will love this more…..

Let your browser update your flash player or grab it manually from Adobe.

If you’re on Ubuntu, simply run the command below to get updated.

#> sudo apt-get update
#> sudo apt-get upgrade

This has to be amongst the coolest Google doodles out there. It’s to celebrate Jules Verne’s 183rd birthday.

If you didn’t already know, Jules Verne’s the man behind the well known Novells Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Use the joystick control on the right to navigate the GOOGLE submarine around :D, cool ha?

Source: Google

Go grab it.

1. Log out and then hit “Ctrl + ALT + F1” to opening up a terminal.

2. Delete the following directories.

.gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

Or run the this command.

rm -rf rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

3. “Ctrl + ALT + F7/F8” and log in as usual.

This guide is based on Ubuntu 10.10

Here’s how you do it;

1. in your URL bar type in “about:config”. this will bring up the config page.

2. Using the filter box, lookup “browser.cache.disk.enable”. Change its value to “False” by double clicking on it.

3. Using the filter box again, lookup “browser.cache.memory.enable” . Change its value to “True” by double clicking on it.

browser.cache.disk.enable to False<br /> browser.cache.memory.enable to True

KDE does it slightly different. when you right click on a file you are be able to move/copy files to any location on the system . It also remembers you recently use destinations to save you time on your next move/copy.

The guys behind Angry Birds for Android decided to include a small easter egg / trick that unlocked all the locked worlds.

I’ve completed the game on my iPhone so I decided to give this a try and it worked like a charm!!

Here’s how you unlock all worlds.

1. Launch Angry Birds and go to the world select screen.
2. Select a locked world on the screen. ( The one with a pad-lock 😀 )
3. Hit back button all the way out of Angry Birds.
4. Launch Angry Birds again and when the “Play” button appears, keep taping it till you get into your locked world.
5. If step 4 worked, you should now be inside the locked worlds stage select screen.
6. REMEMBER!! To keep it unlocked just pass the first world level of each locked world.

Enjoy 😀

For those thinking of doing their LPI 101 & 102, I-World is running a course next month.

LPI Level 1 Exam 101 tests basic capabilities in these areas:

• Hardware & Architecture
• Linux Installation & Package Management
• GNU & Unix commands
• Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
• The X Window System

LPI Level 1 exam 102 tests basic capabilities in these areas:

• Kernel
• Boot, Initialization, Shutdown and Runlevels
• Printing
• Documentation
• Shells, Scripting, Programming, and Compiling
• Administrative Tasks
• Networking Fundamentals
• Networking Services
• Security

Date: 8Nov - 12Nov (2010)
Cost: RM2999
Contact: Cammy - 017-6872686 , cammy@i-world-technology.com

[Grab the Brochure][2].

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LPI-Logo.jpg) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2010/10/I-WORLD-Linux-LPI-101-102.pdf

The full version of Angry Birds is now available for the Android. It’s free and supported by Ads.

For those it rather not have ads, the Ad free version will be launched soon and would most likely be $1 like on the iPhone.

I’ve already completed the game on my iPhone, looks like round 2 on the Android now 😀

![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/angry-birds-QR.png" alt="" title=“angry-birds-QR” width=“150” height=“150” class=“alignnone size-full wp-image-2190” />

1. Open terminal and enter the following command:

#sudo apt-get update<br /> #sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)<br /> #sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11

2. Once installation is finished, restart your VirtualBox machine.

3. Go to System ->Preferences ->Monitors and change the resolution of your screen. You might be able to change the resolution but the screen will re-size properly when you maximize.

Had to do a wipe so my APN settings disappeared. Anyways, if you face the same problem, here’s DiGi’s APN settings and how to add them in.

1. Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Access Points Name
2. Menu -> New APN

## DATA ##
<br /> Name: DIGI Data - Internet<br /> APN: diginet<br /> MCC: 502<br /> MNC: 16<br /> APN Type: default<br />

## MMS ##
<br /> Name: DIGI MMS (WAP 2.0)<br /> APN: digimms<br /> username: mms<br /> password: mms<br /> Proxy: 203.092.128.160<br /> Port: 80<br /> MMSC: http://mms.digi.com.my/servlets/mms<br /> MMS Proxy: 203.092.128.160<br /> MMS Port: 80<br /> MCC: 502<br /> MNC: 16<br /> APN Type: mms<br />

You can find Maxis and Celcom APN settings @ lowyat

Waited for the PUK code prompt to come up but it never did. Apparently there’s none, traditionally on other phones you’s get a dedicated prompt for the PUK code but on the Nexus One you use the “phone pad” instead.

Here’s the walk-through.

1. Call your carrier and have them provide you the PUK code. You might be able to obtain your PUK code from your carrier’s web page also, like mine.

2. Turn the phone on, wait till you see the locked message comes up.

3. Select the emergency call option. Input the the below code through the key pad.
   **05* (PUK CODE) * (NEW PIN) * (CONFIRM NEW PIN) #

Your Google Nexus One should be unlocked now.

The easiest way to follow the World Cup on Twitter.

Twitter’s World Cup page gives you the whole event and has individual streams for each match and country. Check out the first matches, Mexico vs South Africa and Uruguay vs France later tonight.

pssssst…. also check this link out. Love the table!!

Enjoy!!

If you look hard enough you will also realize that the “Google” at the bottom of the page has been changed to “Goooooooal!!”.

All this for the World Cup scheduled to start in 2 days :D!!!

Simple, when you check in using your mobile device make sure all share options are not selected. Don’t share with your friends, don’t post to twitter and don’t post to FB.

That’s it. Tell me if it works for you.

ESPN together with New York City ad agency Wieden + Kennedy teamed up to create these hilarious yet clever Posters to honor the World Cup 2010 which is scheduled to start in a few days.

Each of the 32 countries participating in the World Cup are represented by their own poster. My personal favorites are the Australian, Japan and Italy posters.

Really cool ha… See them all

Weirdly, this is quite true. Which category do you fall into? I,m on @own-domain and @gmail 😀

via theoatmeal

Haa haa, SengHeng.com.my got hacked!! As usual by a bunch of Indonesian hackers.

Hate aside, this had to be one of the best hate raps I’ve heard. Not bad 😀

Adobe has finally released it’s PDF reader for the Android platform. User have been waiting long for this and now Adobe’s gonna put smiles on their faces.

Go grab it.

![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/android-app-adobe-reader-qr-code.png" alt="" width=“300” height=“300” srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/android-app-adobe-reader-qr-code.png 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2010/05/android-app-adobe-reader-qr-code-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Google, today released a new stable release of it’s popular web browser Google Chrome packed with all the beta goodies we have come to love. To add to the excitement, this will also be the first stable release of the browser for the Linux and Mac platforms.

What’s in it you ask?

1. HTML 5, Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop. Make sure to try drag n drop in GMAIL!!

2. Improved sync. Bookmarks, themes, preferences, homepage and startup settings, web content settings, preferred languages, and even page zoom settings.

3. Enable individual extensions in incognito mode.

Your Chrome browser should auto update but if you can’t wait grab a copy here.

via blog@ghrome

With online privacy being the main concern for most internet users today, Google has responded to them by introducing SSL support to its search.

Google SSL Search will encrypt all your search traffic preventing any third party eyes from looking at it. Browsing over https will also disable “referrer” which site owners normally use to see where you’re coming from.

With + there is always - so do remember that browsing in SSL does have an encryption overhead which will slightly degrade the search performance.

Also, the amount of data collected from your search is the same as the standard search but just more secure. Without this data Google will be nothing 🙂

When you are on the new SSL search page you will realize that the Google logo looks different. It will have “ssl” and “beta” in it. Also, maps and images will not show up as they don’t support SSL yet.

Simple goto https://google.com to start searching in privacy.

via Google

Google’s doodle today was to remind us that PAC-MAN had turned 30, that’s my age!!.

PAC-MAN was a game by Bandai Namco, Japan which quickly became a hit selling 100,000 copies a year.

Hit the “Insert Coin” button and the classic jumps to live for you to enjoy. Feeling Lucky? 😀

via NewBoll

Finally, HTC’s Desire is coming to Malaysia. It’s scheduled to be released on the 27th May 2010. The official telco will be Maxis.

I’m not an iPhone person and really want to get the Desire but I’m torn between the Desire and Nexus One. Nexus One will always get updates quicker the HTC Desire since it’s a Google phone, Desire however will have to wait till HTC releases the updated patched bundled with Sense UI which normally takes time. The fix for this would require me to root my Desire.

Both phones go for about RM2200.

What would you recommend?

via HTC | my tech news

via Geekologie

People everywhere are constantly complaining about privacy and shit. My advice, if you want to stay private then simply stay away from these sites. You can’t have everything… unless you are willing to pay ;D….

What’s you take on social media?

Cool Wallace and Gromit ad ‘The Hand of Dog’ supporting England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

via nPower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBieYjxUj5Q

Square for iPhone | Square for Android

via Square and Gizmodo

For better security always choose an anonymous proxy server.

Via [AliveProxy][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2010/05/malaysian-proxy.png) [2]: http://aliveproxy.com/proxy-list/proxies.aspx/Malaysia-my

Fire up Firefox and type “about:config” in the URL bar. That will bring up the config page.

Search for the lines below and change them accordingly to reflect the changes below.

`- network.http.pipelining > Make it True

• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Make it 8 or 10
• network.http.proxy.pipelining > Make it True
• network.dns.disableIPv6 > Make it True`

TM has completed repair work on the SMW4 submarine cable which linked us to Europe and US.

via TM

They have since moved to ubumirror running on apache/ngix and all seems good. Releases are on a 3 hour sync and archives 4  hours sync.

Grab your CD images HERE.Enjoy the speed.

via @angch from Byte Craft .

The disruption is due to a cable fault on the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine cable network between Alexandria in Egypt and Palermo in Italy linking Malaysia to Europe and the United States (US).

Restoration work is currently in progress and scheduled to be completed on Sunday, 2nd May.

In the mean time, here’s a temporary work around. TmNet Proxy

Here’s a couple more I found on the net.

![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/n517498678_504193_2901-450x73.jpg" alt="" width=“450” height=“73” srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/n517498678_504193_2901-450x73.jpg 450w, /wp-content/uploads/2010/04/n517498678_504193_2901.jpg 604w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" />]2

![](/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Green_footers_8.gif" alt="" width=“318” height=“92” />]3

I personally love the last one and will be moving to it. You have any?

[danesh@jackal ~]$ su -

2. Grab the latest vesion of Adobe AIR from Adobe’s download page.

<span>[root@jackal ~]# wget <a href="http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin">http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin</a></span>

3. Make the .bin file executable by using the chmod command.

[root@jackal ~]# chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

4. Execute the .bin file.

[root@jackal ~]# ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Follow the screens and your install’s complete.

NOTE:

If you get errors when trying to run AIR apps try the below;

1. delete /etc/opt/adobe/……../crypt/

2. if  Tweetdeck fails to launch, make sure kwallet is running.

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[2]: /wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpgallery/img/t.gif “gallery link=“file””

My favourite scene release blog has been taken down by their host thanks to Universal Music.

rlslog has since moved to a new host but is seeing some performance issues so it might be a few days till they come back. In the mean time check out [SceneFlux][2].

via [rlslog][3] and [rlstalk][4]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Aviary-rlslog-net-Picture-1.png) [2]: http://sceneflux.net/ [3]: http://www.rlslog.net/ [4]: http://www.rlstalk.net/topic/11464-rlslog-updates/

Here’s a few tips to optimize your income tax contribution fr the coming years.

via abinesh

Planetbeing, iPhone hacker had managed to dual boot an iPhone to run both Android and iPhoneOS.

The video’s long but intended to walk you thought the whole process. You actually see Linux booting and shit…

For now it’s only working with the original iPhone and is still quite buggy. Think about the future 😀

Happy 40th Anniversary 😀

That’s it, enjoy your Chrome 😀

Source: 1 | 2

Think I’ll take the stone ;D

Fell for this earlier. thought my mouse lost it….. hahahha..

Mozilla today released Firefox 3.6.3. It’s a security fix so make sure you get updated ASAP

The release fixes a bug which could allow a attacker to remotely execute code.

Read the Release Notes and download it.

Standard;

ls -lhS

Reverse;

ls -lhSr

Options used;

-l -> print long listing

-h -> print human readable sizes

-S -> sort by file size

-r -> reverse order

Output;

[root@kmon01 log]# ls -lhS<br /> total 70M<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36M Mar 31 11:28 messages<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 11:25 cron<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 04:02 maillog<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3.8M Mar 31 11:17 wtmp<br /> -r-------- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 31 11:17 lastlog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4M Mar 31 11:13 boot.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68K Mar 25 04:04 prelink.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K May 25 2007 scrollkeeper.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54K Mar 31 04:02 rpmpkgs<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51K Dec 24 2007 xferlog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38K May 25 2007 anaconda.syslog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36K Jun 11 2007 Xorg.0.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Feb 2 10:34 dmesg<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K May 25 2007 anaconda.log

[root@kmon01 log]# ls -lhrS<br /> total 70M<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 25 2007 spooler<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 25 14:38 secure<br /> -rwx------ 1 postgres postgres 0 May 25 2007 pgsql<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 24 2007 mcelog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23 Feb 2 10:35 snmpd.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 715 Sep 1 2009 yum.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 2.0K Dec 8 2008 mysqld.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.1K Feb 2 10:35 acpid<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.7K Mar 22 11:46 btmp<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 31 11:21 httpd<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 10 2006 gdm<br /> drwxr-x--- 2 exim exim 4.0K Sep 9 2005 exim<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K May 25 2007 scrollkeeper.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68K Mar 25 04:04 prelink.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4M Mar 31 11:13 boot.log<br /> -r-------- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 31 11:17 lastlog<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3.8M Mar 31 11:17 wtmp<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 04:02 maillog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 11:25 cron<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36M Mar 31 11:29 messages<br />

Guess you already know that DIGI’s bringing in the iPhone now.

No pricing details have been officially released by DIGI so far but somehow yesterday the plans leaked out. I would not be surprised if the leak was intentional, they gotta hype it up right 😀

Anyways, here are the plans.

Love this ad… Now that’s some strong Cheese!!

This is one freaking cool Pot Holder. Made of 100% Silicone. Dishwasher safe. The next time you bake 😉 you won’t have to burn your hands no more.

It retails for US 8 at GAMMA-GO. Most likely picking one up, sure to complement all the Marley stuff at home 😀

Pirated DVDs are straightforward. No promos, no warnings, no ads. What you want is what you get.

Which do you prefer?

The pic below speaks for itself.

Episode 1: Concept & Design

Episode 2: Display & 3D Framework

Episode 3: Testing

Episode 4: Manufacturing

Episode 5: Day One

FatCow is giving back to community by releasing 1000 awesome icons for free.

The icons are in 16 and 32 pixel and are distributed under the Creative Commons Atribution 3.0 license. You can use the icons for commercial and personal use, all that’s required is a link back in your credits.

FatCow is a hosting company dedicatedto saving the planet. Theie datacenter is currently 100% wind power.

Source: FAtCow

There’s a new security patch out which fixes an exploit that allows  registered users to view trashed posts. The vulnerability was reported by Thomas Mackenzie, a security Enthusiast.

Make sure to update your WordPress to version 2.9.2 ASAP.

Download WordPress 2.9.2

Source: WordPress Official Blog

Simply set the " HISTTIMEFORMAT " env variable to enable time stamps in ’ history ‘.

Run the command below.

export HISTTIMEFORMAT=' %F %T '

Before:

After:

Cool feature from YouTube. I think the service is called “DISCO”, short for  “YouTube Music Discovery Project and Playlist Creation Tool”.

Search for an artist, watch all their videos or get recommendations for mixes from related artists.

Take it for a spin.

Run the command “wmic csproduct” and you should see what you need.

If you need a specific field, simple modify the command to “wmic csproduct get [field name]”.

Here’s a quick guide to install VirtualBox 3.1.2 on Fedora 12

1. Import Sun’s public key

[dexter]# wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | rpm --import -

2. Download the Fedora repo file and save it into the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory

[dexter]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

[dexter]# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo

[dexter]# yum clean all

3. Install VirtualBox 3.1.2

[dexter]# yum install VirtualBox-3.1

That’s it!

Who said you need to spend millions on CGI to become a Navi, this guy did with Photoshop.

Looks pretty awesome right…..

Source: dvice

Here are the steps to turn off IPv6 support in Firefox 3 and above.

1. Key in “about:config” into address bar, this will take you to the config page.

2. Key in “network.dns.disableIPv6”  into the filter bar and hit enter.

3. Right click on the line that read “network.dns.disableIPv6” and select the “Toggle” option. This will switch the value from “false” to “true”

4. Restart the browser and enjoy the improvement.

Sony has released a new teaser for it’s GT5 featuring it’s new addition to the game, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

The video looks awesome and there are part where reality and game place get hard to differenciate. Imaging a large HD screen with GT5 on it. wooow!!

Source: psu

The acquisition also included Ping.fm’s developers but the dollars behind the acquisition were undisclosed.

Seesmic now has access to more then 50 social networks! Ping.fm has about 500,00 registered users and does around 200,000 updates a day. This will now be Seesmic’s stats :D.

The Seesmic client will be fully integrated with Ping.fm by end of this month. This means Seesmic users will now be able to post updates through Ping.fm’s SMS, Email and Chat gateway.

Source: Seesmic

lowyat.net seems to be down. Anyone with info on this?

Wow…..

Can’t wait for this remake to hit the big screen in March 2010.

Source: IMDB || Clash of the Titans

Backupify is an online backup solution for all your web 2.0 accounts. Gmail, Flickr, Twitter, Photobucket, YouTube, Facebook, WordPress and etc… Simply register your accounts and backups will be taken daily.

Good news, from now till 31st Jan 2010, Backupify accounts will be free for life with no limitations!! So make sure to sign up ASAP.

// Check version.<br /> global $wp_version;<br /> if ( strpos($wp_version, '2.7') !== false || strpos($wp_version, '2.8') !== false ) {<br /> require(dirname(__FILE__).'/2.7/simple-tags.client.php');

Change it to;

// Check version.<br /> global $wp_version;<br /> if ( strpos($wp_version, '2.7') !== false || strpos($wp_version, '2.8') !== false || strpos($wp_version, '2.9') !== false ) {<br /> require(dirname(__FILE__).'/2.7/simple-tags.client.php');

Basically add “|| strpos($wp_version, ‘2.9’) !== false” at the end of the if statement.

Google Public DNS servers, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are really sluggish today. Shit load of timeouts and really bad lag. I’m switching back to openDNS now. 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

Know something I don’t? Please share

Newzleech has been down for almost a week now. Their hosting company based in the Ukraine Colocall was raided and all their server confiscated. Including the ones Newzleech was hosted on.

Newzleech is currently being restored but it will be sometime before we see it online.

Just finished updating to WordPress 2.6 today. Here’s a few features which caught my extension.

• There’s a new recycle bin feature now called “trash”. You get to undelete posts, you get the idea.
• There’s a new built in image editor. You can crop,flip,scale any image you upload.
• Batch plugin updates. Finally, you get to update all your outdated plugins in one go.
• Oembed, embed videos directly into posts now without the need for extra plugins. Just paste your video’s url and wordpress will automatically embed it into your post.

For the full list read Matt’s post on WordPress 2.9.

Download WordPress 2.9 now.

There’s a new Mac Studio opening up in Bangsar Village and the grand opening’s tomorrow. The first 100 guest to show up stand to get an iPod Nano.

Source: MacStudio

Twitter was defaced and the image below is what you got when you accessed Twitter.

Negative publicity like this is never good for giants like Twitter. Hopefully they will have better mechanisms in place to deter this from happening again in the future.

Twitter has yet to release an update on what happen or how much data was compromised. I will try to keep you up2date.

Update: Twitter DNS provider Dynect was compromised and not Twitter directly. [Source][2]

Update: Dynect was not compromised, someone logged in using a Twitter staff id and changed the DNS entries.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/twitterhack.jpg) [2]: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/12/update-on-last-nights-dns-disruption.html

Firefox 3.5.6 is out.

Changes in this release are security and stability related so make sure you get updated ASAP.

If you are like me then you have an HD LCD TV with crappy Astro viewing quality. Not for long! 😀

Astro just launch their HD service, yup Astro doing HD!!  The official launch was last week and the HD broadcast starts Friday.

The B.yond service will cost you an additional RM20 from your current Astro bill but you won’t need to pay anything extra for the new set-top-box, smart card and outdoor dish. Astro will swap out your old DVR for the new set-top-box for free.

Not all channels will be in HD. For now only these channels will be in HD. The HD broadcast will be in 1080i and 720p so it should work just fine on HD-Ready and Full-HD TVs.

• Astro Supersport HD
• HBO HD
• National Geographic Channel HD
• History HD
• ESPN HD (January next year)

There are plans to roll out local HD-only channels somewhere next year but details and pricing are yet to be finalized.

How to start enjoying Astro’s new HD channels?

1. Go to Astro [B.yond][2].

2. Go to the “Subscribe Now” page and follow the instructions.

Something to remember, if you live in an apartment with a centralized Astro dish, you’re screwed!! You will have to wait till Astro replaces the dish and that could take months. 🙁

Source: [Astro B.yond][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/astro.byond_.png) [2]: http://www.astro.com.my/byond/index.asp

Telekom Malaysian has decided to go social, it popped up on Twitter last week under [@tmcorp][2].

Now Telekom Malaysia has a way to communicate with it’s customers.

Will it work? All depends on who’s sitting behind the keyboard at their end I guess.

Source: [K.Kugan][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tmcorp-twitter.png) [2]: http://twitter.com/tmcorp [3]: http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2009/12/telekom-malaysia-on-twitter.html

• 60,000 lines of Linux-specific code written
• 23 developer builds
• 2,713 Linux-specific bugs fixed
• 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Linux code base, 48 external code contributors

Google Chrome for Linux come is .deb for Ubuntu/Debian and .rpm for Fedora and OpenSUSE. Download Google Chrome for Linux Now!!.

Source: [Google Chrome][3]

[2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Google-Chrome-For-Linux.png) [3]: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/w00t.html

Google today introduced their latest offering. “Google Public DNS”.

I’ve always been on [OpenDNS][2]. However, they have no presence in Asia and this doesn’t exactly boost DNS performance for us.

Google’s new “Google Public DNS” is surprising fast and after switching over to it I experince improvements my web browsing experience. Here’s a quick benchmark of Google vs OpenDNS. [Link][3]

Currently Google does not provide a dashboard like what OpenDNS has and it’s yet to include extra features like shortcuts, filtering and zoning like what OpenDNS has. I’m quite sure they will pop up soon….

To start using “Google Public DNS” simply replace your current dns servers with theirs. Listed below,

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

For the full walkthrough refer to Google’s “[Using Google Public DNS][4]” or [download the guide][5].

Talk about Google taking over the world. At first they only knew what you were searching for but now once you switch over they will know everything you do online…… SCARY!!

Source: [Google Public DNS][6] | [Blog@Google Code][7]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Google-Public-DNS.png) [2]: http://www.opendns.com/ [3]: http://www.manu-j.com/blog/opendns-alternative-google-dns-rocks/403/ [4]: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html [5]: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/images/using.pdf [6]: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ [7]: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns-new-dns.html

What can’t the iPhone do? Hee Hee….

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/12/I-have-an-iphone.png)

What ya think? Is Linus Torvalds digging Windows 7?

The Japanese dude behind has no clue what going on…!!

Source: [LinuxInsight][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/linus_thumbs_up_for_windows_7.jpg) [2]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/linus-thumbs-up-for-windows-7.html

What is Google Chrome OS?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRO3gKj3qw[/youtube]

Google’s a year away from releasing Chrome OS but the code has already been made fully Open Source for the open source community start enjoying today.

Google hosted a Google Chrome OS event today to share their progress so far and the direction they’re moving in. Also, there’s demo of Google Chrome OS in action. [Watch the webcast][2].

I’m excited about Chrome OS. It’s fast (7 sec boot), it’s simple, it’s clean, it’s secure, all your data sits on the cloud and so far the UI looks awesome!

We use the browser and not the OS so why keep the the OS?  That’s Google’s idea and I’m loving it so far.

Reality check though, they might just be taking over the world!!

Source: [mattcutts][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chromeos-hard.jpg) [2]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20091119_chrome_os_webcast.html [3]: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-chrome-os/

Looks like I’m gonna be testing  Twitter’s new “Retweet” feature. Received the above when I logged in to Twitter today.

Source: [Blog @ Twitter][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/twitter-rt.png) [2]: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/project-retweet-phase-one.html

[][1]Finally installed Google Chrome 4.0 Dev Channel today.

Up until recently my top 3 Firefox extensions have never played nice with Chrome. Taking them for a spin now.

1. LastPass - Best password manager ever! [ [DOWNLOAD][2] ]

2. Xmarks - My favorite bookmark sync tool.[  [DOWNLOAD ALPHA][3] ]

3. Feedly - My favorite news aggregator. Magazine style! [ [DOWNLOAD][4] ]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2008/09/chrome-205_noshadow.png) [2]: https://lastpass.com/lpchrome.php [3]: http://beta.xmarks.com/program/chrome [4]: http://update.feedly.com/release/feedly.crx

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Here’s a quick preview of what’t in the new PS3 firmware 3.10 which is scheduled to come out in the coming weeks.

To start off, Facebook is coming to your PS3 console. Yup, you will now with linking your PSN to your Facebook account. You will be able to share trophy stats, games stats (future) and PlayStation store purchase updates to your Facebook feed.

The the other update is do with the PS3 image browser. No more a list, it’s now a wall with thumbnails to make browsing through large collections  a walk in the park.

Lastly, the friends section gets a makeover too. Only the friend in focus gets highlighted now and not all.

[][3]Also, you can now change your profile color.

There should be a few other fixes/enhancements coming out with this release. We will juts have to wait and see.

Source: PS3 Blog

[1]: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6950/ps3fb1.png) [2]: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2980/ps3fb6.png) [3]: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/795/ps3fb7.png) [4]: http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8488/ps3fb8.png)

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Man, Apple’s all out to diss Windows 7. Have fun

Based on popular demand the people at Feedly have released Feedly for Chorme. Getting it install is easy, here’s how.

1. Download and install  Google Chrome 4.0 Dev Channel. [Windows][2] | [Mac][3] | [Linux 32bit][4] | [Linux 64 bit][5]

2. Fire up the newly install Chrome and go to “http://update.feedly.com/release/feedly.crx” to install the Feedly extension.

3. Click the Feedly icon, log in to Google Reader and start enjoying Feedly for Chrome.

Follow [@feedly_chrome][6] on Twitter to stay up to date with the Feedly for Chrome extension.

Source: [Blog@Feedly][7]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chrome-feedly-1.png) [2]: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel [3]: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac [4]: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb [5]: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_amd64_deb [6]: http://www.twitter.com/feedly_chrome [7]: http://blog.feedly.com

This what Alan Tan who’s currently [beta testing the Maxis FTTH][3] is getting. WOW! …. Sigh… I want, I want.

According to Alan, he’s experience so far has been good. Awesome torrenting speeds ( at 600 kB/s, I guess no fair policy yet) and  [fluid HD video][4] streaming without a glitch.

I’ve not heard any performance related details about TM’s FTTH so far. With TM you can never be optimistic, based on my experience with them so far nothing has ever been what it was supposed to be. When you have to go to MCMC to sort out a 1Mbps line, you know they suck.

TM is the backbone, they have the money which gave them some advantage before but now the competition is getting fierce with other  wireless, fiber and ADSL providers coming into the picture. Hopefully they don’t get served.

Source: [Alan Tan][3] | [Fain][5]

[2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/623119038.png) [3]: http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/poptech-for-you/post.htm?id=63014886&scid=hm_bl [4]: /posts/youtube-goes-1080p-hd-this-week/ [5]: http://fainonline.blogspot.com/

YouTube [announced][2] that it’s rolling out support for 1080p HD format this week. Up till now YouTube only went up to 720p but now it’s going further with 1080p.

What about all the current HD video already re-encoded into lower quality formats you ask? YouTube plans to re-encode all HD video previously uploaded by users into the correct HD formats.

Like many other Malaysians I’m not too excited about this. We here still don’t have the bandwidth or the low latency required to enjoy fluid streaming. Sigh…..

Watch [ [THIS VIDEO][3] or [THIS VIDEO][4]] to get a taste of 1080p on YouTube.

[1]: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0uuFi1arkJE/SvyloXtQUwI/AAAAAAAAARI/_sKxO-q-hsE/s800/hd-1080p%2.jpg) [2]: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/11/1080p-hd-comes-to-youtube.html [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUM1284TqFc [4]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-MYl-HzNw

VirtualBox 3.1.0 Beta 1 was just released. This is a major update bundled with quite a few cool and much anticipated features. The release also includes bug fixes for version 3.0.10.

Teleportation (Live migration) - You can now move VMs across machines.

2D video acceleration for Windows hosts.

Snapshot got smarter. You can now restore from any snapshot and not just the last one.

Network modules can now be changed while the VM is running.

Performance improvements for PAE and AMD 64 guests.

For the complete list of changes please check out the [change log][2].

[DOWNLOAD VirtualBox 3.1.0 Beta 1][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vbox_logo.png) [2]: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=24458 [3]: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.1.0_BETA1/

For show times [go here][2] and for online bookings [go here][3]. Both are stripped down versions of GSC.

GSC, start thinking about the cloud.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/GSC-Busy.png) [2]: http://www.gsc.com.my/RD1/showtimesR3_temp2.asp [3]: http://www.gsc.com.my/RD1/epayment_Temp2.asp?whichstep=step1

Good news!! PayPal now does Malaysia.

Finally after all this time, PayPal now supports the MYR and withdrawal through any Malaysian bank using MEPS.

Selling online just became easier!!

Linking your local bank account to PayPal is done over [MEPS][2] and the process is easy. Follow the links below for the complete walkthourgh.

1. [LiewCF - How to Withdraw PayPal Money to Any Malaysia Bank Accounts?][3]

2. [SELL MORE ONLINE - How to link PayPal to Malaysia Bank Account?][4]

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[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/paypal-logo1.jpg) [2]: http://www.meps.com.my/ [3]: http://www.liewcf.com/archives/2009/11/how-to-withdraw-paypal-money-malaysia-bank-accounts/ [4]: http://www.webshaper.com.my/blog/index.php/how-to-link-paypal-to-malaysia-bank-account/

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This is so true!!

I currently only have one laptop running Window XP, my office laptop. The rest run Linux.

IE is only use to browse my local Intranet aka “sharepoint” and to download my essential software when I first install.

Source: [TheNextWeb][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/IE-4.jpg) [2]: http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2009/11/04/reasons-internet-explorer/

Click on the image to view in full size.

[1]: http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/759/macopoly.jpg)

Found this cheat sheet today. It’s for WordPress 2.8. It’s 5 pages and covers all WP template tags with sufficient info on each tag with sample code.

Here’s a breakdown of what you will find int he cheat sheet. Read it on [Scribd][2] or [download][3] a copy for yourself.

Include Tags

Blog Info Tags

Lists and Dropdown Tags

Login / Logout Tags

Post Tags

Comments Tags

Category Tags

Tag Tags

Author Tags

Date and Time Tags

Edit Links Tags

Permalink Tags

Query Tags

Title Tags

Trackback Tags

Links Manager Tags

[Read it on][4] [Scribd][2] or [download][3] a copy for yourself. If the links don’t work, here’s a local copy of the [WordPress-Visual-Cheat-Sheet][5] .

REFERENCE AND CREDITS
WORDPRESS VISUAL CHEAT SHEET: Design © 2009 Antonio Lupetti
• http://woorkup.com • http://www.twitter.com/woork • http://www.facebook.com/antoniolupetti

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/wp_visual_cheat_sheet.jpg) [2]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21982552/WordPress-2-8-Visual-Cheat-Sheet?autodown=pdf [3]: http://www.scribd.com/document_downloads/21982552?extension=pdf [4]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/WordPress-Visual-Cheat-Sheet.pdf [5]: ../wp-content/uploads/2009/11/WordPress-Visual-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

Ubuntu 9.10 codenamed “Karmic Koala” was released 2 days back.

Grab a copy from a local Malaysian mirror listed below or from the official [download page][2].

[OSCC][3]

[MMU][4]

[ByteCraft][5]

alternatively if you’re a Kubuntu user, grab your copy [here][6].

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Ubuntu_9.10.png) [2]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download [3]: http://mirror.oscc.org.my/ubuntu-releases/9.10/ [4]: http://ubuntu.mmu.edu.my/ubuntu-cd/9.10/ [5]: http://ubuntu.bytecraft.com.my/releases/ [6]: http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

Grabbed this off Abinesh. A short 3 minute movie on Google’s journey.

It seems that there’s a new MSN butterfly on it’s way. This could only mean that Microsoft’s MSN could be getting a face lift or a touch-up soon.

The new butterfly’s super simple and has a strong web 2.0 feel to it. So far I’ve aware of only 2 variations of the butterfly. Monochrome and color.

I actually feel that the logo’s not bad looking, it might be simple but only time with tell if the butterfly flies or crashes.

What do you think of the new butterfly?

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/msn-butterfly-logo-1.jpg) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/msn-butterfly-logo-2.jpg)

WordPress 2.8.5 is out. It’s a security release to futher secure the default WordPress  installs.

The major fixes bundled with this release are;

• A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
• Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
• Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
• Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

This is a recommended update so make sure to update your WordPress install ASAP. [Download WordPress 2.8.5][2] or let the automatic upgrade feature kick in and do this for you.

Source: [WordPress][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordpresslogo.jpg) [2]: http://wordpress.org/download/ [3]: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/

Here’ s how to delete your account if you choose to.

1. Log in to Friendster.

2. Go to the settings page. The “settings” link’s on the top right.

3. In the Basic Info section, look for the “cancel account” link.

4. Complete the “Cancellation Form” and proceed.

5. Wait for the confirmation dialog. If you see it then your account has been removed.

**Remember**

There is no return beyond the point of deletion so make sure to consider real hard before deleting your account.

[3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Friendster-Home_1256096003821.png) [4]: ../wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Friendster-Account-Settings_1256096041210.png) [5]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Friendster-Cancel-Account_1256096096761.png) [6]: ../wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Friendster-Cancel-Account_1256096399647.png)

By: Anna Anjos | [Get it][2]

By: [Splat][4] | [Get it][5]

By: [Vladstudio][7] | [Get it][8]

By: [Vladstudio][10] | [Get it][11]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/wp_600.jpg) [2]: http://abduzeedo.com/wallpaper-week-64-anna-anjos [3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Irish_Curves_Wallpaper.jpg) [4]: http://splat.deviantart.com/art/Irish-Curves-Wallpaper-9442597 [5]: http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-black-wallpapers [6]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vladstudio_snow_leopard_macosx_800x600.jpg) [7]: http://www.vladstudio.com [8]: http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?snow_leopard [9]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vladstudio_halloween_gathering_storm_800x600.jpg) [10]: http://www.vladstudio.com/ [11]: http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?halloween_gathering_storm

@spam was how twitter initial kept track of those pesky spammers. Now, they launched the official “report spam” feature.

To report someone as spam, simple go to their profile and click the “report [usename] for spam” link. This will prevent them from messaging or following you.

All reported accounts will get forwarded to Twitter’s officials for review before getting banned.

The process to report has been simplified.Just by doing that, users are now more empowered to keep spammers at bay.

This is good, I’ve been getting spammed like there’s no tomorrow. Can’t wait to start clicking that link 😀

Source: [Twitter Help][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Twitter-Report-Spam.png) [2]: http://help.twitter.com/forums/26810/entries/64986

Is this how we Linux people think? I think maybe not all the time.

What do you think?

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/surgery.png)

My must have! Mozilla Firefox extension Feedly is coming to Google’s Chrome web browser.

It’s currently in preview so don’t expect it to be fully functional.  If you’re feeling adventures and want to take it for a spin simply follow [@feedly_chrome][2] and wait for an invite. Invites are scheduled to start coming out today.

Source: [Blog@Feedly][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10/picture-7.png) [2]: http://www.twitter.com/feedly_chrome [3]: http://blog.feedly.com/2009/10/09/feedly-for-chrome/

The latest installment to my favorite driving simulator of all time, Grand Turismo 5 will not be out till March 2010.

GT5 was initially rumor/predicted to come out around Christmas time this year but that’s not going to happen now. Looks like there are going to be many crushed children and driving enthusiast come this Christmas holidays.

The [announcement][2] was made at the Tokyo Game Show.

Sigh….

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gt5.png) [2]: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/24/tgs-2009-gran-turismo-5-coming-to-japan-in-march/

Here are 2 good resources fro those preparing for SPM and PMR.

Both sites provide past SPM and PMR trial exam papers in PDF format.

Print them out, take them home, practice practice practice and you will pass!

Remember, memorizing the answers don’t get you anywhere. Make sure you understand the answers and the process.

[Koleksi Soalan.][2]

[BankSoalanSPM][3]

Yuo kids today are lucky, we never had privileges like this back in our time. Make sure you make good use of it!

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/spm-pmr1.png) [2]: http://koleksisoalan.blogspot.com/ [3]: http://www.banksoalanspm.com/Download.html

Been getting this error every time I try to update my Java.

Here’s the workaround.

1. Uninstall all existing Java

2. Deleted the Java folder. “C:\Program Files\Java\jre6”

3. Run the installer again. Should complete.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/error-25099.png)

An interesting “did you know?” video about the Social Networks world and how it’s quickly becoming a part of us.  Amazing ha?

So are you for Social Network or are you not?

Source: Labnol

Here’s the breakdown of the update structure.

Bare Bones Price (RM 20) NEW!

• Full access to talks and side sessions
• No lunch and tea
• No shirts (although shirts will be on sale)
• Closing Date: 15th October 2009

Hobbyist Price (RM 60) NEW!

• Meant for individuals who paying for themselves
• Full access to talks and side sessions
• A proper lunch and tea (for both days)
• One shirt (additional shirts will be on sale)
• Closing Date: 15th October 2009

Professional Price (RM 88) Formerly “Early Bird”

• Full access to talks and side sessions
• A proper lunch and tea (for both days)
• One shirt (additional shirts will be on sale)
• Listed on our online Who’s Who (yourself and your company information). This list will be printed and given our to all delegates
• Closing Date: 23rd October 2009

Professional Group Registration

• Exactly same benefits as Professional registration, except that you get a group discount
• Group registration means that you can pay for 5 people and get 1 free pass (total: 6 delegates)
• Closing Date: 23rd October 2009

Walk-in Prices (RM 100) Used to be RM150

• Full access to talks and side sessions
• A proper lunch and tea (for both days)
• One shirt (additional shirts will be on sale)
• Listed on our online Who’s Who (yourself and your company information)
• Closing Date: 24th/25th October 2009

Source: [FOSS.MY 2009][3]

[2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/FOSS.my-2009-Registration-Overview.png) [3]: http://foss.my/2009/registration-overview/

Wanna take Windows 7 for a spin?

Microsoft has made available a 90 days trial version free of charge. Both 32bits and 64bits versions available for download and it’s not he RC but the actual RTM version that will eventually hit store shelves soon.

Download it, try it and tell me what ya think?

[Download Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial Now][2]

The ISO is 2.24GB so it’s gonna take some time to download.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/windows-7-logo.jpg) [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx?ITPID=sprblog

FOSS.my 2009 is back and is coming your way this 24th and 25th of October .

The registration page is up and accepting registrations now. Check out the pricing below.

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  Price (RM)
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  30th September 2009
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  RM 88.00
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  30th September 2009
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  RM 440.00
</td>

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  23rd October 2009
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  RM 127.00
</td>

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  24th/25th October 2009
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<td style="text-align: right;">
  RM 150.00
</td>

The price is slightly more then last year’s RM50 but it’s worthwhile I feel. Check out what you get, [check out the schedule][3].

1. 32 Talks
2. 26 Speakers
3. Double track sessions all day long
4. Bird-Of-Feather side sessions
5. A Tee Shirt
6. Lunch, most likely Subs 🙂
7. 2 Tea breaks

[Register for FOSS.my 2009 now!][4]

Make sure to stay up to date with FOSS.my 2009 through either channels shown below;

[FOSS.my 2009 Home][5]

[FOSS.my 2009 on Facebook][6]

[FOSS.my 2009 on Twitter][7]

[2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fossmy-logo.png) [3]: http://foss.my/2009/schedule/ [4]: http://foss.my/2009/registration-overview/ [5]: http://foss.my [6]: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215387395787 [7]: http://twitter.com/fossmy

This 15MALAYSIA short film by Desmond Ng gives you a glimpse into the topic.

A teenage Chinese witness to a racially motivated assault is being driven to the police station. A quiet reminder of the dangers of inter-communal suspicion and conflict.

Watch the making.

Source: 15MALAYSIA

A very silly slapstick comedy demonstrating the proper Islamic way to slaughter chicken.

Now you know what halal means.

Don’t forget to check out the making.

Source: 15MALAYSIA

Watched today’s 15MALAYSIA short film. HOUSE by Linus Chung

An Indian boy is asked to build a model of his house at school. A tale on the social economic plight faced by many Malaysians.

It put a tear in my eye, a subject close to my heart.

Watch the making. Remember to get no 15 😀

Source: 15MALAYSIA

Presto is the Fedora project to enable delta rpms on all Fedora repositories. Fedora 11 is Presto enabled.

I’ll walk you through setting presto up.

1. Search your repos to make sure the yum-presto package is available.

[root@bamboo]# yum search yum-presto

2. Install the yum-presto package.

[root@bamboo]# yum install yum-presto

3. Try running an update to see presto in action.

[root@bamboo]# yum -y update<br /> ....................<br /> ....................<br /> ....................<br /> Finishing rebuild of rpms, from deltarpms<br /> <delta rebuild>                                                           |  79 MB     01:14<br /> Presto reduced the updates to 33 M from 79 M which is a 59% savings.

Plant a tree, plan for your afterlife.

Malaysia’s most influential spiritual leader Nik Aziz offers commentary on the virtuous and Islamic way to conduct ethical commerce in his inimitable style.

Source: 15MALAYSIA

Almost all corporate users today use notebooks at work. The “Lenovo ThinkPad” is a favorite choice. Why? I don’t know. I at my work place we are all on Lenovo ThinkPads.

Earlier this week Lenovo issued a battery recall program for it’s ThinkPad R60, R61, T60, T61, X60 and X61 series. The faulty batteries either held only minimum charge or completely stop functioning. Lenovo has come back to ensure the faulty batteries don’t pose any risk to the end users.

To check if your battery falls into the bad battery list, head on over to Lenovo’s [battery recall][2] page. Download and run the [Battery Diagnostic Tool][3] to check your battery model, if compromised you will be redirected to another page to initiate the replacement process.

Source: [LowYat][4]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lt_lenovo_thinkpad_dead-battery.jpg) [2]: http://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/batt/082009/LandingPage.html?lang=en [3]: http://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/batt/LenovoBatteryDiagnosticTool.exe [4]: http://www.lowyat.net/v2/home/index.php

The PS3 slim is almost here. I’ts coming out in September and prices at USD 299.

It’s slim, has a tough looking black finish, weighs in at 7.05lb and comes standard with a 120GB hard disk. All squeezed into the new slim form factor.

Check out the PS3 Slim intro by Sony’s Jack Tretton.

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Here’s a comparison chart I pulled off engadget.

I’m not sure, I’ve go a white PS3 at home and somehow feel it looks better then slim. Well, I’ve only seen photos of the PS3 Slim so far, might just change my mind when I actually get to see one up close and personal.

Anyone know when we can expect to see the PS3 Slim in Malaysia?

[3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ps3-slim-compare.png)

A quiet tale that reminds us that, despite the multifaceted contradiction of Malaysia, life goes on – even if not all of it is sweet.

Source: 15MALAYSIA

15Malaysia is a local project consisting of 15 short films from 15 local filmmakers. The short films are about Malaysians and cover the social-politics issues in Malaysia with a twist of humor. The cast members are made up of famous actors, musicians and political leaders so you’ll be entertained for sure.

The films will be released in batches from 17th August to 16th September. 3 movies a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you wondered why 16th September, it’s Malaysia day.

Here’s the first short film by Ho YuHang titled “Potong Saga”. A laugh-out-loud film about a Chinese boy’s misguided attempts at opening an Islamic bank account.

What do you thing? Will Malaysians like what the see?

Source: 15MALAYSIA

Know of a better promotion? Please share.

Source: Shinjiru

[2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Shinjiru-.MY-domian-price-drop-Merdeka-Promotion.png)

Anyways, here’s my first post..

Inked Tattoo and Piercing studio in Sunway has a new card out. I’ve personally been there before and find their work to be excellent….

Source: [Inked][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Inked-card-1.png) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Inked-card-2.png) [3]: http://inkedtattoo.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-inkcard.html

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The PIKOM PC Fair is in town again. Might be dropping by on Saturday to shop for a Mini. Not for me.

· Village Mall, Sungai Petani - Kedah · Dewan Perbandaran Taiping - Perak · Batu Pahat Mall, Batu Pahat - Johor

Source: [PIKOM][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/PC_Fair_2009_logosmall.jpg) [2]: http://pikom.org.my/cms/General.asp?whichfile=PC+Fair+InfoCentre&ProductID=22461&CatID=12

To stop the NFS service run,

stopsrc -g nfs

and to that the NFS service run,

startsrc -g nfs

To re-exports all shares or new share specified in the “exports” file run,

exportfs -av

Another good person has left us. Yasmin Ahmad, the woman who broke racial boundaries through her wonderful ads, books and movies is no more.

Yasmin left us at 11.25pm last night after spending 2 days in ICU. She suffered a stroke and brain haemorrhage.

Source: NST | Abinesh

Not too long ago Facebook introduced usernames. A feature that made your Facebook profile URL more meaningful. However, at the time Facebook only allowed only one user name change. So if you chose a bad user name like these people did, you just had to suck it up and live with your mistake.

Fortunately Facebook had a change of mind and now users can change their user name. Changing the user name is done from the “Account Settings” page under “Username”. However, Facebook is still not opening up the flood gates. You may only change your user name once so make sure to choose wisely this time.

From what I see Facebook has to set a limit on the number of times user name changes are permitted. Spammers would surely abuse the feature if it were left open. What do you think?

Plea from Yasmin’s family urging the public to give Yasmin and her family privacy and space through this hard time. Hope everyone will respect this.

Stay up to date on Yasmin’s condition on twiiter.

Taken from Delirium

1. Install the OpenSSH server.

Fire up a console and run the command below. This will install the required binaries and packages for the OpenSSH server.

apt-get install openssh-server

2. Get some basic hardening in by disabling “root” login and restricting access to specific accounts. All changes are to the “/etc/ssh/sshd_config” configuration file.

vi the “/etc/ssh/sshd_config” file and apply the changes below.

Look for "PermitRootLogin yes"
and change it to
"PermitRootLogin no"

Start a new line and add the line below. “danesh” is my user name, you should replace it with your own user name. You can add multiple user names by seperating each user name with a space.

AllowUsers danesh user1 user2

3. Restart your shiny new OpenSSH server and you are good to go.

Run the command below to restart the OpenSSH server.

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTFpAL7Rfww&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Firefox 3.5 is fast, no doubt there. These guys are too, fast at what they do. So, it’s only fit that Mozilla feature them on it’s  [Fastest Firefox][2] campaign site.

The world’s fastest clapper, [Kent French.][3] [Watch the Video][4]

The world’s fastert sport stacker, [Steven Purugganan][5]. [Watch the Video][6]

The world’s fastest benjo player, [Todd Taylor.][7] [Watch the Video][8]

The world’s fastest talking female, [FranCapo][9]. She was the lady in main video doing the intro.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/background-fastest.png) [2]: http://www.fastestfirefox.com/ [3]: http://www.fastestclapper.com/ [4]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video?video=fastest-clapper [5]: http://www.worldsportstackingassociation.org/ [6]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video?video=fastest-sport-stacker [7]: http://www.toddtaylorbanjoman.com/ [8]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video?video=fastest-banjo [9]: http://www.francapo.com/

Who said common names can’t sell?

[Candy.com][2] was bought by G&J Holdings for  a whopping USD 3million from the “Domain King”,  [Rick Schwartz][3]. WOW!!

What does G&J Holdings do? Nothing but candies. A massive selection, from old to new and they’re all online. On the downside, they don’t do international orders.

This si something to note. There’s no domain too short, too simple, too plain or  too common. If you wait they will come……..

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/candy.com.png) [2]: http://www.candy.com/ [3]: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2009/07/sweetest-day-in-14-years-many-more-to-come.html

This surely comes as good news to all Ubuntu fans out there. [Canonical][2] today made Launchpad open source under the GPLv3 license. [As promised][3].

If you didn’t already know, Launchpad is a project hosting and collaboration platform for software which provides access through its web interface or through its APIs.  Users simply need an account to enjoy the suite of services provided by the then close sourced platform. Bug tracking, code hosting, code review, packaging, translation and community support. Everyone has their project space and the ability to easily distribute their packages through [PPA][4]s.

Canonical has no plans to package Launchpad as of now for easy deployment. However, you can still [download][5] the source and compile it as always. Also, Launchpad will only run on Hardy and Jaunty so getting it to run on other Linux distros will certainly require some extra work.

New versions of Launchpad are released every month, in return users never miss out on new features. With the community being able to contribute now, development’s going to pick up and we can most certainly hope for a flood of new features to come out of Launchpad moving forward.

The Launchpad platform is something most of Canonical’s competitors don’t currently provide to their users. This puts it ahead of the competition. openSUSE is the pretty close  with their excellent build service platform but the general user base is smaller.

Follow the Launchpad community on IRC in channel [#launchpad-dev][6] on irc.freenode.net or at [dev.launchpad.net][7].

Source: [Canonical][2] | [Ubuntu][8]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/launchpad-logo-and-name.png) [2]: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=192 [3]: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2008/07/mark-shuttleworth-launchpad-to-be-open-source-in-12-months.ars [4]: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA [5]: https://dev.launchpad.net/ [6]: irc://irc.freenode.net/#launchpad-dev [7]: http://dev.launchpad.net/ [8]: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-open-sources-launchpad

Big boy Microsoft  submitted 20,000 lines of code to the Linux kernel community for review and inclusion into the Linux kernel tree. All under the GPLv2 license.

The code, made up of 3 Linux drivers will  enable all flavours for Linux to run on Windows 2008 through it’s Hyper-V hypervisor technology. Providing better cross platform/vendor support and performance gains.

Well, I guess even the giant now realises that it’s time to come out and share. Doing it alone doesn’t quite work any more. The community really does have a voice that gets heard!

It’s going to be interesting to see the community’s response to this thou. There’s going be mixed feelings for sure. The haters vs the lovers.

From my point of view, this move will take Linux deeper into the enterprise arena. Organisations that were once pro Windows will now have more options that directly enable them to support and run more applications on different platforms.

What do you think?

Read the press release

WordPress 2.8.2 is out. It fixes an important XSS vulnerability. Make sure to upgrade quick before you get hijacked….

Either perform an auto update by going to " tools -> upgrade -> upgrade automatically " or upgrade the old fashion ways by [downloading WordPress][2].

Source: [WP][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordpresslogo.jpg) [2]: http://wordpress.org/download/ [3]: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/07/wordpress-2-8-2/

These are the current Twitter accounts by Google. Grabed them off Google’s Blog

twitter.com/Google - our central account
twitter.com/Blogger{#zzci} - for Blogger fans
twitter.com/GoogleCalendar - user tips & updates
twitter.com/GoogleImages - news, tips, tricks on our visual image search
twitter.com/GoogleNews - latest headlines via Google News
twitter.com/GoogleReader - from our feed reader team
twitter.com/GoogleVoice - updates & info on Google Voice*
twitter.com/iGoogle - news & notes from Google’s personalized homepage
twitter.com/GoogleStudents - news of interest to students using Google
twitter.com/YouTube - for YouTube fans
twitter.com/YouTubeES - en Espanol
twitter.com/GoogleAtWork - solutions for IT and workplace productivity

Geo-related
twitter.com/SketchUp - Google SketchUp news
twitter.com/3DWH{#v39e} - SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse
twitter.com/Modelyourtown{#svfk} - 3D modeling to build your favorite places
twitter.com/EarthOutreach - Earth & Maps tools for nonprofits & orgs
twitter.com/GoogleEarth - updates from the Google Earth team*
twitter.com/GoogleMaps - uses, tips, mashups
twitter.com/GoogleSkyMap -Android app for the night sky

Ads-related
twitter.com/AdSense - for online publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsHelper - looking out for AdWords questions and tech issues
twitter.com/AdWordsProSarah - Google Guide for AdWords Help Forum
twitter.com/GoogleAnalytics - insights for website effectiveness
twitter.com/GoogleAdBuilder{#u2ed} - re building display ads
twitter.com/GoogleAdManager - info on managing online ads & inventory*
twitter.com/GoogleAffiliate - info for publishers from Google network advertisers*
twitter.com/GoogleRetail - for retail advertisers
twitter.com/GoogleTVAds - info on our digital system for more measurable TV advertising*
twitter.com/TechnologyUK{#vveu} - for U.K. tech advertisers
twitter.com/UKretail - for U.K. retail advertisers
twitter.com/creativesandbox - for advertising agencies*
twitter.com/InsideAdWordsDE{#i28l} - for German AdWords customers
twitter.com/GoogleAgencyDE - for German ad agencies
twitter.com/AdSensePT{#corh} - info for Portuguese-language publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsRussia - AdWords news & tips in Russian
twitter.com/DentroDeAdWords - Spanish updates from the Inside AdWords blog
twitter.com/AdWordsAPI - AdWords API tips

Developer & technical
twitter.com/GoogleResearch - from our research scientists
twitter.com/GoogleWMC - Google Webmaster Central
twitter.com/GoogleCode - latest updates for Google developer products
twitter.com/GoogleData - Data APIs provide a standard protocol for reading and writing web data
twitter.com/app_engine - web apps run on Google infrastructure
twitter.com/DataLiberation - our initiative for complete import/export of all data
twitter.com/GoogleMapsAPI - about using Google Maps embedded in websites
twitter.com/GoogleIO - Google’s largest annual developer event

Culture, People
twitter.com/googletalks - notes from our @Google speaker series
twitter.com/googlejobs - the voice of Google recruiters

Country or Region
twitter.com/googlearabia - news from the Google Arabia Blog* twitter.com/googledownunder - Google activities in Australia & New Zealand
twitter.com/googlebrasil - News & info for Brasil* twitter.com/GoogleDE - Google in Germany
twitter.com/GoogleKorea - News & notes in Korean* twitter.com/GoogleLatAm - Latin America (en Espanol) twitter.com/GooglePolicyIt - Notes on Google policy issues in Italy

[danesh@jackal ~]$ su -

2. Install these packages first.

[root@jackal ~]# yum -y install xterm gtk2-devel gnome-keyring libxml2-devel libxslt rpm-devel nss

3. Grab the latest vesion of Adobe AIR from Adobe’s download page.

[root@jackal ~]# wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

4. Make the .bin file executable by using the chmod command.

[root@jackal ~]# chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

6. Execute the .bin file.

[root@jackal ~]# ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Follow the screens and your install’s complete.

In da morning I’m flying off to Kuching for the 2009 Rainforest World Music Festival. [More on the event][2].

I’ll be back on Tuesday so till then, the blog’s gonna slow down. Anyways, I’ll try to post some pics or updates from the festival.

Beers, good music, jungle. I’m home!! 😀

See ya next week

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rwmf-2009.jpg) [2]: http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com/web/en/chairman_message.html

Maxis has announced that it will be releasing the iPhone 3Gs soon in Malaysia real soon. Most likely in the next month or so. [Stay tuned][2]

You know anything about this?

From [Maxis][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Maxis-iPhone-3G-S_1247127949509.png) [2]: http://www.maxis.com.my/iphone3gs/index.asp

Google’s finally out of BETA. Yup, no more “BETA” in the their logos.

Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk are all now stable products. Both for consumers and enterprise users.

Gmail itself has been in BETA for 5 years. The other aps in Google’s suite have also done their years in BETA. Come to think of it, it was actually Google (if I’m not wrong) that started the whole “BETA” web 2.0 culture online where almost every service that popped up went public while in BETA and made damn sure that “BETA” was part of their logos.

While BETA is good and I love it as it normally means the software is constantly being improved “work in progress”, this can sometime scare corp customers away. I understand why, try going to finance and asking for funding to purchase software in “BETA”, “you want me to pay for unfinished software?” is what you’d hear. I personally know people who have turned down moving to Google Aps because of it’s “BETA” state.

I don’t think Google will shift focus away from what it’s doing now, the “BETA” word’s gone but we won’t be able to tell the difference. To me it’s purely a business decision.

Anyways, going out of “BETA” potentially means more business for Google. Good for them!!

Question;

Was this done to combat the bad global economy? I don’t know, what ya think?

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Gmail-out-of-beta.png)

This clip was taken from Larry King’s interview with Jermaine Jackson at MJ’s Neverland. Many claim the shadow you see walking pass in the hall is that of the late MJ. Spooky ha…..

I’m not big on ghosts and spirits but what do you think, is MJ back?

The 2 positions and their responsibility;

1. Linux Engineer
   1. infrastructure
   2. patching
   3. some oracle stuff
   4. install
   5. deploy
   6. maintain
   7. support
   8. hardening
2. PeopleSoft Administrator
   1. install
   2. deploy
   3. maintain
   4. support
   5. patch

If you’re interested, drop me a comment or get in-touch with me through the contact form. No, I’m not doing this for a referral fee, it’s just a favour for a friend.

Received my BRIBE-FREE MALAYSIAN car sticker in the mail last week. Now I’ve got a new public announcement which also act as a sun shade. 🙂

It’s easy to put the sticker on but it’s gonna hard to live by it right? Let’s see…..

Like the sticker? [Request for one][2], it’s free.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/06072009387.jpg) [2]: http://www.bfm.my/276.html [3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/06072009386.jpg)

I first read about ipvee.com on [wingloon.com][2].

ipvee.com is a simple service that returns your system infomation but with a twist. Eye candy, the guys behind ipvee.com decided to go with a web 2.0 visual appeal with bold large text on bright colors and cool sliding tabs. See the screen shots, they speak for themselves.

So what system info you can pull off ipvee.com you ask?

1. [find your real ip address][3]

2. [show hostname][3]

3. [show ip address][3]

4. [identify your browser][3]

5. [identify your operating][3]

6. [identify you screen resolution][3]

All you need to use ipvee.com is either macromedia flash or java script. ipvee.com works with either one.

O ya, before I forget. [HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY wingloon.com][4] !!

Check out the screen shots below;

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ipvee.com-find-your-real-ip-address-hostname-web-browser-flash-java-operating-system-screen-resolution-information_1246868715424.png) [2]: http://wingloon.com/2009/01/02/find-your-ip-address-web-browser-operating-system-and-screen-resolution-info-using-ipvee/ [3]: http://www.ipvee.com/ [4]: http://wingloon.com/2009/07/02/2nd-year-anniversary-for-my-blog/

PS3mediaserver is Java based and getting it set-up is a breeze. Here’s how,

1. Download the tar package. Remember to download the most recent version. Look here

[danesh@jackal ~]$ wget http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz

2. Extract the download tar package.

[danesh@jackal ~]$ tar -zxvf pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz

3. Go in to the new extracted foder and start the server by executing the “PMS.sh” script. Also, remember to give execute rights to the “PMS.sh” script by running chmod +x.

`[danesh@jackal ~]$ chmod +x PMS.sh

That’s it, turn on your ps3 and start enjoying your new media server.

[3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Screenshot-Java-PS3-Media-Server-v1.10.5.png)

Coupon: INTERFACE
Discount: Save $0.88 for 1 year new domain registration only.

Thanks WingLoon

Using the “for loop”, one could easily put together a one-liner to see results. See sample below.

The initial “ls” shows that the directory is empty.
<br /> [root@abubu test]# ls -l<br /> total 0

Now, make the magic happens. Run “for ((i=1;i<=10;i++)); do mkdir ./folder-$i; done”

[root@abubu test]# for ((i=1;i<=10;i++)); do mkdir ./folder-$i; done

Now, “ls” will give you 10 folders. 😉

[root@abubu test]# ls -l<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-1<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-10<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-2<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-3<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-4<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-5<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-6<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-7<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-8<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 15:49 folder-9<br /> total 40<br /> [root@abubu test]#

This is just one way to do this. Please feel free to comment if you know a better way.

[Alan’s][2] got a new shirt out on [TeeFury][3] titled Yin Yang.

The design’s a Ying and Yang depicting a dragon and a tiger on it with vibrant colors. O ya, the design’s hand drawn and finished with water colors.

If my sources are right, Alan’s the first Malaysian to have his design sold on TEEFury. Awesome!!

It’s goes on sale today and will be for only 24 hours. The TEE will only run you USD 9 + USD 5+- for shipping which I find to be super duper cheap.

[Grab one!!][3] I am!!

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/top_yinyang.jpg) [2]: http://alanbernard.com/ [3]: http://www.teefury.com/

19 year old artist Nathan Wyburn pays tribute to Michael Jackson through his art. He sketched an awesome  portrait of MJ and made a video of the whole process. He’s good!

The long overdue, super fast, super secure, super cool Firefox 3.5 is out.

Just a few of the popular features to look forward to in version 3.5. [Full feature list][3]

1. Private browsing - porn mode for many 😀

2. Performance improvements. Really!! Read [here][4] and [here][5] and test it out for yourself.

3. Support for HTML 5, CSS 3 and other cutting edge web technologies.

4. Support for open video and open audio. No need for video plug-ins anymore. [Check it out][6].

[Go grab it quick.][7]

While downloading make sure to check out the “[real-time Firefox 3.5 downloads][8]” monitor page. It shows you in real-time how many people across the world are downloading Firefox 3.5. At the time of this post the magic number was 700,000 and out of that about 3000 were from Malaysia. Let’s see if they break a new record this time.

[Download Firefox 3.5][7]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/firefoxWordMarkHorizontal.png) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/performance-chart.png) [3]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/ [4]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/#performance [5]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/performance/ [6]: http://www.dailymotion.com/openvideodemo [7]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html?from=getfirefox [8]: http://downloadstats.mozilla.com/ [9]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Worldwide-Real-Time-Firefox-Downloads.png)

Source: Mozilla

Not sure if you’ve realized but Gmail has raised it’s maximum attachment size from 10MB to 25MB. This is great, I don’t have to attach crappy low quality videos anymore.

Some people have commented that the 25MB limit only works with the the manual HTML upload tool and not the flash upload tool as it’ limits them to 10MB. I’ve personally tested this and the 25MB limits works fine on both. Could have been slow roll out of the code or something.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Gmail-25MB.png)

12 days after it’s release, WordPress 2.8 has managed to clock 1 million downloads.

As of today, the download count stands at 1,175,317 and counting. It’s pretty obvious that WordPress is the current blogging platform of choice.

Check out the WordPress [download counter][2] page to stay up-to-date with the downloads.

Have you upgraded to WordPress 2.8? Make sure you do…. [go here][3].

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/WordPress-Download-Counter.png) [2]: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ [3]: http://wordpress.org/

Those are just a few of the inspiring ads from WWF to bring awareness to us about what we are doing wrong. I got them from [Abinesh][4] and [DeWebTimes][5].

We need to turn back the clock on nature and bring her back to here original state. NGOs like WWF can’t do it alone, all they can do is promote awareness amongst us in hope that we actually to the same by promoting awareness to those around us.

There’s only one earth, our home. Make sure you take good care of her and her children.

If predictions are right, by 2015 shit will hit the fan and we will price for 50 years of ignorance.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wwf1.jpg) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wwf3.jpg) [3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wwf12.jpg) [4]: http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/creative-wwf-ads/ [5]: http://www.dewebtimes.com/100-extremely-inspiring-and-creative-advertisements-from-wwf/

Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 RC3 is out. [Download Firefox RC3][2]

Hopefully it’s the last release candidate before Firefox 3.5 goes public. From what I’ve heard the release date is set for next week, start of July.

The [video][3] below, by Mike Beltzner gives a quick preview of what’s new and exciting in Firefox 3.5.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Zbc-Rg6e8[/youtube]

Also, check out the [demos][4] to see what Firefox 3.5 is capable of.

Take release candidate for a spin, you’ll realize it’s much faster compared to the previous versions of the browser. However, remember that it’s not the final product. Some extensions might not work and you might run into a few bugs.

[Download Firefox RC3][2]

Source: [Mozilla Developer Center][5]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/firefoxWordMarkHorizontal.png) [2]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html [3]: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/firefox-3.5.html [4]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.5/Demos [5]: https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/06/24/updated-firefox-3-5-release-candidate-available-for-download/

The best DNS service on the net, OpenDNS, receives 14 billion DNS request a day now!! Yup, 14 billion hits a day!! At pick time they process about 200,000 hits/sec which is mind blowing.

A new location is planned for Amsterdam in a few months and also Asia hopefully. We need a location in Asia to speed things up. With our slow international links even OpenDNS can sometimew feel slugish. This could be the reason why companies here have yet to switched over.

The system status page has also been updated to include DNS requests per day now. See below,

I’ve been on OpenDNS for a long time now. I use it at work, home and while I travel. It’s easy, quick and gives me peace of mind to know that my nephew who’s 4 does not end up on wrong sites while he’s learning the internet.

I urge everyone to start using OpenDNS. It plays a key roll in keeping your internet experiense secure and safe.

To get started simply replace your current DNS server entries with the OpenDNS ones. “208.67.222.222” , “208.67.220.220” .

Source: [OpenDNS Blog][5]

[4]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/OpenDNS-System.png) [5]: http://blog.opendns.com/

Kingston’s rolled out a new flash drive, the [Data Traveler 200][2].

At 128GB it’s the largest flash drive availalbe today and also the most expensive with a price tag of USD 550. There is also a 64GB model priced at USD 215 and a 64GB model priced at USD 120 if 128GB is too much for you to handle.

With so much storage capacity squeezed into such small form factors, are portable HDDs going to be something of the past? Pricing will be the major arguable point but looking at how hassle free thumb drives are compared to portable hdd drives, it’s gonna be an interesting adventure.

What do you think?

[Product Home][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kingston-datatraveler-200.jpg) [2]: http://www.kingston.com/flash/dt200.asp

Looking at my stats from the past month. Firefox’s at 59.70%. IE was only at 27.75 % coming 2nd, followed by Chrome at 4.34%.

Looking at my stats, I guess most of my visitors are internet savvy else Firefox would not be on top. Not that Firefox is a pain to use but the fact is that most non internet savvy users generally just stick with the default browser that comes with their OS which in most cases is IE 🙁

Browser Report

Browser/OS Report

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tdp-google-analytics-browsers-1.png) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tdp-google-analytics-browsers-2.png)

SRJKC Jalan Davidson , SRK Assunta 2 and Cempaka International School have all been ordered to close for a week or more following confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu (swine flu) amongst their students.

SRJKC Jalan Davison has 3 confirmed cases, Assunta reported 1 case so far and Cempaka International School reported having 2 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu.

If your child has the flu, make sure he/her gets looked at by medical personnel. Keep them indoors, prevent any contact with others and drop school till the flu blows away.

Parents, time to freak out. Keep your children safe, it’s not the time to be ignorant. It’s not worth gambling with your child’s health.

If you’re running grep on a large file with multipled results, highlighting your results would really easy on your eyes.

Here’s how;

Export the “GREP_OPTIONS” environment variable to include “-color=auto”. Run the export command below.

export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'

Once you’ve executed the command, run a simple grep to see the highlights in action.

Red is the default highlight color. I’ll cover setting custom colors in a future post.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/grep-with-color-1.png)

Not new but it’s a freaking brilliant Aussie beer ad !!

Gotta love it if you love your beer.

TM is upgrading their core network today. Friday, 19 June 2009, 11 pm till Saturday, 20 June 2009, 6 am.

During the nationwide upgrade, all internet services will most likely go down. This includes VOIP, iTalk and home prepaid users.

Source: [Streamyx][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/TM-core-upgrade.png) [2]: http://streamyx.com.my/whats_new/whats_new.php?id=article_20090610

Need a new bumber sticker? BFM has a cool one out which says “BRIBE-FREE MALAYSIAN”.

[BFM][2]’s giving them away for free. Drop them a request [here][3] and you’ll get your sticker by mail in a few days.

It’s gonna be interesting to see how many [hypocrites][4] will have this sticker on their cars. Being Malaysian means learning to BRIBE right? sigh……

Source: [Abinesh][5]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/BFM-car-sticker.jpg) [2]: http://www.bfm.my/ [3]: http://www.bfm.my/276.html [4]: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypocrite [5]: http://www.abinesh.com/delirium/posts/a-car-sticker-all-malaysians-need/

Facebook has always used random numbers to make up your profile page URL. This is not longer the case, with the introduction of [Facebook usernames][2], you can now have your name in the URL instead of the random numbers.

See [mine][3] below.

Go to the http://www.facebook.com/username/ page and set you desired username. That’s all, now share your new easy to read profile.

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/facebook-username.png) [2]: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=90316352130 [3]: http://www.facebook.com/danesh.manoharan [4]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Facebook-sername1.png)

Check it out, a must have if you into Linux The list below was taken from EduChoices.

Linux and UNIX Training for Beginners

Free Linux Tutorials for Beginners

• Introduction to Linux{.external} - This IBM tutorial is designed for people who want to learn what Linux is and how it can be used.
• Linux Desktop 101{.external} - This 14-week course teaches students how to run the Linux operating system on a PC.
• Hands-On Introduction to Linux{.external} - Machtelt Garrels’ well-organized tutorial provides a hands-on introduction to Linux.
• Real Time Linux Introduction - A series of introductory Linux tutorials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Getting Started with Linux - This 20-lesson course from Linux Online is designed for people who are just getting started with Linux.
• Linux Fundamentals Course{.external} - The Shuttleworth Foundation’s fundamentals course takes approximately 18 hours to complete and gives students a basic understanding of the Linux operating system.
• The 35-Command Tutorial{.external} - This basic Linux tutorial from BeginLinux.org teaches 35 commands that every Linux user should know.
• Getting Started with Linux Desktop{.external} - Novell’s self-study course teaches basic Linux desktop skills.

Free UNIX Tutorials for Beginners

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners{.external} - The University of Surrey’s beginner’s guide to the UNIX operating system features eight easy-to-follow tutorials.
• A Basic UNIX Tutorial{.external} - This Idaho State University tutorial teaches the fundamental of UNIX computing. The tutorial includes examples and exercises.
• UNIX Training Manual{.external} - This free 88-page training manual utilizes examples to teach UNIX filesystem commands. Not exactly a tutorial, but useful nevertheless.
• UNIX Command Tutorial{.external} - University of Mississippi course that teaches students how to interact with a UNIX operating system and perform various commands.
• Learn UNIX Tutorial - Soft Lookup’s comprehensive UNIX tutorial can take almost anyone from a beginner to an expert.
• UNIX - The Bare Minimum{.external} - This tutorial, from a UC Davis professor, offers a basic introduction to UNIX.
• Learning About UNIX{.external} - The University of Toronto offers open access to UNIX and Linux course notes. This course focuses on UNIX and Linux tools.
• What is UNIX?{.external} - This tutorial offers a simple introduction to UNIX and offers access to a forum for UNIX beginners.

Linux and UNIX Training for Experts

Free Linux Tutorials for Experts

• Linux Online’s Course for Advanced Users - This advanced course from Linux Online is fashioned into a series of how-to documents. Designed for people who want to learn more about installation, configuration and maintenance tasks.
• Linux System Administration Course{.external} - This 28-module course provides comprehensive training for system administrators.
• Kernel Tutorials{.external} - The kernel tutorials at HowToForge are a great way for Linux users to learn everything they need to know about kernels.
• Advanced Routing and Traffic Control Tutorial{.external} - This advanced Linux tutorial teaches users about routing, filtering and traffic shaping.
• Linux Enterprise Server Courses{.external} - Novell Training Services offers several different courses for advanced Linux users.
• Linux Network Administration Course{.external} - The Shuttleworth Foundation’s Linux Network Administration Course is split into separate tutorials that teach the fundamentals of network administration.
• Advanced Linux Programming{.external} - This tutorial is actually a book that can be downloaded for free. The book teaches users how to develop Linux software and write sophisticated programming.
• IBM’s Technical Library{.external} - IBM’s Technical Library offers a number of useful tutorials for advanced Linux users.

Free UNIX Tutorials for Experts

• UNIX for Advanced Users{.external} - Indiana University’s UNIX Workstation Support Group offers a great UNIX course for advanced users.
• Kevin Heard’s UNIX Tutorial{.external} - Kevin Heard (UC Berkeley) has a fantastic three-part tutorial that starts with an overview of UNIX and ends with advanced topics.
• Advanced UNIX Commands{.external} - Although this is more of a list than a tutorial, it makes a good reference for advanced UNIX users.
• Parallel Programming Tutorial{.external} - This UNIX tutorial teaches advanced users the ins and outs of parallel programming.
• Advanced Bash Scripting Guide{.external} - This UNIX tutorial from the Linux Document Project starts out with a programming overview and moves on to advanced scripting topics.
• UNIX Shell Scripting Advanced{.external} - VTC has a number of UNIX tutorials that are in video form. This one guides advanced users through their first shell script.
• Advanced C Shell Programming{.external} - This UC Davis tutorial teaches advanced C shell and tcsh programming techniques.

Private tracker Demonoid.com is open for registration. Go grab your accounts now while it’s still open.

Register

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/06/demonoidcom-register.png)

The latest Transformers 2 poster is out. Think this will be the final poster for the movie which comes out 24th June. Looks real nice.

Thinking about getting your RHCT/RHCE certification soon? read up.

Red Hat has started rolling out new exam structures for the RHCE and RCHT certifications starting 1st May 2009.

RHCE is now a single session lasting 3,5 hours. The old exam sturcture had 2 sections lasting 2.5 and 3 hours.

RHCT is  also a single session now, lasting 2 hours. Previously, it was made up of 2 sections lasting 1 and 2 hours.

Been thinkning of renewing my RHCE from RHEL 4 to RHEL 5. Know any good training centres?

Source: [Red Hat][2]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2007/03/redhat.png) [2]: http://www.redhat.com/certification/faq/

Polaris brings Google Analytics to your desktop. The desktop widget  Adobe AIR powered making it cross-platform.

The basic “free” widget allows you to monitor one site. If you need more, you could by upgrading to the full version (unlimited profiles) for USD 15 per year.

The default view is the dashboard with an overview of the genaral stats. Visits, page views, etc…

You can  select a date range for the stats you want to view by using the simple drag interface.

More stats are available as seen in the screenshot above.

Take it for a spin, I think you’ll like it.

Source: Polaris

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/05/polaris.png) [2]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/05/polaris-date.png) [3]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/05/polaris-stats.png)

Based on W3Counter’s April report, Linux’s market share has grown over the past year to a steady 2.16%. At around the same time last year that value stood at 1.89%.

The number’s surely to go up as the Linux desktop environment continues to improve with every new release.

I’m 100% Linux at home now running Ubuntu and openSUSE and I’m glad to have contrubuted to growth of Linux.

Source: [W3Counter][2] | [Planet Malaysia][3]

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/05/w3counter-global-web-stats_april2009.png) [2]: http://www.w3counter.com [3]: http://www.planetmy.com/blog/linux-market-share-passes-2/

This is something all transformers fans should have.

The 2GB USB flash drive transforms from a regular looking flash drive into Ravage.  However, in  it’s transformed state, Ravage’s USB port is not longer accessible. Who cares right? As long as it looks cool!

It’s not cheap, USD 42.99 for a thumb drive. You’d have to be a die hard fan to drop that kind of cash for a 2GB USB drive. Also, for an extra 2 bucks you could get the collector’s edition. It’s hand chosen, guaranteed to be in mint condition and meant to got on display in it’s packaging.

Besides price, it’s still an awesome looking flash drive.

Source: [BIGBADTOYSTORE][2]

[1]: http://media.s3image.com/tak10927dc0.jpg) [2]: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10927&mode=retail&picture=out

Catch them below

It’s On…..

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4719904{.linkification-ext}[/vimeo]

Greatest Enemy…..

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4719776{.linkification-ext}[/vimeo]

Forms…

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/4719348{.linkification-ext}[/vimeo]

I can’t wait to catch the movie!! How bout you, into Transformers??

Setting autologout to “0” will disable the autologout feature.

set autologout=0

The first line below will set the autologout period to 1 minute and the second line will be 5 minutes. If there is no activity for the set time, you will automatically be logged off from yoru C Shell (csh) session.

set autologout=1

set autologout=5

Twitter has partnered with Threadless to come out with “Twitter Tees by Threadless”. Twitter powered Tees where the design is decided by your Tweets.

This is cool,  The Threadless community actually votes for it’s favourite Tweets. The popular Tweets then end up on Tees. This is something other Tee shirt companies don’t quite do yet.

3 simple steps to get your Tweet onto a Tee;

First,  Submit or nominate a Tweet. Make sure you have a Twitter account to sign in with. You can submit your own Tweets, Tweets from your friends, Your favourite Tweets or finally through Twitter search.

![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3546677570_80a40ed34f.jpg" alt="" width=“500” height=“48” />]3

Next, let the community vote. Don’t forget to vote for your submissions.

The last step is to count the votes. This is where the magic happens. The winning Tweet gets on to a Tee.  Check them out.

I submited 3 Tweets myself. Tweets I would love to see on my Tees.

[I hate #streamyx][7]

[time to balik rumah!!][8]

[sleepy!][9]

Vote for the Tweet you like. It just might end up on a tee.

[6]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3546677726_7341ce752a_o.png) [7]: http://thrdl.es/~/HI [8]: http://twitter.threadless.com/tweet/2617/time_to_balik_rumah [9]: http://thrdl.es/~/Gz

Been using Jaunty since it came out. Loving the speed, simplicity and estatics!!

Everything works well except for Amarok 2 which ships default with Jaunty. I’ve been an Amarok 1.4 user for a long time now, moving to Amarok 2 is not something I fancy doing right now. Fortunately getting Amarok 1.4 onto Ubuntu is easy. Here’s how;

Create a new source file in “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/” and call it “amarok14.list”.

root@jackal:/# touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amarok14.list

Add these 2 lines to the source file. You can either copy & paste or run the echo command seen below.

deb <a class="linkification-ext" title="Linkification: http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu" href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu</a> jaunty main<br /> deb-src <a class="linkification-ext" title="Linkification: http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu" href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu</a> jaunty main

root@jackal:/# echo "deb <a class="linkification-ext" title="Linkification: http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu" href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu</a> jaunty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amarok14.list<br /> root@jackal:/# echo "deb-src <a class="linkification-ext" title="Linkification: http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu" href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu</a> jaunty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/amarok14.list

Make sure to register the PPA GPG key.

root@jackal:/# sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0x1d7e9dd033e89ba781e32a24b9f1c432ae74ae63

Update your sources.

root@jackal:/# apt-get update

Remove any old instance of Amarok

root@jackal:/# apt-get remove amarok

Install Amarok 1.4

root@jackal:/# apt-get install amarok14

That’s it. Buzz me if it doesn’t work.

[P1][2] rolled out a new WIMAX modem (DV 230) this week.

The new modem comes with VOIP and WIFI support. The look and feel is still the same except for the addition USB WIFI dongle and extra LEDs.

Actually, there’s nothing to go hoo haa about. It’s just WIFI but I think the WIFI modem’s gonna do well. General users won’t need to get additonal wifi routers anymore just to enjoy wifi, which simplifies the whole setup and also eliminates extra cabling. I guess it’s “internet in a box”.

I would love to know if users finally have access to the modem configs? How else would they configure the WFI?

I don’t know anyone using the new modem yet. Are you?

Check out the [plans][3] for the new WIFI modem.

[1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/3530686269_d8d679e3ef.jpg) [2]: http://www.p1.com.my [3]: http://www.p1.com.my/wimax/packages_ref.aspx [4]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/3530694575_4ccf6992cc.jpg)

Having grass issues at home? Don’t want to throw cash away maintaining your lawn?

Google had the same problem at their Mountain View headquarters. They had fields that needed maintenance and wanted to low carbon solution.

Well, GOATS!! Yup, you heard me, GOATS!!

Google got 200 goats and a border collie to manage them. The goats took 2 weeks to trim the fields while fertilizing at the same time. The goats were taken from [California Grazing][2].

I’m actually thinkin of getting maybe one goat now to mow my lawn. Actually, there might be a market for this here. What ya think?

Source: [Google][3]

[1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3523924969_07f2dbf85e_o.png) [2]: http://californiagrazing.com/ [3]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html

However, unlike xs.my, lynx.my does not generate a random URL string for you. Instead, you have to provide your own shortened string. While this is good, I see it coming back to bite it’s users when they discover that their string had already been used. This alone might motivate users to move to other services which automatically generate random URL string.

[3]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3505836191_91480b1efe.jpg) [4]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3505878959_bd2cbd64b6.jpg)

My P1W1MAX signal strenght. Pretty pethatic!!

RSSI: 63dBm -> Other are getting 30 +- dBm

CINR: 13 dB -> Others are getting 60 +- dB

TX Power: 5+- -> Other are under 10. (Not too important)

Called P1 up, need to call them back soon to carry out some “fine tuning” to improve my signal. Thank god their support speaks English well…. unlike Streamyx!!

Take a look at the signal map below, my house is smack middle in the pocket(below the compass) where there is almost no signal.

It’s weird how the base stations are deployed here. According to P1 more base statioins are coming up soon in the area so hopefully I’ll see some improvements.

Are you on P1 W1MAX too? What’s ya signal strength?  [Need the modem login?][3]

[1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3505167778_7102762ac8.jpg) [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3505193896_5b493a5ec1.jpg) [3]: /posts/p1-w1max-ds300-modem-admin-password-revealed/

We can’t complain about slow international access any more as streamyx’s new TOS clearly states that speedy access is only guaranteed for local content access.

Quoted from Streamyx;

Streamyx download and upload speed is guaranteed for local content access only.
TM is not responsible for the low speed of either download or upload of international content access.

MCMC, so how you gonna help? Your minimum requirement for broadband is 80% of the advertised speed.

Source: Streamyx

[1]: /wp-content/uploads/2009/05/streamyx-tos.png)

Login as “root” and run the command below.

echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Output;

root@pandora:/etc/modprobe.d# echo "blacklist pcspkr" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf<br /> root@pandora:/etc/modprobe.d# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf | grep pcspkr<br /> blacklist pcspkr

Tattoo Convention Kuala Lumpur 2009 will be at PWTC (Hall2) from the 6th till 8th November 2009. All thanks to Borneo Ink and gimmelovetattoo for sponsoring the event.

Here’s what you can look forward to. Loads of international artists, loads of local artist, best tattoo competition (tattoo wars), tattoo seminar (Malaysia’s first), tattoo design showcase, live performances, goodies, tattooed people, pierced people, and loads more. Finally, I’ll feel right at home 😀

It’s a few months away so don’t forget to mark your calendar.

Source: Tattoo Convention Kuala Lumpur 2009

Hong Kiat published a good selection of Ubuntu Wallpapers a few days back. The selection’s pretty good actually.

Quite sure took them some time to put the collection together.  Check it out.

AT&T Labs’s text-to-speech tool demo. It currently has 15 different accents and 2 genders. My favs are the  British and Indian accents. 😀

Go ahead, make up stupid sentences for them to speak out.

source : AT&T Labs
{.linkification-ext}

I need your help. Please help me decide on a theme. Theme A or Theme B.

So far, I seem to be favoring theme A a bit more but ya, I want to see what you have to say too.

Which ever theme wins by popular vote, I will change to end of this week.

THEME A | Evidens

THEME B | Alligned

danesh@jackal:/Desktop$ chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

3. Run the installer and follow the screens.

danesh@jackal:/Desktop$ ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

That’s it, now download, install and enjoy your Adobe AIR apps.

Bet you already know that Ubuntu 9.04 got released today. If you didn’t,then go here.

Being in Malaysia, great internet speed is something we only hope for. Fortunately, through the love off FOSS, multiple local Malaysian based miirors have been setup and made availalbe to the public. So, if you looking to grab Ubuntu 9.04 quick, use one 0f the mirrors below.

1. http://ubuntu.bytecraft.com.my/

2. http://ubuntu.mmu.edu.my/ubuntu/

3. http://mirror.upm.edu.my/ubuntu-release/

4. http://mirror.oscc.org.my/ubuntu/dists/

curl -O [full url to file]

curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip

Sample Output;

[root@kmon01 bin]# curl -O http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-tags.1.6.6.zip<br /> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current<br /> Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed<br /> 100 585k 0 585k 0 0 95317 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 120k

XS.my , Malaysia’s very own tinyurl service. The service is provided by Netizens Media.

Put in a long URL and out comes a shorten XS.my URL.

I’m hoping that Netizens Media will publish some stats on the service. Would be interesting to see how many Malaysian’s actually use Malaysian services like this.

Try Googling your name, you’ll realize that your Google profile does not show up in the results. Google by default will not release your profile anymore until you have explicitly allowed it to do so.

For those who rather not have their profiles online, you don’t have todo anything.The default is to not publish your profile. However, for those wanting to publish your Google profile, head on over to Google Profiles and search enable your profile.

Looks like twitter’s being hammered today. I got the odd whale quite a few times today. Hopefully not because of @oprah 😀

Source: Twitter Status

Twitter’s gonna be overwhelmed by traffic today. Oprah’s coming to Twitter!!

Oprah will twit for her first time today accompanied by Ashton Kutcher “The King Of Twits” live from here show.

Twiiter’s already super huge following and Oprah’s millions of fans are surely gonna create a buzz. Oprah’s also gonna bring in alot of new users. Uncles, Aunties, Moms and Dads who thought the net was a waste of time will now want to jump online cause Oprah’s there too!! This can’t be a bad thing can it?

Anyway, if you into Oprah like my family is then make sure to follow her on Twitter @oprah.

Source: Oprah

There’s a simple trick to reload and apply changes in your /etc/inittab file without a reboot.

Run “init q” or “init Q”

[root@snoopy ~]# init q<br /> [root@snoopy ~]#<br /> [root@snoopy ~]# init Q<br /> [root@snoopy ~]#<br />

Creative Multimedia Cluster, MSC Malaysia http://cmc.msc.com.my/ has been defaced.

Source: [security.org.my][2]

Let’s see how long MSC takes to fix this…… , it’s been an hour now…

[1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/3425885988_288766dc4c.jpg) [2]: http://security.org.my/index.php?/archives/Defaced-cmc.msc.com.my.html

For those on P1 W1MAX and not being able to fully utilize your modem, you’re in luck!

Recently the admin password for the DS300 modem was leaked. Users who had the password could login and change any configuration on the modem. For those who knew what they were doing, this was jackpot.

The excitement was cut short. P1 jumped in and pushed out a new firmware update which  locked all users out of their DS300 modem once again. Including me 🙁 (was just about to port forward)

Users started to rant about being locked out of their own modem, it was a good point. P1 came back saying that tech in the DS300 was US military owned and the license prevented users from accessing it. hahahahha…..

Few days passed…. and bam!! Admin password  leaked again.

This time  on purpose I guess. Why?

First, the new login provided users with limited access to the modem’s configurations and second, no news from P1. You do the math.

Even though access was limited, these were same options one would expect to find in any other router. Port forwarding, ddns, dhcp, dmz and the other standard stuff.

I guess users got heard after all 😀 .

Login details below, Enjoy!!

Admin URL: http://10.1.1.254

login: admin

password: admin123

Source: http://www.soyacincau.com/

WingLoon’s monthly Namecheap coupon for April. The coupon code below will entitle you to purchase a new domain at USD 8.81.

Coupon Code: 7tulips

Linux Links published a list of their top 20 favorite free Linux Ebooks. Ranging from books for the newcomer, graphic designers and right up to the advanced programmer. There’s something for everyone.

The list of books;

1. Ubuntu Pocket Guide

2. Two Bits

3. The Linux Starter Pack

4. The Easiest Linux Guide You’ll Ever Read

5. Producing Opensource Software

6. Introduction to Linux

7. Bash Guide For Beginers

8. After The Software Wars

9. The Cathedral & The Bazaar

10. Free for All: How LINUX and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans

11. Put Yourself in Command

12. Getting Started With OpenOffice.org 3.x

13. Grokking The GIMP

14. The Linux KnowledgeBase And Tutorial

15. Advanced Linux Programming

16. Linux 101 & 102 Modular Training Notes

17. Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition

18. LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition

19. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide - 2nd Edition

20. tuXlabs Cookbook

Bet your Streamyx has been slow the past few days.

Streamyx reported that the SMW3 and APCN2 submarine lines are experiencing service faults. Another anchor maybe? As a result, access to US and Hong Kong based sites are extra slow……

According to their announment, restoration work should have been completed by today but as of now there is no announcemnt nor improvement in browsing speeds to US and Hon Kong.

Source: Streamyx | Twitter

Sample output;

[root@pilon~]# service xinetd restart<br /> Stopping xinetd:                                           [FAILED]<br /> Starting xinetd:                                           [  OK  ]

500 Megawatts or 14 million fluorescent bulbs at 40 watt each. That’s what Earth Hour Malaysia 2009 managed to save according to TheStar. Yes TNB lost some money, but do they really need it?

Earth Hour was good, I had a BBQ at home with my family while watching the lights go out. What made it even better was the fact that my neighbors, not the “save the earth” kind (I WAS SO WRONG 🙁 ) had their lights out too. This caused a chain reaction and almost all the houses in my housing area followed and had their lights out.

From my home I watched KLCC and KL TOWER go dark, it was simply awesome!!

To see so many people come together regardless of color, religion, race, language and the other usual mambo jumbo is just awesome. The world is just awesome and it needs awesome people to keep her healthy!

THANKS EVERYBODY!!

Mozilla has released a new version for Firefox. Version 3.0.8.

It’s a security release so make sure you get it. Download Here.

Firefox 3.0.8 release notes

Bring up a console and su to root or use sudo.

Run the commands below;

zypper -v search moonlight

zypper -v install moonlight-plugin

Sample output;

pandora:~ # zypper -v search moonlight<br /> S | Name | Summary | Type<br /> --+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------<br /> | moonlight | Novell Moonlight | srcpackage<br /> | moonlight-plugin | Browser plugin for Novell Moonlight | package<br /> | moonlight-tools | Various tools for Novell Moonlight | package

pandora:~ # zypper -v install moonlight-plugin

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
libmoon0-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586 (Packman Repository, http://packman.links2linux.de)
moonlight-plugin-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586 (Packman Repository, http://packman.links2linux.de)

Overall download size: 1.6 M. After the operation, additional 5.8 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]: yes
committing
Retrieving package libmoon0-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586 (1/2), 1.2 M (4.3 M unpacked)
Retrieving: libmoon0-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [done (62.4 K/s)]
Installing: libmoon0-1.0+final-0.pm.1 [done]
Retrieving package moonlight-plugin-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586 (2/2), 386.0 K (1.4 M unpacked)
Retrieving: moonlight-plugin-1.0+final-0.pm.1.i586.rpm [done (52.9 K/s)]
Installing: moonlight-plugin-1.0+final-0.pm.1 [done]
committingCommitResult 2 (errors 0, remaining 0, srcremaining 0)
pandora:~ #

Full Circle Magazine Issue 23 is out.

What’s in it;

• Command and Conquer - Troubleshooting.
• How-To : Program in C - Part 7, Web Development - Part 4, and Spreading Ubuntu - Part 2.
• My Story - Becoming An Ubuntu User
• Book Review - How To Be A Geek Goddess
• MOTU Interview - Steve Stalcup
• Top 5 - Task Managers

Grab your copy!! [Direct Download]

Source: Full Circle Magazine

Pretty cool ha, Earth Hour Malaysia 2009 being projected onto the DBKL building down by Dataran Merdeka.

Pictures taken from Mr. Abinesh

See sample usage below. This is just to start off, I’ve cover more in future posts.

[root@hantu ~]# cat numbers<br /> 5<br /> 4<br /> 3<br /> 2<br /> 1<br /> 0<br /> 6<br /> 7<br /> 8<br /> 9

[root@hantu ~]# cat numbers | sort<br /> 0<br /> 1<br /> 2<br /> 3<br /> 4<br /> 5<br /> 6<br /> 7<br /> 8<br /> 9

[root@hantu ~]# cat numbers | sort -r<br /> 9<br /> 8<br /> 7<br /> 6<br /> 5<br /> 4<br /> 3<br /> 2<br /> 1<br /> 0

Happy sorting!!

Earth Hour Malaysia 2009 is one day away.

Mother earth has a fever and it’s been going up, not sure how much longer she’ll last. We are the aibiotics but somehow forgotten our purpose. It’s time to step up and own up to our purpose on planet earth.

Start with Earth Hour…

The Earth Hour Malaysia portal / website earthhour.org.my is currently unreachable.

Looks like they are moving to a larger hosting provider.Last minute rush to pledge causing the spike I guess.

Follow the progress on their twitter.

Update: The site’s back up but it’s a stripped down version.

For those of  you who use IE, IE 8 final is out and ready for download.

• Windows XP{.redirect}
• XP x64{.redirect}
• Windows Vista{.redirect}
• Windows Vista 64-bit{.redirect}
• Windows Server 2003{.redirect}
• Windows Server 2003 64-bit{.redirect}
• Windows Server 2008{.redirect}
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit{.redirect}

Source: WingLoon || IE8

Simple, just run the “uptime” command and you will be rewarded with the answer plus a bit more.

8:58pm  up  19:54,  1 user,  load average: 0.47, 0.62, 0.35

Above is the typical reply from uptime. On the left is the current time, followed by the system’s uptime, logged in users and finally the system’s load average.

Sample output;

danesh@pandora:~> uptime<br /> 8:58pm  up  19:54,  1 user,  load average: 0.47, 0.62, 0.35

Why do you need it? Maybe to check if the script is already running? This is what I normally use it for.

Sample Script;

#!/bin/bash<br /> echo "My PID is $$"<br /> sleep 2

Sample Output;

[root@keke ~]# ./test1.sh<br /> My PID is 8909

Come on guys, it’s just for an hour. Give mother nature a break….

Thanks to me good buddy Abinesh for getting me into Earth Hour 2009, My life just got greener 😀

The “tail -f” command monitors a file and tracks any changes to it. As changes are made to the monitored file the “tail” command will print them on screen. Live monitoring basically…..

tail -f [log file]

Sample output;

`[root@keke ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages

The video’s the work of Kutiman. It’s a compilation of many YouTube videos with different instrumanents  glued together to make some really interesting tracks. I was blown away by the precision editing work put into his work.

The video above is just one of the many, check out the rest at thru-you.com and tell me what ya think.

Been seeing this for the past few days? Get excited!!

Facebook is giving you a spanking new home page and he roll out happens today.

This time, it’s actually looking good. Clutter free, clean, fast and best of all it’s a live home page. Meaning that all social content from your network will be reflected to you in real time. Now how cool it that!

Check out the layout below and read about the new home page.

![](/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fbhomepage-new-500x357.gif" alt=“fbhomepage-new” width=“500” height=“357” srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fbhomepage-new-500x357.gif 500w, /wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fbhomepage-new.gif 590w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" />

Here’s an awesome video by Melih Bilgil on the History of the Internet.

From “Arpanet” to “Internet”, this video covers it all.

All the icons you see in the video were taken from PICOL, the Pictorial Communication Language.

For more information on the video drop by the Author’s site.

Stumbled onto this a few days back. Thought it might come in handy for you too 😀

Sometimes I wonder if the data published is really accurate. Based on what’s published, most Malaysians look like there are earning peanuts.

Well anyway, download it here and tell me what ya think.

I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010

That was Google’s first twit. They finally got on to Twitter.

If you were wondering, for all you  non geeks out there, the zeroes and ones translate into “I’m feeling lucky”.

Follow Google on Twitter.

If you own a site then chances are you need a favicon.

A favicon is a 16x16 icon which normally sits next to the URL in the browser’s address bar. It’s a small visual representation of a site. Most browsers today support favicons in multiple formats, .png)

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer only supports .ico formatted favicons which is their propitiatory icon format. This is where the favicon generators comes in handy. Just upload any jpeg, gif or.png)

I use favicon-generator by Project Fondue for all my favicon needs. The service does the above and also provides a editor to create favicons on the fly.

Upload the favicon to your web root directory and add the following code to you section.

If your limited processing power is preventing you from running full virtualized environments then this might just be what you need. The basic idea is to have individual jailed environments which have their own Ip address all share the same kernel.

The talk will cover the basics of setting up and running jailed environments on FreeBSD.

Presenter;

Khairil Yusof from Inigo Tech.

Twitter | Identi.ca | LinkedIn

Date;
Thursday February 19th 2009

Time;
7.30pm - 9.30pm (2 hours)

7:30pm - 7:45pm Opening by the Organizer
7:45pm - 8:45pm Talk
8:45pm - 9:00pm Break
9:00pm - 9:30pm Break out sessions

Venue;
MSC Malaysia Cyber Centre
Incubation Centre
Block 1B, Level 3 (1B-3-1)
Plaza Sentral, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5
50470, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603 2785 1800 / 603 2773 5799

Cost;

FREE!! The World Is Just Awesome!!

RSVP;

Facebook - MyOSS Meetup

Contact;

Ezwan Aizat Bin Abdullah Faiz
aizat.faiz@gmail.com{.linkification-ext}
+6 017 690 8783

Source: fossmy

Ubuntu Tweak is an application to help users easily configure their Ubuntu installation. From installing new software to cleaning up junk, Ubuntu Tweak does  it all. Ubuntu Tweak is open source and distributed under the GPL license.

I have been using Ubuntu Tweak on my Ubuntu machines at home for awhile now. When all you need is a functioning desktop then Ubuntu together with Ubuntu Tweak  in my book is the best choice. Not everyone fancies  the command line or editing files everytime they install new software. Especially my non IT savvy family members. Ubuntu and Ubuntu Tweak just work.

Anyway, back to Ubuntu Tweak’s feature List;

• View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
• GNOME Session Control
• Auto Start Program Control
• Add / Remove software
• Software source editor
• 3rd party source support
• Package cleanup
• Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
• Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
• Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
• Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s Style and Behavior
• Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings, Menu Effect Settins
• GNOME Panel Settings
• Nautilus Settings
• Advanced Power Management Settings
• System Security Settings

The latest version has a few new features added;

• Clean old config files easily. Remove unused config files from un-installed applications.
• Preference page to change the default Ubuntu Tweak interface.
• Configure default application within Ubuntu Tweak. The chosen app will launch everytime Ubuntu Tweak starts.
• All Launchpad PPA sources are now signed.
• Change the GNOME panel logo.

To  install Ubuntu Tweak follow the steps below or download here.

1. Import the key
   sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220

2. Add the source below. My source file is “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak.list”.

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Source:
<br /> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main<br /> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Source:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main<br /> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main

3. Run the package manager and refresh the source list when prompted. Search for Unbuntu Tweak and install it.

That’s it.

Source: Ubuntu Tweak

GScrot is a powerful screen capture tool for Linux. The project went through a re-branding exercise earlier this month and now takes on a new, more appropriate name, “Shutter”.

The project’s  launchpad project name together with it’s PPA have also been renamed to Shutter.

The new project page : https://launchpad.net/shutter

The new PPA : https://launchpad.net/%7Eshutter/+archive/ppa

For those currently running GScrot, please update your sources to reflect the new “shutter” repository.

Source: Shutter (Formerly GScrot)

The latest issue of “Full Circle Magazine is out. Issue 21.

What I found interesting in this issue;

• Output formatting with grep, awk, sed, cat, cut
• Web developement
• C programming
• Video resizing
• Ubuntu USB boot
• Torrent tools

Download the magazine or read it online.

Source: Full Circle Magazine

Another good starter cheat sheet for all you Ubuntu newbies out there. If you missed it, the Linux cheat sheet is also available here.

I’m new to Ubuntu myself so this comes in real handy for me.

Download the PDF from here or here.

Again, thanks to FOSSwire for making their cheat sheets available to all.

Here’s a good Linux cheat sheet to get you started in Linux. Thanks to FOSSwire for coming up with it.

Download it from here or here.

Update: There is also a Ubuntu cheatsheet available for download.

WordPress 2.7.1 is out. The release comes with 68 fixes.

For more info on the changes you look at the list for fixed tickets and the full change log.

Upgrade’s a breeze with the new auto upgrade function. If you get a timeout issue, try this fix. Increased my timeout to 120 and the upgrade completed successfully.

Alternatively, you could still upgrade the manual way by downloading WordPress and upgrading over ftp. If you need help refer to the manuals to install or upgrade.

You can now follow “His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama Of Tibet” on twitter.

The twitter account is managed by “OHHDL” ,The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

If you are like me then peace is the only thing you wish. To me, religion, color, race, status in society don’t mean anything. They are just reasons that fuel hatred today and are being leveraged but those in power to stay in power or gain more power. NO GOD WILL ASK TO KILL!! HE WHO CREATES WILL NOT DESTROY, HE WHO IS FILLED WITH HATRED WHO DESTROYS.

Well, before I get carried away again by my emotions. If you wish, you can follow the Dalai Lama on twitter at @OHHDL or visit him at http://www.dalailama.com.

Update: Sigh…. looks like @OHHDL could be fake. It’s currently  suspended.

dirname() is a PHP function which returns the directory name of a file. For example if file abc.txt was in “/tmp/abc.txt” then the dirname() function would return “/tmp” .

Example Usage;

<?php

$file = “/tmp/abc.txt”;

$path = dirname($file); // $path will now contain /tmp

?>

What does dirname(__FILE__) and basename(dirname(__FILE__)) do then?

The __FILE__ constant  represents the running script. It will return the full path and file name of the running script. For example, the  __FILE__ constant  on my server would return “/var/www/html/index.php” for my index.php file which is in the “/var/www/html/” directory.

The basename() command is normally used in conjunction with the dirname() function to strip the parent directory from a full file name. For example “/var/www/html/abc.txt” when passed through basename() would return abc.txt. basename() also works on directories. So, basename() on “/var/www/html” would return “html” since in Linux directories are files.

Example Usage;

Imagine __FILE__ represents /var/www/html/index.php

<?php

echo dirname(__FILE__); // returns /var/www/html

echo basename(__FILE__); //returns index.php

echo basename(dirname(__FILE__)); //returns html

?>

Computer-Books.us provides free computer eBooks for download. All books are legal as the authors / publisher have been kind enough to allow the eBooks to be published online for free.

Books are broken down into categories and each hosted on it’s own domain.

• Linux-Books.us ( Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, ..etc )
  
• Java-Books.us ( GUI, Security, General, ..etc )
  
• Database-Books.us ( MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle, ..etc )
  
• Computer-Books.us ( PHP, Python, Perl, Awk, ..etc )
  
• CAD-CAM-books.us
• Business-software-Books.us

The error above normally comes up when you try to ssh into a machine which has it’s allowed ssh protocol versions locked down to a single version, today it’s normally version 2.

In the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file there’s a “Protocol” parameter which governs the allowed protocol version. It’s normally set to “2” for better security today.

Old days;

#Protocol 2,1

Today;

#Protocol 2

The ssh command allows you to specify a protocol version to use when establishing a connection.

To ssh using protocol version 1;

ssh -1 [ hostname]

[root@abibi ~]# ssh -1 abubu

Ro ssh using protocol version 2;

ssh -2 [ hostname]

[root@abibi ~]# ssh -2 abubu

India is commonly related to having a high number of IT professionals. Most of them get pulled into big firms like Google, MS and many others. But the hard truth is that there are still millions who have no access to the Internet or have never even heard of it.

Google put together “The Internet Bus Project”. It’s bringing the internet to those who need it through an internet-enabled bus which will travel through India.Children are gonna have new ambitions, businesses will gain new windows and schools have new materials. Well, the bus will not fix everything but at least set a direction. It’s better to have a dream then to not have one at all.

You can Follow the bus on Google through photos and videos.

PDFreaders.org is the latest project from “The Fellowship of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)”.

PDF have become a standard when it comes to distributing documents today. From eBooks to magazines and brochures, nothing is spared from going PDF.

The fellowship is out to promote open standards for the PDF format. Open standard allows everyone to access PDF files on any device or OS and not be held back by the propitiatory mambo jumbo.

The project currently publishes a list for free PDF readers which are open standard. The list will also cover writers in the future so make sure to check back often.

Also, remember to spread to love with the PDFreaders.org buttons.

<img loading=“lazy” src=“http://pdfreaders.org/graphics/pdfreaders-four-freedoms.png)

Source: PDFreaders.org

Register a new .com, .net or .org domain for only $8.81 from Namecheap with the coupon below. Every .com, .net and .org domain registration includes 1 year free WhoisGuard privacy protection subscription. Namecheap.com will also give you a free PositiveSSL Certificates from Comodo 100% Free for 1 year!

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Source: WingLoon

After some digging around I found that my web server’s download speed was pretty low. WP 2.7 by default has a 30 second timeout set for it’s download function which I constantly kept hitting.

The workaround’s a simple hack to the file.php file in the /wp-admin/includes/ folder.

1. Download the file using over ftp or ssh. Depending on your hosting package.

2. Look for the line;

" $response = wp_remote_get($url, array(’timeout’ => 30)); "

and replace it with;

" $response = wp_remote_get($url, array(’timeout’ => 60)); "

function download_url() at wp-admin/includes/file.php

3. Upload the modified file back into the /wp-admin/includes/ folder. Overwrite the old file if you must.

You auto update should be working fine now.

Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference by Keir Thomas.

Here’s a good book for Ubuntu users and those thinking of switching over to Ubuntu. The book’s 194 pages long and covers;

1. Installing Ubuntu
2. Configuring Ubuntu
3. Getting to grips with the desktop
4. Users and the filesystem
5. Hands-on at the command-line
6. Software management
7. Securing the system

The printed edition is priced at USD9.94 on Amazon and the ebook version is 100% free. Once you have the eBook you are allowed to redistribute it anyway you choose. Just make sure it remains 100% free. The FOSS way!!

Download or read it online from my .docstoc or scribd pages.

If you liked the eBook then make sure to pick up a copy of the printed version.

Source: Ubuntu Pocket Guide

Some digging around later we found the fix. Kernel 2.6 has a new parameter “min_free_kbytes” which allows it to reserve a dedicated amount of memory for itself to process jobs. This kept the kernel from choking up when the servers were faced with sudden spikes in heavy jobs.

I set my server’s  “min_free_kbytes” to “4096” kbytes which was the recommended value. It’s more of a trial and error configuration so I’ll have to monitor the server over a period of time and increase the value if needed till I hit the sweet spot.

How to set it?

To have the new value take effect immediately, edit the “/proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes” file. Remember!, reboot and the changes will be forgotten.

echo "4096" > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes

To have it permanent, add “vm.min_free_kbytes=65536” to the /etc/sysctl.conf file.

echo "vm.min_free_kbytes=4096" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

We received the Pizzas on time, finished them and had a good evening. However, the ordering process was far from simple, it alone too up 30 mins of my time today.

First, I called them up [ 1-300-888-333 ] and went through the whole verification mambo jumbo. The call centre sounded more like they were working out of a phone booth as the background sounds were redicusly loud so throughout the whole call I could barely hear the agent.

Next step was to provide my delivery address, the fun part! Spent 20 minutes spelling out the address one alphabet at a time. NATO phonetics did not help one bit.  I’m quite sure the agent thought I was spilling out random words. Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta,Echo,etc…..

Realizing I was not going anywhere I reverted to Malaysian phonetics. J for jambu, a for anak, m for manusia, b for buaya and u for unta. hahah You get the idea.  Yet, they agent stil managed to get it wrong!! Sigh… He eventually got it after a few retries.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he’s dumb or anyone else is too but, he needs to improve his communication skills. Read a book, watch a English movie, speak in English, just  to name a few ways to improve. He  has to remember that he works in the service industry and his customers are not always Malaysians. English it the most common language so why not learn it? In the end who benefits?, I’m quite sure it will be him.

Employers must also play an active roll in improving their employees communication skills. Trainings, speak English days, conference calls. These methods helped me and still are.

This is not happening just in one place, it’s all over. We don’t’ like the phrase “3rd world country”. Language plays a huge roll in helping elevate our reach to the world. So, why not put your ego aside and put in some extra effort to learn a common international language like English and bring continents closer together.

What do you think?

Picked up a new book over the weekend. Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth by Martin C. Brown. ISBN:0471790095

The book covers the implementation of the Google Maps API version 1 through JavaScript and HTML. Google Maps API is currently at version 2 but fully supports version 1.

Break down of the book;

Part I. Basics.

Chapter 1. Using Geographical Information.

Chapter 2. The Google Local Interface.

Chapter 3. The GoogleMaps API.

Chapter 4. The Google Web API.

Chapter 5. Storing and Sharing Information.

Part II. Instant Gratification.

Chapter 6. Working with Existing Address Information.

Chapter 7. Extending the Google API Examples.

Chapter 8. Discovering Overlays and Mash-ups.

Part III. Google Map Hacks.

Chapter 9. Using Overlays.

Chapter 10. Overlaying Statistical Data.

Chapter 11. Building a Community Site.

Chapter 12. The Realtors and Archaeologists Toolkit.

Chapter 13. I Need to Get To.

Chapetr 14. Merging with Flickr Photos.

Part IV. Google Earth Hacks.

Chapter 15. Introducing Google Earth.

Chapter 16. Generating Google Earth Feeds.

Chapter 17. History and Planning with Google Earth.

Appendix. Resources.

Index.

Gong Xi Fa Chai, Xin Nian Kuai Le !!  to all my buddies and readers celebrating the Chinese new year!!

Here’s a KFC coupon I received from iCalvyn. He wanted to share come CNY love and I thought I’ll so the same. 😀

Completed my move to ServerFreak’s VPS this morning.

Still ironing out a few bugs with my mail,DNS and hardening. Hopefully I’ll have them fixed by the end of the holidays.

From my observation so far, I think the site’s a bit faster now. But, that could just be my mind playing tricks on me. You tell me, has the speed improved?

I’m moving to a new hosting provider. Yup, again and this time for a good reason.

Hosting with Fivio has been good and since it was sponsored I have nothing to complain about.

Been looking at VPS for a few months now and finally decided to make the leap.I’ve also been working on a few personal projects that I’d love to publish online sometime in the future and the VPS is what I will need.

I chose to go with VPS by ServerFreak. Their packages are cheap and the specs quite OK I feel.  Full root access, 10GB storage, 150GB transfer, 256MB RAM and my choice of Linux Distros, all for RM 95 a month.

Looking forward to the long weekend. I’ll have some quality time to spend with my new VPS 😀

Please note that thedaneshproject might be offline for a few hours during the migration.

http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/live. Also, you could follow on YouTube, Twitter, flickr, tumblr.

Watch Live traffic cams from around Washington DC at TrafficLand.

Delicious now supports bulk edits on your bookmarks! This has been a feature that I have been waiting for a long time now.

You can now share, unshare, tag and untag multiple bookmarks at a time.

The feature’s currently in beta but is available to all delicious users. The shortcut’s on the top right corner.

Time to start cleaning up my tags 🙂

Source: Delicious

1. Download Adobe AIR 1.5 at http://get.adobe.com/air/ or use the direct Link .

2. Assign execute rights to  the “AdobeAIRInstaller.bin"file to start the installer.

danesh@python:~/Desktop$ chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

3. Execute  the “AdobeAIRInstaller.bin” file to start the installer.

danesh@python:~/Desktop$ ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Related: How to install twhirl

Update [  Feb 16 2009 ] - GScrot has been renamed to Shutter.

GScrot is a popular screen-shot tool for Linux. GScrot is currently at version 0.64. It runs best on GNOME and has a good feature list.

• Capture a website, whole desktop, individual window or a custom selection.
• Support for delayed screen-shots.
• Plug-ins for multiple effects.
• Support for FTP uploads and image hosting services. imageshack.us, imagebanana.com and ubuntu-pics.de.
• Save your screen-shots in the same folder everytime and automatically name them.
• Full intergration with GNOME desktop panel.
• Automatically generate thumbnails
• Built in image editing tool.

I’ll walk you through the process of installing GScrot on Ubuntu 8.10. I’m more of a command line guy so if you need a GUI version look here.

Create a new apt-repository source file. I’ll call it  gscrot.list and place it in the “/etc/apt/source.list.d/” directory.

Add the following lines to the /etc/apt/source.list.d/gscrot.list file you just created.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gscrot/ubuntu intrepid main<br /> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gscrot/ubuntu intrepid main

Next, run “apt-get update” to update the apt-repository database.

root@python:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get update

Run “apt-get install gscrot” to download and install GScrot.

root@python:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get install gscrot

To start GScrot, go to Applications -> Accessories -> GScrot

Deluge 1.1.0 is out.

Some of the major changes in the release;

Labels.
Proxy support.
Authentication for the daemon.
Per-tracker filtering.
Magnet uri/hash.
Improved file tabs with file/folder renaming functions.
QOS support.
For the full change list go to the changelog.

Download here.

The video’s are by The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper). Watch and enjoy.

Design Coding

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qMe7Z3EYg[/youtube]

Do the page rank

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TpIOHyBEJA[/youtube]

Paid Search 101

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c96LTLlaXew[/youtube]

Link building 101

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC3UNewnA5g[/youtube]

1. How many physical CPUs does the server have?

2. How many cores on each CPU? Duo/Quad

In Linux it’s actually quite easy to get this info.

You could go through the /var/log/dmesg file or the /proc/cpuinfo file. For this tutorial we’ll look at the /proc/cpuinfo file.

Physical CPU count?

Run “cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “physical id” | sort | uniq | wc -l”.

[root@bender ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “physical id” | sort | uniq | wc -l
2

How many cores?

Run **"**cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “cpu cores” | uniq".

[root@kmigb000 ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “cpu cores” | uniq
cpu cores       : 2

2 mean that each physical CPU has 2 cores on it. If cpu cores was 1 then the CPU’s single core.

How many virtual processors?

Run “cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “^processor””

[root@bender ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep “^processor”
processor       : 0
processor       : 1
processor       : 2
processor       : 3

That’s about right, 2 physical CPUs x 2 cores each = 4 virtual processeors.

However, it’s a bit different for HT (Hyper-Threading). If you get cpu core = 1 but the virtual processors = 2 then the CPU’s running HT. HT will only work with the SMP kernel.

It’s basicly a white “g” within a google colored canvas. Standing out from the crowd is the idea behind the white “g”.

The new design was inspired by user submissions, same as their previous favicon release back in June. The winning design this time came from André Resende, a computer science undergraduate student at the University of Campinas in Brazil.

A quick look at Google’s favicon history.

Source: GoogleSystem | Abinesh | GoogleBlog

For those who don’t know, Matt Mullenweg is the guy behindAutomattic. The company behind the world’s most popular publishing platform WordPress (6 years old) and it’s accompanying services. Askimet, Gravatar, bbPress, IntenseDebate, BuddyPress and WordPress.com the free WordPress hosting service.

Today, Matt is amongst The 25 Most Influential People on the Web and 30 under 30 America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs . At only 25 Matt has managed to accomplish so much and there is still a long way to go.

Great stuff Matt and enjoy your 25th!

Souurce: Matt Mullenweg

This just in, Facebook has reached 150 million users world wide.

About 50% of it’s users log in everyday. Facebook’s users today range from students right up to grandparents, this is no surprise to me as everyone in my home has a Facebook account including my Dad who’s 63 this year. Facebook now covers over 170 countries in 35 different languages, anyone from anywhere on the globe can get a piece of Facebook in their own language.

There’s hardly anyone today who has not heard of Facebook. To some social networks seem overwhelming with the mountains of data being made available to them but not me, to me data drives our daily lives. With all the new web 2.0 services today plugging into Facebook, there is so much information waiting to be picked, and when you have great mediums like Facebook to simplify the process why not endorse it.

I don’t log in everyday but Facebook is quite important to me nowadays. I use it to keep in touch with friends and family, make business deals, follow interest groups, organize events and the list keeps growing.

If you’re not on Facebook the least you could do is take it for a spin. BEWARE!! IT’S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE 😀

Source: Facebook

January 2009

Vaikunta Ekadasi – 7th January, 2009 Wednesday

Makar Sankranti – 14th January, 2009 Wednesday

Pongal – 14th January, 2009 Wednesday, 11.51am

Vasant Panchami – Saraswati Puja – 31st January, 2009 Saturday

February 2009

Thai Pusam – February 8, 2009 Sunday

Shivratri – 23rd February, 2009 Monday

March 2009

Holi – March 10th, 2009 Tuesday

Ugadi (New Year in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) – March 27th, 2009 Friday

Gudi Padva – March 27th, 2009 Friday

April 2009

Ram Navami – 3rd April, 2009 Friday

Hanuman Jayanti – 10th April, 2009 Driday

Chithirai 1 (Tamil New Year) – 14th April, 2009 Tuesday

Vishu (Kerala) – 14th April, 2009 Tuesday

New Year in Bengal and Assam – 15th April, 2009 Wednesday

Akshaya Tritiya – 27th April, 2009 Monday

May 2009

Narasimha Jayanti – 8th May, 2009 Friday

June 2009

Puri Rath Yatra – 24th June, 2009 Wednesday

July 2009

Vyas Purnima, Guru Purnima – 7th July, 2009 Tuesday

August 2009

Raksha Bandan – 5th August, 2009 Wednesday

Sri Krishna Janmashtami – 14th August, 2009 Friday

Ganesh Chaturthi - 23rd August, 2009 Sunday

September 2009

Thiru Onam - 2nd September, 2009 Wednesday

Navratri Begins – 19th September, 2009 Saturday

Durga Ashtami – 26th September, 2009 Saturday

Maha Navami – 27th September, 2009 Sunday

Vijaya Dashami – Dussehra – 28th September, 2009 Monday

October 2009

Karva Chouth – 7th October, 2009 Wednesday

Deepavali – Diwali – 17th October, 2009 Saturday

Annakut – Gujarati New Year – 18th October, 2009 Sunday

Chhat Puja - 24th October, 2009 and 25th Saturday & Sunday

Tulsi Vivah – 30th October, 2009 Friday

November 2009

Sabarimala Mandala Kalam begins – 16th November, 2009 Monday

Gita Jayanti – 28th November, 2009 Saturday

December 2009

Vaikunta Ekadasi – 28th December, 2009 Monday

If you find a date to be wrong or if I missed out something please free to drop me a comment and I’ll update the post.

1. Get into command prompt. ( start -> run -> cmd )

2. Run the following command “ipconfig /flushdns” .

Dropbox is my favorite online storage solution. Here’s how to install it on Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid

1. Add the Dropbox repository for Ubuntu package source file. I use /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list file.

deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main<br /> deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main

Either manually add the lines above to the /etc/apt/source.list.d/dropbox.list file or run the commands below to do the same.

root@dingo:~# echo "deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list<br /> root@dingo:~# echo "deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list<br /> root@dingo:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list

2. Update your packages list. Run “apt-get update”.

root@dingo:~# apt-get update<br /> .............<br /> ...........<br /> .............<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid Release.gpg<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid Release<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Packages<br /> Ign http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Sources<br /> Get:1 http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Packages [622B]<br /> Get:2 http://linux.getdropbox.com intrepid/main Sources [537B]<br /> .................<br /> ..............<br /> Fetched 1160B in 59s (20B/s)<br /> Reading package lists... Done

3. Install Dropbox
   <br /> root@dingo:~# apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

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Setting up nautilus-dropbox (0.5.0-1) …

4. Restart nautilus to start Dropbox. You will see a new Dropbox icon in your system tray. Right click on it and select “start dropbox”. The daemon will download the binaries required and start the registration process.

root@dingo:~# killall nautilus

That’s it. Enjoy this get service.

Buzz me if you need help…

ipvee.com is a free web service which will return information about your Internet connectivity. Your ip address, the type of web browser you are running, your operating system and finally your screen resolution. All presentated to you within a simplistic page with awesome colors.

Source: WingLoon

Happy new year. I’m 3 days behind, talk about a good start.

New year night was good, spent it with Alan, Shirley, Raja and a shit load of beers while motivating each other on the many projects we plan to get started in the new year. Too much time has been waisted in the past just talking about shit, hopefully this year’s gonna be productive.

I’m not a big fan of new year resolutions but if you must know here’s mine;

1. Reduce and eventually quit smoking.
2. Exercise!!
3. Be a good son.
4. Be a good bf.
5. Be productive at work.
6. Roll out at least 3 side projects.
7. Contribute to at least 5 welfare related deeds.
8. Make more money from other avenues besides my full time job.
9. Travel to at least 5 countries.
10. Buy a house.

Let’s see how many get to cross out by end of year.

What’s covered in this edition;

• Command and Conquer - The Daunting Terminal.
• How-To : Program in C - Part 4, Web Development - Part 1, Backup & Sync Your Music.
• My Story - Making Money With FOSS
• Book Review - Ubuntu Kung Fu
• My Opinion - Italy Speaks OSS
• MOTU Interview - Andrea Colangelo
• Top 5 - Backup Solutions

Source: Full Circle Magazine

P1 has a new marketing strategy out. Instead of planning where to “P1 W1MAX” enable, they are asking their users to vote for the next “P1 W1MAX” coverage areas. the current top 10;

1. Petaling Jaya, SS2
2. Kajang, Bandar Sungai Long
3. Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Ipoh
4. Petaling Jaya, Seksyen 14
5. Seri Kembangan, Taman Universiti Indah
6. Puchong, Taman Puchong Permai
7. Kepong, Desa Aman Puri
8. Petaling Jaya, Taman Bahagia
9. Johor Bahru, Taman Istimewa
10. Alor Setar, Pumpong

Well, I guess it’s a good idea but what happens to the poor souls living in lover density areas? Will they have to wait till all hot spots have been satisfied before being serviced? I hope not, P1 should identify key areas and continue their deployment as planed but keep the voting options open as a bonus feature. The voted areas should be serviced but not at the expense of the underpopulated areas.

If P1 is to kill StreamyX, one thing’s gonna be of utmost importance, that is to listen to your customers and keep them happy. StreamyX does a F**KED UP job at keeping it’s users happy and not to forget, they have the worst engineers ever!! I have been waiting for almost 2 months for an engineer to check my line!!

I need P1 W1MAX !! Vote for my area, “Taman Maluri, Cheras”.

TQ, TQ, 😀

Recently it’s being acting up with a “unknown error occurred (411)“  error during setup. The workaround fortunately is quite simple.

1. Go to Tools -> Foxmarks -> Foxmarks Settings -> Advanced
2. Change encryption to “Encrypt All”.

That’s it.

This from TM,

Dear Valued Customers,
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to announce that there is a disruption of its Internet services due to circuits fault on Southeast Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine cable network between Palermo (Southern Italy) and Alexandria (Northern Egypt) linking Malaysia to Europe. Due to this, customers using Internet services may now experience slow browsing while accessing websites hosted in Europe.

In addition, customers using other IP services such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to Europe may also experience some service degradation.

To alleviate the problem, some of the links have been rerouted to alternate routes to ease the congestion.

Restoration works on the affected cables are already in progress. However, in the restoration process, traffic to Northern America may experience minor degradation while traffic to other countries is not affected. TM expects the complete recovery of its services by December 31, 2008. TM will make further announcements on the progress of the restoration works.

TM wishes to assure its customers that it is undertaking all necessary measures to restore communications services for its customers as soon as possible.

Customers can call TM at 100 and select “Internet Services” or e-mail us at help@tm.com.my for any Internet related problems.

Thank You.

TM released this notice to it’s subscribers notifying them of the current Internet service interruption experienced by many. The disruption was caused by 2 submarine lines (SE-ME-WE-4 and SE-ME-WE-3) in the Mediterranean being severed. These were the same cables that were severed earlier this year too.

Restoration work is being carried out by the “France Telecom Marine” team and is scheduled to be completed by end of year or sooner. 

To be frank, I can’t tell the difference because my Internet has always been bad. Instead of spending billions on fibre to home, I personally feel that TM to should invest in more international lines. A third world country, so we claim, the Internet is the best tool to elevate our status. don’t ya think?

Source: BBC

Source: Mashable

For full size images go to my flickr.

Update: My primary desktop is now back to openSUSE once again. I’m spoiled for choice with Linux!

What’s new?

Brand new license

GNOME 2.24.1

KDE 4.1.3

KDE 3.5.10

OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Support for ODF 1.2, better Excel integration,

Linux 2.6.27.7 -

Improved YaST - new printer module, new partitioner module, new security module

See full new features list.

openSUSE is available for download in multiple formats, something for everyone;
openSUSE 11.1 DVD 32-bit
openSUSE 11.1 DVD 64-bit
openSUSE 11.1 DVD PowerPC
openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 32-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 32-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 GNOME 64-bit Live CD
openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 64-bit Live CD

Start downloading now! or if you prefer purchase the openSUSE 11.1 Box Set.

Don’t forget to share your openSUSE 11.1 experience through the multiple channels!

To download go to http://software.opensuse.org (don’t hammer the openSUSE wiki!). Also, if you download within the first 30 hours your download will be serviced by Akamai mirrors which are normally super fast.

Want the DVD? You could either buy one or become a Beta tester and contribute to get one for free.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 is out. It’s a security release so make sure you get it. Download Firefox 3.05

Fixes with this release;

• MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore
• MFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation
• MFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parser
• MFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control characters
• MFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message
• MFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure
• MFSA 2008-63 User tracking via XUL persist attribute
• MFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19)

Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0 | See the complete bug fix list.

1. vi the “/etc/selinux/config” file.

2. Change the following line;

SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled

3.  Save the file and reboot.

4. To verify if SELinux is disabled, run “dmesg | grep selinux”. You should see selinux=0

selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
audit(1229470429.628:2): selinux=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295

My /etc/selinux/config file.
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This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.

SELINUX= can take one of these three values:

#       enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. #       permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. #       disabled - SELinux is fully disabled. #SELINUX=enforcing SELINUX=disabled

SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are:

#       targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected. #       strict - Full SELinux protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted`

Download or view the calender.

Thanks Abinesh