Where is my place ?

what happened after so long ?

2011-09-05T20:41:00.002+08:00

1. got a better job at the same company
2. she went and came back after 3 months in japan
3. bought an ipad 2
4. ssd for my xps and also copper mod

Samsung 40inch LED TV

2011-04-21T21:31:00.000+08:00

Saw this cardboard box used as a cover for a hawker stall.

Samsung UN40C6300 40-Inches 1080p LCD TV - Graphite

Something like that. I'm not saying hawker cannot afford these TVs but still its funny to see that they really bought one and used its box as the cover.

Kaspersky is More Annoying than a Real Virus

2011-04-21T21:27:00.001+08:00

Here i share my experience with Kaspersky Internet Security 2010/2011.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 3-User

I bought this with 2 other friends in early 2010 and began using it. I would say it works quite well. Nothing much to comment and review. What Im about to share is what happens after the license expires.

Here it is that shows my license has expired when I launch the application. What annoys is the picture below.

This message prompt pops up in steady intervals constantly reminding you the license has expired. I havent exactly timed the intervals but I believe its between 10 minutes. Its almost behaves like adware / malware itself by popping up again and again.

My take is if you dont plan to renew the license, better delete it off and use other free anti virus / internet security suites rather than this annoying pop up. Having said that, Kaspersky continues to function even after license expired. Only that it wont update itself in accordance to new threats.

Insanely Fast Corporate Internet Speeds

2011-04-12T19:34:00.001+08:00

Im wondering how do corporate companies have insanely fast internet speeds. Once I checked from speedtest.net it was an amazing 25Mbps throughput. And hey, it was consistently that way.

Few days back I went and download the iOS 4.3.1 firmware for jailbreaking my iPhone 4. The file size was 666MB. Guess how long did that take ?

www.tankuku.com

2011-04-10T12:31:00.002+08:00

Wait Long Long..

For those that are always waiting for the latest gadgets IN THE FUTURE.. The keyword is IN THE FUTURE...

iPad 3 , iPhone 5, so and so forth.

Please go to this website

Because it is a pointless and mindless neverending wait. When iPad 3 and iPhone 5 launches, there will be a better , faster and slimmer iPad 4 and iPhone 6. So why bother waiting for something that is IN THE FUTURE ?

Remember that for every second that you are waiting for the unreleased device, you are missing every second to enjoy it.

Edit : This post specifically targets iPads and iPhones because as you know, Malaysia is always few months lagging behind the official release. So when it gets released here, the next iteration of the device is around the corner. Waiting a little bit more and iPhone 5 will be launched in the USA but not Malaysia. What happens next ?

The whole waiting game repeats itself !!

Never Run Out of Power Again

2011-04-10T12:26:00.000+08:00

MacBook Pro 10 hours battery life ? So what ?

The picture says it all. Need more I explain ?

Typo Macbook Pro Sale

2011-04-09T19:32:00.001+08:00

Today came across a very funny typo ad.

Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

Somebody wanting to trade this item.

Problem is, its 99% SCRATCHESS !!

Thank God, A is still for Apple

2011-04-08T22:57:00.002+08:00

Remember when we were kids and there's this one thing that we go on and on memorizing it.

A for apple , B for boy , C for cat , D for dog , E for elephant..... so and so forth.

In the present day, with lots of lots of new tech savvy terms regarding to technology, the ABC has to be reinvented.

A - Apple

B - Blu-Ray

C - Canon

D - Dropbox

E - Ethernet

F - Facebook

G - Google

H - HTC

I - Intel

J - Java

K - Kingston

L - Linux

M - Microsoft

N - nVidia

O - Office

P - PayPal

Q - QuickTime

R - RIM BlackBerry

S - Sony Ericsson

T - Twitter

U - USB

V - Vista

W - WiFi

X - XP

Y - YouTube

Z - Zune

Thank god A is still for Apple.

MSN spam bot

2011-04-08T21:22:00.000+08:00

Today I log on my Windows Live Messenger aka MSN in the older times.

There was this bot that spammed me. Previously I would just ignore them. Today I replied them which I think give the bot a good "hi , i'm a responding human" , so it continued to spam me.

Here's a screenshot.

iOS 4.3.1 Untethered Jailbreak using redsn0w via Windows 7

2011-04-05T21:29:00.000+08:00

I have followed the guide from iclarified redsn0w tutorial to perform an untethered jailbreak of my iPhone.

The guide was nicely done but I think I have screwed it up.

I think the guide pretty much explains everything and theres no need for me to elaborate further.

Just remember to backup your phone and also make sure you're on iOS 4.3.1 before doing anything.

Here are some pics of my jailbreaking process.

My iPhone 4 Battery Performance

2011-04-05T19:22:00.001+08:00

All along I have always expected the iPhone 4 to have a decent battery life. And according to the Apple website, the iPhone 4 battery life should perform as below.

But according to my personal usage and experience, it doesnt match those data.

I have collected data for twice my phone reaches critical condition.

Bear in mind these statistics are only during minimal whatsapping and light gaming like angry birds.

If the enlarged battery capacity of the iPhone 4 yields such statistics I cant imagine what it is like on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs.

A Beautiful Wedding Video

2011-04-04T23:57:00.001+08:00

Venue : Bvlgari Bali

Cast : Early and Chloe ( The bride and bridegroom )

I dont know either of them but stumbled upon this video. Its beautiful.

Great job to the studio too.

To all guys, dont let your partner see this video. Im guessing it will cost a bomb.

A nights's stay the hotel is at an average of 1k USD. But if you have the money, its absolutely worth it.

Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit 2010

2011-04-03T23:09:00.003+08:00

Lets have a look at the trailer for the game first. Real life trailer.

The two main casts : Pagani Zonda Cinque and Lamborghini Murcielago.

I personally think the Zonda is dead ugly while the Lamborghini is dead sexy, even more so with the police decals.

The lamborghini used in the trailer.

The game revolves around the premise of a police and racer chase. Police in the fictional Seacrest County drive exotic sport cars to chase and knock down illegal racers. How nice.

For more info, head on to NFS wikipedia entry and the game's official website NFS hot prsuit.

I came across the trailer and found it very exciting and interesting. Imagine driving a Lambo chasing racers. You are essentially racing yourself !

Here are some photos / screen caps of the sexy Lamborghini Reventon from the game.

I cant help but think the police decals blend fantastically with the car.

Jailbroken Apps from Apptrackr in My iTunes Library

2011-04-03T22:59:00.002+08:00

Here to share my vast library of jailbroken apps.

I have some premium games that are downloaded from apptrackr which are then transferred into my iPhone.

Sneak peek.

iPhone , iPod touch , iPad apps.

Premium apps include Infinity Blade costs ( USD 5.99 )

Other fun and notable apps include Sentinel , Death worm , Geared 2 , Collision effect which some I got them for free when the dev released them for free for a certain period of time.

iPhone , iPod touch apps.

Premium ones include Mirror's edge , NOVA 2, NBA Jam , NFS Hot Pursuit , NFS Shift , Real Racing 2 , SF IV. Most are from apptrackr.

Last page of iPhone , iPod touch apps.

Imagine I would have to bought all of them from App Store that would cost a bomb !

Ex-Phones

2011-04-03T19:42:00.002+08:00

Going back through time as long as the gadgets are with me, I have owned few classical and special phones that are the top phones at the prime of their time.

Namely the Nokia 8850 , Sony Ericsson T630 and the Sony Ericsson k770i

These are the phones that I mentioned. Going through them one by one.

The Nokia 8850. Overall view of it. I bought it back at December 2005 from a second hand phone dealer @ Prangin Mall at a price of RM200.

Despite its rather scratched housing I think its quite a good deal. Its a good phone that does all the thing a phone should do. And with the sliding casing it just adds to the cool factor.

There are several issues with the mic, with the slider closed the mic is able to function but when the slider is opened the mic went deaf, went for repair several times and they were unable to fix it. Total usage duration December 2005 to mid 2007.

Sony Ericsson T630. Bought it back at 2006 I think, also from a second hand phone dealer at a rather cheap price. This phone gives me my first exposure to bluetooth. Able to send media via bluetooth and also pairing with a bluetooth headset. Takes rather good photos too with its Sony camera.

Cool factor from the mirror at the back and also able to take photos by pressing the button on the side. Eventually it failed to start up even via cable charging. Abandoned it soon.

Sony Ericsson k770i. The phone that I have used for the longest of time i think. Bought it from AP dealer at RM600 that comes with a 2GB memory card. It has the best camera among phones in its class. The rear camera slider is so cool.

With 3.2MP with autofocus, and marketed under Sony CyberShot, the photos were amazingly sharp. I'm able to take photos of the board in my lecture theater and after zooming in on my PC everything was so crystal clear.

Eventually the keypad goes berserk, becoming unresponsive and hard-to-press. Texting on the phone was a pain in the ass. Thumbs would become pain and grow numb. I just had to live with it for a few months before getting my iPhone 4.

My Wishlist ( Q1 2011 )

2011-04-03T04:03:00.002+08:00

My wishlist currently,

Apple iPad 2 MC769LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi, Black) NEWEST MODEL

Not that greedy, just a base model 16GB Wifi White will do.

Apple MacBook Pro MC700LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

The latest Core i5 Macbook Pro 13 inch. Still a little lacking in the resolution I would say.

Apple MacBook Air MC505LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop

Either item 2 or Macbook Air 11 inch base model . :)

Intel X25M 80 GB Solid State Drive with Internal SATA and Power Cables SSDSA2MH080G2K5

Intel SSD for super fast boot times on MBP !

Will be updated from time to time.

Funny banner ads

2011-04-03T03:50:00.000+08:00

I saw this at a popular forum in Malaysia , Lowyat.Net

Do you think I'm that lucky ? Are there any hidden conditions ? I didnt click it, as it will only waste a stroke of my mouse for clicking the close button for whatever pops out.

Apps for being fast

2011-04-03T03:48:00.002+08:00

The Apple App Store is the most vibrant community for apps in the world. Lots of developers write apps for the iOS. New developers ocassionally give out free 'promo codes' to the general public , which can then be redeemed from the App Store. This generally gives the public a chance to play the app and provide an honest review.

Normally there are few channels that you can obtain a promo code.

I got these apps from the twitter channel of the developers and also various tech magazines.

The codes are only a one-use code. So normally they would post the code out for the public and those early birds will get the codes. For a few months of trying to be fast, I got myself some of the codes.

Here are some of the links of the popular tech magazines and developer twitter channels.
Quantum Squid ( Veggie Samurai )
Halfbrick ( Fruit Ninja )
Rovio ( Angry Birds )
Infinity Blade

Tech magazines
PocketGamer
touchAholics
Gameloft_UK
TouchMyApps
iGiveaway

SlideToPlay

AppPicker
AppChronicles
SlideToPlay

Below are the apps for being fast.

All of these i got them for free ! Some of them are fun. Some of them are just plain boring. While some of them I never tried.

Accident

2011-03-14T21:22:00.000+08:00

I had a very bad week.

First , on Monday , I banged someone else's car. It was just a minor "kiss" I would say. Its a bad luck that his car was a Proton. I never believed how "milo tin" our national cars are until today. Mine was also a Proton Wira , 1.5 AT, famous for low power , low pickup and no speed. My leg wasnt on the pedal, just the D gear and such a glide-kiss would dent his bumper.

We both stopped at the roadside. Okay he looked like a nice guy, we went down to check his cars. Actually, we both didnt know what to do and being at rush hour around 6oc I decided to exchange phones and we can discuss later while we go back, rather than causing the massive jam. So halfway back, I called him and planned to ask him to come over to the workshop where i repair my car dents after i arranged an appointment. He said okay.

The next day , i forgot about it. And he called saying why not he take to his workshop and check with me the price if its okay then he'll proceed to repair. I said okay too since its inconvenient for him to travel up to my place.

The next day he called back and informed me that the quotation he got is a whopping 380 while i expected to be around 100 because thats why i paid to knock my bumper back in shape. During lunch time i went over to find him @ Agilent to see whats costing so much ?

So it was like this
His bumper internal frame was bent requiring repairs
The knocking of the dent
The spraying of the entire bumper

While cross checking with the price that I got from my workshop it was 70~80 for knocking the dent and 180 for spraying which totals up to 250.

I thought for a while. Well okay since i was the one at fault so I just agreed to fixing all that but asked him to negotiate for a lower price. He managed to get 350 while i was trying to have 340. He said he'll pay the RM10 himself. How nice ?

On that day to pass him the money, he collected 250 only. He said he didnt want to replace the internal bumper frame and understands my situation as a fresh grad.

Well I paid less, but that left me thinking was he such a good person ? Or he had bad motives in the first place. Hmm..

Follow Up : I hope !!!!

2011-03-08T21:40:00.000+08:00

Sort of a great news I received yesterday, 7th March 2011, 2 weeks after the interview. I heard that the manager has decided to hire me but they are in progress with the hiring but due to my nature as a contract worker, its a bit troublesome.

I have been thinking, what if I didnt accept the contract offer ? Might it be easier.
If i didnt accept the contract offer. I never had the chance to learn perl, write a perl script, get in touch with the internal job fair. What a dilemma.

Haih..

Nevertheless, I still continue to hope for that long awaited phone call from them. I hope its tomorrow.

Tearing apart my Pentium 4 system

2011-03-08T21:36:00.002+08:00

I have a pentium 4 system in my house, been here for about 6 years ! can you imagine that ! It even has a floppy drive. Well this system has been dormant all along only to be awaken recently due to sudden interest.

Theres a problem with old systems > 5 years. The system time keeps resetting every time you shut down. I realize its because of its CMOS battery that had died out all the while. Please keep this in mind when you revive an old system or else it will make you go crazy every time you boot up to set the system time.

Anyway, due to some unknown problems, the system eventually died. My dad got a new i3 system. But the main focus of this post is the tearing apart of my P4 system. Not exactly tearing, just dissecting to see if theres any salvage parts. The first thing on my mind is its 3.5'' hard disk. Although only 40GB in size, i figure it could be used to store some of the movies / media i have.

So this is what looks like inside the system. There we see the HDD , the motherboard , PSU, PCI slots, the CPU , PCH , and there's the famous floppy drive. How many of you still have it ? Of course, anybody familiar with setting up their own PCs might have spotted. Its HDD is a PATA drive. Saw all those ribbons ? How disappointing.

Another close up of the PATA drive. PATA drives are slower than SATA drives. This is very impractical as a storage medium.

Heres a close of up the floppy drive. Seeing the system board, I cant help but feel a sense of similiarity in my line of work. All the cabling and stuffs.

I HOPE !!!

2011-02-24T22:03:00.001+08:00

Last friday , taking opportunity of an internal job fair , i went for an interview.

On monday, the hiring manager contacted me and wanted to talk to the person in charge regarding my contract. I guess he was trying to arrange something for me to be converted. The chaos starts here. I gave him her email and office phone but he wanted her mobile number. I searched high and low for everyone that had the slightest possible of being in contact with her but no one have her mobile number. Then I tried to call the office to get her cell number. But she was in a meeting and unavailable to attend calls. All of this chaos !!

I only hope the hiring manager didnt have too much candidates and wouldnt mind all these troubles. Help ! Pray with me !

Yesterday , my curiosity overwhelmed me and I emailed him asking did he contact the person. His reply was

" Yes, will let you know our decision later "

Its an open ended statement. I can only hope they release my contract with no or minimal conditions.

Braun Mobile Shaver

2011-02-21T22:49:00.001+08:00

I have a problem of growing my beard faster than i can cut it. So all the while Im using a traditional manual shaver. The cuts are smoother and cleaner. But there is this problem of portability. I cant bring the shaver out and shave on the go. And there is also the problem of the shaving cream.

Braun/Oral-B-Div Of P & G Touch Up Mobile Shaver Mobile Mens Shaver Specialty

So on one fine day I went to bought a Braun mobile shaver @ MYR 149.90 and used it whenever i liked. This is what i found after 3 weeks of usage and cleaning the blade.

Heres a closer look @ the contents

My Nike Shoes - rebirth

2011-01-30T01:14:00.001+08:00

I have bought this shoes for last year during CNY. It was so shiningly and sparkingly new. But after a whole year of wear and tear. and countless procrastination, the shoes had deteriorated to this state.

Stains of dirt and dust and who knows what else on the top of it. Even the swoosh logo is also stained. And with CNY around the corner, 3 more days to be exact, I decided it its time for a cleaning.

These alcohol pads are obtained from a good friend of mine which had a bunch of those that he took while doing his internship at Gribbles Pathology. As you can see. It is clearly written, for disinfection use. Perfect.

This is how the shoes look after cleaning and wiping it thoroughly with the alcohol pad. First round cleaning.

The cleaned shoe, aside the uncleaned one. As you can see the stark difference by just a wipe.

I decided to go further with the cleaning. Next the shoes is taken to wash using detergent which greatly removes stain and also rubbing it with a brush. Some water is gently poured onto the surface to wash away the soap bubbles. The result is a very perfect and nice shoes. Rebirth.

Zodiac.pl

2011-01-27T23:34:00.001+08:00

Today while discussing about our Site MD sending a CNY greeting, we joked about him using a template and substituting the year and its respective zodiac sign. YH suggested it the zodiac might be a $ variable.

The $ variable is a common variable in perl. So I went and developed a simple script that allows the user to check whether that particular year is of which zodiac animal.

###############################################################################

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print " what year ? : \n" ;

$year = <STDIN> ;
chomp $year ;

@animals2 = qw ( monkey rooster dog pig rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse ram ) ;
$animals2 = @animals2 ;

$index = $year % 12 ;

print " $year is the year of the $animals2[$index]" ;

###############################################################################

The script uses the modulus operator , % to get the remainder of each division of the year against 12.
The index , $index is used to select which element of the array @animals2 to pick to determine what year is of what animal.

Notice the @animals2 array has been tweaked to adapt to our indexing counter $index.