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One of my friends ask me to make a tutorial on how to connect to the internet from Ubuntu using a dial-up modem. Here’s how to do it :First go to System-Netwok, when a dialog appear, click Unlock, enter password.Click Point-to-Point connection, then fill in the dialog with your dial-up internet account details, as shown.Click ...
Nothing related to the Ubuntu Fridge, but its a funny new term for a less than desirable latest release in a film franchise.
Hi there, sorry for being quiet for a while, but rest assured I was on some knowledge discovery mission to learn about building Slim Jim antenna for two way radio communication (specifically for Amateur radio band).This antenna is specifically built to resonates within 2 meter amateur radio band (144-148MHz). This antenna has been build with ...
Ubuntu is friendly enough to provide a nice and friendly warning to me about the status of the laptop battery that I currently use. With Microsoft Windows (at least Windows XP), the laptop simply dies when the battery looses its juice. \Its nice to have this sort of reminder when you really need to change ...
No real updates today, just a video I got from NetworkWold which caught my eye. Its about a boy suddenly turned into a teenage girl by the sheer power of Intel Core 2 Duo laptop. Upon learning that, he/she started to grope his/her own breast. I never thought Intel would ever make such commercials, ...
No wonder I kept missing my blog posts, my CMOS battery finally runs out after 3 years of use. Guess I need to get a new battery now, or else I might fscked some appointments.For the time being, ntpdate saves the day :)
Here’s a video that shows how my hometown, Alor Setar looked like.
There are times when you need a function that can detect strings which contains alphabetic characters. While is_numeric can find or verify whether a given string contains numeric character, there are no is_* function variation exists which tests for strings which contain alphabetic characters.However afraid not, you can still test for alphabetic string using ctype_alpha() ...
Record Management System (RMS) is perhaps one of the most poorly understood class in developing JavaME (J2ME) mobile application. Designed for small and limited mobile device, RMS provides basic facilities to store non-volatile persistent record on a mobile phone and by far its the closest thing to ‘database’ storage in MIDP/CLDC phone.Here’s a series of …
Thoggen is an application that lets you create backup of your favorite DVD. Thoggen feature an easy to use interface that is very friendly even to those who never rip a DVD before.
Thoggen accepts input from DVDs or VOB file, and then you can select your desired settings for the movies, either by quality of the video or the size of the final result (typically one would …
This guide might be a little different from the others because I write this for the Windows users. Here’s how to convert Microsoft OpenXML docx files to odf OpenDocument files (and vice versa) in Windows using only commandline :First, make sure you downloaded odf-converter tool and copy it to appropriate folder. Convert the files(s) using ...
I’m just informing you, my readers, that I’ve been busted back to application development work from a relatively administrative one. Rest assured, this is entirely my decision as I’m not currently under employment of any entity beside myself.Now where’s my cup of coffee?
Sometimes when you are about to ask questions or to get help about something related to your Linux computer, you might be asked which distro and the release of the distro you are using. Same goes if you need to fix something or install binary package for on someone else’s computer. The first thing ...
It has been a while since I make myself busy with outdoor side projects. I’ve been learning the basic principles of building practical VHF antennas for the past weeks. Here’s the result of my work, 2 Meter band Slim Jim AntennaI’ve completed a dipole and ribbon antenna for portable radio use. I might feature it ...
This will be my next homebrew project, a morse practice oscillator circuit. 9W2AZV and I are going to build this as we are preparing ourselves to perfect our Morse code sending/receiving skills. In the spirit of amateur radio/ham, we will homewbrew the equipment using easily obtainable parts from our nearest electronic stores. Here’s the circuitWe ...
I dont feel well lately as I found out that I’m hard to focus on certain things. The random lapse of attention made me worry a little bit. Probably I should restructure my way of thinking. I need something to do, something like developing an interesting and exciting system, something useful which can make me ...
For those who are wondering, I am a licensed Amateur Radio operator and my callsign is 9W2WTF. I live in the northern part in Malaysia, in a town called Alor Setar.As an amateur radio operator I usually monitor local repeater (145.525 MHz -0.600, tone: 103.5) and local simplex on 145.425 MHz mostly during night time. ...
Having a shared printer within a computer network is a nice thing to have. Since all computers within the network can access a remote printer to print documents. Maintenance cost is much more cheaper and easier since you only need to service only a single printer within a network.Here’s how to enable Printer sharing with ...
The popular Free and Open Source Office application,OpenOffice.org is going to have OpenXML (*.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx) support by default. Scheduled to be release on September 2008, OpenOffice.org 3.0 packs a lot of features you might find interesting :Import PDF files support. PDF documents can be edited in WriterOfficial Mac OS support, now includes native “Aqua” ...
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