SE K800i RMA

Yes, unbelievable. Its dead. Can't turn on. Tried pulling battery out, try another battery, try with and without M2, with and without SIM card. All cannot. DEAD.

It all happened when I was receiving a phonecall, then suddenly WHITE screen of death and the phone turn off. Then I tried to on again, got white screen. Then nothing else since then.

I must say I m rather disappointed at the quality of the SE phone now... So sad... :(

Maybe I should have reserved the "Goodbye My Love" for this phone as well... :(

Win XP NoSP, SP1 and SP1a will stop support on 10 Oct 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps

Read the above. Yes, its true, not a myth or anything. IF you are still not using XP SP2, this is a good time to consider moving on. If you are daring enough, go for Vista. But do expect 70% of your software will break.

For my poor friends who are still using dialup, you know who you are! You may want to pick up the SP2 CD from me.

Back from HITB 2006 Conference

Was a tiring and rush trip. Not to mentioned -$ for hotel, -$ for shopping in KL, -$ for no-apy leave and finally -$ for the conference. :P

BUT its well worth it. You know why? Cos I learned so much this time. And also lots of new faces and technology there. To mention some, got SCAPY (throw away netcat), IPv6 Hack from THC and others and other stuff.

This time round, we get to really hack something loh... Yes, I know... The bloody hotel internet charging system. Was a big mess I tell you. Well, in any case, since we are not basically bad guys, we still honestly pay for what we use. YES, with money, what do you mean with what?

Well, also get to see Anthony again, he is one of my favorite speakers. Others include Joanne who wrote the Vista Blue Pill (Well, finally I get to see her in personal, but anyway I was too shy to introduce myself :P) and a very interesting individual, Window. Yes thats her name. Ok, she was from Microsoft, but anyway she is the Chief Security Something-Or-Other (hei, thats the REAL designation ok?) of Mozilla now.

Coming to that we had decided to make some changes to our company front as well as some logistic things such as fancy email. Well, I actually would want to propose we have company designation like "The Tech Guy", "The Sales Guy" etc... It doesn't sound so stone. But this is Singapore... I am not sure how the locals takes that.

Well, I will post more on the conference later. Meantime, its rest and to disgest these stuffs.

Windows Vista RC1 5728

Another public release came out. The main difference is that this is not so well tested, but should contain more stuff and drivers because this version is meant for compatibility testing.

32 Bits
64 Bits

Go get it!

Nihon Chinbotsu 日本沉没 2006

For those of you who remmeber, Nihon Chinbotsu has been made into a TV series in the 80s. I very much enjoyed it. Now, its on the big screen.

I caught the trailer while watching another japanese movie today. The filming is completed and it has been shown in several film festival. I just hope I can catch this soon.

Anyway, here is the trailer :

http://www.nc06.jp/trailer/nc06_trailer3_l.mov

Lighting slot just got a bit cuter

Yes, this is the fitting slot for the lamp inside the bus stop advertisement panel. It does remind you of a bear does it not...

Bread Factory Horror

I think you might find thgese somewhere online, but those site are not what I recommend you see. Stanson Bakery in Malaysia is raided for non-HALAL compliance. But that is the least I care because what was shocking was the condition of the bakery. Also that is nothing I need to care unless I purchase these product. I took a spin at my kitchen and fainted....

(20 minutes later)

Ya, got those bread here. Was selling at 70cents per loaf last week. Must be due to this raid, clearing stock. Maybe change name and restart or what. Brand affected : High5, Sure Value.

So what sort of problem are we looking at...

1. Illegal Workers
2. Factory Hygiene Problem
3. No face mask and gloves

Well, better feed those remaining pieces to the cats downstairs now...

Nenshin! Gattai! GO AQUARION!

Another mecha anime surface about 1 year ago. Sousei no Aquarion.

http://www.aquarion.info/index.html

Finally got to start watching it.. Till 5 episodes now. Aquarion has elements of Getta Robo, Evangelion etc in them. Its about young teenagers with the power of the "elements" piloting the ultimate weapon of the human race, Aquarion against the fallen angels in the apocalypse world. The 3 fighter jets can merge in different configuration giving to different mech, Solar, Mars etc and of course, the ultimate Genesis Aquarion.

So far, I watched 5. I heard it get boring after a while, I shall wait to see... Meanwhile, just enjoy the part they transform. "Nenshin! Gattai! GO AQUARION!" Doesn't it sound like "GO GETTA ROBO!" :)

Food Festival Frustration

There is this Kelly's store which sells hot dogs and many stuff. The crowd is there and so is the squeeze. Well, that I can't complain. Not within the control of the store, but what happen was really unbearable.

I was there trying to buy the Takoyaki. Its Octopus balls in short, but lets not drill into the food detail. Anyway, there was no proper queue, then a lady from the left slot in. Shouted her order. OK, the girl from the store serviced hers. Maybe I didn't see her when I was there and she was here first. Then one lady slotted from the right and shouted her order. I also told her my order. What happened? With only barely enough for another order, she said have to wait... Then she pack for the lady who slotted in! Come on, this is sexually discrimination! You mean in Singapore there are such thing as auntie-priority? I was totally mad. I told her I wont buy anything from her and walk away!

Angry, of course I am! Firstly, I blame the store for not setting up proper queue lines. I also blame the store for hiring such stupid staff. These are staff that surely drive customer away. And for support, I hope after reading this, you can boycott and condemn this brand "Kelly".

OK, come back to the food. I think it will suck anyway. The Takoyaki is not made fresh. They fry up all the balls and put in a basket. When you order, she packs it into a box and spray sauce and flakes on it. This is unlike the true Japanese style where the ball goes straight from the pan to the box.

SE K800i Emulate MegaBass

Well, the fact is dun have means dun have...
But the least you can do is to somehow get the bass effect close to what MegaBass was.
To do so, go set the equalizer to manual.
Then Set it to a Valley shape.
That will be the both side full. The middle part low. Does not need to be zero...
Now try it.

Thats should give you something that is close.

Vista RC1 Build 5600

Yes, this time its confirmed. 5600 is RC1...
You can download it at :

32 Bits
64 Bits

Please read carefully the details at :
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm

And have your keys ready. Without it, you can't run it for long.

Sony Ericsson K800i Megabass-less

Yes, face it. THERE IS NO MEGABASS! And there will NEVER be. It cannot be flashed via firmware. Either it has the capability by hardware or it doesn't. Sony has splited very clearly to have the K series to now carry the Cybershot branding. This makes it a camera oriented phone. While on the W series, the walkman phones will carry the Megabass capability.

This is quite sad. To believe K750i has it and this comes to a downgrade. At least by specs anyway. But the good news is that, the bass is actually pretty strong on its own. So I am not saying the sound is like shit. In fact, I think its pretty good enough on its own. But it does not carry the Megabass logo kinda disturb me thats all.

JRE and Ubuntu and Firefox

And you thought Firefox is the most freely browser around. NOT!
I tried a few times installing the java plugins but never got it to work...
Anyway, this is the way to do it. Not using Firefox plugin download whatever...

Goto :
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Download JRE (Update 8 as of now) the Linux self-extract. Not the RPM, unless you are Fedora etc
Some of the other links brings you to Update 6 which is a waste of time if you ask me.
Well, it certainly wasted my time cos I need to download Update 8 again!

Then sudo or root yourself and copy the *.bin to /usr/java.
Now run : chmod 755 to make it runnable.
Then naturally ./ and run it.

Now Java is in. Next need to link the Firefox and Mozilla to this.
Goto /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.
Run : ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_08/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Don't blindly copy. This link goes to the Update 8... In future will be change. Make sure you know the directories exist etc. Anyway good Linux should complain it it doesn't.
Then do the same in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.

You are good to go now.

Somehow that some 400% more complicated then installing it in Windows right? I absolutely agree.

Sony Ericsson K800i Xenon Flash

Xenon flash is the new flash technology bundled with this new handphone which now carries the Sony Cybershot name. Lets see how good is the flash...






This picture is taken in pitch black. Total dakrness. I set the timer and flash it inside the store room... Dun judge me on the storeroom. Its a mess that even I avoid... But look at the quality of the output of the picture using flash...



This one is

almost darkness... I taken this in my room without any light... Notice you can even tell some of the brands and item there... Yes, I know its a mess, please dun leave any comments about the messy place. This means I got do work ok? But feel enticed by the Xenon flash...

Temesek Card

Ya, why? Cos there is Seiyu card, then Courts card etc... The nnow even capitalland mall card. Please dun make us carry so many cards. Just make one Temesek Holdings card and it will cover the whole of Singapore all in 1 card. Make sense?

You will be just surprise how much Temesek holdings covers in Singapore...

Forbidden Siren

A long time ago, there was a plague that killed many people on an island. A mermaid appeared before a man and saved his life, but in return, the village captured her and eaten her believing they can attain immortality. The vengence of the Siren mermaid has begun ...

This show is cool. Not bad. As good as Silent hill I feel. Go for it!

Vista needs to be activated in ... Days

See this :

OK, thats gives me about 2 days to go... But if you click Activate now...

Now I am confused. Is this 2 days or 13 days. I can't believe such a obvious bug exists!

Vista RC1 Breaks everything again

Just when I thought I got some of these things figured out. RC1 (pre-RC1) top be precise has broken everything I thought was working...

AVG - B2 ok, now canot load the GUI at startup
Daemon Tools - B2 ok, now cannot even install the driver
Fineprint - I cant remember B2, but I thought I got it working. Now RC1 cannot install.
WinRAR - B2 ok, RC1 ok.
Total Commander - B2 ok, RC1 ok.
Easy Media Creator - B2 ok, Have to try on RC1 to find out. No way I going back to Nero.
Office 2007 B2 - B2 ok, RC1 ok.
Paint Shop Photo Album - B2 ok, RC1 ok.
Paint Shop Pro - B2 ok, RC1 ok.
SecureCRT / Secure FX - B2 ok, RC1 ok.

Well, we do need to reconsider some of the software choices...