Why you should keep at least 50m away from lorries on our roads
Why you should keep at least 50m away from lorries on our roads. One bump or pothole at high speed and I’m sure a few bricks will come tumbling down. This post was originally...
Author: dotsha747
Cleaning Out My IBM Model M Keyboard
I received the 7/32″ x 75mm Nut Driver I ordered specifically to open up my IBM Model M Keyboard, so went ahead and started stripping it apart. There are 4 screws on the back...
Blast From The Past
My parents wedding (back in 1970) made it into the local papers and also the company newsletter … I found these in the house and decided to scan them for posterity. BOAC News, 4/6-71...
Adventures with Shared Libraries on Linux
Shared libraries (The equivalent of a dynamic link library in Windows) are bits of code which sit outside of a program, and can be shared by multiple programs simultaneously. Unlike a static library, which...
Alfa 156: New Foglights Installation
It’s been some time since an “alfa 156” post. Actually, it’s been some time since I’ve actually done much tinkering around with the car. A month or two back, someone was advertising a pair...
Alia: The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Problem Solving Methodology
Daddy: (blocks Alia’s path) Alia: “urrrrhhh…” (pushing daddy’s arm) Daddy: “Oh no, the door is locked!” Alia: “We need a key! Do you see a key?” Alia: “Is this a key? No …” Alia:...
IPV6 and Malaysian Telcos
Totally clueless on this, just wondering if any of you have any answers: (1) As a UNIFI VIP (home) user, what do I need to do to access an IPV6 server on the internet?...
Lenovo G460: No sound on headphones
Symptom: On Ubuntu 10.10, plugging in headphones, and the sound continues to play from the internal speakers. Fix: Append to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf: options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad So that’s one issue solved. Quite a nice keyboard on this...
Jaring UUCP: The end of an era …
Dear Customer, Auto-migration of UUCP-based e-mail service to new e-mail hosting service In our continuous effort to enhance our services, we will be provisioning a new e-mail hosting service to replace the existing UUCP-based e-mail service....
Notification Lights …
(11:04:59 PM) Ling Woh Soon: Not buying nexus s? (11:05:04 PM) shahada (gmail): debating […] (11:10:27 PM) shahada (gmail): […] the other stupid thing is no notification light. (11:11:14 PM) shahada (gmail): so you...
