Dear Boonex : Kindly hide the 'password' field, Thanks

Hmm.. First post of 2010 in late February.. woohoo, super demn lazy huh. Thanks :)
BTW, just try out yet another so called house of social networking stuff, Boonex. Surely you can download, play, test out all their features but wanted to highlight here is that the process during the creation of a new (unity) account. (one of boonex goodies)

Create a New Account : http://www.boonex.com/unity/id/account

As you can see on the pic above, the password filed is visible.. yeah... me can se yours.. haha.. For some, maybe its not a big issue, but hey.. i don't like it. Anybody?

Make an ISO image of a directory on Linux

For my quick reference...

mkisofs rawks!!

To make an ISO from files on your hard drive, create a directory which holds the files you want. Then use the mkisofs command.

mkisofs -o /tmp/cd.iso /tmp/directory/

This results in a file called cd.iso in folder /tmp which contains all the files and directories in /tmp/directory/.

For more info, see the man pages for mkisofs, losetup, and dd, or see the CD-Writing-HOWTO at http://www.tldp.org.

-SG

Arghhh!! mysqld can't start: ERROR /usr/libexec/mysqld: unknown variable 'binlog_format=mixed'

Still stuck in the middle of starting mysql daemon in Centos.

..using
# /sbin/service mysqld start

Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
Starting MySQL: [FAILED]

my error msgs....
# tail mysqld.log

090828 16:16:31 mysqld started
090828 16:16:31 [ERROR] /usr/libexec/mysqld: unknown variable 'binlog_format=mixed'
090828 16:16:31 mysqld ended

...bulldozing at every corner of forums and techi help site...

Dudes?

Tags: mysql, mysqld, centos, daemon

It's Here : Eclipse Galileo

I've download it yesterday (PDT)... Yummy.



..see. It's galileo on my PC. woohoo


...new includes

* New support for Mac Cocoa 32 and 64 bit.
* New Memory Analyzer tool to help analyze memory consumption of Java applications
* PHP Development Tools (PDT) 2.1 is first PHP toolkit to support the new PHP 5.3 language release, including namespaces and closures.
* New Mylyn WikiText support for editing and parsing wiki markup.
* New XSL tooling for XSL editing and debugging.
* Developer productivity improvements to Business Intelligence Reporting Tools (BIRT) report designer and performance.

Press Release

USD7.4 Billion : Oracle to buy SUN (remember MySQL)

I don't have that amount of money. Even one-third, one-thirtythousands or you name it what you like .....from the said USD7.4 super crazzzyyyy Billion... woooo... does the economic slowdown is getting its momentum? The so called da 'bounce?

Read On :

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt.

Wow!!!


Double wow wow!!!

No thats is what I call... Giant!

Tags: sun, oracle, buy out, mysql, database, news

The Best Job In The World : AUD150k in 6 vacation-months, What Say You?

What is the best job in the world?
1- Engineer?
2- Medical Doctor
3- Clown?
4- Actor?
5- hehe... programmer?
......

Up to you dudes to justify.. choose or whatever act to make sure your job or your dream job is THE best job. But.. right now.. I'm so very excited to grab this opportunity :-

"The Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef."

..the job description...

Explore and report back
There’s so much to see and do, so you’ll have plenty to write about in your weekly blog. And with so much life above and below the water, you’re sure to capture some entertaining moments for your video diary and photo gallery. To keep you busy, Tourism Queensland will organise a schedule of travel and events on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Your schedule could include sampling a new luxury spa treatment at qualia on Hamilton Island, trying out new snorkelling gear on Heron Island, or bushwalking on Hinchinbrook Island.

Feed the fish
There are over 1,500 species of fish living in the Great Barrier Reef. Don’t worry – you won’t need to feed them all.

Clean the pool
The pool has an automatic filter, but if you happen to see a stray leaf floating on the surface it’s a great excuse to dive in and enjoy a few laps.

Collect the mail
You’ll have some time on your hands, so why not join the aerial postal service for a day? It’s a great opportunity to get a bird’s eye view of the reef and islands.

wow... definitely THE BEST!

Tempted? Apply..

Prepare your super duper unique 60secs vid of yourself.. to accompany your application.

Tags: The Best Job In The World, Best Job, Jobs, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Holiday, Queensland

The Coolest Internal Server Error : Youtube Error 500

This is the first time I encounter such error message from the great 'youtube'. And... woooo...

"... team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to this situation..."

How cool is that :) ....

Tags: youtube, error 500, html error code

Silverlight RSS Reader : Mr Bahau on the front page of Silverlight Showcase :)

Big Kudos to Mr Bahau (one of the dudes) , with his great 'achievement' for being listed at the frontpage of Silverlight Showcase... represented by his 'award-winning' Silverlight Berita Harian (local newspaper)...

Perhaps he can elaborate a lil bit about his 'pet' :)



5 star isn't enough!!



Still... 'beta' :)

Tags: silverlight, microsoft, malaysia, showcase, RIA, blend

TechNet MSDN Technology Summit 2009 : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Registered.. Approved.. and ready to rock with it! See ya there dudes..
Really can't wait for track number something2... 12:00pm – 1:30pm : Lunch (at your own) hahaha...

Free brand new Windows 7 Beta DVD.. hmmm.. not that bad. And one more thing... "free" wireless available. :)

Great news to all Malaysian IT professionals & software developers! After a three year hiatus, TechNet MSDN Technology Summit is back in Kuala Lumpur! This time, with more promising speakers and exciting topics of current and emerging technologies. Attend and you’ll be the first to see a special early preview of Windows 7! We have a full-day of action packed sessions to help you sharpen your skills with the latest technologies in virtualisation and Business Intelligence. Get all the latest information on brand new product releases like SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and the Visual Studio development platform.

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT: All registered attendees will get a COPY of Windows 7 Beta DVD.

The first 500 registered attendees will have a chance to receive a Mystery Gift*. Simply visit http://technet.microsoft.com/windows and print out the main page to redeem the gift at the event. Additionally, the first 1,000 registered attendees will receive a FREE COPY of ‘Clustering for Dummies – WINSERVER 2008’.

Don’t miss this opportunity to speak directly with Microsoft’s experts. Get your IT colleagues to join us and be one of the first to learn how to use these exciting technologies.

Tags: TechNet, MSDN, Microsoft, Malaysia, KLCC, Windows 7

This webpage is not available : Maybank2u (At this moment)

"Too many redirects?" ... (or too many attacks?)

Hmm.. am I the only dude getting this error or what? Did anybody face the same lovely error messages as well. Good :)

Keep on trying mate..

1st try..
(as depicted in image attached)

2nd try

Error 320 (net::ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE): Unknown error.

Tags: maybank2u, maybank, malaysia, error, redirect, web 2.0

Cannot find the declaration of element 'Request' : AirAsia version of org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

Error in GetGTAHotelInfo..org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element 'Request'

Yupp... thats the very 'special' error message when i try to browse for the best available flight + hotel arrangement at GuangZhou, China by AirAsia.

Maybe below snippet can somewhat 'help' you guys at AA..

You need to set namespace awareness to true on the DocumentBuilderFactory.
XML schema validation requires namespace support.

Thanks.

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org

....or....

The attempt to import an XML file results in the error messages given above.

Solution: Your XML file contains an invalid schema or namespace declaration. Check the request element for typographical errors or missing attributes. The request must have the following form:

xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_1.2.xsd"
...>

That's is for the first try. My second try resulting another error that stated... "Error in GetGTAHotelInfo.Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Anybody?

Ideas Into Reality : Microsoft Research Beta

Wow.. brand new design of the Microsoft Research Web Site. Quite amaze by the overall layout, published as 'easier to use'.. hmmm...
Also new style of navigation and site organization, browsing... searching (by Live of course) and much more..

Do check image above.. how they design a cute hourglass... woohoo... like it

Give 'em a try... or maybe more.

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) New Website : Version 14 or 1.4?

Cool. The awesomeness is there.. much more neat, clean and so-called-Web-2.0 kinda site. Kudos to the whole team.

But few points I want to bring forward is just the positioning of near full research article on the front page and a tricky copyright years (from 2008 - 2012) at the bottom of the site.. Hmm.. Any comments?

Tags: UiTM, Malaysia, Selangor, University, Technology, MARA, website, design

Whoa! Google Chrome Has Crashed : Oooppss

After few months of toying around with Google Chrome 0.4.154.29 with so much proud and confident :) , finally the 'whoa' thing came out for the first time... hehehe

It crashed baby... yeah... how? I just trying to clear browsing data, using the clear 'everything' option... luckily just the browser crashed, not 'everything' :)

Maybank2u New Login : For how long? :)

Just finished top-up my prepaid credit with so-called brand new Maybank2u Web 2.0.. and hey, the login now was directed to the 'supposedly' Web 2.0 version of the login features. Hehehe.. Don't know since when this login thingy UP and running. The last transaction I did, still went to the old-reliable Web 1.0 logon precedure.. :)

Since it launch in September this year, there are some hooh haah wow wee.. about this site.. and the most popular is its 'slowness' to log into the system.. but maybe, they are 100% confident to 'release' it now.. Congrats anyway.... We trust you... Tigers!!

Wowwee : 11Million Skypers Online..

Nope, its not a brand new design for wifi device, access point or antenna kinda stuff.. but i just captured my skype client, stating its current online users. The number just more than 11 million users.. Not interested? Yeah... hahaha...
Just wondering if this lowsy blogsite can reach that amount of unique users... say.... daily?.... wowweeeee...

Free Copy of OpenOffice : In Java Update Ads

"The global Standard in free, Microsoft compatible office productivity software..." hmmmm..... the big M$ was mentioned in Java Update pop-ups. Not really a big hoo haa actually, but for me.. it's kinda officially endorsed somebody else thingy in your product campaign or initiative ... :) (which is nobody didn't want to argue about that)

Do You Flock?

"The Social Web Browser"... Is it or just another web browser trying to be your favourite surfboard?.... With great taglines such.... You Have Needs.Flock Knows. ...... The Browser That's All About You..... hmmm... so cool...
For me, its is a very straight forward.. Flock is Awesome!

"Get Flock and rock the Web without breaking a sweat." -hahaha

Tell us your story dudes!

The Awesomeness Continues : Facebook in Bahasa Melayu

Now this is what I can called cooool. One of the most "IN" thing.. in your own mother tounge really help, if not for me.... maybe for few other millions (and some granmas and granpas too).. yeah, like i said... the awesomeness continues.. Kudos FB!

(this post finally being posted after numerous attempt due to bad broadband sevices and a cup of black-thick-coffee at Al-Barokah)

Tags: facebook, malay, bahasa melayu, social network

Free : The World is Just Awesome - FOSS.my 2008

Awesomeness continues in about 25 days .... Well, if you love those "free and open source software" out there.. maybe this event is a must-go especially for those who live 'near' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. But hey, we'll love to have all of you foss-freak from all over the planet camping in KL for that 2 days (got more fund, then stay longer). More about foss.my

..or else.. you're too boring to attend the event, just bring your empty stomach to try out all you can eat stuffs , Malaysian style.. hahahaha

1. Durian "fear factor" King of the fruits



2. Extra Hot Pregnant Heavily Chilli-ed Crab




3. Gear Box Soup (ox-special parts soup)



(item 1,2,3 is not part of the foss.my event, bring your own dollars for it)



The Ultimate Free! (..if you can crunch 'em)

Tags: free, free software, foss.my, foss, malaysia, kuala lumpur, foss 2008, durian, crab, gear box soup