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1800+ email messages in your Inbox?
Do you have this problem? Too many emails in your Inbox? I have 1800+ in mine! Zero email in your Inbox is like Zero items on your Desktop. Clean, efficient and effective, not to mention easy on the eye too. These days with so many email messages flying in from all direction (legit or spam), [...]
15 June 2008 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
USB Monica DAC
Here’s the low awaited USB Monica. Of course, shown above is the Plug and Play solution. The PCB solution is available too. Just check out the e-store. Now the USB Monica is not like any of those commercial offerings out there. First the DAC chip uses EIAJ, not I2S format. Why this this a big [...]
19 June 2007 | Computer stuffs, diyparadise | No Comments
New Contact Form
Everyone knows spammers are the bane of the Internet. They are everywhere, obnoxious and just wouldn’t go away. One of the things I regretted doing my website the old way is that, I included my email address at the bottom of every page. Now that I have so many pages, removing them isn’t trivial and, [...]
13 April 2007 | Computer stuffs, diyparadise | No Comments
How to detect fake websites
Not even a week goes by without me receiving “phishing” emails. You know those emails that are supposedly sent by legit companies like ebay.com or paypal.com purportedly asking you to login to your account etc and then they’ll take your login details and help themselves to your account. Even bank websites are not spared. I [...]
26 October 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
Ubuntu – Alternative OS
Ubuntu – “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”. Ubuntu is an alternative Operating System. It’s based on Linux and available as an open source project. Meaning it’s FREE and ANYONE can update/improve it. I played around with Linux couple years ago but there’s a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo which [...]
3 October 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
blah blah blah… dnsbl.njabl.org see open proxy — 1111915532
I have been using my Mac for weeks without problems when suddenly my Mail program couldn’t send out any emails. Every time it tries to, it says “blah blah blah no response blah blah blah at dnsbl.njabl.org see open proxy — 1111915532″. Cryptic eh? I contacted my webhosting company. They asked me to try using [...]
25 September 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
Google Analytics – cool tool for website owners
If you own a website and you haven’t heard of Google Analytics… where the hell have you been? By inserting some scripts from Google Analytics to your website, Google could analyze and provide all sorts of data about your web for you. You can find out how many folks visit you, how many pages they [...]
10 September 2006 | Computer stuffs | 1 Comment
Alternative ISPs in Malaysia
The only way a company with inferior products could dominate is by monopolizing the market. Having equally incompetent competitors help too… After my recent “bout” with TM, I searched for alternatives. Here’s my views of them. Jaring. A government body, said to be the second largest ISP in Malaysia. I was told their dial-up isnt [...]
30 August 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
ISP woes…
This may not concern you if you are not based in Malaysia but thought I’ll share my recent experience with local Internet Service Providers (ISP) after another “harrowing” experience of being disconnected from the rest of the world. Well, in virtual means, that is. Like most Malaysians without a choice, I have been using TM [...]
30 August 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments
Yahoo, MSN, GoogleTalk… I’m confused!
Say Mr Casanova would like to chat with all his ladies at the same time but couldn’t do so as each use different instant messaging accounts so what does Mr Romeo do? Install Gaim! Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. Powerful eh? With Gaim, you could [...]
21 August 2006 | Computer stuffs | No Comments