I enjoy listening to music while doing my work, but doing it with online radio is not really enjoyable as during daytime, it’s hard to listen to 128 kbps stream without buffering issue, thanks to TMNut’s Streamyx. Even if (at times) it’s ok, the bandwidth is better saved for other meaningful purposes. What I did [...]
I’m on my way to my hometown now for this 4 days CNY break, and thanks to this Huawei E600 UMTS data card, I’m able to post this blog entry while having some light meal on the roadside. I’m a registered Celcom 3G unlimited plan, and with it I can enjoy 3G connection with my [...]
My current job deals with deploying wireless network (WiFi), and part of my job routine is to scan and get some details of the available access points (APs) in the area. This simple script is useful if one can’t get Kismet running, and also as in my case, when Kismet is considered an overkill for [...]
CD / DVD burning was quite a nightmare for me and my Gentoo on Inspiron 6000, since CD burning won’t go faster than 10x speed, choking the CPU at 100% utilisation, and very prune to buffer underrun, even if I just leave my favorite burning software doing it’s work without disturbance. When it comes to [...]