/home/shakir

"I’m not sure". That was the answer my wife gave me when we were on our way to the medical center just now. And if she asked me, I would have answered the same. Maybe we have both mastered the art of being in control, and calm
We are now in the labor room, [...]

I’ve been posting quite a number of Linux howto / tips in this blog, and I felt like they are better served at a more proper place. With that I’m migrating my Linux related posting to LinuxRecipe.net, which is actually my other pet blog.
Among other reason for the migration is that I prefer to have [...]

If previously I’ve been posting about changing file’s name based on it’s metainfo, this time I’m gonna talk about the opposite, specifically in changing MP3’s ID3 tag using Kid3.
The package is installable in Ubuntu / Debian;

shakir@gutsy ~ $ sudo apt-get install kid3
After launching the program, add files that we want to change their ID3’s, and [...]

Was browsing some development blogs, and came to this slide;

| View | Upload your own

A scary thought; at least to me..

Basicly this is how my home network looks like;

As I’m upgrading the Linux I have in my Access Point, a.k.a. my home server, a.k.a. an SBC, I’ll just share it here in my blog.
Here’s what I need:

- SBC (Single Board Computer), wrap2c in my case
- Storage - I’m using 2GB CF card here
- Mini PCI [...]

Get to see this from my office’s window today;

and on 12x zoom of my camera;

Reminds me when net casting was among my hobby
 

I made another visit to MPH, but this time to its Mid valley branch, and managed to grab these;

Hope they don’t just collect dust..

I went to One Utama MPH to get myself the last available copy of the LPI Linux Certification In A Nutshell book, to not fail my LPI 20x exam, again Though I prefer Exam Cram series more for the purpose, this book seems to be the only option that I have, as other books [...]

I’ve been a happy user of this Huawei E600;

till I got a brand new Dell XPS M1330, which doesn’t have PCMCIA slot for me to plug this data-card.
I need to get myself USB based 3G card, and so if anyone have cheap Huawei E220 for sale, or wants to get my Huawei E600, please contact [...]

I’ve been using Nikon D40X on my previous trip to Jakarta (and Bandung). For this I need to update my previous script as there are few differences, as the following:

I set the camera to use RAW format rather than jpeg
Data transfer is through the laptop’s built in MMC card slot, rather than USB
I’m now a [...]