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Do You Have Trouble Accessing My Blog?

Posted September 5th @ 8:28 am by Adino

I need your advice!
Many many people have reported to me that they have trouble accessing my blog.
Some of the embarassing comments I received are:
1) Are you hosting your website at your home computer? Why always down?
2) Did your blog get banned by the government?
3) I tried accessing your blog for several weeks, but can’t.
4) You […]

My New Apple iMac 20″ 2.66 GHz

Posted August 4th @ 8:28 am by Adino

As I mentioned in my previous post, I just got my brand new Apple iMac 20″ 2.66 GHz on Saturday.
It cost me RM5,299, which according to Google is US$1624.
I carried the box quickly to the car park, and headed for home. On the way to the lifts, I could see many people staring at my […]

The iMac Is Here

Posted August 2nd @ 10:28 pm by Adino

I just came home from One Utama, where I just got my iMac.
A detailed blog post will be up some time next week, but here are some teaser photos for you while I spend time familiarizing myself with OS X.

This blog post was written with my new iMac!
P/S: How come WordPress doesn’t recognize Mac’s Return […]

The Apple iMac Temptation

Posted July 30th @ 8:28 am by Adino

If you have read my frugal beagle blog recently, I wrote that I needed to get a new computer to replace my 5 year old Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop.
My needs are simple:
1) Space saving
2) Good quality
3) Should not be obsolete for another 5 years
Okay, maybe my needs weren’t so simple after all.
Requirement 1 means […]

Izzie

Posted April 17th @ 8:28 am by Adino

Here are some photos I took of Izzie.
1. In this photo, Izzie is sitting on my dining table. I got the sun-burst batik from Kota Kinabalu’s Filipino market two years ago.

My New Toy

Posted April 16th @ 8:28 am by Adino

I’ve been living in a state of confusion for the past few days.
It’s like I’m living in that zone between dreams and reality. You know that place you’re in right before you wake up? You’re aware that you’re dreaming but you are just enjoying that dream.
More than that, I feel like I’m between something old […]

TM Blocking Port 25: What Does It Mean to You?

Posted December 6th @ 8:28 am by Adino

If you haven’t heard the news about this, TM has blocked all traffic on Port 25 in its Streamyx network. Port 25 is the port that is used by servers to send email out.
This means that any email server that is using the Streamyx internet connection will not be able to send out any email […]

Beckham’s Unrecognized Talent

Posted November 6th @ 8:28 am by Adino

Let me tell you a story today.
Beckham, a web developer was tasked with redoing his company’s customer information portal. Using this website, customers can login to check their orders and commission points.
The old system was a legacy ASP (no, not the snake. It’s Microsoft’s version of PHP) system that looked like it came out of […]

If I Had Force Powers

Posted October 11th @ 8:28 am by Adino

This morning I was in the toilet when I got inspired to write on this topic.
If I had force powers, I would:
1) Clean my house
Adino chose a calm morning, and sat down in his living room. There was no wind, and the cheerful rays of dawn had not called the dew back to the heavens. […]

Work Related Question Today

Posted September 4th @ 8:28 am by Adino

I have a problem.
I have this intranet website that I just deployed.
The problem is, users from outside the branches can’t download images when they access the website over the WAN.
On their browser, the message “(1 item remaining) downloading picture lm.jpg” is displayed and the browser hangs.
Anyone encounter this issue before?
I checked Microsoft support and downloaded […]

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