Milestones

Flickr

Alvin — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:15:05 +0000

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

My Shuffle Just Died

Alvin — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:05:54 +0000

It may not be the best flash drive and mp3 player in the market, but Apple’s iPod Shuffle, surely captured my eye (and millions out there) to own one.

Unfortunately, my 1GB “smaller than a pack of gum” device, for unknown reason, failed to operate on September 6, 2006 and shows green and orange flashing lights.

Since my shuffle also can’t be mount on my PC, I have no luck updating its software (that Apple claims to solve the problem) or format it but to return in my nearest AppleCenter in Megamall. Good thing they accept and replace any Apple products under warranty even you didn’t buy it directly from them. FYI, I bought mine on Apple Store Online (April 11, 2006), and had a chance to have it engraved.

I wish that Shenron from Singapore will be able to revive my ~~Dragon Balls~~ iPod, or at least replace with a new one. Now I’m missing it and counting 2-3 weeks for its arrival. I forgot to take a picture of my iPod Shuffle as a remembrance.

Useful Digital Photography Links

Alvin — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:28:18 +0000

Not all who owns a digital camera is a ~~professional~~ photographer. Everyone starts as a newbie. Here, I compiled web links from Canon and Microsoft website into a PDF file. This file contains tips and tricks on how to take great pictures, enhance, and print them. You should have an internet connection in order to visit the links listed here. So download now and start reading!

How do I met Fedora

Alvin — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:19:39 +0000

Oh, it seems like yesterday when I held my Internship Training at PKI as a Programmer Trainee during my college years. The company is eyeing on Linux to migrate their server because of frequent network problems. The flavor of their choice? Red Hat. I became curious about what this Operating System has to offer. They say RHCE is the hottest IT certification where certifieds get high salary. That was 2002, the year of Windows XP.

A year after, I graduated and worked as a Software Developer. Suprisingly, the company's network server is Red Hat 8. To satisfy my curiosity, I bought a newer version (Red Hat 9) and installed it on my workstation. During my idle time, I play with it and even print some manuals straight right there in the office!

I haven't had the time to examine the nitty-gritty of Red Hat, so I was stuck on the basics- the GUI and some essential console commands. I haven't installed or configure any server softwares yet, nor have compiled a kernel. In short, I'm still a newbie. The same applies from Fedora Core 3 to 5, the successors of the free version of Red Hat. I have not tried 1 & 2.

As you can see, Red Hat greatly affects my choice of distribution. Partly because of its name and stability. And this is the distro I am used to, just like as you find it hard to abandon your religion since birth. I also met Ubuntu but felt overwhelmed with the "default" packages of the same functionality installed. You may ask, why Gnome for the desktop environment? Many surveys and forums said KDE is more popular, but it never hit my mind to try it. You guess it right… I like the default, I always try first the default, and easily get used to the default! (An evidence is the theme of this blog) You maybe know that the default desktop of Red Hat since version 8 or so, is Gnome.

So enter to my Linux world! All newbies are welcome. And I, personally, will always be a newbie.

FYI, I use Linux to post this.

Hello world! Version 1.0 released!

Alvin — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:20:28 +0000

I'm glad I am welcome to WordPress.com. This is my first post. I edit this and start blogging.