You changed my life and my career. You changed the world for the better. Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs.

I wish Selamat Hari Raya to all my muslim readers and Happy Independence Day to all Malaysians.

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Wishing everyone a bright, healthy and happy new year 2011!

For Windows and Linux versions, check out these custom extension builds from Gears Google Group. If you are Mac OS X users you can get it on Google Code.

I’ve tested the Mac version, so far everthing’s working as expected. I believe official builds by Google will be coming very soon if you’re happy to wait.

Requires Firefox 3 and Mac OS 10.4 or higher.

Get it! http://code.google.com/p/firefox-mac-pdf/

SmartSleep is a preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your macbook (pro).

4 states available for you to choose :

1. sleep : machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents)
2. sleep & hibernate : machine sleeps and hibernates. (default)
3. hibernate only : machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used)
4. smartsleep : lets your macbook (pro) just sleep while the battery has a high level. If the battery level drops below a certain point ( default is less then 20% or 20 minutes ) it will switch to sleep and hibernate.

Download HERE

Ok. Have fun with it.

If you migrate from linux based operating system to Mac OS X (which is also unix based os), you’ll be missed your root account. It is because “root” user is disabled by default because it’s so special. But you can enable your “root” account in Mac OS X.

1. From the Finder’s Go menu, choose Utilities.
2. Open Directory Utility.
3. Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.
4. Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.
5. Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.
6. Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, then click OK.

Via Apple Support

… And you can test it. Open terminal, type “su -“. Then, type the password you defined in the steps above and walla! you’re now “root”, the master of your machine.

1. Download Huawei USB Driver.
http://homepage.mac.com/timhaigh/E220_Drivers.zip

2. Make sure your huawei not connected with your machine. Install driver MacDriver(2.7)-intel.pkg

3. Plug-in your huawei USB.

4. Go to “System Preferences / Network / Location / Edit Locations” and add a new location named “HSDPA” for example.

5. Select Huawei Mobile. Add new configuration, example “Celcom”.
Telephone Number : *#99***1#
Username : (Keep it blank)
Password : (Keep it blank)

6. Click “Advanced”. Choose Other, and then Huawei Mobile Connect as a modem. Verify that “Error Correction” is checked, and verify that the dial mode is on “Ignore dial when dialing”. Click on the PPR tab, choose the settings “Config” and make sure that “Send PPP echopackets” is unchecked.

7. And you’re ready to connect to your celcom broadband. Walla!

Note : It also works with Huawei E220.

Greetings from Kota Kinabalu!

I am now in Kota Kinabalu. Last saturday I was in Johor Bahru, attended #barcampjb. And it was aaaawesome. These are some photos I took during the event.

More photos in myflickr. I also giving a session on facebook apps development. Thanks to Amran for his intro on facebook dev. We’re not prepared because we didn’t plan to present. This is one of the advantages of “unconference” concept. It is quite a much flexible and free structured where anybody can announce his session on the notice board. The speakers are free to choose the subject of their expertise to speak on. Thanks for those who attended our session.

ps: photo was taken by Ang Chin Han during my session.

Two thumbs up to the organizer. BarCampJB was great. See you guys @ the next barcamp, where ever it will be hosted.

Barcamp comes to the Johor Baru city 6th – 7th December 2008. BarcampJB is an ad-hoc unconference and it is part of the Barcamp Malaysia movement. It is an intense community event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to participate.

Where to signup?
First 150 to register for BarCampJB 2008 will get a T-Shirt! Register Now and it’s FREE.

Where is the event held?
Menara MSC Cyberport (formerly Menara Sarawak)
Level 29, No.5, Jalan Bukit Meldrum
80300 Johor Bahru, Johor
Location Map

* Interesting Sessions

See you at Barcamp JB!