KOH KHO KING

FireFox 3 - tried…

Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I installed FireFox 3 few days ago.

Yeah, it is the latest and currently hottest internet browser in the world. Over 8 millions download during the launch day, Mozilla has applied to have it included in Gunesse World Record for the most download software in a day. They were targetting 5 million downloads, but exceed to 8 millions! They must have a super powerful (or many) server in order to serve that much request in a day. (more…)

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New Mouse from Logicool (Logitech)

Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

My Logicool MX Revolution wireless laser mouse has been acting weirdly in the last few months. Having multi-clicks automatically, which is very irritating.

My mouse is bought in Japan, has 3 years Logicool Japan warranty. I bought the mouse on 19th Dec 2006, which I have blogged about it at:

http://shashinki.com/blog/2007/11/18/my-cool-mouse/

The benefit of blogging, so that you can keep record of all your history, easy to check and search back.

I sent an email to Logicool with descriptions of my mouse problem. After a month (or many weeks later, can’t remember), they finally replied. I guess the late reply is due to me writing in English (few Japanese can read or understand English). After getting their reply and product return number, I was too lazy to pack and return the mouse, so waited for another 2 months plus until Logicool emailed me again the status of my mouse.

Just two weeks ago I finally posted the mouse to them. On last week, I got a brand new in box Logicool MX Revolution mouse from them. Yes, brand new in box.

This is a really nice mouse. Wireless mouse is great! Very convenient to use. You must try one if you haven’t. You will be hooked!

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1st Paper published at JMST - Maneuvering simulations of pusher-barge systems

Posted on June 12th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

My first paper, entitled “Maneuvering simulations of pusher-barge systems“, has been published, in JMST (Journal of Marine Science and Technology).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/m5h87873212u1r33/

The paper can be downloaded in PDF format in the link above.

My 2nd paper should be out in a few months time…

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macbook battery problem - free exchanged!

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Last week I noticed a problem with my macbook battery. My macbook shut down immediately and suddenly when I accidentally hit on the power supply loose. Yeah…it can be tripped OFF so easily. Then only I realize my battery is not working at all. When the power was plugged off, the macbook shut down immediately (power off). After some checking, confirmed no power from the battery.

With the convenience of internet, no panic, just do a search (google of course) for “macbook battery problem”. Within seconds, I found the answer.

There was a design problem with macbook battery (macbook pro also). You can read more at:

http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

Identifying an affected battery

Affected batteries will have one or more of the following symptoms:

• Battery is not recognized causing an “X” to appear in the battery icon in the Finder menu bar.
• Battery will not charge when computer is plugged into AC power.
• Battery exhibits low charge capacity/runtime when using a fully charged battery with a battery cycle count (as shown in System Profiler) of less than 300.
• Battery pack is visibly deformed.

I did the battery update and still can’t get my battery detected or charged. So, the next step would be to call up Apple support in Japan. Since it was late at night, so I made a phone call the following day. I think it was on Friday morning that I made the phone call.

Going through the phone call assistance, assuring the supporter person that I have done all the necessary steps to check my battery, gave them my apple serial number and battery serial number, done. By the way, there is an English phone support from Apple Japan, in case you (or I) can’t speak Japanese well. Macbook already out of warranty? No worry, Apple stated in their website that the service and exchange is valid even if your macbook is already out of warranty (my already expired the warranty period).

Today, Tuesday, I got my new replacement battery. No, I do not have to send them the faulty battery, the postman came and collect the old battery while delivering me the new battery (my wife took the delivery). Since I will be going to Taiwan next week, so the battery came right on time before my trip. I can’t imagine using a notebook without battery.

Well done, Apple Japan!

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New iPhone 3G, Twice as Fast, Half the Price!

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

“New 3G iPhone, Twice as Fast, Half the Price!” - This is the advert by Apple for their new iPhone 3G.

With 3G support now, we should see it coming to Asia very very soon!

Some rumors:

• Softbank Japan will have iPhone soon.
• iPhone will hit Singapore soon, not sure which mobile phone service provider will get it though. Singtel?

My opinion is that one need to have very fast internet connection in order to utilize the features of iPhone. Malaysia internet connection speed is still very slow, not sure how fun it is using iPhone in Malaysia as compared to other countries.

Will you get one?

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Speed Test of TEKQ Professional CF 8GB 233X + Buffalo MCR-A30H Card Reader/ Writer

Posted on May 30th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

Since I have both products in hand, so instead of asking others how is the speed of both (main interest in TEKQ speed), so I did a simple read and write test to the memory card.

TEKQ Professional 233X Ultra Pro CompactFlash (CF) 8GB Memory Card (Lifetime Warranty)

Buffalo MCR-A30H/U2 30 in 1 USB 2.0 High Speed Memory Card Reader Writer

The Buffalo MCR-A30H/U2 30 in 1 USB 2.0 High Speed Memory Card Reader Writer is among the fastest USB reader/writer in the market nowadays, so this should eliminates the bottleneck of the writing or reading speed of the memory card withhold by the card reader/writer.

Test Files

• Total File = 472 Jpeg files
• Total File Size = 2.01GB or 2,164,224,000 bytes
• Computer = Fast USB port (latest PC with 3GB memory and over 250GB free hdd space
• Time measured using online stop watch, hand/human accuracy = +-2 seconds

Results

• Read time (copy files from memory card to PC) = 108 seconds (18.61MB/s)
• Write time (copy same files from PC to memory card) = 371 seconds (5.42MB/s)

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Project Petaling Street - being SPAMED!

Posted on May 25th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog, Computer / IT.

Project Petaling Street website (http://www.petalingstreet.org) has been filled with SPAMS today (as of now…there are just way too many spam posts to distinguish the real blog post.

I guess spammers have found out the trackbacks URL of petalingstreet.org newsfeeder, hence sending lots of spam post to that site.

We shall see the site admin cleaning up the spam posts soon, and ban that spammer site from posting again. Hopefully there will be no change of the trackback URL.

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Google Analytics - Free Statistic Software!

Posted on May 25th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog, Computer / IT.

Google Analytics is a free statistic software provided by Google. Yes, it is free, it is from Google (anything from Google you can expect it to be really good!

I have been using Google Analytics for quite some time, more than a year or two if I am not mistaken. It gives a lot of details information about my website, which are actually more accurate than AWSTATS software in my own server cPanel. Eg. the visitors of my website should be from Malaysia majority, but AWSTATS shows that majority are from USA whereby Google Analytics shows that the majority are from Malaysia (which should be correct).

However, I have heard from others that Analytics does not give accurate tracking of your site statistic. For example, say your site has actual 5000 visitors in a month, Analytics might only tracked and showed you 3000 visitors in that month. I am not sure how true this is, but I do see some difference in number of visitors at Analytics and AWSTATS.

Besides the number, what I find really useful from Google Analytics is the [b]Traffic Sources[/b]. This shows you where your visitors are from (links). So you can take a look of which website gives you the most visitors or refer people to your site. In all of my sites, Google search is always the main source of my visitors. (Don’t under estimate the power of Google search engine). Yahoo search only brings me less than 10% of what Google search brought me.

So, how to use or activate Google Analytics to start taking information or statistic of your site? First you need to register an account at Google (if you already have an Google account, eg. gmail, then you can sign in to Analytic page directly using the same username and password):

[b]http://www.google.com/analytics/[/b]

After sign in, you need to add your website to Analytics. After adding your website, Analytics will give you a simple code that you need copy and paste to the page or website that you want to trace/keep statistics record. Take note that Google will only trace pages that have that codes in, so you have to place the codes wisely.

For blog, the best place to put the codes is in your header or footer. Personally I prefer footer to header, as it does not interrupt with the speed or loading time of my site. Details of how to put the codes is explained by Google in the Analytics page, so I will not elaborate long here.

Try it, you will love it!

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Windows XP Service Pack 3

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Some of you might have already know…some maybe not yet…

Microsoft has released the final and latest update for Windows XP, Service Pack 3 for all original Windows XP users.

Highlights:

1. Your Windows XP must be original in order to update and upgrade to SP3. There will be a verification performed prior to the update.
2. Update is done by connect via internet to Microsoft website, using the Windows Update feature in your Startup. I am not sure if there is any other way to update or not…probably yes…but not sure.
3. This is the last update from Microsoft for Windows XP, which is considered as the most successful and popular Windows system at the moment. Many are reluctant to go over to Windows Vista…my new PC is still installed with Windows XP and is running smooth and fast.

I did the upgrade just now and took around 30 mins to finish. Must restart computer after updating. I did not notice any changes in my Windows…maybe need to head over to Microsoft to see what are the update is all about.

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Very hot product! TEKQ Professional 233X Ultra Pro CompactFlash (CF) 8GB Memory Card (Lifetime Warranty) @ RM155!

Posted on May 1st, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

The very latest and now selling product at ShaShinKi.com!

TEKQ Professional 233X Ultra Pro CompactFlash (CF) 8GB Memory Card (Lifetime Warranty)

Original price = RM255.00. By using the discount code below, you will be able to get a RM100 OFF! Making the memory card price only RM155.00!

Discount Coupon Code (-RM100 Off!): TEKQ-1 (key in the code in the Payment Page at ShaShinKi.com)

Free PosLaju Shipping within Malaysia!

TEKQ Memory card is made in Taiwan (the kingdom of world famous memory card makers), with product life time warranty. The speed of 233X ensures that you are not only getting the big 8GB memory space, but also the high speed performance for your digital SLRs!

Only available at ShaShinKi.com, for a limited quantity for this special offer price only! This offer is originally valid for PhotoMalaysia members only, but now I am offering it to my blog readers.

Happy shooting unlimitedly!

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ShaShinKi.com Design Version 2

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

I have again spent my last weekend in updating the design of ShaShinKi.com, trying to give a more advance and elegant look to it.

The homepage or door to ShaShinKi.com store is still the same. The major changes is the shop part.

In my initial design theme, the main colour is black, with gradient grey and white. My wife said that it is not so good to make the website looks so dark, so I change the background to something more refreshing, but not too bright or unfriendly for the eyes.

I chose red as the main colour of the background, not the bright eye piercing red but dark elegant red. I want the feel of big curtain in an orchestra hall, presenting the store of ShaShinKi.com to the world.

Here’s a thumbnail view of the site:

Besides the background, I have also changed the infobox bar colour to something more 3D and also enlarging the font so that it can be read easier.

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Search ShaShinKi.com for photography products

Posted on April 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

Search ShaShinKi.com for photography products - Cameras, Lenses, Accessories…

Testing to see if the codes will work or not.

Update:  Yes, it works!

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Just loss $$$…USD to YEN

Posted on April 18th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I just loss $$$ within a few hours…

USD to YEN exchange rate is really poor these few months. I have waited and waited and waited…till cannot wait any more so today I changed out some money…yeah…at the lowest in the graph above…and suddenly after a few hours USD sore HIGH like rocket!!!

Err…arh…ouchh…

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New Product Page Design at ShaShinKi.com

Posted on April 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

I spent the last weekend in redesigning the product page at ShaShinKi.com, I am pretty happy and satisfied with the results…so here to share with you all my excitement.
I have always wanted to make the product page more user friendly, clearer and easier to browse. With my limited knowledge in php, I have to spend extra time to try and error.:P

Here’s the results:

What are the changes?

1. Product image has moved from right to left.

2. Bigger product image (250 x 250px) now, give clearly view of the product.

3. Clear listing of Brand, Category, Model #, Stock Status, Price and Quantity selection.

4. For product/s with Option, it will be shown below the Price before Quantity.

5. Boxed Picture. Personally I find this makes the image neater to show.

6. Brand name Clickable, to browse products under the same brand.

7. Added a title bar “Product” to the right column of the product page.

I hope this gives a better shopping experience to my customers at ShaShinKi.com. You can see the actual product page in action at:

http://shashinki.com/shop/nikon-full-frame-digital-12mp-live-view-9fps-p-1167.html

Happy shopping!

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What types of RAW files does Epson P-5000 & P-3000 support?

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

As of March 2008, Epson P-5000 and P-3000 supports RAW format images from the digital SLR cameras listed below:

The camera models listed here have been tested by Epson and were found to be compatible. Other camera models may be compatible, but have not been tested.

** In order to view RAW images from these camera models, make sure you update your P-5000 & P-3000 firmware to v1.20.

Firmware download at:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/s…

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How many email spams you received daily?

Posted on March 15th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Nowadays, spam is unavoidable in our email account.

How many email spams you received daily? I have been using my gmail account for around 3 years, and now…everyday I received around 150~200 spams in my gmail account. That’s more than 5 times of the actual emails in my inbox!

I have read some research conducted online that more than 90% of our daily emails are spams, with the left over 10% being the actual email that we would want to read.

How to deal with spams? It is possible to avoid spam?

There are NO LAW to shoot down spammers, but many server providers have strict rules that if your server are sending out spam emails, then your account will be suspended. This is especially true in USA servers, but if you notice the spam emails…most of them are NOT from the US server. There are still many grey area related to internet in many countries.

I have given up using outlook to read my email, as it can’t filter out spams accurately. Gmail is good, though occasionally some of my important emails are being marked as spam by them…but most of the time they are quite precise in marking those spams. I use Gmail exclusively nowadays. Not just because it is good with great interface, but of course the every growing space that outlast the grow of email I received daily. As of today, my email account space allocated by Gmail is 6520 MB! (currently using 2676 MB space).

Spam solution? Use Gmail.

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Another reason to LOVE Google…

Posted on March 13th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I have been using Google personalized homepage for quite some time…but recently I discovered that we can actually change the theme/colour of the header and your personal homepage!

Here’s what I am using at the moment. It will change automatically according to time…

I probably should be sleeping like the two bugs in the picture now…time to go to bed…happy Googling!

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Highest per day earn from Adsense!

Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

This is the highest per day earned money from Adsense in my account after nearly a year of “rejoining” Adsense!

(in USD)

Date Earnings
Thursday, February 28, 2008 $7.67

My average per day earning in February 2008 is still just $2.59…yeah…quite low and little…cannot survive with just $2.59 (USD) per day…

Compared to many…this is probably still a joke! I read some “professionals” are earning thousands USD per month…mine? Not even US$100 per month…

Slowly…patiently…waiting for Google Adsense to feed my daily meals…

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Google Gtalk…quality real bad!

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I used to love Google Gtalk, as it is simple, easy and fast! Quality was superb when I use internet phone conversation with my family oversea.

However, now Gtalk quality is really bad. I still like to use it for messaging, but when coming to voice talk…it just doesn’t work. The opposite just can’t hear what my voice, real bad quality. As compared to Live Messenger, it is miles behind. I love to use Live Messenger now for voice call.

I guess the quality drop is mainly due to the popularity of gmail/gtalk now. With the increment of users, quality drops. This is bad…

NO!

YES!

Voice call? Sorry, Gtalk. Thanks, Live Messenger!

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Intel unveils “Skulltrail” eight-core platform

Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

A dream machine?! Dual processors with quad core each! In total eight processing engines flying your desktop to a new level!

Codenamed “Skulltrail”.

The Intel Desktop Board D5400XS, when paired with two Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processors, forms the foundation of the Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform. Hardcore gamers will welcome the opportunity to enjoy multiple simultaneous graphics card solutions featuring either NVIDIA SLI or ATI Crossfire for today’s latest graphics-intensive titles.

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