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Goodbye Netscape Navigator…
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
AOL has announced that it will stop providing support for Netscape Navigator browser after 1st February 2008. Last version of Netscape Navigator is v9
Once a rival to Microsoft IE and once the best internet browser and most user used browser…its day is to be remembered…hence I just have to post this in my blog.
Netscape has went through many changes, from a freeware to a paid software then back to freeware. I think the PAID stage is killing it off. Sueing Microsoft for monopoly…etc.
Most internet users are now using IE or FireFox. Personally I am using FireFox 99.9% of the time, occasionally I open up IE for some testings or plugin support. FireFox is a freeware, booming for its simplicity and great features and of course the speed.
Netscape last version will be v9, AOL has removed the download link but you can still download it from various other websites. Take note that SUPPORT will no longer be provided.
AOL / Netscape suggests turning to FireFox for replacement browser. 
News of Netscape Navigator discontinued at:
http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
Download FireFox at:
Can’t send email using Outlook Express?
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
Can receive email but can’t send out email using Outlook Express?
Can send email previously, no changes to the OE setting, suddenly can’t send email today?
What happened?
This is what happening to my computer at home since many months ago. I checked the setting of my OE, everything seems fine. I checked and reconfirmed my username and password, everything seems fine. I did not change anything before this happened. So what went wrong? I can receive email but can’t send out email using my own server/domain name!
I have setup another gmail account in my OE, I can send email and receive email no problem with this gmail account on my OE.
The problem is with my business email account - shop@shashinki.com. Yes, my own domain and my own server.
What is the problem? My problem?
No, it is not my problem. After many months…finally I got the idea last night of what could be the reason. I did some search on the internet and found some clues as well.
It is your ISP that suddenly changed their policy to BLOCK port 25 on all SMTP! I was using Yahoo! BB - broadband service in Japan.
Yes, nothing wrong with my PC or OE setting, but sudden change of my ISP to block port 25 on SMTP makes me unable to send email out through my own server.
Why the block of SMTP port 25?
Simple reason, to tackle spam. Many people send spam messages via their own computer to others, so ISP block port 25 (common port number used by most server by default) in order to reduce spams.
Solution?
Simple, change your server’s SMTP port to other than 25.
Not so simple if you do not have access to EXIM on your server. If you are on a shared server, or rent just a small space from others, then you most probably will not have access to EXIM setting.
If you have access to WHM (web host manager from CPANEL), then you can change or add extra port to SMTP easily! It is under Service Manager. Go to Exim on another port and add whatever number you want (eg. 100 or 2775 or 88) and checked the box to enable this option. Then in your OE, use this same port setting on your SMTP, and viola! You can now send email from your OE via your own email account and server!
For those who do not have access to WHM, contact your server provider and ask them about alternate SMTP port they are using. They should inform you the port number.
Hope this little info helps… 
My “cool” mouse! Logitech / Logicool MX Revolution
Posted on November 18th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
Just to share with you guys the mouse that I am using (bought on 19th Dec 2006, costs me around RM350 or US$95 in Japan):
Logitech® MX™ Revolution
More info at:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=12134
My first wireless mouse. Took me quite some time to finally decided on a wireless mouse. I kinda worry of the hassle having to charge the mouse every few days…but after using a cheapo wireless mouse few months ago, I am hooked.
For me, mouse is one of the most important item in PC components, as a unresponsive mouse will make you crazy.
In Japan, they call it LOGICOOL! Yes, it is such a COOL mouse! 
Traveling
One thing about wireless mouse is that it is not so convenient when traveling. Though the battery of the mouse can last for nearly 5 days (12 hours use a day), still if you went for long holiday, then you will need to bring the charging unit together. Not so convenient and normally I will just bring a small wired mouse that power directly from my notebook USB port. (more…)
Catch the Leopard?
Posted on October 27th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
Are you ready to catch the Leopard? Just launched yesterday…
Am I upgrading? Nah…though I have a macBook with Dual Core Processor and 2GB RAM, I am not going to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. I don’t use my macBook that much. The money spent isn’t worth for me.
Price? (USD)
- Single User $129.00
- Family Pack $199.00 (license of 5 for those who lived under the same roof)
There is no upgrade price. So, even if you have Tiger now and want to upgrade to Leopard, you are as if buying a new OS and get the Tiger scrapped. According to Apple website, there are over 300 new features on Leopard. I watched the Tour Guides (for PC, you need to install Quick Time), it does looks impressive.
You can order online directly at Apple online store:
Internet banking user growing…
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Rojak.
Internet banking user is growing furiously nowadays. With more and more people going online, people tend to love settle things online rather than having to queue in the counter.
Yeah…the first and most popular internet banking site is “too busy” today…
It is quite frustrated when you want to get something done but couldn’t due to the site busy message. They should have upgrade their system always before it reaches its limit (eg. Ebay is one of the company that consistently upgrade their hardware making sure that there is no time-out or can’t keep up with demand failure).
Tried and tried the site above…after half an hour still the same. In fact, I find maybank2u.com.my is very slow nowadays…but the good thing is that Bank Negara has stated the rules that there must be no charge for internet banking service. You can transfer money to others without having to pay any service fee. This is good. However, with the increase popularity of internet banking, it is only a matter of time before the free service will be charged. 
The success of internet banking is also mainly due to the wider coverage of internet and the “slightly faster” internet connection nowadays in Malaysia (highest is 2MB for household users but many still complaint that the speed of 2MB/s package is no different than the slower package…). Though still consider as “snail speed” when compare to oversea neighbours (Japan is using 100MB fibre optic now and the basic/slowest is 8MB/s Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband, while Singapore is offering 10MB ADSL line now), at least we are growing and it is good that some companies (Maxis, Digi…etc.) are now offering wireless broadband internet service. Landline service is monopoly by TMNET/Streamyx, so hopefully there are some more players in the wireless ISPs so that we as consumers can benefit more and also encourage healthy competition among providers to facilitates the internet technology grow and coverage in Malaysia.
With this…I hope more people will shop online at ShaShinKi.com too!
ASKA Tripper V Firmware V1.23
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
ASKA has just announced a new firmware for their Tripper V portable storage device - version 1.23.
Changes:
- A part of mis-display of Exif information generated by the image of which it took a picture with the camera was corrected.
- The mis-display of the update time of the file was corrected.
- Trouble concerning the voice output was corrected.
Download:
http://www.aska-corp.co.jp/support/download/dl-trv03.htm
I have emailed ASKA about a month ago, suggesting some update via firmware to their Tripper V, I am curious if they do listen to customers feedback and change the Tripper V functionality based on that or not.
DO NOT TRY TO SHUT DOWN THE TRIPPER V YOURSELF! Tripper V takes around 10 mins to update the firmware. Be patient
GMAIL space…ever increasing!
Posted on October 20th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
I just noticed this at the bottom of my Gmail account:
You are currently using 2027 MB (51%) of your 3964 MB.
If you log out of Gmail and went to the front page of Gmail, you will see a LIVE counter with Gmail space increasing every second!
Gmail, it is my “currently” favorite email client! I even prefer using it than my own POP3 account! Why?
1. Search is extremely fast!
2. “Unlimited” or very BIG storage!
3. Access anywhere when you have internet connection.
4. Intuitive and very user friendly interface! I like the way they group every related messages/emails into one email. You can just expand the emails and see every related email in one page! First in the world to introduce this…and I really love it!
5. Multi-language support (my Outlook Express is sometimes weird…)
etc.
Try it! You will LOVE and HOOK onto it!
Chinese Characters not showing or turned into ????? Solution here! 美女!
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
I have no problem with the old wordpress using multi-lingua, can’t remember the exact version that is problem free now, perhaps is version 2.1.
However, since upgraded to version 2.2 and now version 2.3, I can no longer post chinese language characters. After published or saved, it will turn into ???????
This is getting annoying, and searched at wordpress said that you need to set the database to using utf8 enconding. Not sure how to do it…but I found a simple way of solution.
In config.php file, delete these two lines:
(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);
save it and viola! Now chinese characters are showing perfectly!
See/read: 美女美女美女美女!
Fantasia…
Posted on October 16th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Rojak.
The best American idol that I have ever watched! A true singer and performer, singing from the heart that can touch people.
Malaysia First Astronault!
Posted on October 11th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Rojak.
Mr. A: We have a Malaysian went to space!
Mr. B: Wow! Congrates! Did you built the space shutter?
Mr. A: No…
Mr. B: Did you join in the building of the space shutter?
Mr. A: No…
Mr. B: Did you get to learn to build the space shutter?
Mr. A: No…
Mr. B: What is your man doing up there?
Mr. A: First we plan to have our proud teh tarik in space, to promote our Malaysia culture. Later we think Roti Canai would be fun too. How about a batik show? Hmm…last week we decided on doing more serious medical experiments in space, since the astronaut is a doctor…
Mr. B: What sort of experiments?
Mr. A: Medical scientific experiments…should be important and only can be done in space.
Mr. B: How much did you pay to go to space?
Mr. A: We got it FREE! We bought some fighter planes and the nice Russian gives us a FREE trip to space.
Mr. B: Ok…good luck.
Mr. A: Thanks. Malaysia Boleh!
Ebay auction - Nikon SP Rangefinder 2005 Limited Edition and AIS 50mm F1.2 Lens
Posted on October 10th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
I got two items on ebay now…will end in a week time.
Thank you, Lord!
Posted on October 4th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church, Computer / IT, Family, Photography, Rojak.
Today marks the exact two years I am in Japan. I arrived in Japan on 4th Oct 2005, together with my wife.
Today, God has blessed me with Megumi and my wife is still here by my side to take care of me and our whole family.
God’s grace has been overflowed…we have nothing less, more than enough than what we have ever imagine. God has blessed us in my study, my family, my business, my friends, my brothers and sisters.
Life in Japan is like a dream…soon I will be leaving…soon I might come back again…God’s grace and guidance is always the best. I just want to say…
Thank you, Lord!
SPAMS!!! Akismet!
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
I notice that my site got many comments recently…Oops…should I say SPAMS! Yeah, many are spams…with a few are from genuine users that left appreciation comments on my blog.
Got tired of deleting spams, and knowing that they will only get worse once they found you…as all are posted by bots (inhuman). I searched at wordpress site, and I remember last time there was a nice spam combat plugin…found it: Akismet!
Not sure how good is it, but instead of using Captcha, I think I want to try Akismet first, since it is very popular. Captcha can be good…only if those bots are not very smart (Captcha at vBulletin forum software site is very powerful and complicated, yet my forum (PhotoMalaysia) still got many new spam bot registration daily. So I have to implement extra question for verification to avoid bot registration. Those spam bot’s OCR is just way too good!).
Akismet, hopefully not going to disappoint me… 
Internet Explorer 7 Fonts not sharp (IE7)
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
I noticed something strange today when I use IE7 to browse PhotoMalaysia.com. Yeah…I just installed IE7 yesterday in order to tackle some browser issue which happens on IE7, so was “forced” to install it. I am a FireFox user, the best and perfect browser in the world (period).
So, what exactly is the problem with IE7? The first thing I notice is that everything seem blur on IE7. The fonts are not sharp…as if my spectacle is under power. Makes my head dizzy…
On the same site, when I browse with FF2, everything is “normal”, sharp and clear.
Is my mind playing illustration magic? I thought some would not believe what I am saying, so I make some screen capture of the same site using both browser and compared them side by side. See below for yourself:
It seems that IE7 cannot interpret the text colour correctly. Making single colour text into multiple colours, hence the unsharp effect.
I checked with some other sites, all same, so it is not a site issue but rather an issue with IE7. I am glad that there are choices other than IE7…my favorite is still FF2:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Ebay - shashinki
Posted on September 11th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography, Rojak.
I found and discovered something interesting on ebay today.
ASKA Tripper V - Packaging & Extra Battery
Posted on September 8th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
Previously I thought ASKA Tripper V is just having a white box packaging as stated in my First Impression post. Which is quite unprofessional and not so appealing for such a high end and expensive product.
I WAS WRONG!
Today I received the stock that I ordered from ASKA (SHASHINKI is ASKA Official Dealer in Malaysia). I ordered the 120GB in quantity, which I think is the best value for money as compared to the 160GB version. Here’s the photo of the nice REAL packaging of ASKA Tripper V, which is actually very professionally designed, and they even have the 120GB stated on the box. Officially ASKA only selling 120GB and 160GB to dealers.
I can only say that the box can only be BETTER design than the Epson P-5000 and P-3000 (made in China). Very nice quality, matches the product (ASKA Tripper V) inside. (more…)
What is GREY Product?
Posted on September 7th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography, Rojak.
We often hear the term “grey product” when shopping online, especially in USA shops.
What is GREY PRODUCT? Why USA shops use the word GREY for their parallel import products? The reason is simple: because the origin of the product is unknown, hence making it a grey (not white not black) product with unknown origin. In USA, shops will not tell you where their grey products came from. It can be China, Japan, Hong Kong…etc., unknown.
ShaShinKi.com parallel import products are official from Japan, I stated it clearly. You know the origin, you will have the Japan warranty card (sometimes no), Japanese menu…etc. That is why it is not called as grey product. If you know the origin of a product, you can’t call it grey set anymore.
When you go shopping oversea and bought a DSLR from say Singapore shop, do you call it a grey product? NO, because it is an official product in Singapore and you have all the document and you know the origin of the product.
People nowadays like to use GREY PRODUCT name too simply without knowing what they are talking about…hope this post will clear the cloud and give GREY a clearer definition.
ASKA Tripper V Speed?
Posted on September 4th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
One of the most important aspect of a Photo Storage Device is the download speed of photos to the device or so call backup of memory card during shooting. Some device can take upto 20 mins to backup a 1GB memory card, while the fastest that I have known to date is NEXTO Ultra ND-2525 which can backup a 1GB memory card in less than a minute. Since I got some extra mood today, so I tested the speed of ASKA Tripper V. Backup memory card data to Tripper V is very very easy. Insert the memory card and press the COPY button, copy will start immediately.
Once it finished, it will play a nice piano sound twice (no, the sound is not disturbing). Then it will show a message Completed. You must press the OK button before you can continue. There are two types of COPY function in ASKA Tripper V: Normal or Quick Copy. Normal copy is the slow type. During copying, the LCD screen will still remain ON and you can see the copy status bar showing in real time how many files or data has been copied. Quick Copy is also called as High Speed Copy. During Quick Copy, the LCD screen will go black and the Copy button will flash the blue light. Default is Normal Copy, but can be changed in SETTING to Quick Copy.
80 Files 988MB Data (Imation CF memory card, 2 years old, maybe around 60X):
- Normal Copy = 3 mins 12 seconds (http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp shows similar results of 3 mins 23 seconds in their test. Not extremely fast in today’s standard.)
- Quick Copy = 1 min 52 seconds (http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp shows similar results of 1 mins 34 seconds in their test. Pretty good by today’s standard.)
- ASKA website claims the time to be 88 seconds with high speed CF memory card, which must be in Quick Copy mode. Memory card does play an important role in backup/download speed, so with faster card, the time should reduce.
ASKA Tripper V - Dimension and Weight
Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
ASKA Tripper V biggest target is Epson P-5000 potential buyer, so I did a comparison in size of weight of the two products.
The photo below shows the plan view of the two products based on their specifications dimensions:
In terms of weight (both with battery and HDD):
- ASKA Tripper V = 370g (very accurate weight, I personally measured it with my digital weight meter)
- Epson P-5000 = 430g
ASKA Tripper V - Design
Posted on September 2nd, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.
Part TWO from me.
Here’s some views from various angles of the ASKA Tripper V.
Made in Japan product. Input power is 5V, but the power adapter provided is 100-240V worldwide compatible, so no worry when traveling oversea and charge the Tripper V in country that uses 100V or 240V power voltage. Tripper V is said to have 70GB download capability from one full charge of battery.