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Mendapatkan semula storan dari sdcard yang telah diformat

ade 2x jadi aku punya microSD card dgn SDcard kamera tak boleh retrieve data baik windows mau pun linux. directory dalam sdcard tu jadi garbled character (bukan Roman.. aku nampak mcm Korean chars pun ade) apa yg aku buat; 1 - disebabkan data-data tu dah jadi crap files (tak boleh view, tak boleh rename.. IO error katanya).. aku FORMAT ke FAT (mmg biasanya FAT pun).. kira reformat aje la 2- guna Photorec. dalam Ubuntu bawah pakej "testdisk" . ni aku tulis dalam blog aku : 3- create satu directory target utk save harta karun dalam tu. in my case gambor2 dalam tu dan video 4-recover balik.. interesting! sebab dah jadi crap, reformat, boleh retrieve balik. aku boleh kata 90% file2 aku ada dalam tu (10% tu sebab aku tak pasti adakah aku dapat semua.. nak kata 100% kang tipu pulak sebab aku tak pasti betul2 ke ada semua.. ye lah, berGB file tu) -- boleh jadi IT forensic la .. boleh retrieve data dari storage yg bermasalah (not really kaput.. tapi tak tau lah... kenapa). yg confirm

Rabbit Problem

I saw this joke in IEEExtreme FB. Hillarious!

Raspberry Pi sebagai pemain media

Beli Raspberry Pi 4 bulan lepas tapi tak tau nak buat apa yang best-best. Biar je kumpul debu. Until I saw somebody use it for media player. So I went to download the Python script kat sini: http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/user/os-x-linux-installation/ Kemudian saya install imej tersebut ke dalam kad SD saya, kecil saja saiz imej asas tu dalam 73MB. Kemudian cucuk Raspberry Pi tu dengan kabel HDMI, power cable (dia guna microSB cable, so saya guna kabel smartphone saya) Kemudian lepas power on dia akan download baki imej.. tak pasti berapa saiz. Lama jugak la kan heheh Install apa-apa add on.. dalam kes ni YouTube add on.  Dengan connection UNIFI 5Mbps dah ok. Cuma sebab Raspberry Pi saya generasi awal (256MB) jadi agak perlahan sikit nak load apa-apa plugin.

Changing /etc/issue

In Ubuntu; it's being done with sudo apt-get install linuxlogo Gentoo; emerge app-misc/linux-logo

brew update problem - certificate issue

Typed "brew update" and got error with the certificate in git. Use this method, just copy paste (worked for me!). It is from here wget --no-check-certificate https://www.digicert.com/testroot/DigiCertHighAssuranceEVRootCA.crt cat /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt DigiCertHighAssuranceEVRootCA.crt > new-ca-bundle.crt sudo mv /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt.old sudo mv new-ca-bundle.crt /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt

Installing HomeBrew on OS X Leopard (10.5)

I have this 2009's Mac Mini .. and ever since been using MacPorts. Then a friend suggested HomeBrew . Seems pretty could, although I am not sure what difference it could bring since MacPorts already served the purpose (not entirely true, somehow you could have compilation breaks too). 10.5 uses Xcode 3.1.2. So I need to use 3.1.4. This could be done if I download the entire image (size around 900MB) and burn it to a DVD.   I need to register myself for an account with the status of Apple Developer and tick some checkboxes. Go here . When you successfully verified your email and click with authorization log in, you could see a search box. Insert Xcode and find 3.1.4.  And, I need to remove my MacPorts as well since it isn't suggested to have them co-exist. Tips to remove your MacPorts are here and here

iPhone 5 launching

-Apple's website down as of now, according to the news. -According to an Apple fan website, the name of IPhone is exist in Apple's website search engine -Just another few hours before the launching.. Will you buy an Iphone 5, the next IPhone?

Sijil PhD DIY.. there goes our money

Aku boleh kata there's foul play dan cara hire yang tak mengikut SOP. Kalau nak hire orang, tengok la track record dia, check DBLP ke SCOPUS ke. Google scholar at least. If someone out of the blue applied for a job and then you never verified them, it's your incompetency to check it out. Read this story... memang menyedihkan, habis duit dibazirkan untuk si mangkuk ayun yang satu ni. Dah la cakap besar (aku penah jumpa orang macam ni.. rasa nak penumbuk je. Padahal macam tong kosong je..) Baca ni, dari sini : The 45-year-old local lectured for more than two years at the university before securing a contract as a consultant at a government department.   Commercial Crime Investigation Department sources said the man earned almost RM7,000 as a lecturer and RM15,000 as a consultant for more than three years.   He was exposed last month when a former colleague at the university, incensed over the conman's constant bragging that he was now a high-earner with conn

Gangnam

Oppa Gangnam style is kinda K-pop variant which suddenly become viral throughout the world. Mashable has done some analysis about the Gangnam district itself and related info  . Click to enlarge.

TIME perkenalkan FTTH 100Mbps..

Maxis la UNIFI la. nah TIME pulak: source    

Gaji dan harga rumah di Malaysia

Ini adalah fakta. Perlukan kita menyalahkan inflasi? Contohnya seperti saya yang duduk di Ampang, kami hanya mampu beli rumah di kondo, sedangkan harga yang sama di tempat lain, contohnya kajang dah boleh beli rumah teres, landed house.

Verdict on few Malaysian credit cards

BIMB: 1- ada takaful nyawa 2-if Mastercard international rate murah 3-no compounding interest 4-bermasalah kat workshop aku 5-cash advance RM25 fee utk 1,000 6- ada minimal rebate point.. susah sket nak kumpul. untung if purchase flight ticket ke apa beso sket. 7- ada problem bila nak bayar UNIFI, tak penah lepas! 8- govt tax shj, RM50 Maybank 1-efficient,tapi profit fee dia tak display dlm transaction history, bila dah official statement baru kluor 2-VISA .. utk paypal rate tinggi sket 3-takde masalah kat mana2 pun masa swype or guna online payment mcm bayor bil digi ke UNIFI ke 4-cash advance fee RM50 utk RM1K withdraw 5-govt tax shj, RM50 6-boleh kumpul point (10,000 point = RM50 petrol voucher). isi minyak time weekend 8x point (say RM50 isi = 400 point la kot). so on average jika dah isi minyak selama RM200 utk 10 bulan boleh la dapat 10,000 pts tu Al-Rajhi 1-kad caj.. tak boleh bayar bulan mcm kad kredit 2-kena bayar fee tahunan rm70+ govt tax RM50 3-ta

KWSP dan PTPTN

called KWSP, ingat nak tanya mcm mana nak withdraw utk settlekan PTPTN, turns out yg boleh guna KWSP utk settle PTPTN ialah utk yg sign agreement dari 1 Jan 2001 .. gr.. tinggal sikit je lagi ni, few mths punye KWSP boleh settle once and for all utang PTPTN neh.. at 4%

Takaful - your choice

Membicarakan tentang hal kecemasan terutama berkaitan kesihatan tentunya melibatkan hal kewangan. Kadangkala individu yang disarankan untuk mengambil takaful akan memberi alasan, majikan beliau sudah mempunyai insurans. Dalam ini ada beberapa perkara 1- Insurans (baca: takaful) tersebut hanya sah laku sementara beliau masih berkerja di situ. Syarikat mungkin akan bangkrap, mengalami kerugian, atau beliau mungkin akan berpindah ke tempat lain 2- Insurans(baca: takaful) juga ada had boleh tuntut. Tentunya mengalami kesukaran apabila ditimpa musibah dan anda sudah tiada lagi polisi yang boleh digunakan Sekiranya anda memilih untuk mengambil polisi takaful pula, ada beberapa perkara 1- Ada takaful yang berbentuk bayaran premium tahunan/bulanan, dan sekiranya tiada tuntutan, wang tersebut hangus (you got Burned!) 2- Ada takaful yang berbentuk takaful hayat dan simpanan. Maksudnya sekiranya ada keilatan kekal/kematian (bersyarat) barulah waris anda mendapat wang ters

Promosi domain mynic murah sempena merdeka

Ecohost, satu syarikat hosting menawarkan promosi domain .MY dengan harga yang sungguh murah. Setahun RM19.90, jika lima tahun RM140 sahaja! Bayangkan ada syarikat yang menawarkan 1 tahun .MY dengan harga RM120... tambah RM20 sahaja anda boleh dapatkan .MY untuk tempoh LIMA TAHUN! Klik sini untuk maklumat lanjut dan mendaftar

Lytro camera

I was pointed out on a new concept of camera, developed by a Malaysian born doctorate holder from Stanford, a camera named Lytro. The camera however is not shipped directly to Malaysia, so you might have to use freight forwarded service or some friends' help in the United States. The info on shipping is here Here is the article about the inventor

Koleksi Kartun Jawi (Anur dan Meow)

dari FB shares

Abraham Lincoln vs Vampires

Looks like Edwards (cast in Twilight) being hunted by Abraham Lincoln with his axe. Too bad! source: facebook shares

Kad Caj Al-Rajhi

Permohonan Kad Caj al-Rajhi sepertimana bank-bank lain memerlukan anda menyertakan salinan EA form, salinan slip gaji terkini 2-3 bulan, KWSP statement, salinan NRIC. Borang boleh dimuat turun di laman web, tetapi kena isi dengan teliti disebabkan anda tidak boleh melakukan kesilapan di dalam borang (contohnya tekan tulis huruf 2 kali.. kena initial). Setiap kesilapan mesti ada initial dan digaris sekiranya perlu. Masa untuk tunggu jawapan, satu bulan. Sambil tunggu pergi la cangkul ubi atau menoreh kat ladang dulu. Kelebihan kad caj, hampir sama dengan kad kredit, tapi ia takde interest. Had biaya sampai 55 hari, kalau tak bayar lebih tempoh kad akan diblock dan jika terus tak bayar tunggu je surat mahkamah. Untuk pengeluaran tunai, setiap pengeluaran maksimum RM1,500 cajnya RM10, lebih murah berbanding dengan bank-bank lain.

Wang Plastik oh Kad Hutang!

Baru-baru ini saya mengalami masalah di mana saya tidak boleh membayar bil Digi dan UNIFI saya menggunakan kad kredit Mastercard Bank Islam saya. Sungguh aneh, memandangkan kad itu boleh saya guna untuk transaksi di Amazon dan eBay.  Semalam pula, pengalaman mengerikan di mana saya terpaksa menggunakan wang tunai untuk membayar bil servis kereta.. kerana apabila kad tersebut diluncurkan pada pengimbas, ia menanyakan no PIN dan apabila dimasukkan no PIN yang betul, validasi gagal. Orang kedai tu pulak bila try dengan kad dia, OK je dan tak tanya no PIN! Sungguh aneh sebab kedai ni saya dah biasa swipe kad kredit kad saya since 2009 lagi! Saya mengambil keputusan untuk berhijrah kepada kad kredit lain. Kad BIMB saya dah guna semenjak 2005 lagi (sekarang 2012). Tapi kerenah BIMB ni macam-macam juga, dan semalam adalah kemuncaknya. Saya cenderung untuk mengambil kad kredit Bank Rakyat, antaranya boleh redeem point kepada tunai ataupun trip umrah/pelancongan. Kad caj al-Rajhi

Problems with citations

Recently I got problem sorting out my book chapter's citation. Using IEEE style, the number was not sorted in order from 1,2... so on, instead jumping from 31..32 and scrambled all other the place. I rarely write on Microsoft Windows, but since the writing need to be done fast (as well as the corrections) so I installed EndNote X3 from UTM software repository.  As easy as pie, I think corrected those things out - FAST.  However I still love writing in LaTeX. As for now. Wrote 3 papers using LaTeX and all of them accepted.  :)

Laman Runcit Online Lazada

Lazada ni satu website e-commerce, macam Amazon juga yang dulu jual buku, tapi sekarang dah macam-macam termasuk baju, mainan bayi, pakaian bayi etc. Asalnya dari syarikat Jerman, Rocket. Dia dah buka branch di Indonesia, Filipina. According to online sources, kat Filipina banyak customer komplen pasal servis depa. Kat Malaysia mungkin sebab baru sangat, tak jumpa pulak orang yang komplen negatif. Kalo tengok review kat website depa tu nampak yang okey2 saja.. perhaps sebab "visible after approval" which seems vague for me. Tapi kalau tak berani, cuba la option "bayar selepas dapat barang" .. lebih selamat. By the way aku share satu e-voucher depa.. "blog150" .. tapi sahlaku sampai 18 Jun 2012 saja. Boleh dapat diskaun banyak tu, RM150. Untuk pembelian RM400 ke atas sahaja. Kalau ada phone RM400, dapat RM250. Ok la tu, phone baru dan asli lagi. Ye tak?

Laman lelong Chickenpowwow dan unsur gharar/judi?

Saya membaca satu tawaran menarik berkaitan Google nexus, dari laman sini . Dengan fungsi sebagaimana lelong.com.my, laman tersebut bagaimanapun memerlukan anda membeli sejumlah token dengan minimum 25 token untuk membolehkan anda memulakan proses bidaan. Jumlah 25 token dibeli dengan harga sekitar RM37. Proses bidaan boleh dilakukan secara manual ataupun menggunakan robot.. di mana yang masalah berlaku ketika 10 saat terakhir tiba-tiba robot bidaan akan membida barang dan melanjutkan jumlah masa bida. Saya kehilangan hampir semua token saya untuk pembelian MacBookAir. Kemudian seorang sahabat menyedarkan tentang unsur ketidakpastian dalam laman tersebut. Saya memikirkan sedalamnya dan menyedari kebenarannya, ia ada unsur perjudian. Sama sebagaimana anda beli chip untuk berjudi di kasino, dan mungkin anda bawa balik sesuatu atau tidak bawa balik apa-apa langsung, tetapi duit sudah lebur. Dalam laman tersebut, memang ada bidaan token (beli token dengan harga yang murah.. be

Logo halal antarabangsa yang disahkan Jakim

Avengers on Facebook

I found this from Facebook share. Really funny :)

DIY Meme with Ruby based, CLI Memegen

As in this 2012, we can see a lots of meme scattered on the internet, spoofs of some movies, pictures and others. Meme's definition can be looked here I found out meme generator from an internet search, you can download the copy from github: https://github.com/cmdrkeene/memegen It works fine with my Linux Mint 12, first you may need to clone the copy to your computer; git clone https://github.com/cmdrkeene/memegen The change directory to memegen; cd memegen After that you may need to satisfy the dependencies - check the Readme. Most likely you need to install some ruby based library. ImageMagick package is a must. How it works? Well, you can execute from memegen/bin/memegen --help to see the flag. If you find (of course you will) typing the path considered difficult, simply use PATH exports: export PATH=$PATH:/$HOME/memegen/bin -change accordingly. Samples of outputs: It has templates in memegenerator. But if you w

LG Cinema 3D Smart TV

I haven't been disconnected from TV (literally) for almost a year, after I sent my CRT TV back to my hometown. My mum had problem with her TV so I gave her mine. After a year, I signed up for a fibre optic home broadband so now I look around for a "smart TV". I came across to LG's Cinema 3D Smart TV , which is super cool. After I looked at the features and specifications, what I can say it is really cutting edge technology with what you called it "broadband TV". You can access Google services, Youtube for example, Picasa and even Twitter! The remote control also has "gesture" support, which means you can use it as if it is a "computer mouse". Cool ha? Also, it supports content sharing from tablet, smartphones - I believe this is what DLNA technology offers. Experience with TVs now never be the same, almost what happened to mobile phones when it now called as "smartphones" :) I believe you will fe

Comparing Online Book Retailers

As might as everyone else on the earth, we have limitation of budget for the things that we always want and need  - this apply for books too. I try to look around for the best deals for book price. Tried out several retailers, Psychology Press (Psypress - which is a subs of T&F Book) - interesting they have different pricing scheme for the books that they sell. Later I found out bookdepository. They sell book without shipping charges. But it is not always cheaper than let say, Amazon since sometimes the book price is higher than Amazon combined with the shipping fee. Last time I bought two books and it took more than a month (they refund me anyway). I still waiting for the other book from them since I bought a preordered book (yet to publish, at this time writing, I will be published in another two months.. given their track record I might only receive the book in the other three months?) Recently the put an offer for the already cheap books, for about 10% (this is quite a lot)

Research and wordprocessing

Ever since I started my PhD study, I stick to LaTeX for most of my works - progress slides, conference papers and even for a "kenduri" event for my daughter's aqiqah - I created invitation memos with LaTeX. LaTeX needs some perseverance for you to learn . For me I started typed LaTeX files with VI and later compiled the document with pdflatex command. Later, I met Kile, a KDE based LaTeX editor. It provided GUI based with autocompletion and spell check function, which is cool to assist you writing up your work - conference paper or thesis. Most of my friends comfortable with MS Word and EndNote.. which is okay. But some conference organizer literally require you to send them paper written in LaTeX (or in another way around). In this case you might need to find a friend who are familiar which such writing environment.

Transit di Istanbul

Semasa dari London (Heathrow) untuk pulang ke Malaysia saya transit di Istanbul, Turki. Di Turki, khasnya di sekitar Sultanahmet (tempat Blue Mosque dan Hagiya Sofya), peniaga di situ menerima wang Lira (matawang Turki), Euro, dan setahu saya termasuk US Dollar. Saya singgah hanya 10 jam - kapal terbang Turkish Airlines yang saya naiki dari Heathrow sampai di Attarturk Hamalavi (Airport) pada sekitar 420 pagi, dan akan berlepas pulang ke Malaysia pada pukul 3 petang hari tersebut. Jadi saya manfaatkan tempoh transit yang panjang itu untuk melawat sekitar Blue Mosque. Perjalanan agak mudah, seeloknya jika ada peluang untuk menukar wang ke Lira, sila buat demikian di Malaysia, kerana setahu saya pengurup wang di Malaysia setakat yang saya berurusan jarang mengenakan komisen. Di Turki, pengurup wang mereka mengenakan komisen sehingga 4%, satu jumlah yang agak signifikan bagi saya - terutamanya di lapangan terbang. Dari Attarturk Hamalavi - kodnya IST saya bertolak ke Sultanahmet y

Kes Meninggal Semasa Bersukan

Selalu kita baca paper dalam tempoh terdekat ni, atlit meninggal/collapse masa main bola. Satu benda kita mungkin tak sedar, kadar kolestrol (diet) kita perlu dijaga selain daripada bersukan. Seorang doktor pakar yang saya jumpa beritahu, sekiranya kurus, tak semestinya kadar kolestrol rendah (apatah lagi kalau overweight, obesiti!) Jadi biasa-biasakan periksa tahap kesihatan anda.. mungkin setahun sekali sebab kosnya agak tinggi, RM200 ke atas di hospital swasta (kat tempat gomen ada ke? Unless you're admitted kot?)

Shopping di JUSCO

Kali ni dapat redeem voucher RM20... guna untuk topup beli bag tangan utk ibu Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4
Conference Trip to Cambridge, UK I just went back from my UKSIM 2012 conference trip in University of Cambridge, UK. The last time I went out from Malaysia was in 2009, during my personal trip with wife to UK/Eire/France. This time, my employer provided travel and conference funding to the conference venue, which is awesome (super!!).  The conference was held in 28-30th March 2012, at the Emmanuel College , Univ of Cambridge. As I did not familiar (I guess same to many of us who haven't been there) to the university, it seems that this university is more than a normal university that I ever saw. It is actually a small town, comprises 22 colleges which is scattered in the Cambridgeshire. Interesting stuffs, most of the students here are not allowed to drive a car, so they either have to get a bicycle or get on the bus. Both are convenient since the bus arrives on time, and cycling does not give much problem too  given the weather is quite cold. (I am not sure about Winter, my a fr
How to terminate P1 Wimax Service I have been using P1 Wimax for more than a year, and after the one year contract finally ended, I decided to stop, due to economical reason - I have a kid, need to buy her diapers, formula milk when needed and somehow I want to use Celcom Instanet which is around RM50 per mth only. My plan is 20GB @ RM99, which is okay, but I try not to bond with this fixed commitment so I can rearranged my financial things. Anyway, the only way to terminate P1 if you are around Klang Valley is by going to their HQ in Petaling Jaya, bring along your P1 Modem and adaptor to their office. That's all I can tell. Car park is okay, there are ample parking lots there so it will not be a problem at all.
Senarai journal yang Scopus dengan tak Scopus (mostly Scopus-indexed) Journals: Semua SCOPUS indexed http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/results.aspx?type=1&cid=210 http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/ijcis/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/ http://www.academypublisher.com/jcm/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications/ http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11390 http://www.iospress.nl/journal/journal-of-computer-security/ http://thescipub.com/instructions_ajassp (mungkin tak kene bayar) http://www.jatit.org/ (India) http://www.jofcis.com/submission.aspx - USD400 fee http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html [FREE] http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11390 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks/ http://www.amcs.uz.zgora.pl/?action=indexation http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcse http://www.inderscience.com/browse/subjects.php?categoryID=7

Membeli buku secara talian (online) dan memanfaatkan enjin gelintar Google

 Saya membeli beberapa buah buku berkaitan malware baru-baru ini di mana buku-buku tersebut masih belum berada di pasaran Malaysia. Saya membuat penyelidikan sendiri berkaitan harga-harga buku tersebut termasuklah di Amazon, Barnes and Noble dan beberapa ejen penjual buku yang lain. Contohnya buku ini, Google membantu kita untuk melakukan perbandingan harga dengan mudah, tanpa kita perlu melakukan kebanyakan kerja perbandingan : link Begitu juga dengan buku ini: link2 Namun demikian, setelah cuba melakukan transaksi di salah satu laman di dalam senarai buku-buku tersebut yang dikira termurah, saya dapati  sebahagian daripada penjual buku-buku itu tidak melakukan penghantaran ke Malaysia. Akhirnya saya membeli buku dari sini yang tidak tersenarai di dalam senarai Google, dan saya dapati ia lebih jimat sekiranya kita menggunakan matawang Dollar Kanada (buat masa ini, dan mudah untuk melakukan perbandingan. Saya jangka dapat jimat sehingga RM10 untuk buku-buku tersebut) Oh ya, s
Buku "Mama PhD" Saya bertemu dengan buku ini semasa round-round di Internet. Klik gambar kalau nak tengok perinciannya. Sesuai rasanya untuk para ibu yang menyambung pengajian kedoktoran :)
Disable screen lock after hibernate for Linux Mint 12 You might encounter the password prompt after you close your laptop lid and find it very annoying since your laptop is in relatively a safe place. This tips meant for the after sleep screen lock.  1- Install dconf-editor , sudo apt-get install dconf-editor 2- Go to org->desktop->lockdown->disable lock screen Original source

New home office

I just recently moved in to our new house..just nearby the previously rented home..bought a new computer table too..where I could put my files and research papers. Though I have aircond in my room,i try to be moderate with the electricity bills. Switch on aircond and I could suffer rm200 per month bill. since this is a subsale house, the previous owner already had the airconds installed Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4
Backup phone - Nokia Asha 303   I recently need a backup phone since my SGS II can not be used for call since it cannot detect the SIM existence. I traded in my previous Nokia 6610  with this unit.. beli RM90, trade in balik RM20.. tapi I have to let it go since I am not using it anymore Why Asha 303, simply because it has Wifi/3G. Since most of the time I communicate with my wife using data plan, it's kinda waste if I use the "old brick which works" on the normal SMS for frequent conversation. I consider this as "an investment". I don't buy Android phone for my backup phone simply because my experience with my SGS SL, Samsung Tablet 7.0 that I bought for my wife, SG Tablet 10.1 - mine and my previous HTC Wildfire  - Android devices (stock OS) suffer lagging .. 40% of the time. So this Asha 303, running S40 operating system, just "works" for basic apps. Some apps for example Google+ does not responding. Heck, I just need WhatsApps since it w