Author Archives for Universal Cynic
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS Just Released!
Yay! I’ve been waiting all day… heh, more like two weeks actually! It was “Coming soon” this morning and I’ve been checking throughout the day. Five minutes ago, I opened Firefox and it’s out so I’m downloading now. The download would take another 2 to 3 hours. But what’s a few hours compared to two […]
Lenovo IdeaPad (3000) Y410 Model 7757 and Linux
Getting Linux to run on Lenovo 3000 Y410 is not so hard. However, there are some issues with the Wireless and Sound. The main problem is the Wireless RF kill switch is somehow on and you can’t turn it off even with the hardware switch. It seems that the hardware switch is the same as the Fn-F5 + […]
Malaysia 12th General Election: Unbelievable Wave of Change Hits North
As of 4.15am today, it seems Barison Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition, has lost in Kedah, Penang, and Kelantan. Although BN has won the rights to form the Federal Government, they have lost the ability to form 2/3 majority as the opposition has already officially won 75 parliament seats as of now. Kelantan has been […]
Malaysia 12th General Election: Pak Lah’s Biggest Mistake
Pak Lah will have to do some heavy thinking. BN has never lost so many states before. His proposed NCER (Northern Corridor Economic Region) now seems more likely to be NCOR (opposition’s region). He may not have realized it but I think his biggest mistake is to surround himself with people who filtered his view […]
Malaysia 12th General Election: BN Denied Two-Third Majority
In order to secure two-third majority, BN must win 148 parliamentary seats, out of 222. As of 4.26am today, the full count is not in yet but the opposition has already officially secured 82 seats, denying BN the two-third majority by 8 seats! Almost unbelieavable! And the totally unbeliavable part is that it seems that Parti […]
Effective Documentation: The Friendly "Transformative Guide"
I was inspired to write about how we can improve user documentation to make up for a less-than-intuitive complex application.
Send me not these, for time allows me not to debate
The World is An Expedition of Words: The video of Dato Sri Syed Albar’s interview with Sarah Montague Someone forwarded an email to me about the link above. After reading it, I am forced to reply. Such a waste of time, actually – considering that I have a lot to do at that moment. Well, […]
Windows Live Writer Beta – Workarounds
Microsoft has released an excellent blog editor called the Windows Live Writer. It’s still in beta. Get it here: Windows Live Writer Beta. I’m trying it out now and so far, I think it’s cool! When I upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007, I saw that Word 2007 supports publishing to blogs. It was a bit […]