Archive for April, 2005

KTM to implement Touch ‘n Go in July

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

After a recent flurry of news in The Star, it seems KTM will implement Touch ‘n Go (TnG) on their Komuter trains in July 2005. Hence making three commuter trains systems (Putra, Star and KTM Komuter) in Klang valley allowing TnG usage at their gates, leaving only ERL and Monorail not allowing so.

On 22 […]

Open source Computers and Software inventory

Thursday, April 21st, 2005

I have a need for a software to help the guys/gals to inventorize all our PCs (now getting to 500+) including their specs and serial number. A quick google search found me an open source candidate, OCS Inventory 3.00 Final released on 29 March 2005. Its main site gives the following introduction …
Open Computers […]

Linux SCM Saga

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Scott’s nice write-up on 11 April 2005 about Linux SCM provides a nice perspective on tridge’s possible viewpoint …
… I suspect that someone who didn’t know the people involved would assume that the whole mess was Tridge’s fault—he’s the one that was working on cloning BitKeeper, even though any sane person would know that it […]

Random

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Some random thoughts about random today. ;-)

True Random Number Service - generates random number from atmospheric noise picked up by a radio receiver tuned to an unused frequency.
The LavaRnd Random Number Generator - generates random number from chaotic sources such as a webcam CCD chip in a dark can.
Random Website - provides a link to […]

Blogging No-no and Yes-yes

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

I’ll agree with 5xMoM’s 10 blogging no-no …

1) No to black background because it is overused …
2) No to lengthy post …
3) No to digress too much …
4) No to leaving the blog not updated for several days or even weeks …
5) No to attention seeking title every day …
6) No to sticking to […]

Bloglines is Down Today!

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

Since I discovered Bloglines on 19 Mar 2005, my public bloglines subscription has grown to 50+ feeds. It was certainly to my horror I found I couldn’t login into my Bloglines account today and my public bloglines sub giving error “You have entered an incorrect user name”.

Slightly less disconcerting is the error message “There is […]

How to Blog Safely Unanonymously?

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Is what I thought of when reading the EFF article (that Jon Choo post led me to) on How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) published on 6 April 2005 …
Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers. They’re the perfect tool for sharing your favorite chocolate mousse recipe with friends–or for […]

Office Romance and Employee Dating Policy

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Did you know that dating a subordinate or the boss is the biggest office romance no-no? Gerri Willis gave 5 tips for dealing with office romance last Valentine’s day, 14 February 2005 …

Know the rules of romance … Check out your company’s employee handbook and take a good look around you. If […]

Think Twice

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Says Hobbes to Calvin 10 years ago today (9 April 1995) …

Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we can speak.
Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.

… and I read it in the re-run of this syndicated comic in The Star, […]

Another Weekend, Woo!

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

A weekend blogger is certainly what I’m becoming. Especially with my new assignment and my workplace change to an 8-to-5 five-day week. Woo, looks like I’m with good companies …

WeekendBlogger - One way to find a random one of us.
Office work kills the blogger - Alwin Hawkins, 8 April 2005. “Okay, not killed. Just made […]