FEATURED ON HENNESSY ARTISTRY YOUTUBE VIDEO!!

Hey guys!! I am actually featured on Hennessy Artistry’s youtube video clip!! AND MY PART OF THE CLIP IS ACTUALLY USED AS THE THUMBNAIL!!

WOOHOOOOOO!!!

Here’s the video clip!

Hennessy Artistry at Opera, Sunway 30 Apr 2011

I AM DAMN HAPPY!!!!

 

edit: they took the video off the net.. duno why.. lucky i downloaded it before they removed it.. but my pic is no longer the thumbnail

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Team’s Ignorance & Arrogance..

Here is a short rant that i have been keeping to myself, and recently seeing an application i really want to buy, i cannot take it anymore..
Being a proud owner of LG Optimus 7, I was disappointed when i first open the box. After a day or 2, got used to the phone and started to love the phone for its simplicity, ease of usage the obvious research and development Microsoft have put in this phone’s predictive input (much better over iPhone, Android & Symbian).

I am extremely disappointed, however, being unable to purchase ANY apps from the market place on my wp7 in Malaysia. This is something i do not understand. I can make credit card purchases online, via MasterCard or visa almost everywhere.. why cant i make app purchase online just because my country is not supported? why do you need to support Malaysia in the first place? Amazon does not support due to shipping reasons (amazon does not ship to Malaysia), its not like Microsoft is going to ship their applications to Malaysia.. so what is the problem with Malaysians (and a lot other 'non-supported nations').


Best thing is, i see from tech forums around the world saying apps developers is unhappy to the low sales of their applications.. WELL, the sales could have been MUCH better if WE COULD PAY for them, rather than relying on trial versions..

first, the delays in updates. This i do not understand, because my phone is not branded, not locked.. and my network operator doesn't even test it unlike many other operators.. so the delays, are solely Microsoft.. WHY THE DELAYS?! i would have received NODO update only 2 weeks ago if i didn't use the Canadian gateway method to update my phone.

Now this.. I am stuck with free apps (i am lucky to be using LG, due to their large amount of free apps for LG phones) and trials. I cannot even enjoy a decent game! for example, PES, NFS.. i love those games.. and would love to buy them.. but i cant. for some reason, when trying to enter my credit card details, the billing address field for 'country' is locked to Singapore!! since my card is Malaysian, it is obvious why my card failed its authentication.

emails to Microsoft fell on deaf ears.. even postings in their forum produced no help, except 'Microsoft's marketplace team is hard at work to bring support to more countries'.. can they be more specific? How long has wp7 been out? I personally have been using since last Christmas.. do i have to wait for the next Christmas? or the one after this?

there is tonnes of great, cool & useful applications in the marketplace, but i cannot use any of them due to being unable to pay for them. Some of those tools are really cheap and wont even cost a dent to my wallet yet I am not able to use them..
In modern days, the sole difference between smartphones, besides the OS (the O/S is all similar nowadays), is the applications and support. Looks like Microsoft has a lot more to improve before it could ever catch up to Apple or Google.. including revenue. It is always bad for business to ignore potential paying customers..
by this Christmas, if they do not fix the marketplace app, I'll b selling off this phone.. no point in keeping it if i cant even purchase proper apps. I love this phone, but the inability to purchase apps is killing me. Android & iPhones has no problems with their payment gateway.. why only Microsoft? and support for customized ringtone comes in 3rd party jailbreak & hacks.. this is nonsense.. unable to play video's sound via BT headsets.. this is another major issue that should have been address in NODO.. not sure if its even IN mango update..

Different types of Poop or Shit.. and how to flush them down.. and how it relates to our workplace..

Today afternoon, as I entered my toilet for my urge to release certain tension build up in my abdomen area, armed with a very good book which I acquired recently, ‘A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’, (ISBN: 9789675997228), I was dawned by a series of rapid release of a mixture of liquid, solids and gaseous secretions which is the direct source of my abdomen discomfort.

Upon flushing, there is one extreme stubborn solid, that just wont go down.. commonly known as ‘Floating Log’ shit.. which just wont go down after 2 flushes.. which started me thinking.. in our daily lives, at work, we encounter all types of ‘SHIT’ and to each type, there is always a way to solve the problem.

Similar to our daily job, the types of shit we encounter, similar to our poop in the toilet bowl, some goes down quietly without argument, some will swirl and move down along with the flushing water.. some will go down after a fight, leaving traces of their struggle along the toilet bowl, and some just wont go down.. after flushing, it will just float right out.

Now, you may think, what difference does it all make? and how will it relate to our workplace? Simple. Everyday at work, we receive jobs or tasks to perform. It may be analytical, physical, last minute or a mixture of all that. For last minute jobs, we tend to be more messy in our handling due to haste and the rush to resolve it. Some tasks, may seem simple but takes a lot of time to complete.

When we go to work everyday in the mornings, and receive tasks for the day, or backlog from the previous day, we tend to solve it in a way we feel is the most confortable. Such as ‘flushing the toilet bowl’. But similar to our toilet experience, this is quite alright for most of the tasks we receive. But what about the more troublesome ones?

Lets start with the types that leaves trail marks on your toilet bowl. It is similar to you completing a task, only to receive lots of comment from superiors or colleagues, we tend to just redo the tasks without fully understanding what is required and what is lacking. The superior or colleague may not fully tell you what you need to know to complete the tasks completely, or YOU yourself might not LISTEN fully to what your superior/colleague has to say, and perform you task. (such as re-flushing the toilet bowl). What will this accomplish? nothing.. just a waste of water resource and the trail is still there, albeit a bit less.. but it is still there. lets treat the water as time.. precious time has been wasted..

What we should have done, perhaps is to understand what happened, what went wrong and why your work is not accepted. Only then, you work on a solution to solve the problem. In the toilet bowl’s incident, you may need to use a strong water gun (conveniently available in most Malaysian toilets) or a toilet bowl scrub (or whatever it is called) to remove the trail before flushing. This will ultimately clear all traces of the tasks on the toilet bowl leaving it clean and hygienic, and to the satisfaction of your superiors/colleagues.

What if you encountered the stubborn floating log shit? that just wont go down no matter how many times flush? You can continue to keep repeating your job without analysis, and have your superior reject your work everytime, OR you can analysis the situation, listen carefully to what your superior wants from you and SOLVE IT.

So how DO I remove a floating shit? There is 3 popular ways to do that.. Either you can remove it via flushing MANY MANY times, the most resource wasting method, or the ‘not-so considerate’ manner of letting it mellow for a couple of hours before flushing again.
The 3rd way, may be the messy way, but fastest and most efficient way of solving the problem. To use the Watergun or the ‘toilet bowl brush’ to whack the floating shit into smaller portions.. before flushing it down.

Similar to many difficult problems, the method of using the watergun or toilet bowl brush, will be the same as calling for meetings, meet all concerned parties and brainstorm on the problem and how each of us could play a role of solving the problem. Of course, this being your ‘shit’ you have to chair the discussion/meeting. This will be similar to the task of breaking up the shit into many pieces..

Then, when everyone agrees to a certain deadline, you flush the toilet at the deadline, that is calling for a discussion/meeting to follow up. This is similar to the flush after you break up the stubborn shit. BUT, this ‘flush’ will not be clean yet.. because there will still be people or parties that have not completed their tasks yet.. thus the toilet bowl will still have some small pieces of ‘debris’ floating around.. after which, upon the conclusion of the meeting, you flush the toilet again.. and this time.. the toilet bowl will be clean.

 

And of course, for all types of shit, there is always the most irresponsible method, to leave it and let someone else solve your shit..

This is how I see my daily work, and how I come to solve my problems. I hope it will bring good use to all my readers.

Thank you.

PC Fair.. yet again.. April 2011

Here we are, the time of the year again where Malaysia has its PC Fair at KL Convention Centre.

As usual, I went to this PC Fair, but this time.. i noticed something i never noticed before.

1. There are more DSLR users then ever.
2. They are rude, no manners and don’t care about others.
3. They have no etiquette. After u shoot, PLEASE LA STEP ASIDE.. its not like ur transparent..

Having vented that.. here’s my bootie..

 

 

 

YES, my games are loaded.. unless.. u mean something else when you say ‘Game LOADED’.. LOL

 

 

Yes, defintely exceed my vision

 

 

 

 

 

THE END…

How to ‘Developer Unlock’ WP7 without Chevron, and keep it Unlocked- for LG WP7..

Source: http://www.lg-phones.org/lg-optimus-7-hidden-menu.html
Source: http://www.wp7forum.com/windows-mobile-store/lg-unlock-and-prevent-relocking-using-mfg-app/

1.   Enable the hidden menu ‘MFG’
In call menu enter ##634# and press call button
in the application menu use MFG and enter the password: 277634#*# and press enter

2.   Go to Engineer Menu -> Other Settings -> Edit Registry
3.   Set your ROOT PATH to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
4.   Set your input path to "\Comm\Security\LVMod"
5.   Set your input key to "DeveloperUnlockState" and set to DWORD
6.   Hit Query. Output result should return a "0". If it does continue.
7.   Set your input data box to "1" and hit SET. Output result should be 1

How To Keep Your Phone Unlocked

You can keep your phone unlocked and prevent Zune from re-locking it.

1.  Open the MFG app and use the password to open it. If you don't know it's (appmfg#*#)
2.  Go to Engineer Menu -> Other Settings -> Edit Registry
3.  Set your ROOT PATH to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
4.  Set your input path to "\Software\Microsoft\DeviceReg"
5.  Set your input key to "PortalUrlProd" and set to DWORD
6.  Hit Query. Output result should return data. If it does continue.
7.  Keep your input data box empty and hit SET. Output result should be 0
8.  Keep this screen open and continue to Part 2

NEXT

1. Set your ROOT PATH to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
2. Set your input path to "\Software\Microsoft\DeviceReg"
3. Set your input key to "PortalUrlInt" and set to DWORD
4. Hit Query. Output result should return data. If it does continue.
5. Keep your input data box empty and hit SET. Output result should be 0
6. Backout to the password screen and shutdown the phone via powerbutton.
7. Reboot and sync. Your phone should stay unlocked.

How to Re-Lock your Phone

1.   Open the MFG app and use the password to open it. If you don't know it's (appmfg#*#)
2.   Go to Engineer Menu -> Other Settings -> Edit Registry
3.   Set your ROOT PATH to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
4.   Set your input path to "\Comm\Security\LVMod"
5.   Set your input key to "DeveloperUnlockState" and set to DWORD
6.   Hit Query. Output result should return a "1". If it does continue.
7.   Set your input data box to "0" and hit SET. Output result should be 0
8.   Your phone is now locked. To Unlock the phone redo the above steps but set back to "1"

After making these changes, chevron will not see device to relock or unlock..

4th & Mayor- Alternative Foursquare App for Windows Phone 7

Source: http://www.4thandmayor.com/

Embarrassed to say, the official FourSquare app for Windows Phone 7, has never ran well. There is many complaints at the review page in market place, but looks like no one has taken any initiative to get it fixed (until recently, foursquare announced they will be launching a new app for windows phone 7, after launching its new version for iPhone & Android). The bugs are: unable to log in, crashes (the crash is so severe that you have to re-install the app to get it running again. I myself must have re-installed this app 5-6 times before giving up)

But currently, the foursquare app doesn’t work anymore. We can’t even log on to foursquare.

It is then, we found 4th & Mayor. A 3rd party FourSquare app developed by Jeff Wilcox.

Jeff Wilcox is a software developer who lives in Seattle and loves client software development. Passionate about tech, great user experience, and a good challenge, he can often be found traveling the world speaking at conferences and meeting with technical developers everywhere - checking in to foursquare along the way.

Jeff maintains a blog dedicated to Silverlight and Windows Phone development. You can find that online at http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/, and Jeff's on Twitter as @jeffwilcox, too.

4th & Mayor was initially created to be a ‘Premium’ foursquare app for windows phone 7, but unfortunately, with the sudden death of foursquare official app since 11th March 11, Jeff Wilcox decided to make the app, free.. Which, to me, is damn good.

Here’s some screen shots.

     

This app is currently awaiting pending Marketplace Approval, but is available for public download (for those whose phone is unlocked or ‘Developer Unlocked’)

Please click here for instructions to unlock your phone

Please click here to download the XAP file for 4th & Mayor by Jeff Wincox

Enjoy!

Bubbles Dive Centre on TV!

This is where I learned to dive, and where i got my Advance Open Water as well. The dive instructor is also my instructor for both my Open Water & Advanced Open Water..

Very happy to see them on TV, and showing positive attitude for Eco Tourism in Malaysia. Something Tourism Malaysia seems to be ignoring.

Here is the clip on youtube!

Bubbles Dive Centre on TLC!