Malaysia’s 12th polling day is here

Tomorrow is the 12th general election polling day for Malaysia. Malaysians will be rushing to the nearest polling stations by the millions to carry out their responsibility as a citizen. It’s has been a rough couple of months with all the racial (that’s what they call it but not me) issues going around but tomorrow will clearly mirror what the Malaysian people really want. To either stay on the same road or to strive for a better future by opting for a change....

2008-03-07 · 2 min · Danesh Manoharan

Looking inside the Apple MacBook Air

Ever wondered what Apple’s MacBook Air looks like on the inside? TechRepublic took theirs apart and made a small pictorial of the process. See the pictures. Without an optical drive Apple managed to bring the overall size down and through the use of hidden connectors for usb and vga they managed keep the lines smooth all around. The MacBook Air is a beauty but somehow the inside does not impress me....

2008-03-06 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to set default session timeout in Linux

My DC operation guys access Linux servers on a daily basis but somehow they never remember to log out. This is a security risk as anyone could gain access to the open console and create caos. Today, yet again I’m forced to play the bad guy by dummy proofing my Linux servers by implementing default timeout for user sessions. Bash and Korn both support the TMOUT variable which I will use to set the default timeout....

2008-03-05 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Deluge BitTorrent Client 0.5.8.5 released

A new verison of Deluge is out. Version 0.5.8.5 Changes made to this version shown below, Fix force recheck auto scraping of tracker if it doesn’t report number of peers on reply fix web seed proxy preference Fix adding of duplicate torrents Fix timers for saving fastresume and uploaded memory Fix rechecking on start PnP fixes Fix possible libtorrent crash in storage Grab your copy here. Source: Deluge

2008-02-29 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Happy birthday Nuffnang

Happy 1st birthday Nuffnang. The name Nuffnang is no more a stranger amongst bloggers across Asia. From a humble beginng Nuffnang has grown considerably in past year. Almost every blogger I know is on Nuffnang now or has heard about it. The recent TV coverage really helped. Today, Nuffnang is a year old and to show it’s appreciation Nuffnang has put together the “Nuffnang Pajama Party” which is scheduled for the 15th March 2008....

2008-02-27 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan