openSUSE main repository down

The main openSUSE repositories have been down for about 12 hours now due to hardware failures. If you are using these mirrors then your package manager would most likely fail as mine did. Screen shots below. So what do you do? It’s advisable to use a mirror closer to your location. I use Japan. The performance is better when compared with the other Asian mirros. For the full list of mirrors go to the openSUSE Wiki ...

2008-01-15 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Free WiFi HotSpots

Abi posted an extensive list of free WiFi hotspots from around Malaysia over at Delirium. The full list available at Delirium. If you have additional HotSpots which did not make the list, leave a comment and they will get added. KL & Selangor All timezones listed free hotspots (inc whole M’sia Starbucks) Goto Timezone list 1 Utama new wing Certain KFC outlets during weekdays from 2pm to 6pm (pls visit KFC....

2008-01-15 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Switched to reCAPTCHA

Switched over from Math Comment Spam Protection to reCAPTCHA. Spam has still been coming in despite the Math Comment Spam Protection plugin. I decided to take reCAPTCHA for a spin for a few weeks. Hopefully it helps. What is reCAPTCHA? You need a CAPTCHA differentiate human from computers. There are many other CAPTCHA programs available today, from numbers to whole phrases. Almost every website with registration, comments or basically any sort of forms implement some kind of CAPTCHA to keep spam bots at bay....

2008-01-14 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

AMBP Coffee Therapy for Bloggers

Me, WingLoon and Abi were at the recent AMBP Gathering “Coffee Therapy for Bloggers” held at Starbucks The Gardens, Mid Valley. This was AMBP’s first offical gathering so nothin much was planned for the day. We has some coffee, laughs and alot of Hi and Hellos. Not to forget freebies, movies tickets, mouse pads, pens, etc…. Like AMBP this was my first bloggers gathering but I felt that the whole thing did not quite work to plan due to the location. Starbucks was small and crowed with chairs. Most of us sat and got into our comfort zones. Communication came to a halt…. My recommendation for future events would be to make them more interactive. Some games,quizes, workshops, brown bags would really bring the event to live. This is the first time and I’m sure the organizers will have more plans for future events. Bloggers I met; May Ong Jason AndyMervinGeorge HuayPhing Shaunng Devince Wilzc Ivan Angelic Kelz ...

2008-01-14 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Won myself some WordPress stickers

Delirium had a contest running for the past few weeks. To qualify I had to link back and contribute comments. Me, Wing Loon and MerDurian came up on top being the top commentators so we get some WordPress stickers. Thanks Abi. Received my stickers from Delirium yesterday.

2008-01-13 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan