Friday, September 10, 2010

I found a long lost friend :-)

It is hari raya's eve... want to make my posting simple.. my feet are killing me and I lost a tooth as well (long story)... Anyway, whole month of fasting brought only 1 kg weight loss, so my excess weight isn't helping me handling the usual long hari raya's eve routine. But managed to get the cooking done, yes, regular guy does cook.. and not a bad one, so maybe during the long break, will post some of those well guarded recipes, like anyone cares :-) Anyway, so here I am at 2am with aching feet typing away...
Must say my thank you first.. I am thankful that I have been blessed this year and despite the advancing age (it is just a number.. well whoever is saying that, he or she is on steroid, coz I am feeling it), I managed fasting duty quite well. So, will be celebrating a quiet Eid (hari raya) with my small family.
But I am extra thankful that I got re-acquainted with a long lost friend. I have always regarded him as another sibling of mine. He used to take me back to his place and let me embrace the warmth of his family..enjoy his family get together and always make sure I had a place at the food table, and speaking of food, ohh boy, his mom could really cook.
I have always cherished those moments, and very thankful that I got to meet his beautiful family..So my dear friend Ha, thank you for coming back (we must always thank internet for that).. and god willing, will see you soon too. God bless you.. Amin..

Sunday, September 5, 2010

What's in my PC?

This one I get asked about a lot. OK. What software should we have in our PC. I always say, go with the free stuffs that actually work... But where to get them? There are really good people out there who write these stuffs for free..(maybe it is free, but these people do get famous and their resume look awesome.. so it is their motivation). Go and check out the link, might just save you couple of hundred bucks and headaches (for installing software that just screw up your PC and doesn't really work)... Happy trying freeloaders :-)

Disclaimers: the suggestions below are my own personal recommendation only.. I never assess the complexity of each software..so, use them at your own risk ya. I might do the review of each software later to explain the benefits...(during my lazy days like this one).
and p/s: the formatting is screwed on this posting... well somebody will need to re-learn that!

Software Name Where to get How much?
Desktop PC HP Compact Presario SR5555d - Intel® Core2Duo Processor E4700
- (2MB L2 Cache, 2.60GHz, 800MHz FSB)
- 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
- 250GB SATA2 Hard Disk
- 16x DVD±RW Drive
- HP w1707 17" LCD Monitor
Package with Streamyx 1M offer ~ RM1000 
(a stealer)
Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate Get the original ya :-)
Anti Virus Avast http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download Free :-)
Internet Browser Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en- US/firefox/personal.html Free :-)
Music Player WinAmp http://www.winamp.com/ Free :-)
Video Media player VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Free :-)
K-Lite Codec Pack http://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm Free :-)
Media Player Classic (part of K-Lite Codec Pack) Free :-)
Photo Viewer/Editor IrfanView http://www.irfanview.com/ Free :-)
MS Paint Always available in Windows (for simple editing) Free :-)
Photoshop King of editing world USD900 :-(
ZIP Win RAR http://download.cnet.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4- 10745708.html USD 29 :-)
Print Screen Gadwin PrintScreen http://www.gadwin.com/download/ Free :-) 
FileName Editor Bulk Rename Utility http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php Free :-) 
Torrent Vuze http://www.vuze.com/ Free :-) 
FlashGet http://www.flashget.com/index_en.html Free :-) 
Blazing File http://www.blazingfiles.info/ USD5/mth (7G)
Remote desktop Ultra VNC www.uvnc.com/download/ Free :-) 

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Entertainer in our house

I have been lazy and not posting anything since the coffee incidence ...well, posting this might just get me off the hook.. but this cat is just adorable (despite driving me nuts with his endless mischief around the trash bin or food table... )