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Goodbye NucleusCMS.

merc — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:51:19 +0000

I’ve been a happy NucleusCMS user since the beginning of me blogging years back, but the recent problem with the spam on the comment is forcing me to move to a blog engine that has better spam management interface. i.e: comment approval system… etc. Believe me, I’ve tried all the spam fighting plugins available to NucleusCMS already, but it work to an extend that I still need to manually clear out hundreds of spam message manually.

A short searching around the web shows me that wordpress seems to be a good replacement, I really like the admin interface, and it even come with import engine to convert an existing blog!

Following the guide at wordpress, with some luck, I’ve manage to get all the entry from my Nucleus blog into the newly installed wordpress : )

Some comment in blog post are missing, not sure why, and I can’t tell if this will help be combat the comment spam more effectively, but I’m still happy.

Upgrading my laptop in Starbuck

merc — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:10:59 +0000

I’ve just got myself two stick of 2GB RAM and a 400GB HDD. Sat in a Starbuck, with my screw driver from my backpack and a Ubuntu 9.04 64Bit CD. 30 minutes passed and tada!!!

Yes, I did it in Starbuck ^_^

Getting Audacious2 onto your Ubuntu 9.04…

merc — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:11:39 +0000

The default apt-get from 9.04 does not gives me audacious2, so, compiling it myself seems to be the only option.

1. Install the required build lib:
   $ sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libmowgli-dev libmcs-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libxml2-dev libmad0-dev gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` timidity

2. Download audacious2 source:
   $ wget http://redmine.atheme.org/attachments/download/69/audacious-2.0.1.tgz
   $ wget http://redmine.atheme.org/attachments/download/71/audacious-plugins-2.0.1.tgz

3. Extract and build audacious2:
   $ tar xzf audacious-2.0.1.tgz
   $ cd audacious-2.0.1
   $ ./configure
   $ make
   $ sudo make install

4. Extract and build audacious2 plug-ins:
   $ tar xzf audacious-plugins-2.0.1.tgz
   $ cd audacious-plugins-2.0.1
   $ ./configure
   $ make
   $ sudo make install

5. Install EQ presets:
   $ wget http://www.dreamcubes.com/webdrive/eq.preset
   $ mkdir ~/.config/audacious
   $ cp ./eq.preset ~/.config/audacious

That’s it!

The default installation has no equalizer presets, you’ll need to import one from WinAmp or adjust it yourself, thanks to Bryan Murdock you don’t need to : )

Free Upgrade on Dell D630!

merc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:53:00 +0000

I could not believe it! I’ve just got a free upgrade to a dual screen monitor on my 6 months old Dell D630 laptop! The only problem would be its unable to boot into windows anymore… Contacted the Dell support guys, apparently the motherboard has to be replace, and its back to single screen… what a bummer…

oh well… Dell Sucks… as usual…

I want pretty and I want my TitleBar!

merc — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:02:01 +0000

Just got back my Compaq V3000 laptop from the dealer. Its a little over 2 years old, but it has been sent back for mother board replacement for the 3rd time! (glad that I had the extended warranty period to 3 years)

Figure that I can put Ubuntu 8.10 on it while waiting for 9.04 to come alone in about two weeks time.

Installation went well, NVidia (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-96.43.11-pkg2.run) driver seems to install properly as well.

Reboot and damn! Wher’s my window title bar? and also the Terminal windows is un readable as well. Turning off the visual effect seems to give me back the title bar, but that’s not the solution.

For the next 5 hours is frantic googling for solutions, and it really is funny that so many had the same problem, and offered bloody lot of suggestion that is not working, until came along this article Ubuntu Desktop Effects – Fixing the missing titlebar and it hit the right spot. Just these two lines in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the ‘Section “Device”‘:

Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

: )

Aptana in Ubuntu 64bit

merc — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:31:46 +0000

Installing Aptana in Ubuntu 64bit is no fun, every other distribution has its standalone package, but not on Ubuntu 64bit : (

After installed Aptana onto my Eclipse as a plugins, launching Eclipse (now with Aptana) splat me on the face with “Aptana requires Sun JRE 1.5 or greater to work properly.”

But I’ve already had JRE 1.6! Some forumers says I need to update my JAVA_HOME and the symbolic link that points to the “real” JRE 1.6:

ubuntu:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
ubuntu:~$ echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre" >> ~/.bashrc

Now there is a problem, the error is gone, only if I launch Eclipse from terminal, if I launched it from the “Main Menu”, the error about JRE comes back.

Until much later I found out that Eclipse support a flag -vm to specifically allow one to point to the VM they wish to use, I’ve added the line “/usr/bin/eclipse -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java” as the command to execute.

So, I dont get it, why is $JAVA_HOME not set if eclipse is launch from the “Main Menu”?

Firefox 3: Any Different?

merc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:17:45 +0000

Since the launch of Firefox 3, trying to download Firefox 2 has been increasingly difficult (since most mirrors are updating to the latest version).

To be honest I’m not too fancy to install it as soon as it was released, since Firefox 2 works for me. So fate took a turn and my machine need a re-installation all over. Since I can’t get FF2, I’ve deiced to give FF3 a try.

Downloading it was a breeze, plus another two minutes and FF3 in installed to my Vista.

From what I’ve read, the new FF3 default theme suppose to give the user an “integrated” experience within the user’s OS. Now look at bellow, I do not think its any where near to “Vista” as it claim, putting a funky button as Back and Forward button do-not-constitute as “Vista” integration OK?

A quick search at Mozilla Firefox Theme shows that most of the theme are for FF2, very few that are FF3 ready. I’m looking for something that “revert” the FF3 look back to FF2, although I could not find the exact match, I did found Phoenity Aura 0.3

Don’t get me wrong, the FF3 does an excellent job in bringing us FF3 (for God knows how many improvement has made so that the freeloader like you and me can enjoy the digital era), but I think shipping Strata as the default theme, is less appealing to me.

Country List (in SQL)

merc — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:19:49 +0000

More then once I need to have to populate a country list into database for later retrieve to populate an online form or combo box. Instead of doing it all over again, I’ve made the following SQL script, it should work with My SQL, MS SQL, etc…

I’m not sure if this the full list of every country in the world, so if you know a country that is not in the list, let me know.

And please pre-create a table tCountry to hold the data.

INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Afghanistan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Albania');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Algeria');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('American Samoa');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Andorra');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Angola');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Anguilla');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Antarctica');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Antigua and Barbuda');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Argentina');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Armenia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Arctic Ocean');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Aruba');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ashmore and Cartier Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Atlantic Ocean');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Australia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Austria');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Azerbaijan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bahamas');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bahrain');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Baker Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bangladesh');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Barbados');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bassas da India');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Belarus');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Belgium');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Belize');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Benin');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bermuda');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bhutan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bolivia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bosnia and Herzegovina');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Botswana');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bouvet Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Brazil');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('British Virgin Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Brunei');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Bulgaria');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Burkina Faso');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Burundi');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cambodia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cameroon');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Canada');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cape Verde');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cayman Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Central African Republic');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Chad');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Chile');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('China');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Christmas Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Clipperton Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cocos Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Colombia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Comoros');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cook Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Coral Sea Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Costa Rica');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cote d"Ivoire');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Croatia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cuba');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Cyprus');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Czech Republic');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Denmark');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Democratic Republic of the Congo');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Djibouti');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Dominica');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Dominican Republic');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('East Timor');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ecuador');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Egypt');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('El Salvador');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Equatorial Guinea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Eritrea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Estonia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ethiopia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Europa Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Faroe Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Fiji');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Finland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('France');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('French Guiana');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('French Polynesia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('French Southern and Antarctic Lands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Gabon');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Gambia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Gaza Strip');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Georgia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Germany');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ghana');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Gibraltar');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Glorioso Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Greece');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Greenland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Grenada');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guadeloupe');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guam');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guatemala');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guernsey');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guinea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guinea-Bissau');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Guyana');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Haiti');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Honduras');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Hong Kong');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Howland Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Hungary');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Iceland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('India');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Indian Ocean');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Indonesia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Iran');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Iraq');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ireland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Isle of Man');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Israel');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Italy');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Jamaica');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Jan Mayen');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Japan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Jarvis Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Jersey');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Johnston Atoll');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Jordan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Juan de Nova Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kazakhstan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kenya');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kingman Reef');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kiribati');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kerguelen Archipelago');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kuwait');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Kyrgyzstan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Laos');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Latvia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Lebanon');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Lesotho');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Liberia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Libya');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Liechtenstein');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Lithuania');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Luxembourg');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Macau');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Macedonia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Madagascar');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Malawi');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Malaysia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Maldives');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mali');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Malta');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Marshall Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Martinique');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mauritania');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mauritius');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mayotte');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mexico');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Micronesia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Midway Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Moldova');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Monaco');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mongolia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Montenegro');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Montserrat');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Morocco');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Mozambique');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Myanmar');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Namibia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Nauru');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Navassa Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Nepal');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Netherlands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Netherlands Antilles');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('New Caledonia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('New Zealand');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Nicaragua');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Niger');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Nigeria');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Niue');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Norfolk Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('North Korea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Northern Mariana Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Norway');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Oman');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Pacific Ocean');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Pakistan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Palau');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Palmyra Atoll');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Panama');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Papua New Guinea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Paracel Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Paraguay');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Peru');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Philippines');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Pitcairn Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Poland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Portugal');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Puerto Rico');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Qatar');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Reunion');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Republic of the Congo');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Romania');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Russia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Rwanda');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saint Helena');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saint Kitts and Nevis');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saint Lucia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saint Pierre and Miquelon');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saint Vincent and the Grenadin');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Samoa');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('San Marino');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Sao Tome and Principe');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Saudi Arabia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Senegal');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Serbia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Seychelles');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Sierra Leone');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Singapore');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Slovakia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Slovenia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Solomon Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Somalia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('South Africa');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('South Korea');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Spain');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Spratly Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Sri Lanka');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Sudan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Suriname');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Svalbard');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Swaziland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Sweden');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Switzerland');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Syria');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Taiwan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tajikistan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tanzania');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Thailand');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Togo');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tokelau');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tonga');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Trinidad and Tobago');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tromelin Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tunisia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Turkey');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Turkmenistan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Turks and Caicos Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Tuvalu');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Uganda');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Ukraine');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('United Arab Emirates');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('United Kingdom');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('USA');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Uruguay');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Uzbekistan');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Vanuatu');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Venezuela');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Vietnam');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Virgin Islands');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Wake Island');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Wallis and Futuna');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('West Bank');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Western Sahara');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Yemen');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Yugoslavia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Zambia');
INSERT INTO tCountry (CountryName) VALUES ('Zimbabwe');

Prolink PML095G vs Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000

merc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:26:36 +0000

Christmas is just around the conner I guess I just buy myself a present to cheer myself up (ok… that was just a lame excuse I made up to buy a wireless mouse).

Went down the the local department computer hardware store, and immediately two model of wireless mouse come into view (after filter out the anything beyond RM110 and above), the Prolink PML095G and Microsoft Optical Mouse 4000.

I was suspicious at first, I had never heard a Prolink being a mouse maker, yeah it has some home network product (wireless router, switch.. etc), but the shop keeper is telling me that it is a Laser Mouse! while the Microsoft 4000 is a Optical Mouse. So after a thoughtful moment ( actually, it was just about 5 minutes), I decided to to purchase the Prolink mouse, simply because the price for a Laser Mouse from Microsoft / Logitech is at RM200++

2 hours later when I reached home, plug in the USB dongle that come with the mouse, the driver installed automatically, and I try to move the mouse around a little… *_* THIS PRODUCT SUCKS! The mouse pointer move about, but there is no PRECISION! If you want to know what I mean, try to use a optical mouse on a piece of glass, you’ll get the effect of the pointer move distance is inconsistent! And this is a Prolink Laser Mouse that sits on a Mouse Pad!

I took the mouse and went back to the shop, and explain what happen, and to my greatfullness, the shopkeeper allows me to change it to Microsoft Optical Mouse 4000, and it all works as it should be (precise pointer movement).

So… moral of the story… Get a well establish brand name, do not fall for the deal gimmick!

I hope that this review / comparison will help you!

Missing 'Enable users for Communications Server' from dsa.msc

merc — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:02:43 +0000

I’ve been deploying Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 lately for internal use and today the installation of the OCS Server 2007 is finally y completed (only the OCS Server in consolidated mode, still have to deploy the rest of the OCS role, mediation, edge servers, etc).

To test is the OCS configuration works, i will need to enable users and trying to login with Office Communicator 2007. To my horror, when I right-click on the user name in Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in (dsa.msc), the ‘Enable users for Communications Server’ is NOT VISIBLE!

After 2 days of frantic call to Microsoft and requesting for supports, no luck, I was wondering if I should just re-install the AD servers and the OCS Servers *_*, and in the last minute of before that is about to become true, I found an article depicting you can run dsa.msc mode in 32bit or 64bit, if you are running 64bit of Windows Server 2003.

So, I was thinking, what the hack why not?

I click on “Start” -> “Run” -> typed in ‘dsa.msc -32‘ without the quote, and OMG that missing ‘Enable users for Communications Server‘ is showing!

Apparently, the ocs extension can only runs in 32bit mode!