Malaysia’s independent news provider Malaysia accessible through http://www.malaysiakini.com and http://m.malaysiakini.com/en might be down (.i.e blocked by our ISP) for many of you.

Try these alternatives.

Alternatives;

1. http://www.mkini.co/ - Mirror
2. https://twitter.com/malaysiakini - Twitter @malaysiakini
3. https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini - Facebook

You can’t block the internet!! Get that through your thick skulls …

This list will be updated as more mirrors show up so check back often.

Update:

http://www.malaysiakini.com/
https://www.malaysiakini.com/
http://m.malaysiakini.com/
http://www.mkini.co/

https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini
https://twitter.com/malaysiakini
https://twitter.com/Yahoo_MY
https://twitter.com/premesh

http://www.KiniTV.com/
http://www.youtube.com/kinitv
https://www.facebook.com/kinitv
http://www.youtube.com/malaysiakini

http://live.undi.info/
https://ge13.s3.amazonaws.com/
http://bit.ly/mkinige13

Create a new source file for the Spotify repository.

# sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

Add the following line into the source file.

Add Spotify’s public key so that you can verify Spotify’s packages.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59

deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

Update your sources

#sudo apt-get update

Install Spotify

#sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Source: Spotify

Session logging is not enabled by default but if you want logging enabled by default for all your sessions then here’s how.

Fire up Putty and go to the “Logging” tab. Check “Printable output” option and insert your desired log file name and location into the location field.

For the log file name, Putty supports the following substitutes.

&H – Hostname
&Y – Year (yyyy)
&M – Month (mm)
&D – Day (dd)
&T – Time (hhmmss)

D:\Users\username\Dropbox\backup\putty-log\&H-&Y&M&D-&T.log

This will log all your sessions into a dropbox backup folder with the desired naming format. .i.e “hostname-20130305-132319.log”

Go to “Session” , select the “Default Settings” saved session and hit “save” to make this default for all your new sessions.

NOTE: All your previous saved sessions will need to manually updated.

For some stupid reason my Google hangout and voice calls stopped working on my Windows machine. Removed the Google voice plugin and tried reinstalling it and got hit with a new error “Installer error 1603″.

After some digging around the issue was narrowed down to either permissions or the windows installer service having some hangover files or registry entries from previous installs.

The fix was to run Window’s FixIt to clean up the installer. This is what it does;

• Removes bad registry key on 64 bit operating systems.
• Windows registry keys that control the upgrade (patching) data that become corrupted.
• Resolves problems that prevent new programs from being installed.
• Resolves problems that prevent programs from being completely uninstalled and blocking new installations and updates.
• Use this troubleshooter for an uninstall only if the program fails to uninstall using the windows add/remove programs feature.

Download Here

Let me know if it work for you.

Malaysia finally gets it first GPS based taxi booking service, Unicablink. Its part of the Sunlight  Taxi group of companies.

You have 3 ways to book a cab. Call the call center at 1300-800-222, book online or through the mobile app. The mobile app is the best way and is available for both the Android and iPhone.

When a booking is made,  the nearest taxis will be notified and they can then bid on the job. Just like the cabs in SG. The company claims booking time has dropped from 20 minutes to only 5 minutes.

The next phase will be to introduce alternative payment methods. Credit / Debit cards and Touch n Go. This is something many of us are waiting for! Especially travelers.

Go grab the app on Google Play or the AppStore and take it for a spin.

What about Taxi Monger you ask? If I’m not wrong, that’s sms based and the response time is slightly longer.

I’ve yet to book a cab through Unicablink, hopefully soon. Have you tried Unicablink yet?

Some screens from the Android App

1. Check the current time.
[root@atom ~]# timedatectl status
Local time: Mon 2013-01-21 08:57:21 MYT
Universal time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21 UTC
RTC time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:57:21
Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (MYT, +0800)
NTP enabled: no
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: n/a

2. Set the correct date and time.
[root@atom ~]# timedatectl set-time "2013-01-21 00:59:00"

3. Check again, make sure the date and time looks right now.
[root@atom ~]# timedatectl status
Local time: Mon 2013-01-21 00:59:14 MYT
Universal time: Sun 2013-01-20 16:59:14 UTC
RTC time: Sun 2013-01-20 16:59:14
Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (MYT, +0800)
NTP enabled: no
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: n/a


Here’s how to easily change the UID and GID for a user in Linux.

Check my current UID/GID
[root@atom ~]# id danesh
uid=500(danesh) gid=500(danesh) groups=500(danesh)

Change my UID to 1000
[root@atom ~]# usermod -u 1000 danesh

Check my UID/GID again. GID is still 500.
[root@atom ~]# id danesh
uid=1000(danesh) gid=500(danesh) groups=500(danesh)

Change the GID for my group.
[root@atom ~]# groupmod -g 1000 danesh

UID and GID now updated.
[root@atom ~]# id danesh
uid=1000(danesh) gid=1000(danesh) groups=1000(danesh)

This will update the files in your home directory with the correct UID/GID but anything outside you will have to do it yourself.

Google has released the official Jelly Bean 4.2 images to its servers. If you can’t wait for the OTA like me then the manual method will get you 4.2 now. See how below,

I’m doing this on Fedora 17

NOTICE: Do this at your own risk. There is a chance of things going wrong and you might end up with a brick.

1. install adb and fastboot
yum install android-tools
2. Download the Jelly Bean 4.2 (JOP40C) factory image. Link
wget https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-jop40c-factory-6aabb391.tgz
3. Extract the downloaded file.
tar -zxvf nakasi-jop40c-factory-6aabb391.tgz
cd nakasi-jop40c/
4. Make the install scripts executable.
chmod +x flash-all.sh
chmod +x flash-base.sh
flash-all.sh will erase all data and flash everything.
flash-base.sh will only flash the bootloader and radio.

5. Make user USB debugging is on for your Nexus 7.

Settings –> Developer Options –> “On” –> USB Debugging –> “On”

6. Boot into fastboot

power off –> power on (hold power + volume down)till you get into the fastboot screen.

7. Unlock the boot loader.
fastboot oem unlock
confirm on your Nexus 7 screen.

8. Run the install script.
./flash-all.sh

Want one? Here’s a list of retail outlets where you can pick one up.

via ASUS@FB

Apple will be announcing its latest iPhone 5 and a few other devices (maybe) at its media event tomorrow, September 12th 2012 10AM PT, 1PM ET (1am GMT +8 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) .

There is not live stream so you will have to tune into the many live blogs covering the event to know what’s coming out. Here’s a list of live blogs I know covering the event.

gdgt - Live iPhone 5 launch coverage

The Verge – apple-iphone-5-live-blog

CNET’s Apple event Live Blog

Engadget – Apple’s next generation iPhone liveblog

TIME – iPhone 5 live blog

PC Advisor UK – Apple live blog

Yahoo – Apple live blog

GIZMODO – iPhone 5 live blog

I’ll update the list as I find more. Also, please do share if you have more.