Kramfs Tech Chronicles

DOST ASTI hosting Centos and Other Linux/BSD Mirror

kramfs — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:38:00 +0000

I was playing with some of the virtual machines running on my “hosted ESX” (ESX running as a guest vm on VMware Workstation 7, that’s two levels of virtualization, trying to gauge the responsiveness and network utilization of the Virtual Infrastructure.

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Fixing the “Can’t boot system as genuine NUMA” of ESX4 U1 under Workstation 7

kramfs — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:47:43 +0000

Got this error after installing ESX 4 U1 as a virtual machine running under VMware Workstation 7 for some Lab work. After installation completed, the following error was shown on the ESX console:

TSC: 54361147 cpu0:0)NUMA: 706: Can’t boot system as genuine NUMA. Booting with 1 fake node(s).

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Watch GMA and ABS-CBN Free Live Streaming

kramfs — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:07:00 +0000

This is for Filipinos (Pinoy) living overseas who do not have access to PinoyTV or TFC. The broadcast is a little delayed by a few minutes and quality is so-so since it is compressed but what the heck, this is what you get for free.

Follow this instruction on how to view the live streaming:

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Watch GMA and ABS-CBN Live Streaming

kramfs — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:34:00 +0000

This is for Filipinos (Pinoy) living overseas who do not have access to PinoyTV or TFC, you can watch the two leading Philippine TV network broadcast free streaming via hayag.com. The broadcast is a little delayed by a few minutes and quality is so-so since it is compressed but what the heck, this is what you [...] Related posts:

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What’s coming up next Engadget?

kramfs — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:21:55 +0000

I was reading an article in my RSS feeds from Engadget Home Entertainment section regarding a battery-less remote that gets power using small vibrations from button presses, which it then uses to beam out signals to the nearby set. It is supposed to be ready for production in 2011.

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SheevaPlug: A $100 Linux wall-wart like appliance

kramfs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:07 +0000

Marvell Semiconductor is shipping a hardware/software development kit suitable for always-on home automation devices and service gateways. Resembling a "wall-wart" power adapter, the SheevaPlug draws 5 Watts, comes with Linux, and boasts completely open hardware and software designs, Marvell says.

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Turbo-charge your WordPress blog using Google Gears

kramfs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:06 +0000

What is Google Gears?

Google Gears (or GG) is an open source browser extension that lets developers create web applications that can run offline. Gears provides three key features:

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StarHub commences upgrade of mobile broadband network to HSPA+ (Plus)

kramfs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:05 +0000

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After launching ‘Home Zone’, the world’s first commercial 3G femtocell service, it seems that Starhub is not stopping even though the economy is not in good shape.

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Upgrading to the latest dd-wrt firmware version

kramfs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:04 +0000

If you’re one of those who braved to install DD-WRT and is at lost on how to upgrade to the latest version, then this is for you. You can check your current installed version on the upper-right side of your router’s web-interface. The latest version is v24-sp1.

First of all, what is DD-WRT?

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How to play .asx file or stream mms in ubuntu

kramfs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:03 +0000

I opted to install Ubuntu 8.04 a.k.a Hardy Heron from scratch instead of upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 since I heavily customized my previous installation and I wanted to prevent conflicts.

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