Malaysian Artistes For Unity (MAFU) released a fantastic song today that mirrors the sentiment that most Malaysians feel in their hearts. Here’s a YouTube version of the music video:

I don’t understand why ppl in the office have to waste so much paper. They have  a computer, can’t they read from the win words? Do they have to really print out the doc to read? Also, why is it so hard to print double sided?

Global warming, ppl!!! Start today and play your part to save the planet. 

Hey, ppl in the world, don’t you have anything to complain about your work?

Come on, let’s share it here, share  your sorrow with me. hahahha. Just kidding. Even if you’re a boss, you can also complain about your employees.

Passion.

Do you really like the thing that you do in your work? Even if you like, is it consider passion? I don’t really like what i’m doing. I don’t even know what I like to do. Sad and Suck man… i’m confused and always contradicting myself.

I’ve been thinking of quiting my job. i don’t know if i should quit or not. the problem is, I need to drag myself up every morning to go to work. well, i suppose some of the ppl having the same problem. It’s not good isn’t it. One shouldn’t feel it that way.

I’ve been complaint a lot of my working place. Well, the most common complain is about the pay, and then the colleagues. it would be real nice if everyone play their part and work together to complete the job. it would be faster right? you basically have to beg ppl to accomplish a task. how suck!!!

It was 1 month ago when I had my first brush with the SE W960i’s Messaging problem. As discovered then, the problem is related to the phone’s Contacts. After fiddling with it for a month, I finally found a permanent solution to the problem.

First of all, here are the possible symptoms of the Contact/Messaging problem:

The cause of all the above symptoms is you have contacts saved in your SIM card. To fix the problems, remove all contacts from your SIM card and reboot your phone.
To do this on the SonyEricsson W960i, go to Contacts -> More -> View folder -> SIM. After that, More -> Mark -> Mark all and then More -> Delete. Now all you have to do is reboot your phone and all your problems will be gone forever (hopefully).

This morning Outlook gave me a big scare. Nope, it didn’t deliver a particularly nasty email, but it crashed as soon as it started. Here’s a look at the nasty error message:

No amount of begging and coaxing would make Outlook start normally, so I started Outlook on Safe Mode and after it managed to start without error, ended it in hopes that it will fix whatever stuff that is wrong when the program quits. And guess what? It did.

So, for anyone who encounters the above error, the first thing you can do before trying the myriad of troubleshooting suggestions found on the internet, give Outlook a chance to fix itself by starting it in Safe Mode. To start Outlook on Safe Mode go to Start -> Run and type:
outlook /safe

Hi Mr. Dragon,

I think your website is really cool… Anyway, hope you don’t mind i complain my work and office here. Ha Ha Ha…

Installing Custom Firmware 3.90 M33-3. This article assumes that you have custom firmware (OE/M33) installed on your PSP and want to upgrade to version 3.90 M33-3.

If you have OE/M33 firmware lower than 3.52 M33 please start from Section A.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.52 M33 and lower than 3.52 M33-4, please start from Section B.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.52 M33-4 and less than 3.90 M33, please start from Section C.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.90 M33 and less than 3.90 M33-3, please start from Section D.

Downloads:
(DL.1) All versions of custom firmwares that are used in this article can be found at Dark_AleX’s site
(DL.2) Official firmware update 1.5
(DL.3) Official firmware update 3.52
(DL.4) Official firmware update 3.90

Section A - Install custom firmware 3.52 M33

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.52 M33 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)
(b) Official firmware update 1.5 (DL.2)
(c) Official firmware update 3.52 (DL.3)

Steps to install:
(A.1) Copy the folder M33CREATOR and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME150/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/).
(A.2) Rename Official firmware update 1.5 (EBOOT.PBP) to 150.PBP.
(A.3) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/).
(A.4) Rename Official firmware update 3.52 ((EBOOT.PBP) to 352.PBP.
(A.5) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/).
(A.6) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.52 M33 CREATOR.
(A.7) After it completes, run the the program 3.52 M33UPDATE.
(A.8) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.52 M33. You can now delete the folder M33CREATOR folder from your PSP.

Section B - Update to custom firmware 3.52 M33-5

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.52 M33-4 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)

Steps to upgrade:
(B.1) Copy the folder M33Update4 and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME150/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/).
(B.2) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the update (the icon has a grey background, with red letters saying 3:33:33 in the foreground).
(B.3) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.52 M33-4. You can now delete the folder M33Update4 folder from your PSP.

Section C - Install custom firmware 3.90 M33

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.90 M33 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)
(b) Official firmware update 3.90 (DL.4)

Steps to install:
(C.1) Copy the folder UPDATE and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME/).
(C.2) Rename Official firmware update 3.90 (EBOOT.PBP) to 390.PBP.
(C.3) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/UPDATE folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/UPDATE/).
(C.4) Go to Recovery mode (Power off your PSP by holding the power button for 10 seconds. Turn on your PSP while holding the right shoulder button to go into recovery mode). Revert your kernel to 3.52.
(C.5) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.90 M33.
(C.6) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.90 M33. You can now delete the folder UPDATE folder from your PSP.

Section D - Update to custom firmware 3.90 M33-3

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.90 M33-3 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)

Steps to upgrade:
(D.1) Copy the folder UPDATE and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME/).
(D.2) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.90 M33-3.
(D.3) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.90 M33-3. You can now delete the folder UPDATE folder from your PSP.

A weird Messaging problem occured on my one-week-old Sony Ericsson 960i handphone. When I viewed the SMS list from the Messaging application, only the senders’ numbers appeared (normally, the senders’ names will appear instead if they are in my Contact list). Furthermore, when I tried to view any of the SMS, an error message saying the message is incomplete is prompted to me followed by another error message saying Access is denied .

This immediately triggered a severe panic sensation as I frantically searched the internet to look for any causes/solutions for this problem. After reading up all the available information, I gather that the cause of the problem is most probably to do with my Contact entries. It’s weird since all my contacts are imported on the day I received my phone and I’ve only added a couple of new entries. I deleted all the new entries (and some junk contacts that I can’t even remember how they got into my list) and rebooted the phone, it was still giving me the errors. When I was about to give up and schedule a suitable time to bring my baby to the clinic, it hit me. I added some voice dial commands the day before and when I tried to voice dial today, it failed. After that incident, the weird Messaging problem started.

I quickly deleted all the voice dial commands and viola, the Messaging problem went away.

So, for those who get the same error messages shoved into your face, the problem most likely lies in your contact entries.

I recently purchased a Compaq C749TU via the Citibank Malaysia Shell Card promotion (stated as HP Compaq PC700 Notebook on their promotion). It came with FreeDOS and since I have an unused version of Windows XP, I decided to install on it.

Hardware specification:
Processor - Intel Celeron M Processor 540 - 1.86Ghz
Memory (std/max) - 512MB 667MHz
Hard Disk Drive - 80GB
Optical Drive - DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Bluetooth/Wireless network - No
Operating System - FreeDOS
Intel Chipset - Intel® GM965
Graphic Chipset - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator x3100
Audio - 2 Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers
Fax / Modem speeds - High speed 56K
Network Interface - Integrated 10Mbps, 100Mbps
Input Devices - 101 key compatible, 1 Quick Launch Button and Touch Pad
Other media - 5 in 1 integrated digital media reader slot

First hurdle is the lack of SATA harddisk support in Windows XP installation. I burned a new copy the Windows XP cd with SATA drivers integrated in it (you can refer to this blog post on how to do this).

After successfully installed Windows XP, I was horrified to find that there are no Windows XP drivers provided by Compaq (they only officially support Windows Vista). After searching around and trying out solutions, I’ve compiled a list of drivers that will eliminated all the yellow question marks in the Windows device manager list (Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager). Install the following drivers/software in sequence and you should be fine:

Audio driver
Download and install Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture Driver
Download Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver. Run to extract the contents to a directory. To install the Conexant High-Defintion Audio Driver, you have to do the following:
1. Click on Start and select Run. Now type devmgmt.msc and press enter.
2. Right click on Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus and click Update driver.
3. Select “Install from a list or specific location”
4. Click Next. Then select “Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install”
5. Click Next and then select “Sound, video and game controller” from the list.
6. Click Next and then click Have Disk.
7. Then browse to the directory that contains the previously extract files.

Modem driver
Download Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver. Run the program to extract to a temporary folder. Then follow the steps to install Conexant High-Definition Audio Driver to install this driver. This driver is to update Audio device on High Definition Audio Modem (or something like that).

Video Driver
Download and run Intel® Chipset Graphics Driver Software.

Chipset Driver
Download and run Intel Chipset Installation Utility.

Network Interface Card (LAN)
Download and run Realtek RTL8100CL/RTL8110Sb NIC (LAN) Driver.

Input Devices
Download and run Quick Launch Button Driver.
Download and run Synaptics Touchpad Drivers.