Category Archives: Technology

A Noob’s Guide to Network Problems

Network problems present themselves in many ways, and it is often difficult to identify the cause of the problems. For home/small-office networking, there are effectively four big classes of problems. Latency Don’t bother going to those sites that show you … Continue reading

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That the government needs to exit the software ecosystem

tl; dr: The government of Malaysia has had a chilling effect on the growth of the Malaysian software ecosystem, and needs to make an exit in order for the sector to blossom. It’s hard to know where one should start … Continue reading

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Two months on Unifi

I’ve been using Unifi for a while now, and I’m generally pleased with the quality of the Internet service offered. Latencies are low, connection is stable (it’s not uncommon for the VPN to stay up all day), and the bandwidth … Continue reading

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Much ado about Maxis FTTH

Edit: This event occured at my uncle’s house. Like any other starving geek, I was there, really, for the pasta. I had an interesting experience with Maxis Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) chaps. Here’s some background: Maxis has been running their FTTH trials … Continue reading

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Maxis and DiGI mobile broadband on Fedora 13

I recently procured a Huawei e1550 3G dongle, and subscribed to DiGi’s mobile broadband services. At RM80 for the dongle, and RM70/month for the broadband service – the offer seemed to be a steal. The dongle works perfectly in Fedora … Continue reading

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Getting Frisky in San Francisco (part 8)

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Chirp Twitter Conference (first official Twitter conference). It has been a blast so far, not only because I’m seeing at the vibrant Twitter ecosystem for the first time, but also because I’m being exposed to … Continue reading

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Getting Frisky in San Francisco (part 7)

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Chirp Twitter Conference (first official Twitter conference). It has been a blast so far, not only because I’m seeing at the vibrant Twitter ecosystem for the first time, but also because I’m being exposed to … Continue reading

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Getting Frisky in San Francisco (part 6)

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Chirp Twitter Conference (first official Twitter conference). It has been a blast so far, not only because I’m seeing at the vibrant Twitter ecosystem for the first time, but also because I’m being exposed … Continue reading

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Getting Frisky in San Francisco (part 5)

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Chirp Twitter Conference (first official Twitter conference). It has been a blast so far, not only because I’m seeing at the vibrant Twitter ecosystem for the first time, but also because I’m being exposed to … Continue reading

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Getting Frisky in San Francisco (part 4)

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Chirp Twitter Conference (first official Twitter conference). It has been a blast so far, not only because I’m seeing at the vibrant Twitter ecosystem for the first time, but also because I’m being exposed … Continue reading

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