tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943Thu, 03 May 2012 22:22:24 +0000mobilereal worldhobbiesLBStoolsNovellmagazinewebgadgetsdevelopmentpanagbengahappy codePalmwtfBeersysadComedyApplemobileindieNostalgiafirefoxtravelRSSStreamingtipsfamilyNetworkingwishworksafarikidsxmlblack and whitejavashinyLocation FreeFreeBSDMalaysiaaspectjideasgamingonlineFlat WorldexpatiPhoneDonateemulatornasi kandarjanelletichome photographymaccodingsweetGPSSpoofhoparoundfunarchitecturelovepetschool eventshp minimailmulti-touchshadowMarriagepoemTechnologyPSPpostfixphilippinesosxThemesbaguioCanonbrowsermacbookwindowscodedrivingpoemsdatabasecarOFWInternetbuggerMusingspersonalvacationphotographymacbook protinapaprogrammingSoftware DevelopmentMusicmtrJobstourismparentingGooglewaptoyslifepuwetik non-senseLinuxunixnetbookmallHardwarecareerdigitalphoto-opsuser interfaceslandscapefroggiexstreamnonsense blah blah etc ... on technology, corporate work, unix, opensource, civil society, photography, mobility, life, love, kids, parenting and many more!http://blog.mobileindie.com/noreply@blogger.com (nox)Blogger1024125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-456245871779781643Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:53:00 +00002010-10-16T22:53:45.021-07:00_MG_3414Originally uploaded by nocsHands down, my little boy is the cutest. :)http://blog.mobileindie.com/2010/10/cutest-boy-in-whole-universe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-5466950146513526002Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:58:00 +00002010-01-10T20:59:28.842-08:00Testing 1, 2, tres...http://blog.mobileindie.com/2010/01/is-this-thing-still-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-7484979526813457686Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:26:00 +00002009-11-01T01:26:35.070-08:00windows  No kidding, this is a slick native desktop blogging client for windows. Able to automatically pick up the blogger CSS styles for a truly WYSIWG experience. Usually, you get software like this on the Mac, its quite refreshing to have something like this on Windows. Makes for a very nice companion for netbook computers which are ubiquitous nowadays. And the best part of course is its FREE. http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/11/windows-live-writer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-3863289039583029961Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:40:00 +00002009-08-01T23:48:24.096-07:00lifeIts been eons again since I have written a blog post. Even 140 character updates are rarer nowadays. It could either mean too busy at work or more interested in real life (IRL) activities or both.For some reason, I do like to write. Its just I find it hard still to write cohesive sentences. Explaining /dev/brain contents that mildly conforms to the rules of proper grammar. I always admired peoplehttp://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/08/long-time-no-post-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-4758869145531728597Sat, 16 May 2009 04:17:00 +00002009-05-16T06:36:11.335-07:00LBSmobileMalaysialifeexpatGoogleOn a quick note, N95 + Garmin Mobile XT loaded with Malaysia and Singapore maps really rocks! Even better than the bundled GPS on our Persona. All searches by default is based on your location. For example searching for a Shell station, you would see it searching within 5km, 10km, 20km... radius. That said it makes a two year old phone an extremely practical all in one mobile device.When will http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/05/n95-and-garmin-mobile-xt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-7210658510354100811Sat, 16 May 2009 03:50:00 +00002009-05-15T21:35:25.785-07:00netbookhp mininasi kandarlifeSaturday morning with a mini and maggi goreng. Surprisingly wifi is available as auto detected by the mini. For the first time am blogging in this indoor Nasi Kandar.Anyway, its been a while since we have the mini, my daughter uses it regularly at home for school homework and general surfing. It seems to hold up to the task. Was keen on trying it outside and see how long the battery holds up and http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/05/hp-mini-and-nasi-kandar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-5566719650377277113Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:56:00 +00002009-04-20T08:56:19.496-07:00WTF???What is the future of Java and Glassfish?Interesting times to be a Java aligned technologist...http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/04/oracle-buys-sun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-8660370951531416756Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:38:00 +00002009-04-05T09:38:33.708-07:00_MG_0631Originally uploaded by nocsHad a great time this Sunday. Took the lovey and kids to Pantai Morib for a much needed break. Beach was ok, but food was fresh and delicious! We had grilled fish, fried prawns and calamari cooked kampung style? I could still imagine the taste of the prawn somewhere there in my tastebuds. It was really good and am not even a prawn lover to begin with :).We also http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/04/my-love-my-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-378881483813148493Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +00002009-04-02T10:23:30.204-07:00Our dogOriginally uploaded by nocsSurprised to know there is a free book for dieting... Named as The Hacker's Diet aimed primarily at geeks perhaps.Overweight and a bulging beer belly (ironically I rarely drink beer or alcohol for that matter), its those odd moments in time when you want to write something about it. In the futile hope to keep that motivation to get fit even for just a http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/04/diets-and-dogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-2592450748493001407Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:56:00 +00002009-03-19T17:56:14.139-07:00Red GuitarOriginally uploaded by nocsCause we were born upside down.Trying to find beauty amidst daily challenges life throws at you. Seeking refuge behind the sound of the shutter.http://blog.mobileindie.com/2009/03/red-guitar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-5941867025979977603Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:36:00 +00002008-12-26T23:36:38.299-08:00lifeMic test...1, 2, tres...http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/12/is-this-thing-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-4508146319697424562Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:54:00 +00002008-11-04T17:04:44.248-08:00drivinglifeYesterday night was rather a frightening experience. On an intersection, I signaled going to the right, an I thought the car behind was smart enough to see that as well. But no! the asshole rather decided to also make a right turn in the same two way lane together with me. Worse, he was the one so frackin' irritated and even tried to drive so close to my car while blasting his horns as if it http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/11/drive-drive-drive-drive-with-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-5196577085105947339Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:42:00 +00002008-10-25T02:16:23.869-07:00Musiccarlife31 years of walking thru the earth and enduring public transport, for the first time ever, I can now go to places on my own set of wheels. Driving really is both terrifying and an exhilarating experience! Just a while ago in the parking lot I forgot to look to the right and thankfully the car on the right was able to break in time. My brain is still uselessly wired with left hand driven instinctshttp://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/just-look-to-left-and-just-look-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-762750738028618647Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-10-20T20:26:59.332-07:00This thing is really shiny! Saw one for sale in the Cineleisure at 1.6k MYR (around $460).It looks just as good in person, the availability of a longer lasting battery will make this bugger the king of the netbooks. It can run OS X it seems, and runs open source operating systems like *BSD and Linux a breeze. Wonder how decent Java runs on this machines. It would make a really nice portable http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/os-x-running-on-lenovo-netbook-gadget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-1113637089983470942Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:46:00 +00002008-10-18T19:51:18.755-07:00happy codejavatoolsSoftware DevelopmentcodecodingJust gave Intellij IDEA a spin, the last time I tried was around 5 years back I think, it was really slow back then.Past forward, I was blown away! I can say this is the Apple Mac equivalent of IDE's out there. The handling is just right, you feel this is an IDE made by real developers for real developers. Its really, really nice. Spring junkies will definitely love the tight integration with http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/intellij-idea-70-milestone-2-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-5136079552628509295Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:26:00 +00002008-10-18T19:53:12.497-07:00Software Developmentreal worldarchitectureIn the real world, architecture and software design always looses against business drivers and deadlines.But there is no harm in trying, with laptops in our hands and design patterns in our hearts.http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/we-all-live-in-real-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-6765574926467259827Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:21:00 +00002008-10-05T03:26:52.754-07:00lifeAppleWhile looking for some free Pages templates I stumbled upon this site. I particularly liked the TextEdit Icon. It rocks and exactly the same sentiments I feel at the moment.It reads:Dear Kate,Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels.The troublemakers. The round pegs in the squareholes. The ones who see things differently. They'renot fond of rules. And they have no respect for thestatus http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/usingmac-leopard-story-of-icons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-3830065419720163492Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:22:00 +00002008-10-04T10:22:03.850-07:00This is thing is awesome! Such a welcome relief for us long time cruisecontrol users. It was relatively easy to setup, after the initial gotcha's for the SVN and findbugs settings, everything was smoothly running, like butter over hot pandesal.Hooray! For high quality open source products like these.Hudson... we don't have a problem..http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/hudson-extensible-continuous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-3821537858734763137Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:52:00 +00002008-10-04T02:52:38.748-07:00By far the best explanation on the lazy web of what OSGi is. :)On my end am becoming increasingly curious about OSGi. Wonder how long till I succumb and scratch that itch and plunk down and do some happy code.There are a variety of usage scenarios I can think right out of the bat. Wether its a fat client or a beer-belly server, who would not love upgrading your JAR dependent lifestyle with SOA http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/neils-point-free-blog-blog-archive-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-1826203386472124362Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:46:00 +00002008-10-01T23:46:37.792-07:00Its lightweight and good enough for most cases. The only drawback is on OS X the JDK 1.6 seems to have a bug so profiling is not enabled. Bummer!http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/visualvm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-4107184277203744486Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:55:00 +00002008-10-01T22:55:24.203-07:00Leaving the settings at 40 / 70 makes the aluminum dramatically become more sperm friendly. Lets you sleep better if you are worried that heat might shorten the lifespan of you beloved mac hardware. And its freeeee!!!http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/10/lobotomo-software-moofmenu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-3894675811758357106Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:31:00 +00002008-09-19T03:32:08.909-07:00happy codejavaSoftware DevelopmenthobbiesAm really beginning to like Maven over good ole' Ant. Dependency management is just one configuration away. Shiny! Other than that, switched all my hobby/happy code to SVN.http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/09/maven-introduction-to-standard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-2813470113065597633Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:06:00 +00002008-09-19T01:23:01.171-07:00lifeOFWYesterday, after Tenby, kids in tow we went to our favorite hangout place "The Curve" in Kota Damansara. One of the reasons why we like this place is because of Borders bookstore which aside from offering a huge selection of books (and accepts book orders if its not in stock!), allows you to open any book you like and provides cushy reading corners without somebody giving you the http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/09/threebies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-7302980674852169289Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:48:00 +00002008-09-18T11:49:50.901-07:00lifeOFWA while ago we visited Tenby International School, it seems to be a nice learning environment. About 20 minutes away via the NKVE from our condo which probably means less traffic, but at the price of RM 1.40 toll fee. Hope we get a car before school starts in January.The fees are almost the same as MAZ International School, but this one really has nice facilities in comparison and as a result hashttp://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/09/school-bukol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359943.post-4555507544866633782Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:16:00 +00002008-09-18T11:50:15.303-07:00lifeLife as we know it, quickly goes by... Fortunately, am lucky to have two adorable kids and a loving wife (Oh, and a really stubborn pekingese dog). As life is short and it doesn't make sense to go on its journey alone. Birthdays for me means taking stock of all the good things you have so far and be really thankful to the Lord for all the blessings. Yeah, life ,with all its sham, drudgery and http://blog.mobileindie.com/2008/09/31-and-counting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nox)0