digital warts

“The Keymaker himself, his very nature is a means. It is not an end. And so to look for him is to be looking for a means to do… what?”


- Merovingian, Matrix Reloaded

for all the merovingians, i.e. one who collects programs, out there, you can browse here to select your henchmen.

“And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly, strong, and partly broken.”

- Dan 2:42, KJV

as prophesied, towards the end of time, human is getting more and more uncommitted. as if not wanting to be left behind, the machine is also treading the same path. this can be easily seen in the emergence of portable, and mostly free, softwares. one of which is…

locknote from the infamous consumer-encryption-software-maker company, steganos. this portable, open source freeware is pretty handy in encrypting whatever you’re scribbling. just scribble inside or drop your doodle in it, then voila! it’s now pretty safe from your nosy colleagues. with less than 300kb in digital weight, it can be downloaded in no time. it’s small size also make it easy to be put in a usb flash disk. and the best thing is… you don’t have to commit yourself to install it in your system. the only downside is that it can only encrypt .txt file. download it here. read more about it here.

wifi hotspots, eventhough free, are still hard to find. if you’re lucky, you might find unsecured wifi connection in which you can piggyback. these kinda free rides mostly exist in the urban areas. if you’re living in a laid-back, rural area like me, your chance is kinda slim in finding them.

fret no more. to be truly mobile, you can use your mobile phone as a modem to connect to the net. thus, worsening your iad. lol. below are steps to follow in setting up your mobile phone as a wireless modem.

disclaimer:

it is assumed that you have:

• treo 650 as mobile phone
• bluetooth adapter in your pc
• im3 as service provider

1. pairing treo and pc
1. turn on bluetooth on treo and pc
2. on treo, click setup devices - trusted devices
3. select your pc from the list - done
4. select passkey for both your treo and pc
2. activating dun on treo
1. go to bluetooth setting
2. turn on the discoverable and dial-up networking
3. go to preference setting, click network, then make new connection
4. for im3:
   • user name: gprs
   • password: im3
   • apn: www.indosat-m3.net
3. setting up dun connection on pc
1. click start - control panel - phone and modem options - modems
2. select your bluetooth modem, then click properties
3. click advanced, and enter AT+CGDCONT=1, “ip”, “www.indosat-m3.net” in the extra initialization commands
4. making new connection on pc
1. click start - control panel - network connections - new connection wizard
2. select connect to the internet - set up my connection manually - connect using a dial-up modem
3. select your bluetooth modem
4. enter isp name, then phone number with *99***1#
5. enter the same info as in point 2d

for more information, you can download the .pdf manual here. have fun!

if in the past 12 months you experience three of more of the following symptoms, then you are.

• a need to increase online time
• experience classic withdrawal syndrome, i.e. anxious, agitated when not using the net
• online time is longer than needed
• failed to control your online time
• spending time in net-related activities, including downloading craps
• online time is more important than other activities
• you’re still surfing the net, eventhough your social life is in total chaos!

using the above checklist, i think i’m having iad, internet addiction disorder. read more about it here.

if youre like most people, then youre using pirated version of windows xp for whatever reason. the point is, some of you pirates experience problem updating your windows because of the windows genuine advantage/legit check.
disgruntled no more! solution is here at last, and you can do it without having to hack your computer with an axe! fire up internet explorer. click tools - manage add ons.
find legitcheckcontrol.dll, most likely in the add-ons that have been used by internet explorer tab.
highlight the name section, i.e. Windows Genuine Advantage, then click disable.
restart internet explorer. enjoy!
the tip is courtesy of chip magazine.

blogging can be hazardous to your health. as in my case, i missed my flight cuz of my blogging activities… lol.

thank god for voip. i can make the call back home, twice, for less than sgd1.

the voip provider, i.e. budget phone call, in changi is in the center area. near giordano…

now you can personalize your fs url. instead of having number as your url, you can change it into whatever word you want. mine is this. bookmark it, cuz youre going to visit it often… :-))

sudoku is definitely the latest craze. its everywhere. newspaper prints sudoku puzzle, books are written about it, handheld game console are built, game program are written for handhelds, desktop computer etc. well, i came to know about it in my latest episode in bkk. went to kinokuniya, and i saw whole section just for sudoku. saw it in the puzzle section of bangkokpost, and tried it. kinda fun and addictive. installed it on my treo dway.

if youre curious, just visit sudoku.com to know more.

back in changi airport again. again there were some people who didnt logout from their whatever account. got one fs account open. was going to ‘hack’ this account, but he seems to be a nice guy, so ill behave for now…

anyway, this is kinda the end of my latest episode in bkk. to all my friends there: i miss you guys already… T T

hope to see you guys again in the next episode…

about the flight… the flight to spore is jampacked. apparently many people are going to spend their christmas, and maybe new year, in spore. never been to spore, except to changi… lol. hope to be able visit it next time.

dont bomb your friends inbox with humongous attachment. just use storage site such as sendspace. you dont hafta register for this too. for image, you can host it on imageshack.