August 2012

local, Malaysia, Personal Life

Google Doodle: Happy 55th Independence Day, Malaysia!

Google has changed its doodle for Malaysian surfer to commemorate Malaysian Independence Day. Malaysia officially achieved its independence from the British Empire on 31st August 1957. It’s the 55th anniversary of independence . Enjoy the song “Tanggal 31” as sung by Ahmad CB and popularized by Sudirman Hj Arshad. Full song MP3: Tanggal 31 (Ahmad […]

Android, GNU/Linux, Mobile, Ubuntu/Debian

My new Android app development machine – running on Ubuntu Precise

I always wanted a smooth development machine which can run multiple virtual machine (VM) at once, which is a must when testing app that is meant to be portable across different platform. So just before Ramadhan (in July), I bought 8GB RAM and 1TB hdd from a local pc shop and proceed to set-up my […]

GNU/Linux, Ubuntu/Debian

How to recover GRUB using Ubuntu Live CD (12.04 LTS)

Sometimes for some reason when you installed Microsoft Windows or other operating systems, your GRUB installation will be overwritten. This will cause your Ubuntu operating system unable to boot. Here’s how to solve the problem using Ubuntu LTS Live CD: 1. First boot the Ubuntu Live CD from your computer 2. Then, open terminal-emulator application, […]

Ubuntu/Debian

Solving choppy and distorted sound while playing back video on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Since installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Core I5 computer, I’ve noticed that I’ve problem with Video/Audio playback on my computer. It turns out that it only affects computer with Intel-based sound chip. To confirm that you have Intel based audio chip, you need to run this command: sudo lshw -c multimedia If Intel chip […]

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