Holy, It’s raining all over Malaysia!

It’s been raining all over Malaysia today —

Cloud over malaysia

That was Malaysian map taken over Google Earth, notice the cloud covering almost 70% of the Malaysian region? its been raining all over Malaysia! woohoo!

Linux Kernel Hacking Lessons from LinuxChix

Those who are interested in understanding the Linux Kernel, and wants to be a Linux Kernel Developer might find this website interesting as a stating point, the LinuxChix Kernel Hacking Lessons.

Structured in an easy to follow lessons, the whole online course designed to make you familiar with the kernel development tools, linux system calls and the overview of the kernel source code structure. The course comes in 10 lessons which you may find it interesting as it offers simplified explanation and practical examples :

  1. Lesson #0: Check for Materials
  2. Lesson #1: Get the Kernel Source
  3. Lesson #2: Configure Your Kernel
  4. Lesson #3: Compile Your Kernel
  5. Lesson #4: Boot Your New kernel
  6. Lesson #5: Your First printk
  7. Lesson #6: Overview of the Kernel Source
  8. Lesson #7: Understanding System Calls
  9. Lesson #8: Your First kernel Module
  10. Lesson #9: Creating, Applying and Submitting Patches

Visit LinuxChix Kernel Hacking Lessons. for more information.

FunPidgin – a fork of Pidgin Instant Messenger

I found out today that Pidgin project has been forked, using the name FunPidgin. In addition of the stock Pidgin features, FunPidgin offers :

  • “Text area manual sizing” a plugin by Artemy Kapitula that allows manual resizing of the entry area
  • An option to set the size of the buddy icons displayed in the chat window.
  • An option to let the window manager place new windows.
  • Two different ways of seeing that your buddies are typing.
  • An optional send button for Tablet PC users

I’m not going to elaborate the reason behind the fork as you can read it on the internet. But personally I think FunPidgin wouldn’t last long if they continue to make major changes from its parent project.

Currently FunPidgin is available from FunPidgin Sourceforge Project Website

I’ve Upgraded Upgraded to WordPress 2.5!

Finally after spending some precious time procrastinating, I finally upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.5. New features that I immediately found helpful are :

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  • Multiple file upload
  • Clean interface design
  • Administrative panel loads faster
  • Easier for me to load up media files (video, audio, photos)

This could mean that I’ll be posting more regularly. Btw, sorry for the hiatus, I’ll be updating this blog more regularly after this.