The Hacker Diaries: Confessions of Teenage Hackers

After more than 2 months of waiting, I finally got my hands on the book a couple of days back.

This was the book that splurged my interest in hackers world that eventually inspired me to do a mini research on the topic during my matriculation days. Unfortunately, this particular interest was killed off after my draft has been rejected and I had to endure a painful start over.

You can read the excerpt at Google Book search here.

Brand New Samsung Z400v for Sale - Going cheap

3G Vodafone exclusive. Recommended retail price NZD 449.00

My price? Highly negotiable. Seriously, make me an offer and I'll try to consider it.

Merdeka Day Celebration [UPDATED]

**updates in red**

[This post will stay here until the event is over. New posts below]

On behalf of Canterbury Malaysian Society and Kelab Melayu Inc, I would like to invite you to the 50th Merdeka Day Celeberation Dinner. Details as follow:

Date & Time : Saturday, 1st September 2007 at 6.00pm
Venue : Caledonian Hall
Dress Code : Traditional.
Entry Ticket : $30.00

But please do not let the ticket price fools you. Here is what you get for your money's worth.

Food - Catered by Malaysian Food Catering (Mr. Ishak)
Menu:

Served in a Malaysian Hawker Stall Style buffet style with the food server will be in a Malaysian Traditional Outfit.
- Roti Canai Buffet [home made roti canai, kuah dal and sambal ikan bilis]
- Mee Rebus Buffet [well, mee rebus and all the usual stuff that comes with it, curry, veges etc]
- Nasi Lemak Buffet [Nasi lemak, rendang, boiled eggs and slices of cucumber]
- Satay Buffet [need introduction with this? + coconut sauce]
- Dessert Buffet [as of now, I am not quite sure what the dessert will be, but rest assured that its not something that you can eat everyday]
- Drinks [Sirap bandung, tea and coffee]

Lucky Draws:

Lots of them. In fact its so many that I could not remember them all. There will be potentially more than 60 lucky draws to be won. Chances are that you might not be returning home empty handed with less than 300 guests only.

- Probable prize tickets from Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand and Jet Star.
- A brand new mountain bike
- 20 KFC voucher worth $25 each
- Free stay @ Riccarton Motel (might be quite useful if you are having family/relative visiting)
- Food vouchers @ Sampan Restaurant, Chinatown, Pagoda Steamboat etc.
- More to come. The committees are working hard on getting new sponsors everyday.

Enough said. Please do spread the words around and give a thought about it. I am sure it will be worth it.

20legend

I guess this has past its expiry date as a news but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is one true Man United legend and deserves a praise.

His retirement was a bit shocking but not entirely unexpected.

As been said, he surely has carved his name in the great history of football.

No doubting it.

Related videos:

1. Champions League Final 1999
2. Vs Newcastle United - Red card tackle that saves the day

Islam Awareness Week - Unity in Diversity [Updated]

Wherever you'll be next week (in New Zealand), it is most likely that you could catch an event that will be held in conjunction with Islam Awareness Week in a town near you.

Below is the list of events in Christchurch

Day & Date	Time	Topic	Speaker	Venue
Monday 13/8	All lectures will be	Media and Muslims	Dr. Zakir Naik recorded lecture	All lectures will be held at:
Tuesday 14/8	from 6:30 p.m.	The purpose of life	Omar El-Hadad	Lecture Theatre A3
Wednesday 15/8	To 7:30 p.m.	Unity in Diversity, Islamic point of view	Sheikh Mohammad Amir from the Muslim Scholars Board
Thursday 16/8		A short history of Muslims in NZ for the last 100 years	Martin Drury
Friday 17/8		Interfaith Dialogue	Speakers from Islam, Christianity and Buddhism	Ilam New Common Room
Saturday 18/8	11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Mosque open day		Mosque 101 Deans Ave

WND Wind Duo 2000

With the price of mobile phones becoming relatively affordable, it is not uncommon to see people with two phones, usually one for business and the other for personal use. Hey, even my younger sister back in Malaysia has two sets of mobiles!

In line with the trend, prices of GSM sim card has also gone down tremendously. I still remember a few years back when the price of a prepaid starter pack would have cost as much as $200. Now you could get one for less than $10. Thats the effect of competition for you. But in New Zealand, I am not sure if this is the case as Vodafone NZ is still the single provider of GSM.

Well, back to the phone. For those who have more than one mobile phone, ever wished that you'd be carrying one phone but with the functionality of two?

Wish no more. WND Wind Duo has come to the rescue. A phone with dual fronts; each side function perfectly as a phone - screen, keypad, sim card. It is like having two phones glued to each other at the back.





Now thats what I call revolutionary. With a thickness of 17mm it sure beats putting one phone on top of another.

But then there's one thing that bugs me. Come to think of it, when you are in a middle of a phone conversation, can other people connect to you to the 'other' phone? If so, it could be very funny but intriguing at the same time. But I suppose thats just a minor issue.

Wind Duo 2000. Certainly a nice move by WND.

Thumbs up!

Me, Myself and Mobile v1.5

This entry is supposed to be the sequence to my longest entry ever (at least that's what she said).

It was more like a short story to me. The short story of my rather short life.

Please. Do read it here.

But I won't be doing a full sequence yet. Hence v1.5


Excerpt:

Nokia 3210 ---> Siemens c45 ---> Nokia 3310 ---> Nokia 2100 ---> Nokia 8250 ---> Nokia 3100 ---> (back to..) Nokia 3310 ---> ???

That was from November 2001 until January 2005 (roughly).





February 2005 to January 2006
Sony Ericsson T630i

The second in line for dual face design made popular by SE. A true successor to the ever popular T610. It was a real deal to the mobile world when it was released about a year before. The main reason why I fall in love with Sony Ericsson. Ever heard people saying "Once an SE fan, always a fan"?



February 2006 to July 2006
Nokia N-Gage QD

Successor to the revolution of mobile gaming, N-Gage. Not that I am a hard core gamer, never was but it was the only phone that caught my attention when i decided to trade-in my T630 after my brother's cat has done something terribly wrong to it. But I did spent a few good hours a week playing games. The inbuilt MP3 player with loudspeaker was pretty handy too.



August 2006 to present
Sony Ericsson K750i

Just when I decided that I have had enough of games and really need to focus on my study (ehem!), a real deal came for a phone that I have longed for. This is a truly remarkable phone. A phone that holds and feels like a camera. Auto focus lens. Dual LED flashlights that double up as your torch (they are bright, trust me). This phone was a trend setter, just like other previous SE phones (sorry if I sound a bit bias here, hehe).



June 2007 to present
Nokia 1101

Bought it for about NZ$35 to use it as a second phone. Does great on what a mobile phone should do, calling and texting. Truly basic, nothing fancy here. But wait, it has a torchlight too. Although it took me quite a while to figure out the shortcut button to it.



Future to distant future
Sony Ericsson P1i

It has not been commercially released yet but its rave reviews are everywhere. PDA, phone, camera, 3G, wifi. Almost all features you could ever dreamed of is in the package. I am being hopeful here.













P.S: this is my 10th entry for the year and this blog has reached the age of 39 months as of today. Can't wait to reach 40. Life starts at 40 right?

I'm Back (from Malaysia) and Aspire 5920G review

I have just finished what according to Pijoi as "last test as Canterbury student". Still got final exams though. It went okay. But as always, I wish i had more time to complete all the questions. Sigh!


Few stories worthy of notifying.

Basically my main purpose of going back to home last month was because I got to attend my only elder brother's wedding and I was suppose to be his best man. But in the end I didn't. Or couldn't.

I had an "Extreme Sudden Change of Temperature Attack" (well, if such term ever exists). It was like having an asthma attack plus extreme cold that came to you in a sudden. I couldn't feel my legs, open my eyes or breathe easily for that matter.

Suddenly cold breeze became my enemy. Shivering and I'd have that attack again.

A couple of injections at a nearby clinic resulted in the following:

1. My brother arrived late for his akad nikah.
2. I lost my title as best man.
3. I had to wear jacket when everyone else was practically looking for a fan/aircon. (Well, at least I could feel my legs though.)

Shopping. The temptation was very high. Very very high.

Imagine this.

You have just got your allowance that you have been waiting for 6 months in NZ dollar. You have been saving your money wisely. You return home with large portion of that still intact. NZ dollar getting stronger (i.e. more MY ringgit per 1 NZD). Its the period of Malaysia Mega Sale.

Huh. "Nobody said it was easy..."

But thanks to my budget controller and the plan I have for my future I could restrain myself from the temptation.

Yeah right!

Only a couple of shirts and to my defense, it was a last minute shopping.

Also, I bought this...



...for a friend.

Its an Acer Aspire 5920g with Santa Rosa, the latest range of processor from Centrino 2 Duo family. 2Ghz. With 160Gb of hard disk, 2Gb of DDR3 RAM, stereo surround speaker with a sub woofer. What more could you ask for in a laptop?

Wait there's more.

It has Nvidia 8600Gt with up to 1GB of turbo cache memory installed. Whoaa! This is one of a few laptop in the market which is DirectX 10 capable. Which means that when you play game, instead of getting a character that look like the right picture, you get the details of the left ones.

Impressive but a little bit scary. But this will surely make gaming more enjoyable. As for the laptop, I bought it for MYR 4600. I would consider this a bargain as other brands with the same specs will easily reach 6000 mark. With its stunning look (Did i tell you that it was designed by BMW?) this laptop will easily become the best selling laptop as far as gamers are being concerned.

Now only if I had the budget to get one for myself. [Stress the word budget, I have the money but none was allocated under new laptop in my budget :-( ]

When Your Eyes are Wide Open

When you cannot close your eyes and its 3am in the morning, then you
know that the cup of coffee you had before has taken its toll on you.
You took your eyes away from your laptop screen, with a hope that you
could close your eyes and be in wonderland, but instead you find your
eyes staring at a different screen, your mobile phone - blogging via
email.

Now you know that you are indeed in deep trouble.

Lets count the stars. It might just help.

Menghitung Hari II

It has been about 15 months now since I last saw my mum, my dad and all others.

I still have about 3 days to be able to do that again.
Excited.

My bro is gonna get married.
Nervous.

He asked me to be his best man.
That's why.

Now only if I don't have two midterm tests on the night before departure.
Sigh!

P/s: Anyone for a new mobile phone or any other gadget for that matter? I could buy them for you. Possibly a bit lower than local market price. I would certainly be spending at least half a day at lowyat area.

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