Way back in the days of Wordstar, I used to reconfigure nearly every option, colors, backspace buffer, highlights etc. It was really easy, all the settings is in just one file. The single program instance helps a lot. When I…
Nokia E71 firmware update to v501.21.001
I missed out this firmware update Nokia E71 which went out in December 2010. The change log includes Ovi Maps 3.03 Lite with free navigation New version of Music player New version of Ovi Store Office 2007 support Usability and…
Mooncakes for 2011
Last year’s mooncakes were barely satisfactory. The dough still has a long way to go to approach commercial quality. Below is the new improved recipe. Equipment Mooncake mould Round box for dusting the assembled balls. Disposable food container will do…
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Backup your data
This is the most basic and important operational task. All data should be backed up as frequently as possible. This is to protect against logical data corruption or data loss. The server’s hard disk is protected by RAID 5, but…
The importance of the domain controller
The first step of any site disaster recovery (DR) is the recovery of the domain controller. This server holds all the user and service accounts and controls the rest of the servers. Without it, the entire IT infrastructure won’t really…
Giving a presentation without a projector.
This is a really cool idea when you have to give a presentation without a projector. The only down side is that only the slide title is easily readable. I guess you can do about 10 slides without turning off…
Practical disaster recovery plans
I thought I share some tips on creating a practical disaster recovery plan. Most people has a misconception that such plans are large complex and ultimately expensive. Well I am going to show you how you can have a practical…
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Go fly a kite!
I went kite flying during the weekend. First session was with my daugther’s Kite Flying Day’s kite. That did not fare very well. It kept insisting on flying the wrong way round. With the string on one shoulder, Any flight…