2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 38,000…
Using LVM in Linux Rescue Mode
So, the OS disk at one of RHEL boxen on my vm farm is toasted and I need to check the health of the remaining disks, which are using LVM2.…
Ubuntu 12.10 and FGLRX problem after kernel update
If you just like me, who manually installed the beta FGLRX package for ubuntu 12.10, you might face the same problem that I had when I upgrade my 12.10 kernel.…
VMWare: Unable to contact a primary HA Agent
So, after a major hiccup that left 6 out of my 7 member-vmware-esx-cluster disconnected from the main datastore, thus causing them to be kicked out of the cluster, I found…
Registering new IBM tape drive on Redhat Linux
So, we recently swapped 3 faulty tape drives on our TS3310. The library is connected through FC, so there’s no need for the box to be booted off for us…
Selamat hari raya Idul Fitri, mohon maaf lahir dan batin
Semoga tahun depan kita diberkati kesempatan berjumpa kembali dengan Ramadhan 🙂
Review: Logitech Mini Boombox Review
So, against my common sense, I decided to add the Logitech Mini Boombox to already long list of things-that-I-will-only-use-once-a-year. It’s a mini speaker that can be connected to your phones,…
Bluetooth headset pairing problem on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
Yes, I’m still using Maverick, sue me. I have tailored my maverick install to my utmost liking, a little hack here and there, that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t want to…
Getting the most out of your Galaxy Nexus battery
So, these are a couple of steps that I did to maximize my GNex battery life. I get about 14 to 16 hours on a single charge in the morning,…