Yes, you need a handjob!
Short, naughty, funny and ridiculously viral. Ditto about the product - I don't really need it.
Kelvin's posterous
Schmidt Wants You to Know Everything He Does
Eric Schmidt says, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
I am sorry - but just because I am doing things does not mean that I want everyone else to know about it.
If customer privacy is not something that Google respects and upholds, then Google does not deserve all the goodwill that it has built and enjoyed over the years.
Google continues to make more inroads into our lives - including the uber-scary Google DNS. Christine A. Varney - please help us keep the big G in check!
The Tetris God
Ah, now all those moments when I get exactly the piece I do not need three times consecutively suddenly make sense.
The (Sexy Asian) KozaK Girl, Youtube and Social Media
One of the most daring locally produced promotional Singapore Youtube video ever. The guys at JamiQ loves it!
Yeah - it objectifies women, has obvious sexual references and show a lot of skin. Still - it has an obvious hook for its target audience, has a viral component and shows clearly the benefits of using KozaK. Clearly, a case study for marketing.
Notice also how long ago this video was done. The video was done 1.5 years ago. I am picking it up today and you are viewing this exact video - a clear sign of the longevity of media on the Internet. Try doing this with traditional media!
Kudos to the guys at ProMedUSA. :)
JamiQ has Launched!
I am proud to announce that JamiQ, the social media monitoring solution that my company have been working on for the past year, has launched. This calls for a celebration!
You can find out more about it at homepage. A quick preview will be at this slideshow here -
Nearly every organisation has a reputation online. JamiQ's mission is to make it quick and easy for everyone. If you want a quick and easy try on JamiQ, request for a demo here.
Whee for Barcamp Singapore 4
I am still amazed at how well Barcamp Singapore 4 went. Please thank iDA and @preetam for it. Next one in February/March 2010.
No Glass Door Prank
We tend to take things from granted and assume more than we should.
Moving on to Posterous
Yes, in order to resurrect the dead blog, I have decided to move to Posterous. Since I love email so much and email is ubiquitous, I would have less excuses not to post. Watch for more interesting content here! :)
InteresThink 3: Causes and Ideas is Here!
How-To: Configure Huawei E169 Dongle
I signed up for Mobile Broadband with Singtel and got a free Huawei E169 dongle. It is a pretty powerful thing with a 3G modem, a mini-SD card reader and a emulated CD-ROM drive. Unfortunately, this confuses most systems. Since I don't really care for the mini-SD card reader or the windows drivers in the emulated CD-ROM drive, this guide will be about how to get the 3G modem to work.
It's really simple actually but there was alot of trial and error. I've tested it on multiple computers and on pro-longed usage. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and it works beautifully. It should work with all other systems too. Here are the 3 steps required -
(1) Download the USB Modeswitch. You require this to switch to the 3G modem full-time. Compile it. If you're on x86 systems and a little lazy, you can download the binary here.
(2) Run -
$ lsusb Bus 004 Device 003: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB ModemRun -
$ ./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -H 1 * usb_modeswitch: tool for controlling "flip flop" mode USB devices * Version 0.9.4 (C) Josua Dietze 2008 * Works with libusb 0.1.12 and probably other versions Looking for default devices Found default devices (1) Prepare switching, accessing latest device OK, Huawei control message successfully sent. -> See /proc/bus/usb/devices (or call lsusb) for changes. Bye(3) Now you can dial up using most dialup software. wvdial works best for me. Here is what I run -
$ wvdial /etc/wvdial.confThe configuration file reads like this -
[Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet" Stupid Mode = 1 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = *99# Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Username = NA Dial Command = ATDT Password = pass Baud = NASomehow, it managed to detect the DNS servers. For Singtel, they are - 165.21.100.88 and 165.21.83.88. If you are on M1, Starhub or other ISPs and have success with them, please share your experience and configuration settings below. Hope that helps!
