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Monday, January 11, 2010
Flash and mobile - APPS, IPHONE AND IPOD Touch
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Using Thai Keyboard on iPhone/iPodTouch OS 3+
To be able to type in Thai without using a jailbreak, you need to upgrade your OS to 3+. There is a small fee in upgrading, visit Apple for more information. I think it worth doing so if you need to type in Thai to communicate with friends and family. Once you upgrade it, go to Settings >> General >> About.
Go to Settings >> General >> International >> Keyboards >> Thai (or other languages).
To the tone marks, and some vowels, PRESS + HOLD the tone mark button (ปุ่ม ไม้เอก). Then use your finger tip to select the tone marks and vowels.
Happy iPhone/iPod Touch.
Go to Settings >> General >> International >> Keyboards >> Thai (or other languages).
To the tone marks, and some vowels, PRESS + HOLD the tone mark button (ปุ่ม ไม้เอก). Then use your finger tip to select the tone marks and vowels.
Happy iPhone/iPod Touch.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) Data Recovery
The other day while I was watching the Internet TV, my lovely netbook crashed and bam, the Blue Screen of Death showed up. I was a little panic at first because the machine is fairly new and I didn't even think of backing up the data, although nothing much was on there. I contacted the company asking about system recovery and data recovery. The first answer was fine (pressing ALT + F10 to reset the system back); the second answer, however, required some fees from their technicians. Consider myself as an amateur geek, I started searching for the solutions to recover my data after the BSOD on the Internet. Well, luckily I found lots of information on how to recover the data after the BSOD and how to create a bootable CD/DVD/USB. I opt for creating a bootable USB since I don't have an external CD/DVD burner.
The first method I tried was using Knoppix, an open source linux-based operating system. The article from this http://www.ehow.com/how_4858086_screen-of-death-using-knoppix.html has a better explanation than mine. To create a bootable flash drive using Knoppix, I followed this article http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-knoppix-510/. The USB drive I used was a 2GB generic brand. The steps were painless. All you need to do is download the required files (the ISO file took about 2 hours for me to download). Follow the instructions on the screen. Knoppix will format the USB to be used as a boot drive. If needed, you can download HP USB Disk Format Tool from http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm to format your USB to FAT 32.
Now, power up the netbook (the infected hard drive with BSOD). Press F2/F12 to change the boot sequence from hard drive to USB. I was successfully able to boot to my machine, no BSOD, with Linux. However, the system drive was not showed up on the desktop. Yes, the drives showed only those you have partitioned not the system drive. I was careless saving data under My Documents and Settings. Hmm.. what do I do?
Another method, and I find this the most effective in fixing the BSOD and retrieving the data, is to use PE Builder from Bart's website. Download the latest file and follow the instructions from Greg Shultz. The other two programs you need are Windows Server 2003 files and Windows XP Professional CD. Shultz has written the article very well and easy to follow. The process was again painless for me.
Okay back to my problem netbook, I powered it up one more time with another USB plugged in (the one with Windows XP compressed version). Voila! No more BSOD. The netbook booted into Bart's PE. I used the "checkdsk" utility to fix my system drive (C). This method required about half an hour (I chose "fixed error and retrieved readable files"). Now I was able to access my C drive and retrieved all the data I needed using DOS command.
Another cool thing about Bart's PE is that once you choose to fix the C drive, the BSOD, in my case, is gone. After backing up the data, I shut the netbook down, remove the USB, and reboot. I changed the boot sequence back to hard drive. Awesome! The BSOD is gone and I was able to get into the normal Windows XP environment.
I could also remove the infected hard drive, make it slave, and connect it to my desktop using a usb 2.0 cable to SATA. Well, although this method seems to be the easiest and probably fastest to recover the data, I didn't do it because the netbook model I have doesn't have the diagram or manual showing how to remove the hard drive. In deed, I have to send it to the company to have it remove.
So.. there you have it. The possible methods to recover the data after the BSOD. If none of the above work, contact one of the computer experts or use the third-party software.
Kein Problem :-)
The first method I tried was using Knoppix, an open source linux-based operating system. The article from this http://www.ehow.com/how_4858086_screen-of-death-using-knoppix.html has a better explanation than mine. To create a bootable flash drive using Knoppix, I followed this article http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-knoppix-510/. The USB drive I used was a 2GB generic brand. The steps were painless. All you need to do is download the required files (the ISO file took about 2 hours for me to download). Follow the instructions on the screen. Knoppix will format the USB to be used as a boot drive. If needed, you can download HP USB Disk Format Tool from http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm to format your USB to FAT 32.
Now, power up the netbook (the infected hard drive with BSOD). Press F2/F12 to change the boot sequence from hard drive to USB. I was successfully able to boot to my machine, no BSOD, with Linux. However, the system drive was not showed up on the desktop. Yes, the drives showed only those you have partitioned not the system drive. I was careless saving data under My Documents and Settings. Hmm.. what do I do?
Another method, and I find this the most effective in fixing the BSOD and retrieving the data, is to use PE Builder from Bart's website. Download the latest file and follow the instructions from Greg Shultz. The other two programs you need are Windows Server 2003 files and Windows XP Professional CD. Shultz has written the article very well and easy to follow. The process was again painless for me.
Okay back to my problem netbook, I powered it up one more time with another USB plugged in (the one with Windows XP compressed version). Voila! No more BSOD. The netbook booted into Bart's PE. I used the "checkdsk" utility to fix my system drive (C). This method required about half an hour (I chose "fixed error and retrieved readable files"). Now I was able to access my C drive and retrieved all the data I needed using DOS command.
Another cool thing about Bart's PE is that once you choose to fix the C drive, the BSOD, in my case, is gone. After backing up the data, I shut the netbook down, remove the USB, and reboot. I changed the boot sequence back to hard drive. Awesome! The BSOD is gone and I was able to get into the normal Windows XP environment.
I could also remove the infected hard drive, make it slave, and connect it to my desktop using a usb 2.0 cable to SATA. Well, although this method seems to be the easiest and probably fastest to recover the data, I didn't do it because the netbook model I have doesn't have the diagram or manual showing how to remove the hard drive. In deed, I have to send it to the company to have it remove.
So.. there you have it. The possible methods to recover the data after the BSOD. If none of the above work, contact one of the computer experts or use the third-party software.
Kein Problem :-)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
First iPhone/iPod Touch apps
Yes, the first and easy one. I have to tell you that I am not an expert and still learn a lot from many resources. The book that I recommend is "Beginning iPhone 3 Development" by Dave and Jeff. Here is the link to their site, http://iphonedevbook.com/
Alright enough talk. Let's go to my first app. I'll try my best to explain it through.
I call it "Simple Pickers".
... more to come
Alright enough talk. Let's go to my first app. I'll try my best to explain it through.
I call it "Simple Pickers".
... more to come
Friday, July 31, 2009
เปลี่ยนยางจักรยาน
:D ในที่สุดก็สำเร็จไปได้ด้วยดี หลังจากที่ได้แผลเล็กๆที่หน้ากับที่มือ thanks to my brother in Thailand who recommended me to use Sonex. Here we have WD-40, the lubricant oil. หลังจากที่ได้ WD-40 มาแล้วก็ทำการฉีดที่ตัวน๊อตเพื่อกัดสนิม และทำให้น๊อตไม่เหนียว ใช้เวลาประมาณหนึ่งอาทิตย์ก็ไปไขออก ฉีดทุกวันก่อนออกไปทำงานและหลังเลิกงาน ไม่น่าเชื่อว่าการเปลี่ยนยางในรถจักรยานจะยากกว่าการเปลี่ยนยางรถยนต์ oh well.. I'm talking about two different things, am I not? :D
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
fun with Cocoa
just finish three tutorials using XCode. I really enjoy it. There are a lot of good blogs on how to start developing applications/games on iPhone/iPodTouch. Here is one of them I think is great for a flash programmer like myself, BIT - 101.
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