Computing tag

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January 1, 2011

[Updated] Unofficial guide to SMU Email Server

Technology refuses to cease to amaze us. Below is an updated guide to configuring your devices to the email server. The previous version may still be relevant but is not maintained. Note: This guide is used as it is. There are parts of the guide I have yet to test out, however have been found [...]

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November 8, 2010

New wallpaper

For days, in fact, months, the Balloon Bliss group outing photo was my wallpaper. Now, on a wimp, I have decided to refresh the wallpaper. Balloons are distracting me. Wallpaper image taken from Lifehacker Wuala group. P.S. In case you do not know what Wuala is, read here. P.P.S. In case you want to create [...]

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August 13, 2010

Be more aware about the technology you are using!

Otherwise you are just embarrassing yourself. theonlinecitizen has just posted, on Facebook, a Google News link on Youth Olympics Game and saying this: virtually all of [the news reported are] from our local news outlets. The world doesn’t seem interested at all. But we’re spending almost S$400 million on it. For propensity sake, a screenshot [...]

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July 20, 2010

Guide: Joining Your Computer To SMU’s Network From Anywhere

Before we start, a disclaimer: All software links are directed to the school’s server or related website. Any software links that are not directed to such locations will be highlighted. In no way I am responsible for any damage caused to your computer from the implementation of this guide. This guide has, however, worked for [...]

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June 30, 2010

“I can read Wikipedia”

I was alert to @litford’s tweet on a search term that was catching on. Curiously, I tried the search term “I can read Wikipedia” out (on both Google.com and Google.com.sg). I did not click I’m Feeling Lucky. I’m Feeling Lucky loads the first link of the search. Instead, I run the search. Guess what I [...]

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June 29, 2010

[Deprecated] Unofficial guide to SMU Email Server

This guide is deprecated by a newer version. This serves as a guide for new freshmen who are coming into SMU (Singapore Management University). I have matriculated early, and I know of the pain of not being able to sync my mails to my laptop and my mobile phone one day. This guide is for [...]

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June 25, 2010

CommunicAsia 2010 – The Skype Experience & Giveaway!

Once again, I have to thank Daphne from XPR for the chance to interact with Peter Parkes (as seen explaining the features of Skype on TV) at the Skype booth at CommunicAsia 2010. Just in case you do not know who is Peter Parkes, he leads the social media function at Skype as part of [...]

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June 19, 2010

Expected outage

WordPress 3.0 is out! That  means I have to upgrade my blog engine. In fact, it is begging for me to upgrade now.  I have set up, somehow, two domains for this blog. It will take time and effort to undo it and redo it. So do expect outage that lasts for a day [...]

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June 16, 2010

[Advertorial] Nokia The Rookie

I seldom watch television, sans the shows I watch on my laptop. So it is rare to catch The Celebrity Apprentice on Channel 5 on the Sunday that just past. Ok, what am i talking about! Wrong focus! Opps.   The Nokia The Rookie emulates the rules set in The Apprentice. The shows is currently [...]

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April 5, 2010

DNS and more VPN woes

Recently, I have been having trouble with my internet service. Twice a day, I was kept disconnected from the Internet. Each time I checked using Windows Live Messenger’s troubleshooter, it was the DNS (Domain Name System) that caused the trouble. There was nothing much that I could do, except to keep flushing my DNS settings. [...]

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April 3, 2010

BHB moment for Microsoft

Sometimes people can be very buay hiao bai (thick-skinned and full of himself). Organisations do that too at times. But Microsoft takes the tops for this: Seriously? The only reason why I choose to install Microsoft Office 2010 beta is that I need Outlook 2007, and I have yet to get the installation and product [...]

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March 14, 2010

VPN woe

Being a relatively new operating system, Windows 7 has a lot of software that are not compatible to run with. And it so happens that a crucial software, Cisco VPN Client that they offer is not workable. I tried using the VPN client that is embedded into the OS, but it could not work. I [...]

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