During college, I was hooked on IRC. I used to spend a lot of time on it. I also took a course in Unix/C programming, so as part of a side project, I developed an IRC Poker Bot. I recollected many good memories, and definitely learned a great deal from it. I passed on the […]
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Last night, I finally got my copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. I’ve been beta-testing it for a few months earlier, and was impressed with its stability and good looks. The installation process was, for the most part, painless. The only tricky part was upgrading the 32-bit Windows XP with 64-bit version of Win7. I […]
Usually, upgrading WordPress is no big deal – click a button in the admin page, and voilà1 – done! However, for some odd reason my hosting company allocated just small amount for my web site and I couldn’t do an auto-upgrade. I had to do it the old fashion way, and download the TAR.GZ file […]
A few months ago, I took the step and started building an HTPC (Home Theater PC) to watch/record TV and access the internet. For years, I used to do this on my desktop PC that was plugged into a 19″ LCD monitor. Now, I have the need to watch TV (and connect on to the […]
I completed my PC hardware setup. Last weekend, I concentrated a good chunk of time to get the software up and running. My Operating System of choice now is Windows Vista Ultimate. I’m planning to upgrade my PC to 8Gb of RAM, so I’ll need the 64-bit support to take advantage of it. Initially, I […]
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