18 May, 2015

e-Commerce, Internet Marketing, Online Business

This is the logo for Yodel Australia. Yodel Au...
This is the logo for Yodel Australia. Yodel Australia is an online advertising and internet marketing company located in Sydney, NSW. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
18-May-2015

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Isn't that incentive to try it out?
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It just might be what you have been looking for to make it in the world of internet: e-commerce, internet marketing, affiliate marketing, online business.

This is no scam, for sure. a 200,000+ community of legitimate members should tell you that this is something: real people, real system, real results.

Try it. You'll be glad you did:

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Till then!

12 April, 2015

My Dying External HDD... revived – by Ubuntu Linux

Tux, the Linux penguin
Tux, the Linux penguin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
12-April-2015



In my years of computing, the volume of data that I have to keep grew lineary, sometimes exponentially, downloads here and there, documents piling up from transactions day in and day out. Naturally, an external HDD was required.

I bought a WD 1.5TB size, and it was immediately put to use.

It was big and heavy, and bulky, so when the remaining size in my internal HDD was enough to hold my daily space requirement, then the external HDD was disconnected and kept away.

And that was bad. The storage time was quite long, so by the time I needed to use it again, errors came up. Of course, this was all in Windows.

I tried using chkdsk to fix the error, and with a 1.5TB size, the time it took to repairing entailed long hours, and I had to leave it running overnight, but in the morning, the repair was still not done.

I had to abort, and to some point in time, that helped.

Until Windows had to give up on the chkdsk repair. I mean, today, I tried doing another repair for a very important file that I need, it didn't go through.

So I booted up in Ubuntu Linux, and used GParted to fix and repair the external HDD, and that somehow went through. Most importantly, the drive appeared in the list, and when I clicked on it, the files were shown. Not all of it, but the one I needed, I found, and copied out.

As one forum commentator said, “Way to go!” Reverse-engineer a Windows program and use it in Linux to repair a disk that can't be repaired in Windows! Of course, he is referring to fsck, and another utility.

Anyway, my external HDD is still okay after all, only that it can be accessed through Ubuntu Linux, not through Windows.

I might stick with Ubuntu Linux more often. This article is written and posted using Ubuntu Linux.

Till then!


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The passing away of my old desktop PC

Screenshot of the Welcome screen of Ubuntu Des...
Screenshot of the Welcome screen of Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 CD (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

12-April-2015



My old desktop PC died, officially. It was originally installed with Windows XP, but I tried to run in in Vista when the OS was released, then finally to Windows 7. Well, they all run okay, but to say the least, it was slow. And why not? It was an old PC that can only accommodate a maximum of 2GB RAM. 2 slots, that's all.

The longest time possible it was running Windows 7 OS, but when 14.04 Ubuntu was released, I thought, “Why not try and see if Ubuntu Linux will be better?”

I did just that. And it was on dual-boot mode. Windows 7 alongside Ubuntu Linux 14.04.

For some time, I run it that way, and one very stark difference is the speed. Windows 7 was slow, Ubuntu Linux was speedier. And they use the same hardware and all.

About 2 months back, I decided, I am not doing anything in Windows 7, or to say it more specifically, I cannot do anything in Windows 7 because I am simply waiting for a button click to get through, or complete.

Came the decision: Wipe out drive C:, and install Ubuntu Linux – only!

I did just that, and Ubuntu Linux installation started nicely. That was just about the time we were going to have dinner, so I left the old desktop PC alone while the installation was going on.

Afterwards, when I checked on the installation progress, I noticed that the lights on the PC were off. The power switch was still turned on, so I was wondering how it was turned off. I tried to press the power button, but no response. I had to open up the casing to check on what the problem could be.

No power. I did the standard troubleshooting steps, but there isn't anymore a response, like simply leaving the PC unpluged for a while and letting the stored charge be discharged, and upon plugging back in and turning the switch on would immediately turn the blower fan momentarily on, then off – well, none – nada!

A few more rounds of doing this, and with the night getting late, I had to retire, and to 'officially' retire the old desktop PC as well.

Good thing was that the secondary hard disk is still intact, and it is still in the PC today, but before the supposedly installation of Ubuntu Linux, I made it sure that all data was moved out of the primary disk, and all stored in the slave disk.

It has served me a long time, and it had its time. Computers don't live forever. And it picked a fine time to die, just when I thought of giving it a 'new life' with Ubuntu Linux...

Till then!


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01 February, 2015

Android 5.0 in my Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7105)

The official online color is: #A4C639 . 한국어: 공...
The official online color is: #A4C639 . 한국어: 공식 온라인 색은: #A4C639 . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
01-Feb-2015



Today seems a good day to write about this article... before it is forgotten...

A year or so after I flashed Android 4.4.2 ROM in my GT-N7105 phone, I started looking for some update to the OS. I believe there was one or two upgrades in the past year, and since I am getting none when I checked using my phone, I searched from the web using my PC.

Found that there is the UNOFFICIAL release for Android 5.0 - Lolllipop code name.

Read through the posts, and the found the installers. Saw that GApps is also available, so what am I waiting for?

I mean, I am more of the curious type, than the cautious one...

I went to the download sites, took the ROM and GApps files, and the supposeldy CWM recovery file that goes along with this Android 5.0 version.

It was a breeze!

But not before I had to check on how to do things altogether, I mean, after a year without actually doing it, just updates.

Which means my phone had rested for some time.

I like the new OS. Grouping of apps is naturally a function. And I found that this is already taken out from the 'All Apps' view. You cannot uninstall anymore from there. So you would have to open the apps group, and if you tap-hold, you get to drag it up to 'Uninstall' or 'Homescreen' - and it does just what you chooses. OF course, system apps would tell you that you can't do an unistallation.

Notifications also get the clear all button (is that what it is called in Android?) and you do double-tap to an item in the list to open it.

I also installed CM Launcher, after so long using Go Launcher EX. With CM Launcher, I installed Battery Doctor, to replace Green Power apps. I like CM Launcher in its simplicity. I like Battery Doctor in its verboseness of info. Charged will tell me if it is fully charged, and when it is in trickle mode, a few minutes after full charging. And when done, totally, will tell you to unplug.

For the curious one like me, here are the links:



Rooting:

Lollipop ROM:

Lollipop GApps:

Installing Custom ROM:



Odin v3.04 – 3.07 for Windows



Salute to the team for getting ahead of the rest!