New kernel for suse 10.2

I recently upgraded my suse kernel to suse to the one available in the update source that yast automatically adds. It fixed among other things the spdif out that my head phones jack into. Previously it didn't work although sound did and it played through the speaker built into my laptop.

It seams to be more responsive as well in gnome. If their are any other big changes I notice I will post about them as well.

Web standard & Web Scripting

I have just found one of the best resources on web site development. It is mostly focused on clinent side scripting and has some of the best HTML, CSS and javascript tutorials I ever read in all the tutorials I have come across.

howtocreate.co.uk

If you want to understand cross browser compatibility or more precisely Microsoft and IEs standards incompatiblity. He has one of the most though articles describing Microsoft incompetent and deliberate no use of standards in rendering web content. This is one more reason to try an open source or other browser that dose. Like firefox or opera.

tut week 5

Tut 5 for week five was on uml, not the most exciting tut. Im using a free open source uml molder in Linux.
opensuse 10.2 comes with umbrello. It has every thing you could think of for uml modeling. Well I know that I will do a lot of this in my assignment.

I didn't like the one tut question in which we had to try and recreate a uml diagram out of our text books. That seamed to basic for me but over all the tut was ok.

Tut 4 week 4

Last weeks tut number 4 was for fit2001 was not very interesting, we used the time to ask questions in a group about the assignment. I think the assignment will be quite interesting. We spent quite a bit of time discussing it in the Group.

The session we had with the Lecture was quite quick it was only about 15 min. I sure we got all the info we need for the assignment.

tut 3

I have not posted in while, tut 3 was a bit of a let down. We were supposed to listen to a pod cast with the creator of Basecamp, Jason Fried. It did not happen till after the tut. This is because the internet connection at Monash is controlled buy telkom (read below).

I went to the web site for base camp and did some wikipedia research on the topic. I think its quite an interesting product which was developed in a non traditional way. Similar to Many of the Google things which is release a beta, and keep in a beta state while the users interact with it and give feed back. They call this a gamma sate. It is rapid user centered development. As a good idea gets out their on the web and then the users get to decide how it looks and works.

Its interesting to see that their are other way of doing the same things, and with the internet we have not explored all of them.

Operating Systems and A new computer

I recently got an new Acer travelmate 5623, as my previous HP nx9110 stoped working. According to HP it stoped working because of mother board ware and tear. Which would cost R 5000 to replace.

My new Acer came with vista as it was a R 1000 cheaper to go with vista over XP. Apparently Acer is not shipping their products with system disks. So I had to use my DVD writer to create an image of my system for back and install purposes. Good thing to, with in 2 days I had to reinstall vista to get around an annoying error message that kept coming up. It had to to with user profiles and the folders linked to them.

Vista gave me the a real shock when I saw that the system was using 600MB of ram from start up. So I set about changing some of the services and performance setting to see if I could change that. I prefer to at least 80 % of my ram free. I was only able to free up 200MB. So 40% of my ram is dedicated to just ruining my system.

I have had one trouble of another since I got vista. Their program compatibility system kinda works as I was able to install and use open office and FireFox. I could get it to work with PDFcreator, it just wouldn't let me install it.

Vista is a bit easier to use but that dose not account for more then half my ram disappearing. Gnome is just as easy use if not more and it only requires along with the Linux system about 220 MB on start up. Which is why I am now switching to opensuse 10.1.

I hope to do every thing this semester in Linux, and after trying out opensuse 10.1 on one of my external drives I have to say Linux is really impressing me. Novel has really done some thing impressive with suse. It is almost an replacement for Windows in terms of productivity and easy of use.

Almost a replacement but not quite. I have to manually install my Realtech 8111 network card and my Intel pro 3945 doesn't work probably. Linuxes big problem is still hard ware compatibility. Hardware manufactures are sticking to where the money is and at the moment that is with windows. The just don't put in the same effort to make hardware work with Linux.

Their are still solutions to all these problems but they are some times very complex. For instance to update the driver for my wireless card I have to download and separately install 5 different packages to get around the dependency hell in the Linux system.

I still plan to move to the more stable and efficient suse 10 .1 with Gnome as my desktop because I can Google my Linux problems and find a solution, but with windows I have to wait till some lackey at Microsoft puts out a security up date to fix my vista problems. I will and suggest any one wanting to go the vista route wait till SP1.

Cool flash Games

Fishy

A cool flash game that can be use full for passing some time, or getting out of a late night working rut. Or just late night work. Don't play it 2 much.

In response to the comment I will add the following link to this post and to my links tab
www.freeonlinegames.com. It has a good variety of games and should cater to every taste. I suggest you try it out. I have already played a few, one of my favourites is thing thing.

FIT2001 week 1

This is a new series of post for a subject I am doing at university. Its called system Analysis and Design. unit code Fit 2001.

This first week of uni is always chaos, as nothing seams to be ready when we arrive at campus. The lecture rooms haven't got equipment connected and we don't have tutorials. This week was different, we had a tutorial and no lecture.

It wasn't a full tutorial either as we didn't have the lecture we couldn't cover all of the course content. I expect the form next week things will be very different.

This course is a second year unit and will probably be a bit more work then last year. I think it will be very interesting as we will get more into systems theory. I am built for studding I really enjoy it and could probably study any thing but IT is where my passion is.

I hope next week will be different and more organized and that things will be working like the library and the new lecture and seminar rooms will be up and running.

I have add a list of ftp site to my blog with will allow south Africans to easily get access to gnu software with out the traffic congestion of international sites. So they will be allot faster.

Most carry the same basic software but some have more then other be sure to check all of them out.

Thing you can find on the these websites are free software foundation software and all the latest Linux distros. You will need a braud band connection for the Linux distros but may be you know a friend who can do the downloading for you.

its a conspiracy

I have been a way for a long time and I will tell you why.

There was first the talkom problem out lined below.

Then a computer problem. When I bought my last computer I search high and low to find the best and most reliable computer brand. I thought that was hp. It was priced 1000 more expensive for most of the same speck machines as other brands. I had heard a lot of good thing about hp.

I had it for a year it work fine. although it started to give problems with the power button. Then just as my warranty expired in January 2006 it completely bombed out. I have since returned it 3 time to have the same problem fixed. Then in December of this year i thought i was having the same problem.

Hp has now quoted me for 5000 mother replacement to fix the problem. Which as far as they can tell is just motherboard wear and tear. Not lighting or some thing serious just wear and tear. Let me remind you that i have only had this computer for 2 years and paid 11000 rand for it. Now it is written off.

I recommend that you should stay away for hp and choose a cheaper brand like acer or may be Toshiba. Which wont hurt as much when they break.

I say it must have been a conspiracy to keep me a way form computer and the www. I have spent almost all my time doing any thing but working with computer for about 2 1/2 months.

This is what my Friend did to me, when I was 14. I will post a picture of him when I have one.
Were still friends, good friends but I needed to show every one what happens when your blind folded and near him. He hits you in the face and bam, You almost loose 2 of you teeth.
I have since had 2 root canals as 2 abscissas had formed in the roots of my teeth. I had the root canal with out any anaesthetic, becausethe nerves and blood vessels were dead.

Thanks to flickr.com I was able to post these photos.

Telkom

Telkom is one big money hole, they make millions in profit but take over 3 weeks to respond to a fault report. They have a monopoly so they don't mind if they come out and repair your line 4 times in 2 months, because you have no other choice.

This is or was my current frustration. Over the past 2 months we have only had less then 1 months up time in terms of phone and Internet access. That is pathetic.

At least with Neotel things will change. Neotel will be Telkom competition in the South African and probably African Telecommunications industry. They also are know as SNO second national operator.

In SA they are busy creating a completely independent back bone infrastructure. Which means they will only need to shear or lease access on the last mile lines. The last mile lines are those that connect your house to a central Telkom exchange. This is good news as they will slowly be able to roll out last mile access while still providing land line based services. If you want more info check out their web site. www.neotel.co.za.

Author

This topic will cover general information about my self, and will be updated from time to time.

Education

A high school level certificate, with Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Accounting, English, Africans, Computer Science. I Graduated in 2005 form The Kings School West Rand.
Some university, I'm finishing my first year in a double major. Application and Networks Development and Business Systems offered buy Monash university. I am currently studying at the South African Campus.

Travel

I have been on 3 different continents and In 3 different countries.

• My first overseas trip was to Australia

My mother entire family live in Australia with the exception of her father

• I then visited Zimbabwe

My mothers father lived in Zimbabwe

• My second one was to Australia

Now my mothers entire family lived in Australia.

• My third trip was to Australia

Another family visit

• My fourth was to Canada

I was a Ginni pig in a Student exchange program between my high school and the Kelowna Christian School.

Interests

Computers.
Technology.
Globalisation.

I cant win them all.

do I have to say any thing.

I will post some serrious stuff later.

Couldnt help my self did another one. I dont really know how I scored this high.

How geek am I?

Answere

Thats right, what dose it mean, I dont know.
But as bill Gates says:
Be nice to Geeks,
You might end up,
working for one.

I thought I should add, that in the last IQ test I did, I scored 133 on tickle's web site see below.

I was compared to bill gates even though I hate monopolys and the way they exploit monopoly status. i respect admire the genius of bill in his ablity to make even more money on programing with such a bad product. yes there are products out their better then windows, take apple for instance.
This is first post on blog by now most people think im vain have nothing better do then moan about microsoft and brag about my iq well thats 2 bad cuz iqs dont really mean much any way.

Chech out these sites if you want to chech your iq
tickle
international high iq society
I only scored 127 on the IHIQ web site. so may be im not as clever as I thought.