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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Telenor Internet Ubuntu Karmic Koala
Saturday, January 30th, 2010I got a new laptop (asus ul30a) 
and I figured I need to have internet on the go
wimax is not an option (not available) so I chose cell usb modem from Telenor
data plan is prepaid, 3 GB for two months (a new year promotion that ends tomorrow)
I thought I was getting Huawei E1550 but I ended up with Huawei E620 
that modem is not on their website (listed usb modems) nor in the manual I got with the thing
the manual talks about Huawei E1550
now why do I care so much about exact models? well because modem should run on my linux box
I saw Huawei E220 was well supported and Huawei E1550 had some glitches but could be made to work
first I used usb modem in Windows so that the autorun process can install device drivers
that’s just how it works the first time
in linux, I first installed usb-modeswitch package
lsusb wrote that it was Huawei E620 with id 12d1:1001
but after searching for that ID I found references to Huawei E169 with that same id?!
on the plus side ubuntu Network Manager Applet works great with this modem
I defined a new connection, specified my country and mobile network provider and it just worked!
Avatar Movie
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009just saw the movie at cinema in 3D with special glasses
it’s a combination of matrix movie + world of warcraft game with a love story and a bit of religion
see it if you can
Vienna [Wien]
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009I visited Vienna a few days ago, had a good time
here are some pics
If Earth Had Rings Like Saturn
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009here’s how it would look like
Smart Homes
Sunday, November 1st, 2009I just read an article at linux journal about smart homes
now, I had no previous experience with smart homes and it sounded intriguing so I gave it a look
the story is simple, you have one master device (actually a wifi router with probably some logic) and a bunch of small devices for various things like dimming lights, turning them on/off, controlling garage door, room movement, security cameras etc.
they work just by plugging it in the socket since it uses wifi for communication
there are also some other details but read that yourself
Making A Dog House
Sunday, November 1st, 2009I realized my dog, Mina, needs a house for the winter
first I wanted to buy one but they are too expensive
then I decided to make my own dog house
take a look at the pics and see how I made my own dog house
this was my first dog house ever
H1N1 Hack
Saturday, September 5th, 2009I just read an interesting blog article about hacking H1N1
I’m a computer programmer so I actually found it quite interesting since the author made an analogy between computer and human viruses
you can learn a lot about flu virus, it’s program code, how it works and what can be done to make it more lethal or benign
here’s the link http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=353
OpenSolaris Summer School @ Belgrade, Serbia
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009the school is held at the Institute Of Physics, Belgrade for the month of July, two times a week
today, Uros Nedic, the guy doing the lecture, arrived a bit late but I managed to find a beautiful park behind the institute with a great view of the Danube river
I had a nice time today
we were learning about Sun OS processes, threads, LWM, kthreads, DTrace, Zones and ZFS
Uros was great while teaching us/giving a lecture, answered all of our questions
I learned a lot
now, here are some pictures I took with my mobile phone, sorry for the bad quality
Mina At 6 Months (Cane Corso/Rottweiler Mix)
Friday, July 3rd, 2009here are new pics of Mina at 6 moths
this was photographed with my nokia e71 phone at the belgrade arena, Universiade 2009
