Review: My second business notebook

Description

• Dell Inspiron 1440
• Company notebook, replacing the Lenovo one

Hardware

• CPU: Pentium Dual-core T4300 @ 2.10GHz
• RAM: 4G
• HDD: 250G
• Dimension: 14.1" 1366x768

Software

• Vista Basic SP2

Power consumption:
(on AC adapter with power saver profile)

• OFF: 0W
  
• BIOS: 38.59W
  
• Idle: 27.24W
  
• Idle (dimmest backlight): 22.80W
  
• Full load: 43.13W
  

HDD Benchmark:
[WD2500BEVT]

Remark:
The lightweight battery surprisingly lasts longer than I think!

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 6@23-Oct)

吃過藥後病情好轉很多了. 午飯和'同事'一起吃馳名的肉骨茶, 湯底認真出色. 回想起上一次吃已經是很多年前的事情了, 這次來馬來西亞勾起了不少回憶.


晚飯吃了馬來西亞另一特色食物 - '海南雞'. 雞肉略嫌老了一點, 但味道不錯. 最出色的反而是味飯, 濃濃的口感不是經常能遇見的.


如無意外, 這次的馬來西亞之行以此為終結, 明天吃過酒店的自助早餐就往機場回港了.

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 5@22-Oct)

喉痛更嚴重了, 午飯'同事'們都十分遷就我, 一起到附近的本地餐館吃了個馬來西亞雲吞面, 想不到還蠻好吃的! 面條的質地和一般的不同, 少了份嚼勁但多了蛋的味道. 雲吞是傳統的大小, 但勝在份量夠多, 吃起來份外滿足.


可是工作不順利, 加上有點病倒的感覺, 晚上就豪吃了一頓(RM31.95). 到Manhattan Fish Market吃了個魚柳配炒飯, 另加一杯熱朱古力. 朱古力的口感相當濃及滑, 連平常不太喜歡朱古力的我也忍不住讚美. 魚柳配上可口的香草, 淡淡清香. 炒飯質素一般, 如果沒病的話可以試試傳統的Fish & Chips配搭, 效果更佳.


飯後到馬來西亞萬寧(Guardian)買了一排PanadolC, 希望明天有更好的狀態應付嚴峻的工作.

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 4@21-Oct)

好像染上了輕微感冒. 午飯吃了個素食'辦'面(RM6.85), 味道真的很差.


有幸遇上友善好客的'同事', 放工後獲邀一起到Central Market (LRT:Pasar Seni; KTM:Kuala Lumpur)購買手信. 雖然地方不大, 但卻有不少特色玩意及地道小吃, 值得一逛. 順道嘆了一杯馬來西亞奶茶, 味道跟港式奶茶差不多, 只是較為甜了一點.


晚飯於Sweet Chat, 吃了一個甜品set(RM17.15), 味道一般但賣相不錯.

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 3@20-Oct)

午飯於food junction吃了個本地炒飯, 味道略鹹, 質素一般但勝在便宜.

晚飯於Secret Recipe吃了一頓豐富的. Fruit Punch(RM8.05)喝得出是鮮榨的, (RM17.85)無骨雞脾中釀了惹味的雞肉片及芝士, 十分好吃.


回到酒店後, 偶然看見近處有人放了幾個低空的煙花, 結束了精彩的一天.

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 2@19-Oct)

午餐吃了馳名的馬來西亞喇沙(RM11.40), 原來要加入蝦膏攪勻才算正宗. 但味道太酸太辣, 吃不慣.


晚飯於The Chicken Rice Shop(RM18.70)吃了一個套餐, 想不到有意外驚喜. 沙爹雞味道一流, 炒芽菜甜甜的, 味飯很有海南雞飯的感覺, 特飲有本地特色, 總括而言值得推介.

Business Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Day 1@18-Oct)

有幸乘坐國泰新型座椅的A330, 加上客機只有半滿, 十分舒適.


於機場(KLIA)乘的士往酒店, 終於有機會一嘗時速160km/h的快感!
[Tips: 於機場乘的士要買ticket, 較便宜的budget class位於exit A, 節儉者可以考慮乘機場巴士或KLIA ekspres到Sentral Station後轉車.]

自兩年半前一試難忘, 有機會到KLCC當然要仔細享受馳名的Rotiboy.


上次未能一登Petronas Twin Towers的skybridge, 當然要再來拜訪. 可惜所有ticket已經派完(15:30), 難免心中有憾, 唯有寄情於隨手的snapshot.


附加漠然(但好看)的神情來總結今天的心情.

Quick howto: from Yahoo Mail to Gmail

[This method is much simpler, alternative to the old post using fetchyahoo+exim4]

Installation on the Debian box

Package to install

• freepops
• dialog{a}

Stop the freepops daemon

/etc/init.d/freepops stop

Update freepops plugin

freepops-updater-dialog

Modify /etc/freepops/config.lua

freepops.ACCEPTED_ADDRESSES = {
-- empty table means that there is no address that is accepted
-- without looking at the rejected list
Your Yahoo! Mail Address Here
-- "example@foo.xx" -- use this to allow this particular mail address
-- ".*@foo.xx" -- accept everythig at the foo.xx domain
}

Modify /etc/default/freepops to change the listening port (default 2000) to 2221 (or 1110) to match with Gmail options

#####################################
# configuration file for freepopsd.
#
# man freepopsd for more info.
DAEMON="/usr/bin/freepopsd"
DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup -p 2221"
PIDFILE="/var/run/freepops.pid"
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup -p 2221"

!!Debian Bug#440234
Fix: dpkg-reconfigure freepops

Start freepops daemon
/etc/init.d/freepops start

#Optional test:
If you now telnet to the freepops server to the correct port (ex: telnet hostname 2221), a warm welcome message will appear

+OK FreePOPs/0.2.9 pop3 server ready

quit

Configure Gmail

In Gmail settings page, add a POP3 email account

Input the correct information [include @yahoo for the username]

Check the history for possible errors

Change of Debian repo

A small change from

http://ftp.twaren.net/debian

to

http://ftp.twaren.net/Debian/debian

Tips: eTax with Windows 7 (RC)

When accessing the HKSAR government IRD eTax page with Windows 7 (RC) via IE8, an error will be shown while trying to login.

Error page stating that the Windows version is not supported

!!Warning!!
You have to fully understand and bear the risk, if the workaround below is going to be applied.

Provided all other prerequisites are fulfilled, there is a quick workaround for this problem. Simply copy the address (URL), and change the last part from failure.jsp to success.jsp and go.