On Keyboard Protector

A month back, PC Fair was held in KLCC. Jiaqi went there to have a look and I thought it would be a good idea to get a keyboard protector. Well, everybody in my house has/is going to get it, so why not join the bandwagon?

It was a good deal, only RM5 and I was excited that I am now among the legion of users with keyboard protector. I can feel my nerd level increase just a tiny bit. 

I gingerly peel off the plastic that covers the protector. As I place it on my laptop keyboard it felt weird. It was too stift. Hitting a key would cause the whole piece to move.

"Well, you can't have both cheap and quality" I told myself.

I might as well make the most of it, so I decided that if its not going to protect my keyboard, at least protect the palm area. I remember Daniel saying that area stains easily too.

So, I placed the "faulty" keyboard protector below the keyboard area. Next I cut a hole at the mouse area. It mas only then I realize that there is another layer of the keyboard protector that I have to peel off! Shiv! 

Still, I proceeded to shape it nicely so that it blends nicely with my laptop.

 

⇧This is my laptop without the "palm protector"

⇧Its a good save? Yes? Yes? 

On Online Registration

My university decided that it has reached point that it can allow us to choose our subjects for the next semester. We were initially skeptical about it, but we quickly dismiss our thoughts and we started to plan what we are going to change in our timetable.

Today is the day we start to register. According to the website, it will start at 8.30a.m. I was all fired up, ready to grab the limited seats that are available per class. Along with my other housemates, we sat in the living room with our laptops on, awaiting the clock to make its mark. What happens next was not unexpected.

We could not enter the page to register our course.

What to do? 

Go university! Its closer to the server! The connection will be better! Right?

Wrong!!

I went straight to the computer lab closes to the ICT department(the people in charge of computers and such stuff).

  

This is what I see. Yes, its a CRT monitor. No, I won't allow you to add it to your collection of lost artefacts!

Still, there's one more thing that I can do! Ask the ICT officers for help!

me: Excuse me, is there anything that you can do about the registration website?

ICT dude: ......... 

*flips over a piece of paper that is in front of his cubicle without saying a word*

And what was revealed was this:

 

Do I not deserve any word? I'm not really surprised though. That dude has a track record of being that way.

We resigned to fate. There's no point in sitting in the computer room hammering at the F5 key. (I must admit I feel better when i hit the keyboard a little too hard)

People in the library Internet Room.

An abandoned computer. On the screen is what I saw for the greater part of my morning 

  

So, skip past the part I bought McDonalds for breakfast and skip past the past I threw a tanturm. 

Finally at 10.30, we logged into the server! Jubilation! Now the real battle begins!

Housemate01 : Okay, I'm in, what's the next subject?

Roommate      : Numerical Method and Statistic 'cha ..

Housemate02 : Wei~ How come I still can't sign in....?

..............

.........

It is what I imagine Santa's Workshop to be when the elves discover that PSP uses Micro SD memory card instead of M2. Haha! ha... ha....? *shot*

Still! It was an awfully great experience! There was another problem, that is we can't register for subjects that require us to finish what we are studying. No biggie, I'm confident it will get sorted out.

Took a picture of the working page amidst the fierce battle going on!

I have come to understand that our university only opens the application for different courses at different time. Which is a good step, really. What they should have anticipated is that we will want to be in the same tutorial as our friends. In saying so, it means that we are willing to wake up early to be the first to register. I could only hope that the administration and registration department will learn from this.

Next post : On Keyboard Protector

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Digsby

I've been using this program for a while and I thought that I should share it. Its called Digsby.

Its just amazing, it connects to many instant messaging service provider such as Msn and Yahoo! On top of that, it also checks your mail for you and if you have social networks such as Facebook or MySpace, you can also get notifications when your friends update their profile. 

You can also reply in the notification area. Notice the rectangular box at the bottom right hand side of the screen? Just type away and enter to respond.

To avoid having many windows open, Digsby allows different chats to be grouped together into one window. The main program window can also be set so that it hides when its at the edge of the screen. Moving your mouse close to the side makes it reappear.

Once you receive a message, you can reply, forward or delete it on the spot. This is convenient as you can instantly delete unwanted mails without having to use your web browser.

You can also set how often you want Digsby to check your mail.

There are a few downside to this program;

1) It doesn't support Custom Emoticons

Fans of Windows Messangers will be dissapointed with the lack of this feature. I for one don't use those emoticons so much, so its not a bother to me. I have also read in the forum that Custom Emoticons will not be something that the developers will implement anytime soon.

2) Registration is mandatory

You will be required to make a Digsby profile before you can use the program. Not really a problem here.

3) Initial configuration

Another minor issue here. It can be a hassle when you have to go through the customization screen to configurate you instant messaging and mailing accounts. 

In my opinion, if you can live without your custom emoticons, give this program a try. Its only a little more than 5mb. 

Click on the picture or click here to learn more.

Aantal

There was an unwritten rule that the first blog post in every blog has to be exceptionally long. Rules cannot be broken. However, we can break ourselves against it. This writer would gladly break himself against it to waste more of his time at forums and the like. However, not wanting to jinx his new blog, and for the sake of warming up this space, let us talk about trivial things.

Trivial things no.1:

This author is currently typing at a snail pace. Why? It is because of the lack of conformative cells in his body to type conventionally.

Trivial things no.2:

This author will be having his finals in 3 weeks. Which means that a hiatus will be due even before this blog gathers its momentum (woo.... deep words)

Trivial things no.3:

Thermodynamics is extremely important. If you don't get a good lecturer, start to form a study group early and study on your own. (i'm giving advice here???)

Trivial things no. 4:

??????

Trivial things no 5:

Profit!!

Throughout my time on the net space(??? what lingo is this??) this is the longest crap post I've ever written. I promise that when I come back, it will be things that are worth your time.