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Access ISIS for NUS Computing students

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:40:16 +0800

For those trying to VPN to work, forget it, because you can just use SSH tunnels to do it. I say NUS Computing students because I believe we’re the only ones with an SSH account in the school. I could be wrong. :)

The instructions:

Just forward isis.nus.edu.sg:443 to a local port.

For example in the Terminal (on Mac OS X, for example):

ssh -L 8081:isis.nus.edu.sg:443 [yoursunfireusername]@sunfire.comp.nus.edu.sg

(That’s one continuous line)

Then, leaving the terminal window open, access https://localhost:8081/ on your browser. Look carefully, it’s https not http. When you’re done, just close the connection. :)

Thinking of checking out the following: http://wiki.github.com/mojombo/jekyll I can’t seem to...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:44:48 +0800

Thinking of checking out the following:

http://wiki.github.com/mojombo/jekyll

I can’t seem to get enough control out of tumblr. I don’t like the fact that I can’t even type code properly without disabling the Rich Text editor…

Set Up VirtualBox with MAMP

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:41:00 +0800

Here’s how to get your MAMP websites to show in your VirtualBox for browser compatibility testing. I took a while to figure this out so I’m putting it up for others to see.

First, add the following line to the end of the http.conf file in the MAMP directory (usually /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/http.conf )

Then, stop the server (if it’s running) and start it again. This just makes sure that while connecting to the MAMP server, all types of addresses will get to the document root directory that you’ve set. Now, from your Guest machine (which by default is connected via NAT configuration) on Virtualbox, you just have to access http://10.0.2.2:8888/ and you’re accessing the MAMP webserver. Done.

Had a weird dream of receiving a birthday party invitation from Sean. And visiting the dentist with...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:12:57 +0800

Had a weird dream of receiving a birthday party invitation from Sean. And visiting the dentist with Emily. (she was patient)

Weird.

Full of disappointment. All I can think of is how to torture myself. Since when have I deteriorated...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:08:40 +0800

Full of disappointment. All I can think of is how to torture myself. Since when have I deteriorated to this level. I can’t do anything right. I’m always neglecting my priorities. This isn’t me. What happened? Did something go wrong somewhere? Screwing up and then seeking comfort. Or screwing up then scolding myself. Are those the only things I can do?

Have you seen this pencil case? It’s blue from Muji. I...

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:53:40 +0800

Have you seen this pencil case? It’s blue from Muji. I can’t find a product pic. :(

Right now.

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:16:32 +0800

Right now.

Goods on Snow Leopard

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:52:30 +0800

Shall compile some list later. So far, the most welcome change is the fact that my Canon printer not only works on Snow Leopard, it works even better. Why is that? It’s because it finally shows the supply levels! Amazing stuff. And the new icon looks just like my printer! :)

Problems so far on Snow Leopard

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:49:35 +0800

Speed increases are great and all. But now’s the transition period so all the bad stuff gets poured out first.

Wacom Intuos 2 is forgetting my preferences. I’m not too sure when this happens. I think it happens every restart. (otherwise it works perfectly, besides the fact that System Preferences has to be restarted everytime I open it, which should be fixed soon when a 64-bit driver is released)
LCD Display Monitor Profile gets reset during restarts.

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Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:18:22 +0800

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Night here.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:50:20 +0800

Night here.

Photo

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:00 +0800

Came across this while looking for lunch

At Izu Peninsula. Beautiful.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:52:34 +0800

At Izu Peninsula. Beautiful.

Went to the Imperial Palace Garden today.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:51:14 +0800

Went to the Imperial Palace Garden today.

Pool Places in Tokyo

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:05:29 +0800

Pool Places in Tokyo:

Shall be checking out these places. Went to Billiard Rosa today. Not too bad. :) Wonder if there are any other good places to go.

Gundam me.

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:54:06 +0800

Gundam me.

Overdoing the panorama idea. :) Taken today. (YES I will upload...

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:21:00 +0800

Overdoing the panorama idea. :) Taken today. (YES I will upload what’s in between soon!)

Putting things in perspective. The climb down.

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:46:42 +0800

Putting things in perspective. The climb down.

Above the clouds :)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:45:09 +0800

Above the clouds :)

The life. First night over here.

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:35:58 +0800

The life. First night over here.