Seesmic came to the rescue

Posted by Dony on 1 November 2010 0 comments

After trying several Android Apps to replace my HTC Peep, I came across Seesmic. At first I have a problem with its support to Google Buzz but I quickly dismissed that doubt after I try it in my Tattoo.

It also support a widget for your homescreen where it will shown a randow tweet or buzz. It can send your buzz/tweet to multiple account too.

One thing that makes me wonder is how in the world that Seesmic can still access Twitter using its old authentication model instead of the new OAuth scheme. Although its used OAuth in Google Buzz when I add my Buzz account in it.

Download it from Android Market or download it to your computer first via http://seesmic-android.en.softonic.com/phones.

Twitter OAuth killed HTC Peep in my HTC Tattoo

Posted by Dony on 31 October 2010 2 comments

Couple days ago I fixed my Twitter account and activated their new authentication scheme. Its inline with my upgraded plan to this website. Since then, I’m unable to tweet anything from my HTC Tattoo. At first I though it was caused by a connection problem but now I’m sure that it was caused by the new Twitter OAuth scheme.

For now, I’m activated my Twitter Mobile via my Maxis while I’m looking for another Android Apps to replace HTC Peep. It would be quite a problem with my lack of Android Market access… sigh.

How to set default browser in Visual Studio 2008

Posted by Dony on 29 October 2010 1 comment

Ok, I always forgot how to this from time to time and I think its time for me to write it down. It happens every time I change my default browser from IE to Firefox or to Chrome. So I usually turn off their annoying `please make me your default browser` dialog box. But each time I upgrade the browser to the latest version they suddenly asking that question again or worst…

Anyway… I don’t know how, but its affecting the default browser in my Visual Studio Web Development IDE too. So sometimes when I run a web apps from my Visual Studio, it would run on a different browser that I don’t want it to be run in. And trying to set it the default browser could takes minutes cause I always forgot how to do it… but actually it’s very easy.

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Suspension of aerotrain services at KLIA

Posted by Dony on 28 October 2010 0 comments

Just read this when viewing Malaysia Airlines website:

Malaysia Airports will suspend the aerotrain services linking the Main Terminal Building and Satellite Building at KL International Airport (KLIA) from 1 November 2010 to 15 March 2011 due to upgrading works. Free shuttle buses will be made available during this period. This may affect departing passengers, transit as well as those arriving into Kuala Lumpur.
To familiarize yourself with the changes, please refer to the travel advisory before you leave for the airport.

Please be advice for all people who is going to use KLIA especially people that going to use a long haul international flights as they are usually use gates C1 to C47 which is the gates that will severely affected by this. The airport authority will providing free shuttle bus that will add up around 15 minutes travelling time than the usual one. If you’re going to use an international flight in KLIA around that time make sure you arrive earlier than usual.

Certain website has been blocked

Posted by Dony on 27 October 2010 0 comments

I got really shocked this morning as I cannot access two of my web application that I’ve been developed for sometimes from my warm and cozy home. As this thing happen from time to time so I did not panic at all.

At first, I’m checking out the web server. When I ping it, I’ll trying to do a remote desktop to the server and its fine. I’ll try to access site locally and its working perfectly. Then I test accessing a different web application that I have there from home… and its working fine too. So nothing wrong in the web server.

Second, I’m doing a remote desktop to another server in Malaysia and I’ll try to access the site from there and all work. Nothing wrong.

Third, I try using my own computer again and I still cannot access the site. Thinking that it may be Windows Live 2011 cause as I just installed them in my computer, I use another notebook to access the site… and I still cannot access them. But when I try to access using a proxy… I can accessed the site perfectly. So the problem lies in my ISP.

Fourth, I try to reset my computer and even my router but I still cannot accessed it. And now I’m officially blamed Maxis my ISP which I suspected blocked my site. How could Maxis blocked my site? No illegal activity in there and nothing political in there too. So I go to Maxis website and fill in their Online Enquire and Feedback. I even thinking on changing my ISP if the problem persist. But suddenly everything when normal again in about 1 hour ago. Fiuh…

Maxis Broadband blocked SMTP port 25

Posted by Dony on 26 October 2010 0 comments

I just realized it last night when I’m trying to send email using my office SMTP Server and it fails. Thinking that my server down, I checked the web site and its working fine. I’ll try sending the email again and it fails again. Suspected that the SMTP services may be down, I do a remote desktop to the server just to find out that the services is working fine. I even try to send a test email using the local computer and it working perfectly. So its my be on my end and not on the server end. Checkout my firewall and everything and its fine. And my suspicious goes to my internet provider which is Maxis Broadband who may be blocked port 25. To prove it, I do a telnet to my server and found out that it cannot be connected. Finally, I checked with Maxis web site and found out that they DID actually blocked port 25 since March 2010.

So now I need to change our office SMTP port to 587 as this port was slated for SMTP submission while port 25 was used for SMTP relay. And the easy way to do this are by using port forwarding in our router to do this as I don’t want to change to many things in my office intranet.

Read SMTP configuration in System.Net.Mail

Posted by Dony on 21 October 2010 0 comments

System.Net.Mail can configure itself using special settings at our application configuration. This is an example of node sample at configuration file:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp from="info@isnandi.net">
        <network host="localhost" password="test" userName="dony" />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

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VisualSVN Server

Posted by Dony on 10 October 2010 0 comments

Versioning is a tool that must exists in a development environment. Especially if you have a lot of people involve in the development and each of their task could intersect with one and another. One of the famous versioning software is of course Subversion or SVN.

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