wahlau's online hut

many names were given/speculated since a month plus ago - but today it is live - the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. It is not only somehow found in US sites - in Germany's dell site you can already order the black one with very limited customization choices.

just got the mail from my friend - the pancake is already on the post-way to me. ahem. happy. can't wait (it should arrive tomorrow, i guess).

will update when i get it, and perhaps will also post some shots as tests :)

while leaving my room for work today, i plugged the charger to my nokia 770 - the first generation of the Nokia Internet Tablets. It came to my mind that i have not really used it since quite some time. Even during the last holiday, it was only used for mahjong. :) The last time i tried to really use it, was the time we got lost somewhere near Hamburg - and it kept crashing that i gave up searching for something there.

update:
Official result is out:
ANWAR IBRAHIM  : 31195
ARIF SHAH  : 15524
HANAFI MAMAT  : 92

MAJORITI  : 15671

No way if you are a malaysian but do not know what is happening now in Malaysia, specifically in Permatang Pauh. Though i am not at home, but i have been following various sources to keep track of the progress of the by-election. Even BBC reports about it this morning when i woke up. Now that is really big news.

during the closing ceremony of Olympic 2008, one of the most anticipated part is the presentation of London 2012. And no matter what everyone says about it, London put up what it is capable of. And i heard from the German media here quoting - "British humour". To come to think about it, it is rather true. It looks like there is always some little twists here and there. Ok, Beckham still looks good, as a sidenote :)

So after the closing ceremony, we went to youtube and look for what people quoted as "british humour". guess what i've found? the video created for the Olympic

a few things you must/can try out, for your new Asus Eee PC:

1. Install Ubuntu EEE
Instead of installing the original Ubuntu, i found Ubuntu-eee. The team hasdone a great job. What i did to get Ubuntu on my Eee PC was just: first, download iso. second, use Unetbootin to create a bootable USB with LiveC. third, install from USB on either SSD or SD card.

finding the right information online is never easy. You often have following problems:

1. dunno where to start
2. dunno where to end
3. cannot find a consistant statement - many information contradict with each other.
4. 5 pages after the first google search result, you still don't see what you need.

i was in Stockholm last for the ICT Mobile Summit 2008 conference, and had the chance to see this Scandanavian city finally. I can't help to compare it with Helsinki, which i really like during the summer time, but i think it is unfair to compare them - they are both nice and unique in their very own ways...

we went for a short "semi"-backpack trip last weekend, since it was a long weekend (public holiday on thursday) and my parents were in Europe visiting the eastern part. Therefore we went over to Slovakia's capital - Bratislava.