BN keep on given us reason not to vote for BN

For the past, we already know BN and especially UMNO are using racism tactic to gain support. But they failed miserably in 30 March, 2008. Since then, BN still does not learn from mistake and more and more reason being given to us not to vote for them.

Yesterday, a group of extremist threaten to bloodshed over Hindu temple. I do not name their religion and their race because that would make their religion and race looks bad. Unfortuntely, they are actually doing that, a disservice to their race and religion. There's actually stupid people among us in Malaysia... lol'ed...

Anyway, since the Hindu people normally intelligent, they don't do anything drastic to avenged the incident that ridiculed their religion. I would like to congratulate the Hindu in Malaysia for being more advance in their thinking when others are still in Jahiliah era...

And to think that this Monday is National Day really make this provocative demonstration a disservice to 1Malaysia motto by Najib. But I would like to thank this group of people that accelerate the demise of BN. Thanks again.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/36297-are-the-cow-head-protesters-real-

Proper procedure to install air-cond?

Here is the procedure I copy pasta from forum.lowyat.net:

Anyway do take note of the following when your aircon tech comes to install your aircon.

I have noticed a lot of aircon techs didn't do a good job. They should at least vacuum pump the refrigerant lines + each fan coil unit and check for leaks before releasing the refrigerant. Without doing the vacuum pump evacuation, the moisture in the air will contaminate the system and the compressor will not function efficiently. It will also lead to premature wear and tear. The vacuum evacuation process should last at least 30 minutes for a thorough moisture and air evacuation.

On the other hand, a lot of technicians tried to save materials costs by using thinner copper tubings, brazing it with soft solder. The thinner tubings will cause more flow resistance and thus wasting the power. Thinner tubings also have the potential to starve the compressor of refrigerant and lubrication, leading to overheating and premature wear and tear.

Make sure they use at least a 80 core cable (not the very thin type) when wiring up the system. They should connect the aircon to a dedicated circuit breaker, not sharing it with other power plugs or lightings.

The temperature of the system should be measured after it has been running for at least 15 minutes in cooling mode with high fan speed and lowest temperature setting. Measure the temperature on the fan coil air intake and air outtake. The temperature difference should be at least 8 deg.C for Panasonic models. Different models come with different specifications.

Make sure your aircon tech does the above - otherwise they're not doing a good job. Another thing, offer the aircon tech a cold drink. This will give them some motivation for a good job.

Everyone needs a scanner in their home

Bills, receipts, brochures, etc have been taking up a lot of space in my home. I've been thinking of getting rid of those stuff but scared if somedays, I might need those info/doc. The only way to solve this is digital documentation. But the Umax 2000 scanner which I've been using for past 10 years is really "pita" in terms of speed. Turn it on and scan a document takes few minutes. It'll be a uphill task to scan > 10 years worth of documents.

After researching for the best scanner, I've shortlisted to:

Fujitsu Scansnap 300 (RM1000 and above)

But its a problem to find the scanner and see how it performed.

Further research bring me to Canon Canoscan LiDE 600f and CS 8800f. 600F is small (newer version 700f have higher resolution) and can scan vertically (save desktop space). 8800f is bigger and must be lay flat on the surface to scan. Different is 600f use CIS while 8800f is using CCD. CIS only can scan stuff near the glass. Anything further away from the glass, it'll be blur/out of focus.

While wondering which one is the best, I also come to learn that LiDE 200 is also comparable to 600f. Price for 600f is RM638 while 8800f is RM725 in Penang.

Over the last weekend, I've gone out to check computer shops in Penang and to try out certain scanner. First scanner I manage to test is LiDE 70. I'm very happy to see such an improvement in scanning speed. It's so blazingly fast. This is tested in SenHeng store in Sunway Carnival in Prai. Price is around RM350. No new stock available. I guess its old model.

Then after a few computer shops and contemplating on LiDE 100 also due to cheaper price (RM265), I stumble upon LiDE 90 in GadgetZone. After comparing spec, (14second to scan A4 size compare to 24s for LiDE 100), I'm kinda sold. Price is cheap too (RM275). I was thinking if I need 600f and 8800f to scan film. In the end, I bought the scanner.

When I reached home, I saw the brochure and the retail price is RM498. I feel good getting it cheap. Not sure it'll be cheaper else where. Probably because this is old model. That's why its cheaper.

After set it up and running, I'm shocked by the speed. It manage to scan document and convert to PDF in seconds. And I can search the letter in the PDF document which I anticipated when testing the LiDE 70.

I feel I've should've gotten a scanner earlier. I won't having such a messy documentation. Now, start to digitize all my documents and throw them away... hehehe