Went 6.3 kms tonight at 6:30 in a Taxi and it took 1 hr 25 minutes and cost 70 Ringit. The return trip at 10pm took about 10mins and cost 10 ringits. But the Taxi rides allowed for some good shots of the KL nightline
Kuala Lumpur Traffic
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Skybar Level 33 Traders Hotel Building Opposite Petronis Towers
Had a nice tour to the observation level of the Petronis Tower 2. The obs lvl is enclosed so no exposure to the elements @ 362 m above sea level. I was a bit disappointed at how hermetic the tour was but just seeing the engineering of the towers was worth it...
Free wifi on Free Kuala Lumpur Bus
Just met up with a couple of friends. Booked in to go up the Petronas Towers tomorrow. KL isnt pedestrian friendly but the public transport options are many- Bus, monorail, train... Seriously westernised city.
Problem with Fcgid using Worpress Client for Android
Just discovered that the fcgid apache module has a very low HTTP max request length of 131072 bytes by default. Which was causing the Worpress client to exit with a server 500 error when uploading a post. This showed up in error_log as a MaxRequestLen error The old...
Sydney to Kuala Lumpur
On the flight I managed to sit across the isle from a man who couldnt release himself from his seat belt. So after assisting him with that he noticed my mastery of the inflight entertainment system and kept bothering me to help him with it. He was also a...
Sydney Airport – Free wifi
Finally got through the customs to the gate. Everyone is so connected to their smart devices (us included) that they forget to read the signs telling them not to have their phones out while going through customs. The other funny thing is people dont get how to use...
Chickens Roaming, Sunset Glowing – Telarah
A test. This is an edit done from a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tablet.l
Health
Knocking on 40's door. It's time to make sure I'm not going to conk out and become a couch surfing TV viewer when I get beyond 50. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
Time Server Configuration
This is from here http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showpost.php?p=128859&postcount=4 Windows components and services depend on time synchronization. For example, the Kerberos V5 authentication protocol on a Windows Server 2003 family domain has a default time...
Opening .ai files when you don’t have Adobe Illustrator
User just sent me an ai file they couldn't open (because we don't have an Adobe Illustrator license). Found that Gimp does the job nicely. Just needed to set the resolution up a bit (to 600dpi) to get a nice hi-res image to forward on for the user. Best thing about...