Xerox DocuPrint 210 on Ubuntu 9.10 aka "Karmic"

You'll be in for a surprise if you happen to own a Xerox DocuPrint 210 Laser Printer, if you intend to use Ubuntu (doesn't matter what version) or even any other types of distros. Be sure the choose Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e or Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/hpijs-lj5gray.

I've just finished swearing because I was wasting papers as fast as I would be dispensing toilet papers.

Selamat Datai ka Betong

Had the liberty of driving to Betong again yesterday. Was supposed to have departed from Kuching at 8am. I actually ended departing sometime around 10am, so much for plan A. Reached Sri Aman at approximately or rather guestimate 11-ish. And by the time I had received a text message from a colleague who'll be staying in Betong until this coming Friday, "hey bos. mana u?" at exactly 1:49pm, and it just so happened I had just made the left at the junction that led me into Betong, when I had received the particular text.

By the time I had made the grand entry into the conference room on the block where the Land and Survey Department is (at the State Government Complex). It was 2pm, on the dot, talk about being punctual huh.

Anyway, that night after having dinner with a few colleagues and rightly after we had down a couple of bottles of that yellowish drink called Tsing-Tao, we'd thought, what the heck, maybe we should patronize the only "pub" there is in the Betong town itself. It didn't actually take the guys/ladies in blue long enough to raid the place where we werer at, which was conveniently ordained by the owner as the "silver valley". Sounds as inconspicuous as El Dorado the city of gold doesn't it. Hehe. I think last nights visit should by my first and last to the "silver valley".

Oh and guess I seem to have forgotten to mentioned that we were required to take urine tests for whatever reason it is they can think of, which I'm not bothered to spell it out here. And that number 1 written down on my hands which supposedly corresponded to the urine test plastic bottle with a permanent marker, which is still pretty much visible, even as I write this entry.

That's that

Oh little kitties..

These are my four kitties. The two white-furred in actual almost alike, it's hard to tell which is which. Where as the other two tabbies are not so much different from each other except the slight yellowish tinged fur on their face.

Trying to keep four kittens is an effort, especially when you're overly protective of them. There has constant visits from possible kitty daddy candidates whose has been loitering around our house. I use to have two alpha male cats, so I know very well, how territorial and how they would react upon encountering litters which are not their own.

I do feel a bit guilty on confining them in the house, and this has it's merits and downside to it. I'd have to make sure the cage is clean on a tri-daily basis, especially with my mum's absence.

Just last week, I was lucky enough thank god, to have an acquaintance who'd be willing enough to adopt one of the white-furred female kittens.

A certain lacking..

Deep down, there's a certain lacking. Sometimes it feels like getting your stomach gutted might not suffice to quench this annoying indescribable titillation or sometimes the inclination to mistaken it for the feeling of thirsting for something that is not quite there.


After being submitted to countless and repeated undertakings, and when being devoid of such, you will have the tendency to hate yourself and the other for it.


And here I go again, trying to be philosophical on something is plain for the eyes to see.

All these bugs

I've got bugs, I've got them in my room, in my makeshift bed
Bugs in my ears and god damn it they're in my shoes.
And in the way i feel about     , did I mention they're on my window too?
Bugs have a way to tickle my nausea, and only if they're edible, I'd eat them, woo hoo.
Or do I just let them crawl all over, or overwhelm me.
Or was I ever their target to begin with. If I was how do i kill them?
Should I befriend them?
Should never have let them surround me, all I see now are bugs.

It was once all up to me, to let them come in, or do I just shrug.

Configuring package repository /extras for Open Solaris

Fire up your browser and point it to http://pkg.sun.com
Login if you have a Sun Online public account, if you don't have any, create one.
Once you have logged in follow the instructions stated at the same page as you would download the two certificates required to add the /extra repository.

If you're using root, just perform the following instead
# mkdir /var/pkg/ssl
# mv OpenSolaris_extras.key.pem /var/pkg/ssl
# mv OpenSolaris_extras.certificate.pem /var/pkg/ssl
# pkg set-authority -k /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.key.pem \
  -c /var/pkg/ssl/OpenSolaris_extras.certificate.pem \
  -O https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra/ extra

Run the following to list the packages available on the extra repository
# pkg list -a 'pkg://extra/*'

Or just fire up the package manager on your taskbar, and choose Extra at the top right corner.

Whack 'em up

To my amazement, there was an interesting tide of event, today, we (myself and a teammate included) had whacked another team, well actually my teammate did most of it, I tried to be as neutral as I can whenever I am able to.

Whacking is not recommended, and it should only be done if you have your facts right. And we were luckiy we did have facts to back us up.

As it was due to an e-mail reply which we had gotten from another colleague who had intended to whack another colleague, and we only found out that it is after the final reply. Funny how we whacked the whole team in return

Do I feel guilty? Probably not. Just hope that it doesn't have to turn this way from now onwards.