Category Archives: Musings

Open Source in Brunei Darussalam [Presentation]

Posted on 5 September, 2009 by izamryan

Six months ago I gave this presentation to a group of non-techies. It is pitched as a general briefing on Open Source in Brunei. My materials are published under a Creative Commons license, so please feel free to make use … Continue reading →

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Setting up OpenSolaris 2009.06 – some hints

Posted on 30 August, 2009 by izamryan

Some brief ideas: 1. Set up VNC using the built-in OpenSolaris VNC server. Tim Thomas blogs on how it’s done –> Simply edit nano /etc/x11/gdm/custom.conf. Then ensure that xvnc-inetd is spawned on startup: svcadm enable xvnc-inetd. Then respawn xvnc-inetd and … Continue reading →

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A brief reprieve

Posted on 30 August, 2009 by izamryan

So I haven’t blogged in about 4 months. I’ve been concentrating on getting my weight down to a manageable weight before Hari Raya this year. So sue me for being so vain The work has paid off in dividends I … Continue reading →

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Crafting a personal mission statement

Posted on 15 February, 2009 by izamryan

Reading through Guy Kawasaki’s twitter stream, I came across a productivity blog post advocating people write personal mission statements. The gist of the article is that one very powerful way to attain success is to begin with clarity. I am … Continue reading →

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BAG Networks Chinese New Year 2009 greetings

Posted on 28 January, 2009 by izamryan
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We are none of us alone

Posted on 23 December, 2008 by izamryan

We are none of us alone. Even as we exhale it is inhaled by others. The light that shines on me shines on my neighbour as well. In this way, I’m connected to my friend even as I’m connected to … Continue reading →

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Fedora 10 co-operating with Windows XP – part4

Posted on 14 December, 2008 by izamryan

Awesome! I got suspend and 3D graphics working fine on the Dell E6400! Searching the Fedora / RPMFusion repositories revealed this: [izamryan@localhost ~]$ yum search nvidia | grep -i ‘driver’ : driver for NVIDIA graphic cards xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 : NVIDIA’s proprietary … Continue reading →

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Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft

Posted on 12 December, 2008 by izamryan

Riiiiiiiiight …

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Showcasing Brunei talent … 2008 Asian Beach Games

Posted on 6 December, 2008 by izamryan

I recently Dugg this article on the 2008 Asian Beach Games. I’ve never heard of these 2x awesome pesilat … Eddy Ratno Haji Abu Bakar and Mohd Khairul Bahri. And boy! It’s really funny that these guys are being showcased … Continue reading →

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Brunei in the Mbps per capita rankings

Posted on 4 December, 2008 by izamryan

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/int_int_int_ban_mbp_percap-international-bandwidth-mbps-per-capita some comparative rankings: Singapore #16 Brunei #70 Malaysia # 75 Thailand #79 Vietnam #99 Philippines #103 Indonesia # 132 Laos #150 Cambodia #161 Myanmar – not listed These statistics are a little dated – they list Brunei as having … Continue reading →

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