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I got major outage, for almost three months my site went offline. I lost all data, I only had database backup from one year ago.  Since I moved from old provider I forgot to add a script to backup the databases and files automatically. I moved from very reliable provider (had no problems whatsoever) to cheaper provider. The cheaper provider provides good service, until one day my server just went offline. The support has trouble restoring my system, they said they lost all data. I’ve requested to do fresh reinstall of my VPS so I can restore my site they can’t do it properly either I already paid the subscription for one whole year!

Then after my tickets went unanswered for few days, weeks, I don’t really care about my server and almost forgot about it I until I got the news that the provider has been bought by new owner. Thankfully the new owner has better support than previous one, my tickets answered quickly and my server is back online!

I guess price does not lie, and I need to be more careful next time I choose a provider.

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Some time after I posted this, I ended up getting the HTC Touch Pro, and so far I’m satisfied with it. Great keyboard, great screen, fast response (after flashing to custom made rom though). I didn’t choose xperia because I heard horror stories about them especially the build quality issues. The cracks, paint peeling off, etc has drove me away from getting the xperia albeit its $100 cheaper than the Touch Pro.

But few weeks ago I saw interesting offer on 2 weeks old SE Xperia X1 in black colour and I ended up getting it. I still curious about this device. I wanted to prove myself whether the rumors spreading on the internet is true or not.

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It’s been a while I’m not tinkering with my phone, until yesterday when I quite bored with work. I was browsing the my favorite forum/site for Windows Moble modification on xda-developers.com, then I found Facebook Client made by Microsoft leaked from Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM, and make an installer for almost Windows Mobile devices. According to the report its working on Windows Mobile 6.1, and 6.0, both Professional and Standard Edition, and working on all resolution (QVGA, VGA, WVGA), unfortunately for those of you who has Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5 is out of luck.

Currently I’m using it on my HTC Touch Pro, and I must say finally Windows Mobile have quite decent facebook client. Previously I tried to use another program (I forgot the name though), and never quite like it, mainly due to its performance and lack of features compared to iphone’s/blackberry’s facebook client. This one, is quite similar to the iPhone’s facebook client. The ability to see the news feed, friends list, status updates, message inbox, upload and tag photos/videos, photo/video/profile comments, phonebook, etc all here.

Temptations, I have tendency to couldn’t resist temptations, especially when it comes to gadgets. For example, few months ago, my friend Erta lures me into DSLR world. I’ve always wanted to get a DSLR for quite some time.  But usually I can resist it, as long I don’t have direct experience with it . Until some day, I shot some pictures with her camera. And here we go, a DSLR in my hand.

Dopod 838Pro (TyTN) vs HTC Touch Pro (Raphael)

Another one just happens yesterday, when my colleagues just got back from home leave in Jakarta. He just got HTC Touch Pro, which basically one of my most wanted phone  currently, apart from Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 and Blackberry’s Bold. He asks me to configure emails, install applications on the PDA, etc which gives chances to me to explore the device.

My few comments so far, nice shape and form, looks much slimmer and sleeker than my current PDA, a Dopod 838Pro aka HTC TyTN. The VGA (640×480) screen is so beautiful! The keyboard, finally they got dedicated number buttons on top, similar to the full size keyboard layout. Although the keys are little smaller, but still comfortable to use. The performance, noticeably faster, thanks to faster processor and larger RAM. Touch Pro has built in GPS too, and I was amazed how quick it was to get a lock/fix.

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I read this on BBC news, I’m speechless.

Many Palestinian civilians are caught up in the fighting in Gaza

Claims have been received by the BBC and an Israeli human rights group that Israeli troops have fired on Gaza residents trying to escape the conflict area. Israel has strongly denied the allegations.

BBC journalists in Gaza and Israel have compiled detailed accounts of the claims.

via BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israelis ’shot at fleeing Gazans’.

Until Israel allowing press in Gaza, I’m going to believe those statements. If Israel feels right for its actions, they shouldn’t have anything to hide!

I’ve posted on previous post that I’ve been using mobipush service for quite some time, and it worked quite reliably just until recently.  I noticed I no longer getting new emails pushed to my windows mobile 6.1 device this past few days. I was previously thought the problem caused by some error in my provider’s GSM network, since I’ve experienced more than one week of total signal blackout on one out of two GSM provider available here on remote area in Indonesia. But when I tried to browse some sites using my PDA, it worked! So I assume the problem is from mobipush. Its time to looking out the alternatives.

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Facebook recently launched Facebook Connect plattform, which gives Facebook users to logon using their facebook identity, to any facebook connect enabled sites they wanted. Enabling Facebook connect is quite complicated, but for site owners build their site with Wordpress, MovableType, vbulletin, and mediawiki is quite straight forward. The plugins are available!

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I was looking a simple way to automatically backup my files on the server then automatically sends them to designated email address. Since I have quite limited storage space on my server, then sending it to one of my email account hosted on Google Apps it would be almost ideal for storage backups since Google Apps email account has large storage space (7GB).

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I just found out that facebook keeps everything about you, even though you already remove the particular information from the facebook. I just checked out my server logs, and it seems I still got page hits on a page I’ve deleted from by blog more than two weeks ago. The page was containing project photos of my workplace, and to reduce the server loads and avoid to upload two times, I upload them into one of my facebook photos album. I was not aware the photos are prohibited to be shared when I upload them, especially putting it on the internet, until someone told me to remove the photos.

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I’ve been using mobipush.com for quite some time to push most of my email accounts to my Windows Mobile 6.1 device. We all know that Windows Mobile only support push email using Microsoft Direct Push / Exchange, I was quite dissapointed when I found out that Windows Mobile does not IMAP idle. I dont have any email account using Exchange servers. They only supoort pull mail if used on IMAP and POP servers.

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