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2nd Winner of Macro/Detail Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

pabs — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:00:40 +0000

I was one of the Lucky winner of the “Spaces of Light” photography contest, established by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center affiliated to the Ministry of Presitential Affairs during the period of October 17, 2010 to December 5, 2010. The judging panel had assessed the photographic works that the screening committee had chosen from 4,000 photographs from 50 Arab and foreign countries.

Though they spelled my name wrong form the certificate (Papilto Tyson), cheque (Pabilto Tyson) and on the news (Pablito Tyson), I’m still thankful that they have selected my entry.

To the judges and the organizers of the event, Thank you.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

pabs — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:29:45 +0000

I went to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque several times to capture entries for the competition. Th structure is so amazing and its worth admiring again and again.

Zoo

pabs — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:00:10 +0000

Took my wife and kid to the zoo last week. I’m not actually a big fan of zoo coz i feel like animals are kept in jail. Though they are taking care by humans, they are still bounded by the four walls of their cage. They no longer hunt for food but instead rely on foods given at certain schedule. Their natural instinct are somewhat altered.

Put yourself in their place and tell me what do you feel.

Blog Site Hacked

pabs — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:17:56 +0000

I got my site hacked last August and managed to sort it out today. I was too lazy to put my site back thus took me a while.

WordPress or any other free cms applications out there still have holes on their program. It’s all up to you to maintain and keep your site tidy. I was not much of a blogger and was so busy at work hence I didn’t mind hosting my site up.

So how can we prevent this from happening again? Here are some guides.

Backup: Keep a copy of your site at least once or twice a month. This will allow you to recover all your files seamless should there be a problem in the future. I didn’t do this so I guess lessons learned.
Review your database: I had one user added on the database and I’m clueless till now how this happens. Well I don’t want to dig deep. Anyways, just keep an eye on your members list.
Don’t install themes: Though I use free themes on my site, I would suggest that if you could create themes, do it yourself. This will prevent unwanted or hidden codes on your site.
Don’t install too much Plugins: Plugins are sometimes coded poorly thus will give a chance for you to be hacked.

Linux Ubuntu 10.04

pabs — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:54:12 +0000

I had a chance to play around on the new version of Ubuntu last night. I must say, its fast and very appealing to the eyes. I just find it difficult to setup the WiFi and 3G compared to the older versions. Overall, I will give it 9/10 rating.

One of the new features they have added is the social networking application, which allows you to login to your facebook and twitter account. Very useful for people who’s in to posting news all the time. Pretty nifty application.

Getting free applications on Ubuntu is fairly easy.

Gwibber application for social networking sites.

New gadgets

pabs — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:36:47 +0000

With the new iPhone 4G on its way, people are getting excited to get one. However, was it the same scenario with the release of 2G, 3G and 3GS? People what one! Not only iPhone but also PS3, Wii, Xbox and other tech gadgets in general. We want speed, colorful graphics, nice sound, 3D images, high-resolution cameras, name whatever you can think of, the higher, the better. For me I don’t mind using my old Nokia3210, it will still allow me to call and text friends. It will get the job done. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I don’t like new gadgets, I love it, as a matter of fact I’m a tech geek. But was it worth buying this? Having the latest gadget will have its own expiration period. Tech Company will still have to reinvent their current product to gain buyers at some point in time.

I have nothing against buying a device. You just have to balance the question of “need” and “want”. At the end, it will still be your hard-earned money or your credit card will pay the bills.

Upgrading your Mac Pro’s Hard Drive – the inexpensive way

pabs — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:04:06 +0000

I found a cheapest way to upgrade your Mac Pro’s Hard Drive. Here in the UAE, 1TB Western Digital external HD cost only AED359 ($97.5), compared to an internal HD from Apple store will cost you about AED1,600 ($434.8). Luckily, this external HD is compatible with Mac Pro’s Hard Drive Bay. So, without further ado, here’s how you open a Western Digital Hard Drive and use it on your Mac Pro.

Remove the two rubbers located under the External Hard Drive

Underneath the rubber, there will be a lock. Using a flat screwdriver, apply a small amount of pressure to release the front plastic casing to its back.

Remove the plastic cover

Remove the motherboard

Remove every screw you will find.

You can keep the motherboard for troubleshooting other SATA hard drives, so don’t throw this away.

How to open Blackberry 8310

pabs — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:40:17 +0000

I had a couple of old and broken Blackberry 8310. Thought it would be helpful if I share on how to unscrew the nuts and bolts of this gadget. Enjoy tinkering!

Adobe Releases CS5

pabs — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:24:57 +0000

CS5 is now here! Unfortunately, a free trial is not yet release on Adobe website. New features are totally amazing specially the Content-Aware Fill, don’t have to stamp pixels anymore. Some new features of Photoshop CS5

Faster performance
Complex selections made easy
Content-Aware Fill
Superior HDR imaging
State-of-the-art raw image processing
Puppet Warp
Extraordinary painting effects
Automatic lens correction
Superior black-and-white conversion
Easier UI management

New Site

pabs — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:05:42 +0000

Site still under construction. Dumped Drupal as it was giving me a lot of headache. WP made it easy to configure PHP and CSS scripts. I loved it, so far.