http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:sharif-strike&section=today deviantART RSS for by:sharif-strike en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:35 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/24830858/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/24830858/ Mon, 18 May 2009 21:16:15 PDT
Except that it's not exactly sweet all the way. Currently there was an outbreak of Chikungunya fever around here, and a hefty lot of angry mosquitoes outside. Even my family members were affected, although the effects aren't as severe as some do. The cure? It is said that young coconut drinks and some crabs should help. I don't know, but it's a probability anyway.

Then comes to fruits. The monsoon season changes a bit early this year, but it seems that there will be fruits in the gardens anyway. Currently, mangoes and the likes. No, there is no reference to the otaku culture this time. There are a few mango tress here, and it's just too much for one family to consume it all. They are supposedly sweet, but since they're a bit young, some turned out to be sour. Not to mention fruit fly attacks. Still, since there are so many mangoes around, one of my tasks is to pluck these mangoes, and get my head plonked by them. Ouch.

My probationary driver's license will end by this month, so I'll get a competent driver's license soon. That will mean that I will no longer need to have that large "P" sticker on the windshield anymore. lol.

And finally something art related. Haha. Sorry if I made you peeps read the whole stuff just to look for some art update. I was assigned to be the art director for a new community welfare project that will be held at Temerloh, Pahang. Under the university of course. So I have to design most of the graphic stuffs (too often my rough sketches are barely understandable for other designers), focusing on traditional Malay culture as the main theme. Still, I do intend to insert some modern taste into it, because the organizer asked me "not to stereotype". I think I can do that, but I might need some inspiration. And off I went, lurking around for resources and some inspiration.

Nothing much other than that. This is a rant anyway. Strike out.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/21532488/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/21532488/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:48:16 PST
Going overnight here, the fragfest is pretty much an awesome experience, although I need to take a short break since my mouth feels a bit bitter and I'm feeling a bit light-headed. Interestingly, I still managed to keep up the tide in these conditions, although I have to admit I faced a few slumps in some of the maps (especially the ones that are too large)

I've grown up to be an avid FPS gamer, working my reflexes throughout the day. If you ask, most of the games I play were FPS games afterall, including the well-known Counter Strike, Half-Life 2, Crysis, Far Cry 2, COD: World at War, Time Shift, etc. etc. However, most of the time I can only play single-player campaigns, since I'm the only dude who have some (budget) gamer specs on my desktop, while most of us were just laptop users.

I would say the multiplayer experience is just too awesome, everyone is playing up with unique skills of their own, unlike the predictable AI players. And it's COD4, noted for its good multiplayer modes in conjunction to it's single-player mode.

Gotta go now, I've got some fragging to do. In the meanwhile, if you are a gamer, try reading Razer's "Boot Camp For The Noob" [link] . Don't be fooled by the "Noob" word, trust me, there's even something for the pro gamers there. Check it out!

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/20103226/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/20103226/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:33:35 PDT
And a similar situation happened to me, the unusually high demand (and out-of-the-world tastelessness) designing request within three days, or, should I say, three nights.

To some people, three nights might be nothing to them. Not if you're only able to sleep for one or two hours a night, three nights straight. 64 membership cards, an ugly poster (very, very ugly), a crappy pamphlet. Three nights. Not to mention how many times they told me to redesign the whole stuff all over again (especially the membership card) regardless of how many time left, and how tired I am.

And so there I go, left alone in my room in front of my beloved gaming rig, working on my design night after night, doing the impossible. By the third day, I'm flat. I even skipped the morning class to get some rest, but I have to attend my programming test that evening. The test went well, although I'm not functioning at my usual speed.

The designs? The poster and the pamphlet is done, what's left is the membership card, about 65% done. Told 'ya, I can't do it in time. So I have to complete the remaining 35% before sundown, because we need to distribute it tonight. Still, what's impossible is impossible. No miracle happened. So it goes for a delay. Later.

Give me some rest. Ooohhhhh......

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/18295644/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/18295644/ Mon, 12 May 2008 19:24:41 PDT
Since this is a long semester break (about two months), everyone is required to empty their rooms before leaving. Really empty. Soon the corridors were filled with trash here and there, showing just how much trash the students kept inside their rooms. Even the cleaners have to take a few extra trips to clear all the garbage which is lying around.

The authorities allowed us to store our items in a storage room, and a box is preferred. Hell, the student-box ratio is so big it's actually hard for us to find a box to fit in our stuff. They even require a charge for RM10 for each box. Come to think about it, does it apply to relatively small boxes too? Anyways, I decided not to keep my stuffs there.

So I took my stuffs to my relative's house, which isn't too far from my college. I only take my clothes home, along with a few other stuff, and the rest is left at my relative's house. It's a pain to take my PC home, especially my 17" CRT monitor (due to cost issues, I still use 'em). So I just left my PC there. That means no gaming for two months. At least I still have the internet.

My brother is also coming home, in fact in the same bus as I do. He can't stay home for long as he's busy for his field trip to Beijing soon, working on landscapes. Although we only have a short time, we do have good times together.

Finally, home sweet home. After a few months dwelling at the city, it's time to become a villager once again. While I'm considered high-tech at my campus, my life at home is usually low-tech. In other words, simple. Fairly enough, my life isn't all digital anyway. I do a little cooking, gardening, household chores, etc etc here. It's too long since I last tasted the simplistic food of glutinous rice with coconut and dried salted fish. Combo that with some thick black coffee, and you get the usual breakfast before the villagers get to work (like kenduri, etc). Another type of food you won't find elsewhere is durians (or any very sweet fruit) with coconut milk. It seems pretty odd to me at first, but soon I got used to it.

Back to my online life, well, since gforum is down (for upgrades), I'm getting pretty bored now. I'm currently working on my tech blog [link] since it was left dead. Also, I'm currently downloading Loco Roco, a game for the PSP. I was interested in it's simple graphics as well as it's unique gameplay, provided it was Patapon's predecessor.

Anyways, I can't wait for the next semester! The sense of adventure always enlightens me.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/17484946/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/17484946/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:45:58 PDT
The lecturer is a freelancer which is also an ex-student of UTM. Definitely, he's way better than my seniors who taught me how to handle a DSLR before. He's got some sense of humor too, and hey, I personally think he's cool. Later on we tried indoor photography, one of the most problematic areas I find in taking photographs. Since it's raining heavily outside, the lighting is pretty gloomy inside, so we need to use flash. Oddly, my pics turned out to be far better than before, although not as good as the pros, which is some personal improvement for myself. Yay!

On the second day the freelancer is no longer with us (no, he's still alive), so we proceed our program for outdoor photography (which is my favorite) without him. In the mornings we settled on Lake Gardens (Taman Tasik Perdana), taking candid shots, landscapes, and macros. We were divided into two groups, each with a DSLR and a film SLR. My group uses a Nikon D70s and a Nikon F65. The other group got a Canon 350D (I'm soooo willing to use it), and a Nikon F55.

There was also some non-Squad participants, so the Squad is the tutor this time. Pretty exhausting explaining things along, but I gain something I never knew: I can explain things! Don't know if they really understand, though. Got some good subjects, and some new friends too (more supplies for anime!). Later on we moved to KLCC, again taking shots in groups. However, the battery ran out of juice and we can't take pics anymore. So I just go window shopping instead. Later it's raining heavily late in the evening. No more outdoor pics this time, just go home.

I slept early after the program. I'm really exhausted by the end of the day.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/17129079/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/17129079/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:03:18 PST
So I ended getting myself a copy of DeskSpace and TopDesk (both are pirated). With DeskSpace now I can use four different desktops, so I can multitask without having lots of windows in the desktop. TopDesk is just for showoffs: gives XP the 3D flip ability like Vista does. I like customization a lot, so I tend to seek for these stuff.

Another site leads me to a bunch of U3 goodies: Hacked software made for U3 devices! Great. Just what I need. Among the list: Internet Download Manager 5.12, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Flash CS3 Professional, AVG 7.5, etc. I don't know how they make it work on U3 devices, but I just use it. I hope more softwares will be available soon.

Oh yeah, I also downloaded a few more things: Frets on Fire (Guitar Hero clone for PC), PCMark05, and Spyware Doctor. But I can't update Spyware Doctor, so I uninstalled it.

Well, piracy issues. I admit I've been using pirated software, I just can't afford the real stuff. That's just a common scene right now, and I can't rely on free softwares solely.

Damn, my finger hurts already, since the "F" button is missing on this laptop. I have to press my finger on the sensor which is originally where the "F" button is located. Press it lots of times and you will feel a slight "shock" on the finger.

Okay now, that all for today folks. Till my next journal.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16934896/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16934896/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:09:08 PST
I'm not going to give any reviews here, just a little comment while downloading DX10 for my PC.

Crysis suffers a bit in my PC: there's bugs here and there, things popping up from nowhere, slightly laggy, etc. etc.

My PC is considered quite descent however, but it still can't run Crysis on full power.

Here's the spec:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 8500GT 512MB GDDR2
abit NF-M2S Micro-ATX Motherboard
Kingston 2GB DDR2 667MHz (2x)
CoolerMaster Aquagate VIVA
LG Flatron CRT 17"
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 600

Sorry for the bad journal this time, I'm bit on a rush actually.
cheers.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16633596/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16633596/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:22:14 PST
Actually, I'm having problems keeping myself motivated on something. Something that isn't my true interests. And that is keeping me from posting deviations and journals lately.

A couple of weeks ago I received money for my very own DIY desktop PC, and it's already assembled to functionality for a while. I wanted to post a journal on this, but, as I mentioned above, I'm lacking motivation. Instead I'm finishing games (gaming is one of my major interests) for most of the times.

Even today, I have a test this noon, but I don't study much yesterday. Lack of motivation. Anyway, this is the way I'm used to be known, a guy who doesn't study much but got better than average marks consistently. Maybe. I'm on a strategy of minimal stress during study, which also involves less study too. Weird, but it works on me. I recommend not to do this, as you aren't me. Find a way that suits you best.

Okay, I don't think I have anything else on this topic for now, so, before I lose my interest on posting this very journal, better do it now.

Er, cheers?

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16129508/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/16129508/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:00:04 PST
My journey to the south (my house is in the northern regions of Malaysia) begins early on the morning of 25th Dec, that's right, on X'mas. My dad had bought me a bus ticket which cost a whopper RM40++ (standard prices are around RM30). I soon realized it's quite a luxurious bus, for me just normal buses would do. It's a double-decker express bus, now becoming much more common in the highways of Malaysia.

I'd expect the ±350KM trip would take me about 7-8 hours to arrive, but my guesstimate is far from reality: The bus's tire exploded when we're about 70KM to our destination. And it took two hours for the mechanic to arrive, plus another hour waiting him to fix it and get us going.

In the meantime, I can't read my copy of TopGear Malaysia magazine because it getting dark, so I just sit back and stay still. The girl next to me started asking me where's the nearby highway exit. I answered that I don't know, and, probably motivated by my positive response, began chatting to me, although all the way before I hadn't spoke a single word to her, and neither do her. She left early, as someone took her home (I guess), leaving me with nobody on my side except small cockroaches crawling out from nowhere.

Downstairs the bus crew is chatting with another girl so loudly that you don't have to eavesdrop at all. All the passengers are getting irritated by the delay, started to complain and began calling their contacts to take them home. I just sit and wait although I'm also irritated too.

When the tire is finally fixed, I'm feeling quite relieved and wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Everyone was quiet again as the bus soared the highway into the urban areas of Kuala Lumpur (KL for short). We arrived at 9.30 PM (13 hours in the bus, starting 8.30 AM, man that's tiring), and as soon I got out of the bus I decided to feast on something good (actually that day I only ate a packet of nasi lemak for breakfast and a bun of bread for lunch).

After eating at a nearby KFC premise I took my bag that I left at the storage center and head to a taxi which is waiting for passengers in front of the bus station. Too bad when I asked the driver about the fare, he said it cost only RM30. What!? With that same RM30 I can go all the way covering about 350KM from state to state. So I decided not to ride the taxi and take the commuter instead. It was very tiring, because the bag is heavy and the station is about one kilometer away.

As I arrived at the commuter station I saw that the entrance was closed for renovation. To make things worse, I can't find the alternative entrance nearby. Luckily the station transits to another commuter line and the transit is just across the road. I hopped on the commuter, dropped on another station to transit to a different commuter line, proceeded to a terminal which connects to most of the commuter lines in KL, including the commuter line that I originally wanted to use. So again I hopped in the right commuter, headed to the station closest to my college. It proved to be very exhausting doing all this process as I dragged the heavy bag plus the packed commuters slowing down my movement as I wriggled myself to embark from the commuter. And some transits requires me to walk, while my legs were already shaking.

Reaching the station, the shuttle bus that will take me to my destination is already waiting, to my relief. Okay, now the bus is here, let's go. I got off the bus when it arrived to my destination and again I have to walk a bit. I don't mind, but all of a sudden the rain started to pour heavily and I'm soaked. "Just keep on walking, you're less than five minutes to arrive now", I insisted.

I've passed the gate, now I just have to walk a bit more to my block at the end of this district. Good, take the elevator and proceed to the room. Wait. I don't have the keys. Okay, just sleep at the study room, nobody's there. And so there I am, lying on the carpet floor under the fan, motionless.

It's 11.30 PM already, and I began revising about what have I done today:
Wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast, hopped on family's car, get out, buy magazine, hop on bus, evacuate, change bus, got down, buy lunch, ride the bus again, chat with a girl, sit quiet, get out again, keep the bag, go for dinner, took the bag, ask for taxi fare, walk to station, muttering, cross the road, buy ticket, ride the commuter, squeeze out the commuter, drag the bag, buy another ticket, squeezed in a commuter, wriggle out, drag the bag again, take the escalator, continue dragging, buy another ticket, got in the right commuter, get out, take the bus, hopped down the bus, drag the bag in rainwater, pass the gate, drag the bag through the corridor, got into the lift, press the button, get out, en... ]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15581498/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15581498/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:52:58 PST
I read manga.

I play games.

I enjoy them.

BUT WHY THE HELL A MOUNTAIN OF MONKEYS SPOIL THE MOOD AND FEEL OF THOSE STUFF!!!???

Sorry, I feel a 'lil outraged today. It began when I started to discover yaoi content somewhere around the net. A whole load of crap of it. It's totally against my ideology and code of ethics, as I'm a yaoi, yuri, hentai, & excessive romance hater.

Obviously, yaoi, yuri, and hentai is completely not ethical. Yaoi is an insult to men, yuri is an insult to women. Hentai, you know why it isn't good. All of them poisons the mind, leaving them with dirty thinking every single day.

Yaoi and yuri are something like homosexual manga/anime, and the idea itself sound too disgusting to be elaborated. Oddly enough, fangirls tend to like yaoi so much that they can be proud of it. I don't mind if they liked shoujo or josei, but yaoi?? It really makes me wonder why. Women are so hard to be fathomed.

Say, you're a girl, and you have a boyfriend. An out-of-the-world handsome guy in fact! All of a sudden he broke with you and started going out with a guy right in front of you. To your horror, he looks much like Alex Louis Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist. Then... he kissed that guy. ARRRGGGHHH!!!! THAT IS SO DISGUSTING!!! Your boyfriend is gay?? How would you like that?

Yuri is just the same concept, but this time it's about two or more girls. And is generally preferred by men. So I'm not gonna tell much about it since it will just repeat the paragraphs above.

Anyway, these stuff really spoils up the enjoyment of reading/watching manga/anime. I can't help it when I see brotherhood relationship turns into abnormal romance relationship. For example, Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric (again, from Fullmetal Alchemist) being gay to each other. It's a sick idea, for a good anime and manga to be like that. Can't you guys have a better idea than that?

So, if anyone says, "Hey, you're not a healthy young guy! All healthy young guys look for that", this is what I made up with my mind: "I'd rather have a clean and healthy mind than a 'healthy' sexual attraction". I'm straight, but I'm not interested in romance too.

Now, can't they just stop being too proud of those dirty mind of theirs and behave themselves? It really annoys the people around.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15502197/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15502197/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:22:06 PST
This is what is exactly happening here, at my campus right now. Everyone seems to be busy, with a few exceptions, going around with books, talking about subjects, etc etc. Even a football match between Chelsea and Everton doesn't spark much interest. Whoa, this becomes real serious. Okay, I don't know much about football, to be honest.

Oddly enough, some of my coursemates seems carefree at the moment, because they continued their natural habit of gaming, which can lead to sleepless nights, all day and all night stuck at the exact little place facing a tiny portion of a screen. If you ask, they are playing games on an NDS emulator. I wonder how they can withstand doing that for about a week or so in a place so pathetic anyway.

Examinations usually took place in the Main Hall, and it can sometimes be considered hell, because if you stay there in long periods, you'll freeze to death. Not so comfortable eh? You bet. My papers aren't so bad at the moment, but the worst is about to come.

The next thing you know is going home of course, the end-of- semester holidays have just began.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15352413/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15352413/ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:07:44 PDT
Today, antiviruses sold globally around the world are fiercely competing among each other. Here, at my campus, most people will only trust Kaspersky, while the others are considered as "no good". I still remember at one time people only trusts Norton, the most famous antivirus ever known in history. AVG, is always distrusted here, but still, I believe no matter what type of antivirus that you use, it will offer some protection, though not 100%, from these dangerous threats that may put your precious information for good.

There are many theories that came up with the existence of viruses and their variants. Normally a virus is made by someone who knows how to program a virus, with the intention of showing off their skills. In some cases, it is made for revenge, regardless of what the target does to the programmer before, so he/she sends off a virus that would devastate the target's computer, leaving them in frustration. An interesting theory is the viruses were made by antivirus programmers themselves, to generate profit though their antivirus sales. Although I'm not so clear of the history of computer viruses, it is said that the first computer virus, codenamed PLO, was made purposely to corrupt the enemy's computer system in the battlefield, disabling intelligence.

Back to antiviruses, most users that I know use only pirated versions of these stuff, since they are not able to afford the original version of it. However, lots of antiviruses also offers a free version, usually limited to only the most basic protection available. I've seen lots of guys who used pirated Kaspersky in despair due to the blacklisted key they have. What a pity.

Antiviruses today also have a portable edition, which you can carry around your thumb drive and run it on any computer without installation. Even my thumb drive, which is also a U3 drive, is preinstalled with avast! antivirus U3 edition. Other portable antiviruses that i have have known is ClamWin from PortableApps and CureIt! from Dr.Web. Specific standalone antiviruses are also available in a wide range of selection which targets certain viruses and removes the aftermaths in a matter of seconds. But it is usually limited to very powerful or popular viruses, like the brontok.a virus which is believed to spread all around South East Asia.

Still, lots of people don't care much to update their antiviruses, or even to do the basic scanning of their thumb drives before doing anything else has lead to virus spreading. Girls usually tops the list, but guys were also quite similar. It's probably because they are computer illiterate, so they don't know much about the basic rules to keep safe. Sometimes I call them as "penternak virus", or "virus farmers" in english, because when they had their thumb drives scanned, normally a whole load of viruses was detected. The same would apply for their laptops or desktops, when I updated the antivirus and made a full system scan, lots and lots of viruses has been detected. *sigh*.

Today, viruses spread so easily that even computers that doesn't have an internet connection can also be infected. Nonetheless, computers that have an internet connection are more prone to be infected, so take caution. When an infected computer is connected to the internet, it may send off information that you don't want others to access. Furthermore, the virus itself may update itself of drag in more deadly viruses. Also, since the invention of floppy disks, viruses has the ability to duplicate itself into these devices and further infests another computer when the floppy is inserted in that computer. Although floppy disks are considered obsolete these days, the same can apply to thumb drives and external hard disks, as both are commonplace today.

I also realized most antiviruses only wipes the virus, but doesn't deal with the aftermaths, such as missing folder properties, disabled task manager, etc etc. Usually, I would look for a solution online, doing the cleanup manually. But since I had these nice stuff [link] , which is able to fix most aftermaths caused by most viruses. Whoever made it, must be really skilled and knows how to intercept those viruses. Unf... ]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15224149/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/15224149/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:39:15 PDT
A little explanation on the celebration, just in case if someone stumbles into question marks while reading the journal. Eid-ul Fitr, or more commonly known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Malaysia, is a religious celebration for the Muslims, for the success of the previous month in the Hijrah calendar, Ramadan, where Muslims used the opportunity of God's Blessings in that month to get as much rewards as possible for the Afterlife. At the same time, they are required to fast from dawn to dusk, for the whole month. During those days, Muslims used to intensify their prayers and seek forgiveness from God. The upcoming month, Syawal, Muslims celebrate Eid-Ul Fitr, as a sign of success and being free from sins like a newborn baby.

In Malaysia, the celebrations are often to be grand. People decorate houses, serving food and drinks, visiting each other, etc.. Typical.

Hear the sound of fire crackers played by children, known as "mercun" (pronounced MER-CHOON), even though the government have banned them a long time ago, changing the air into battlefield-like sounds. A more powerful version, a homemade cannon, made from various items, with bamboo as the most popular one. These are usually played by older children. And its not surprising anymore that every year someone got hurt playing these mock-up explosives.

Then goes the rise of groceries, who took advantage during festive seasons, which renders the government in crisis facing peoples' anger. Plus the rise of global crude oil prices, transports cost too much today. Double trouble.

All of a sudden, the TV stations turned into almost completely into an all entertainment channel, despite the fact that the previous month it was packed with religious programmes. However, this year, some of the programmes have moral values, so I don't think its completely useless anyway. I don't watch TV a lot these days. I'm not a couch potato.

This event actually put up the spirit in the family, encouraging love and peace as people visit their relatives and friends, apologizing each other, always forgiving about what happened in the past. Its our tradition to do so, as we, Muslims, are peaceful people after all.

Blast! I'm carried off by my usual blogging style. Journals aren't supposed to be like this, its more like telling about what happened around the writer itself.

Anyway, cheers...

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/14864505/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/14864505/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:51:42 PDT
These filters are originally applied only to the wireless networks around the campus. That's fine with me, for a guy who doesn't own a laptop or PC to surf the net wireless. But now, they also applied it to the wired network. And to make things worse, it blocked out not just certain websites, but also downloads. And that includes deviantART itself.

Such a pain in the ass, I can't download goodies from deviantART, and oddly, some AV updates are blocked too? Crap. No wonder viruses are spreading so fast these days.

However, the filters also gave me some other burden. I have to use anonymous proxy sites to access my Friendster and MySpace, not to mention the pathetic internet speed here. These proxy sites have a flaw, which ends up with me unable to update my blog as well. And so I posted it here instead.

I found out that the filter only scans the URL, so whenever there's "myspace" or "friendster" or "chat" in the URL, the page is simply blocked. But I dunno how it blocks most downloads, sigh.

]]> ~sharif-strike http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/14250331/ http://sharif-strike.deviantart.com/journal/14250331/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:31:41 PDT
you can, and you don't need any special software. pretty simple. logon here [link] and simply paste the URL of the youtube page. and voila, you get the download link.

this is just good news, until—

you wanna play it. the file name is just get_video. great. now how you're gonna play this crap?

fear not mortals, just rename it to anything you like, and put .flv on the back. no, it won't play on windows media player, but you can play on media player classic, or the portable flv player. [link]

the case is solved. phew~

]]> ~sharif-strike