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SM-N910G Internals

Posted over 9 years ago

by chuacw
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lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-07-12 20:39 aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 lrwxrwxrwx root root 2014-07-12 20:39 apnhlos -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 lrwxrwxrwx...
Chee Wee's discoveries and tech blog

Enabling / Disabling the Ubuntu root account

Posted over 17 years ago

by chuacw
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To enable root account, use the command: sudo passwd root This will prompt for a new root password and once confirmed, the root account can be used to...
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Persistent Components

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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After working for close to 3 weeks (since 27 Nov), I'm very close to completing a set of Delphi VCL components that can store and retrieve their values...
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Initializing structs in Go

Posted over 6 years ago

by chuacw
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In Go, there are a few ways to initialize a new struct. You can do this: varStruct := &StructName{} varStruct := StructName{} varStruct := StructName...
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Installing the Android SDK on Eclipse 3.5/Galileo

Posted over 14 years ago

by chuacw
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For a successful installation, download the Eclipse Classic 3.5.1, instead of Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. Unzip it to a directory, eg, C:\Program...
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Updated blog name

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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I've updated the blog name from Delphi Developer's Singapore and Asia Fortress of Solitude: Where we rule the world, to Chee Wee's blog: IT solutions ...
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Weird Windows Server 2003 Clustering licensing requirement

Posted over 19 years ago

by chuacw
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Over the past few weeks, I've been working with a customer, in order to implement a high availability (HA) solution. In the past, I do not bother with...
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HOWTO: Detecting and switching screen orientation

Posted over 15 years ago

by chuacw
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Make a call to setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); to get the app displayed in landscape mode, and setRequestedOrientation...
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Enabling EMBED, OBJECT and PARAMS in Community Server 2007

Posted over 15 years ago

by chuacw
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Having finally had to enable embedding video into my blog postings, I found a way to configure Community Server to do so. Community Server has a 2 layer...
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Evaluating head hunter / recruitment agencies

Posted over 12 years ago

by chuacw
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These days, hiring have changed. It seems that every company's staff has no time to actually evaluate candidates, and uses head hunting / recruitment...
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Still alive!

Posted over 15 years ago

by chuacw
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He's alive! The Doc's alive! He's in the Old West, but he's alive! - Marty McFly, Back to the Future, Part II These days, I'm busy...
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CCWSpy.NET Progress Update Part 1

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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For the past few days, I have been working on updating CCWSpy.NET to enable it to capture any event of any control. To that end, I have written a dynamic...
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Delphi Meetup - May

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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The next Delphi meetup for Singapore is scheduled to be held on 27 May. If you're interested, please provide your name, contact (email or phone). The Delphi...
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Excitement!

Posted over 19 years ago

by chuacw
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I'm very excited these few days. It's the plague of the bright, new, shiny, object syndrome as described by Danny Thorpe, Chief Scientist, Borland. My...
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Microsoft Systems Management Server software deployment

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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This blog hasn't been updated for quite a while because I was busy with developing a proposal for a client to do automated software installation and deployment...
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Undocumented Delphi 8 Language changes

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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Before Delphi 8, the following code does not compile. In Delphi 8, the following code compiles. Something to take note of if you're backporting Delphi...
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Setting properties of another WinForm's control

Posted over 18 years ago

by chuacw
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I haven't been working on CCWSpy.NET for a long while, as I've been busy. In fact, looking at my last blog entry on the application, I've discovered...
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Injecting a class into a JAR archive

Posted over 14 years ago

by chuacw
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I've been working on adding a class to a JAR (somefilename.jar) archive, so that I can add functionality to it. First, unzip somefilename.jar to a...
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Delphi for Compact Framework Compiler batch

Posted over 19 years ago

by chuacw
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I created a batch file for compiling Compact Framework projects written using Delphi. The file was named CF.cmd, and placed in C:\Program Files\Borland...
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Spammers

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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Spammers have located the email address for this blog, and therefore, with immediate effect, I am creating a new email address for this blog. The way to...
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Replacing the SLF4J Logging Framework

Posted over 14 years ago

by chuacw
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For an existing Java project that is using the Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J), replacing the logging framework is as simple as changing the project...
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How I earned a thousand dollars an hour...

Posted over 14 years ago

by chuacw
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In order to become more complete, one of the skills I have started working on is public speech. The following is the text of the prepared speech for my...
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Mounting Windows share on Linux

Posted over 14 years ago

by chuacw
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Here’s how I mount my Windows share on my RHEL machine, without installing Windows Services for Unix… ;) mkdir /home/chuacw/mountpoint mount –t cifs \...
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Notes on migrating JBuilderX - JAR interdependencies

Posted over 16 years ago

by chuacw
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So, project A which compiles to JAR A requires classes in JAR B. Project B which compiles to JAR B requires classes in JAR A. I was asked about this, so...
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IP 24.225.176.157 NewsGator client banned due to 2 minute interval checks

Posted over 20 years ago

by chuacw
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I have banned the IP 24.225.176.157 NewsGator client because it keeps polling my site every 2 minutes. I'm sorry that I have to take this drastic action...