I posted this in a separate blog that I created for my daughter. This is amusing and very heart warming, perhaps it’s because I have a baby myself now. This is dedicated to Moms and Dads, who are doing our best for our children.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlNEV1lKWg
The Thai folks never fail to amaze (and amuse) me with their creativity and humour.
This video is advertisement. I leave it to you to watch until the end to grasp the punchline and the humour.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy0nr5s9aes
I missed out something important in my previous post on the native tethering on Linux. Turns out my tethering works only after I kick off the tether from Windows (Which resides in a VM on my machine). Further digging led me to the following site.
http://giagio.com/wiki/moin.cgi/iPhoneEthernetDriver
In order to get tethering to work, you need to ‘pair’ the IPhone with your machine. The site above provides the source to the pairing program, which surprisingly isn’t part of any Debian package. Or at least I couldn’t find it. Someone please point me to the right package if there’s one.
Anyway, just follow the instructions on the site to checkout the source from GIT and compile ipheth-pair. Plug in your IPhone and check your dmesg for the following:
[40883.744096] usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
[40883.905582] ipheth 2-1:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached
Run ipheth-pair if your IPhone has been picked up and loaded successfully.
Leave the rest to Network Manager. Just connect to wwan0 like connecting to any other devices.
For some reason, I can get tethering to work natively on Linux after I did an upgrade on my unstable Debian.
This was not possible previously. Now the kernel detects a new device called ipheth (IPhone USB Ethernet device). This is the magic that made the tethering possible. And the best part is that it works out of the box with Network Manager.
This is really cool. I used to tether from Linux using Bluetooth, but the connection is unstable sometimes.
Screenshots of dmesg output etc. Click for the full size image.
I’m running the unstable distro of Debian, so I’m not sure if this is available on the stable release. It might be possible on Ubuntu, since they get all the cutting edge stuff.
I can’t think of a reasonable excuse for not running an online service 24×7.
Or perhaps I should already be glad they didn’t run it only during office hours.
“Google Voice for Students
Google Voice gives you more control over your communications with transcribed voicemail sent via email, free SMS and more. Enter your .edu email address below and we’ll send you an invite within 24 hours.”
I’m not sure if this is also applicable in Singapore, but I suggest just giving it a try.
Sign up here
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/students.html
It’s a quick shot, so it’s not very well taken. But I think it still looks enticing.
Address: Lava Rock Grill House. Guan Soon Cherng Coffeeshop Blk 681 Hougang Avenue 8 #01-85
I must not let my baby girl see this next time. :)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGnfKnfY6EM