Have a break ..

Since i've just got myself certified with CCNP and CNEV6 recently, i've decided to reward myself with a gift i've been drooling ever since. This gift was one of my motivation to study for the certification, (and perhaps my motivation for my CCIE track next year) and since i've managed to get through it, and at the same time was offered with great value, i just grab these ..

DEORE XT 2012 M785 Hydraulic Brakes

Rumor has it that these are so powerful, that when it is properly mounted on a bike, and the lever is pressed, it will tend to stop the rotation of the Earth!!

Well, just kidding. But i was told ( i mean i read it somewhere ) that it was a good brake to start with. So i guess the reputation well exceeds my need, and to have it to complete the bike, is well worth it. Now i have a complete 2012 XT groupset, just well before the end of 2012, or the day that the Mayan Calender ends.

If Mark Beaumont trusts his 2011 XT brakes for crossing the Americas, so i'll trust my 2012 XT for jamborees.

Review of this brake can be found here courtesy of BikeRadar.com.

Android-based compact camera

Well, since i've got my kids an android device a few weeks ago, i've been browsing about androids a lot.

One of the interesting news about android that i've came up lately, is the Samsung Galaxy Camera.
Beforehand, i would like to remind you guys that this is not a review of the device.

IOS 6 is here. When will it be for iPad mini?

The world's most advanced mobile operating system is here. I haven't got my hands on the new update yet, but from worldwide reviews, i think i'd hold my horses until everything is actually in place for IOS6.

What i'm waiting for, is the iPad mini, or the so called 7" version of the iPad. Rumours has it that the iPad mini is now in production, when it was supposed to be revealed with iPhone5, but it doesn't. Perhaps the Cupertino guys would save the iPad mini's glory on it's own.

Well let's just wait ..

Steel threads, no?

Since a week ago, I've been bugged with the awkwardness of my
bike. When it come to turns, it's just doesn't feel right. My green monster
doesn't want to respond to my direction. Same thing happened on white lines. It feels like the bike is dancing on white lines. It doesn't rain much lately, so i didn't notice how it performed on wet conditions.

My thoughts are, that it's just me. Too much of bicycling probably makes my bike handling feels awkward.

However somehow today I took a peek at my front rubber.. and ..

I guess it's time, huh? or should i wait somemore? haha

Bicycle for sale

First of all, NO.. it's not my bicycle which is up for sale. This is an ad which was posted in Craigslist (not in this country as well) way back in 2008. Well, i've just noticed it recently, 4 years later. lol.

Nevertheless, this is one funny ad to read (and mind the words please). Check it out below:

Completed: JW MTB Carnival 2012

08th July 2012

25km of trails, Gombak surrounding areas.

After the last Jamboree at Alam Budiman, i have this feeling that MTB Jamborees around the Klang Valley area would never be a simple one. That feeling of mine was confirmed after i've managed to finished the JW MTB Jamboree which was held at Gombak, starting from Sekolah Menengah Teknik Gombak itself.

The Amazing Spiderman

I am just archiving this image i created here for myself. :D

Completed: Cycle4Care Charity Jamboree Ride 2012

It was 5am when my alarm clock starts to scream. I can hear the tapping of an early Sunday morning rain starts to pour outside my window. I was thinking, could this be a wet jamboree?

Well, whatever it is, on last Sunday 6th May, I was on for the challenge of Cycle4Care Charity Jamboree, just a few kms away from my house, in Alam Budiman, Shah Alam. The jamboree is about 32km mixed of paved and offroad rides, and will pass-through the famous "Meru DragonBack" and "Bukit Ramlee".

Completed: Jasin S2H Jamboree 29th April 2012

Another MTB jamboree. But this time around, i was a bit more prepared than last time.

The trail map, all 45km of em.

The Jasin Jamboree was quite a long one. For a total of about 45km, it's purely exhausting, and a hot one too. However, the organizer whom has been organizing the same jamboree for the past couple of years, has done such a great job, as it was enjoyable to every each one of the participants, all 2300 riders of them!

Google Map with traffic update for Kuala Lumpur

Finally, one of the awaited feature of GoogleMap is here. Kuala Lumpur map with traffic update.

I have been waiting for this particular feature on google map, since the start of pinhole application by google which i think in early 2000. What's the benefit of this feature? Well, apart from traffic update (which i assume is the latest traffic condition update), this dataset feature,may be integrated within the GPS device of your choice, built-in the dashboard of your car. Imagine the GPS device in your car automatically decides the best routing for you avoiding mass traffic jams. I've seen this feature when i was in Germany, and it's quite awesome to see people turning to nearest autobahn exit at the same time the traffic info being received by their cars, mentioning the traffic ahead is at stand still. I was hoping to see that in KL, and now, or maybe in the near future (realistically), this can now be done right here in our home soil.

However, my only concern is that, in KL, all the roads will be jammed-packed especially during peak hours. So i guess the built in GPS in your future car with live traffic update feature will only display this message before you start your journey home from work - "Stay in the office, all the roads are jammed".

1Malaysia Chopper by OCC

Recently, our PM has just launched, or should i say "unveiled" the all new, 1Malaysia Chopper.

This particular bike, was hand crafted by the famous OCC (Orange County Choppers), in which they have their own reality TV show in Discovery Channel.

I have always liked to watched the series, "American Chopper" as it was all about building creative bikes, and the humour which slots perfectly well within the series. 

2012 10s Deore XT

There has been a new addition to my cycling equipment. It's the 10s DEORE XT 2012 groupset.

I needed to change, because of my previous groupset were broken. The bb were crushed into pieces. I think that's from my last cycling at the Elmina offroad. So, a broken BB justifies myself for a new XT groupset.

It took some time for me to choose, whether to get the XT, or the SRAM X9. There's slight difference in price, but not much on the weight. To my observation, it seems that the X9 is much more sturdy than the XT. The X9 red version looks tempting too.

However, to my final decision, i go with XT, as i think Shimano is more commonly used between my friends, and i think XT groupset is better suited for my kind of cycling level. (eg. not a pro.. yet!). I took the groupset without the brakeset. I don't need a new brake for now.

There's a lot of significance difference between those two (XT and X9), however, i'm not going to explain them here. Those info are widely available, use Google!

Completed: Kuala Pilah Royal MTB Jamboree 2012

The exciting jamboree which was held on 28th January 2012 was participated by around 800 participants. The most important of all, my RM50 MTB did survive the whole track!

The whole course, all 32km of it.

It was a 32km track, with mixture of offroad, a bit of paved road, and a lot (i mean a lot!) of uphills and downhills.

ABSINTHE Jailbreak by greenpois0n rawks!

I managed to jailbreak my ipad2 on IOS 5.0.1 now, by using absinthe jailbreak by greenpois0n and the dream dev team.

My ipad was previously on IOS4.3.3 jailbroken by using comex's jailbreakme method.

Now what i did was perform backup of my ipad2 via iTunes. Then, perform the upgrade from IOS4.3.3 to IOS5.0.1 also from iTunes. Once done, restored my ipad2 settings, and then i run the ABSINTHE jailbreak.

It was particularly easy, thanks to the dev team, i think my 2yo kid can do it. Lol.

Thanks to the dev team. Don't forget to donate to them for their wonderful job!

Ipad2 and 4S Jailbreak is finally out!

Kudos to the dev team, for their hardwork on IOS5.0.1 jailbreak.

Jailbreak can be downloaded from greenpois0n website here:
http://greenpois0n.com/?page_id=18

Get it while it's hot!

Don't forget to donate to them for their hardwork!

Salute! Salute! Salute!

MTB Jamboree, anyone?

I've been MTBing for quite some time now, but haven't tried anything official. All of my previous cycling were with my office colleagues.

I've been on a few tracks a couple of time, mostly Putrajaya, GCE, Shah Alam & Bukit Jelutong area. Nevertheless, my offroad experience were very minimal, as i was only exposed to the trails around FRIM (rover / dream / syabas / pacat / bukit hari  and steroid hill).

Will be joining MTB Jamboree this 28th January, and i think my RM50 bike will have a lot of prep to do.

So far, my wishlist as per below:

Iphone 4S jailbreak success.

Now Iphone 4S with IOS 5.0.1 jailbreak seems to be success, it's just a matter of days until it will be released to the public.

Let's just hope the jailbreak dream team will release the JB for Ipad 2 before Apple patches the IOS5.0.1 base d on 4S vulnerabilities.

IOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak soon..

It has been mentioned, that IOS security researcher pod2g has now overcome the A5 processor cache issue on IOS devices.

This means that the untethered jailbreak will soon be available for both iPad2 and the iPhone4S. Perhaps by another week or so.

So, everyone, get ready your iPad2 or iPhone4S, and your $$, because you'll definitely wanna grab those devices on the shelves with IOS5.0.1 running, so that it can be jailbroken. You can also buy it now and upgrade to IOS5.0.1, as long as Apple didn't release newer version yet.

Else, i believe Apple will have it all sorted out in next release of IOS, which is believed to be IOS5.1 right after the untethered jailbreak is released, whereby it will cover all the exploits manipulated by the jailbreak.

I'm guessing the Installous will be jammed pack again once the new jailbreak is released.

The facelift

It's 2012, and black theme is sooo 2011.

So i've decided to move on to a new theme.
Thanks to http://www.deluxetemplates.net , my blogsite now has a new facelift, just like a proton model every year or so. Same content, new facelift.

And yeah, not much of a testing ground anymore, this site is now more or less about what i think suitable for me to publish.

2012

Hello 2012!

Alhamdulillah.

Goodbye 2011.