Where’s the Youtube .flv files?
Turns out that on Debian Squeeze, whenever you play Youtube videos on any browser, they didn’t get cached on /tmp directory. They’re cached on each browser cache directory (.cache/google-chrome/ or .mozilla/path/to/cache/, for example). And whenever the videos fully cached, puff, it’s gone, though it’s still streaming on the browser. It’s rather annoying, since the usual method I use to download Youtube videos is to play them on browser till finished, then copy the flv files cached on /tmp.
Sigh, better searching for _good_ Youtube downloader
How to use Debian iso for repository
A neat (old) trick I learn while trying to make wifi work on Axioo Pico running a fresh install Debian Squeeze.
Few days ago, I was trying to install Debian Squeeze to my netbook. Since the netbook didn’t have CD drive, I use Unetbootin to create Debian installer from 1st Debian CD iso. To cut long story short, the installation went succesful, I got GNOME running, yadda yadda yadda. The only problem left is how I add more applications.
At that time, I didn’t have wired Internet connection. There’s a Huawei USB modem, but my Debian installation is yet to have wvdial. But I do have 2nd & 3rd CD ISO. I could use it for local repository, but again, since my netbook didn’t have CD drive, I need to do some improvisations.
- make some temporary folder
# mkdir /tmp/mount1
# mkdir /tmp/mount2 - mount the iso files
# mount -o loop /path/to/iso/debian-6.0.0-i386-CD-1.iso /tmp/mount1/
# mount -o loop /path/to/iso/debian-6.0.0-i386-CD-2.iso /tmp/mount2 - edit the
/etc/apt/sources.listfile and add this line
deb file:/tmp/mount1/ squeeze main contrib
deb file:/tmp/mount2/ squeeze main contrib - update the repository
# apt-get update
All done. Now I can install applications from local repository. And the first application I installed? Synaptic, of course 
Gong Xi Fa Chai
“Congratulations and be prosperous”
Happy Chinese New Year for all of you who celebrates it. Best wishes for you and family 
Seems the minister suffered from dementia
Let’s went back to 6 days ago. Mr Tifatul Sembiring, the Minister of Communication & Information hinted that one of the reasons for giving RIM a warning is that they didn’t pay tax to Indonesian government.
He even went posting a sarcastic poem to those who disagree with him about this issue
Yet today, he plainly claim “I didn’t ask them to pay taxes”
Since he is from PKS, he couldn’t be lying, no? *coughsarcasmcough* Then the only reasonable explantion to his inconsistent statement is that he suffered from acute dementia.
Either that, or he’ll blame his staff that supposed to maintain his tweet in his lieu.
Update: yup, he made his staff as scapegoat.
Whoa, it’s 2011 already?
It’s been a while since the last time I wrote on this blog. And for a while I think it couldn’t again. You see, I totally forgot that this domain is expiring last Tuesday (Jan 11th). Good thing I noticed before too late. Paid the bill, and this site will still up till January next year, hopefully.
Following the 365 day challenge on my other blog, I might do similar challenge on this blog too. Not 365 consecutive daily post, off course. That would be way crazy. Once a week sounds reasonable. And if even that’s too hard, I can always lower the target to 1-2 posts a month (albeit it can no longer called a challenge, isn’t it?)
The point is, this year I’m planning to make full use of this blog. Write till the last period. Quantity over quality! 
