Please be open-minded enough to respect others’ choice for not being “open-minded” and hence not having the same opinions as you have.
Thank you for your comprehension
Regards š
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*le Me still Alive
Long time no posting on my blog. Might be not enough motivation or simply laziness. Some things cannot be Ā said publicly too so as not to publiciseĀ others faults (and mine too). Of-course no one is perfect. š
When enjoying becomes a routine, it becomes boring
Sometimes when life goes too smooth, we get bored. *sigh*. Neways, i got assignments to do now. Hope i learn new things and techniques š
WTH is ac.mu?
Ever wondered why UoM (University of Mauritius) doesn’t use a Top Level Domain as uom.mu? We wouldn’t have to use the long crappy email fname.lname@umail.uom.ac.mu. It would have been less scary for first timers.
Some googling showed that almost all Mauritian institutions/universities have .ac.mu such as University of Technology (UTM). The Charles TelfairĀ Institute, etc.
What does .ac stands for?
“.acĀ (short forĀ academia) is a second level domain for academic establishments, such asĀ universities, colleges and research institutes.[1]Ā Many countries useĀ .eduĀ for the same purpose, for example .edu.auĀ inĀ AustraliaĀ and .edu.myĀ inĀ Malaysia.” – Wikipedia
I’d still prefer if UoM had a TLD. Neways, it won’t be weird when referring to ac.mu now š
Browse UoM VCILT(LCMS) Website Faster with OpenDNS
Lots of you must have had problems to access theĀ VCILT websiteĀ or other UoMĀ (University of Mauritius)Ā websitesĀ on the campus through Wifi or even in computer labs. Sometimes the server is really down. Otherwise it is the university’s DNS server that is failing to translate the URL into an IP address. I won’t go into the technical theories in this article. Follow this guide to bypass the UoM’s DNS servers and use OpenDNS’s servers instead.
Linux (KDE Desktop):-
1. Open the KDE Network Manager.
2. Edit the uomstudent connection.
3. Ā Change method from “Automatic (DHCP)” to “Automatic (DHCP) addresses only”
4. Add these 2 IP addresses in the DNS servers box:Ā 208.67.222.222,Ā 208.67.220.220
5.Ā Save and you’re done š
Android:-
1. Go to settings >> Wi-Fi
2. Long press “uomstudent” then select modify
3. Enable Show Advanced Options
4. Change IP settings to static. The IP address shall be filled automatically
5. Scroll to the bottom where you’ll find DNS 1 and DNS 2 and add these 2 IP addresses:Ā 208.67.222.222,Ā 208.67.220.220.
6. Save and you’re done š
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NOTE: This method is not actually “hacking” into the system. It is totally safe and legal to do it as far as i know š
If you know the steps on Windows 7 and Mac/iPhone/iPod, feel free to send me the procedures. It shouldn’t be much difficult š
Switching to Google Chrome from Firefox
Mozilla Firefox was my first <3. I wanted to be loyal to it my whole life. Yesterday i tried Google Chrome Mobile. I was amazed by the speed, tab switching and overall browsing experience:
To open a new tab you just press the + button. To close a tab simply swipe it left or right. Amazing!
At work, i was having 400 Bad request page when navigating through a router’s admin panel while using Firefox. We thought the router was not good. But the panel works fine under Google Chrome. Guess Chrome is simply more mature than Firefox. It has been receiving more attention recently and therefore more bugs are reported.
Switching to Chrome was not a difficult task at all. Signing in and then importing my data from Firefix is done in a single click.
And now, all my bookmarks, password, history have been synced with my phone automatically.
Long live Google Chrome š
P.S. I still love you Firefox :-/