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Friday, September 26, 2008
Lexmark














It says Lexmark... just use your imagination.:)
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My girlfriend once brought this virus through her USB drive. She picked it up in an internet cafe near her school and she was curious enough to activate it. :)

When I realize what she has done, I then check the kind of damage this script caused to my laptop and my initial investigation tells me that it did not cause anything but populated itself to all my drives. (I could be wrong!) It even claims to protect your PC. But a virus is a virus and should be terminated. (evil grin)
Here are the steps to remove this malicious file:
Once activated this script will copy 3 files to your drives:
 - Autorun.inf,
- ntidr.vbs and
- Radz_services.vbs
And also copies SysRes.vbs to C:\WINDOWS.

Step 0 make sure that you open all your drives.
And you have set "show hidden files" in Tools->Folder Options.. View tab.
Step 1. Download Process Explorer (freeware)
Step 2. In the process Explorer under explorer.exe
find wscript.exe
Step 3. Right click then kill process.
Step 4. find autorun.inf, ntidr.vbs and radz_services.vbs in all your drive.
delete the 3 files in the drives.
Step 5. Go to C:\WINDOWS and delete SysRes.vbs.
Step 6. find all instance of ntidr and radz in the registry.
I found them in
HKLM\Software\Microsoft Visual Studio\FileMRUList\ (probably because I attempted to open this file in Visual Studio)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MountPoint2\ something encrypted texts
under Shell\AutoPlay, Shell\Auto Run, Shell\Explore and Shell\Open

Step 7. Search for sysres.vbs in the registry.
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscript.exe" "C:\WINDOWS\SysRes.vbs"

Step 8. Search for ntidr and radz in your computer and delete them.


This steps if followed religiously should have fixed the problem.
To check if it the problem is fixed reboot then check you drives (make sure you safely remove USB).
If problem is still there then you must have missed something in your steps so go all over the steps again (religiously). If problem is still there google it and find solution elsewhere. :)
Let me know if I missed something.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Work Life Balance


What's Work Life Balance?

Jo: Work Life Balance is about being able to say, "I can play a guitar not just the keyboard... and the mouse". It's about playing the chords D-A-G-A and at the same time, knowing what a good code looks like. :)
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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I never thought I'd compete in a speech contest but last week, in a drop of a hat, I said YES to participating on a speech contest. I thought, "wow what's the worst thing that could happen? Losing the contest? Maybe."

I soon realized that the worst thing that could happen is to freeze in front of the crowd and lose the contest. I was scared as I imagined myself choking in front of so many people. I imagined the pat in the back of my friends as they say, "you did well" when in fact I froze. Those words of "comfort" is like a sharp knife stabbed through my rib cage and into my heart and every time they decided to comfort me this way, I feel then reaching for that imaginary knife and wiggle it like an endless torture. The night before the contest day, I did not do anything but watch Boston Legal. I watched and listen to the lawyer's eloquent speech in the courtroom and their sensual banter in the office then I thought to myself, "Can I use these tomorrow? Well, evaluating a speech is just like a lawyer, appearing before the jury telling them to free this man or woman because her speech is amazing. " I felt a bit of pressure as I imagine myself again choking while speaking before the audience. Then I reminded myself, "This is just a speech contest." Then I fell asleep.

Contest day came and I was thinking of not coming to the venue:) But then I feel that I have to go. I went there with my friends. I saw my office mate rehearsing her piece then I released wow I have nothing to rehearse. I did not prepare anything. When the contest started, I stood up, feeling a bit of momentum and then in some part of the speech, I lost focus and I forgot what to say. I just made up some words and then try to hit the 2 minute mark of the contest requirement. Right there and then, I know its over- I already lost. I want to apologize to everyone for not making the jump but I know it will humiliate me. My friends, then started giving me my dreaded "pat in the back". Oh no.... I felt every pat and heard every word. But then I realized that I don't have to say sorry. My friends did not need me to say sorry. They were there to give the best support they can give and I am too lame to understand they want to make me feel better. So all that's left is for me to forgive myself. "I'm sorry Jo, I did not made it.", I said to myself. Then deep down inside, I heard me say, "It's alright.:) You had worst.:)"

It is said that failure is a better teacher than success. And I would say, winning is way better than failing. So what did I learn from this experience? I learned that I need to learn how to relax. I need to learn to brainwash myself to excellence and to always have fallback plan just in case I choke. For me, this is more of a mental exercise and exposure. I look at this like making a jar of clay, I will simply persist until I succeed.
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I remembered a story about a doctor who asked the gangster about a lawsuit that was filed against him months ago. The conversation was not verbatim but it went like this:
"The case was dropped.", the gangster replied. "Why what happened?", asked the doctor. "Well, he died.", answered the gangster. "What?", suspiciously exclaimed the doctor. The gangster added, "Yeah, he was found dead. Apparently, he killed himself; He shot himself in the back."
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
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Yesterday, me and my mom watched Harold and Kumar Escape from G Bay. The movie's sexual content and crude humor is heavy so we did a lot of fast forwards. But I found a gem in this movie in a form of a poem. I googled it and found it's title and I would like to share it with you guys:

The Square Root of 3 by Dave Feinberg

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed
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What's the difference between a regular concert and a worship concert? This question went through my mind as I saw a man coming out from the back of the Waterfront Ballroom stage with a guitar strapped in his shoulders and a book in his left hand. Then he read a passage which talks about the time when Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples after His resurrection. He then highlighted the words, "and they came to worship Him". The crowd roared a thundering shout and the man song the words,"Oh, and I have come to worship You."















I've been to some regular concerts and some worship concert. And I found a difference between regular concert and a worship concert. In a regular concert, the communication during the event is between the artist and the crowd. When the artist sings a beautiful song, the crowd will go on and say, "Wow, what a beautiful song". But in a worship concert, there are three communication process that takes place:
1. Artist and God
2. Artist and crowd
3. Crowd and God.














The artists' job is to lead the crowd not to focus on them but to focus to the one who deserves the glory and the honor and the praise. So when a song that ministers to the people is sang, the crowd will say, "Wow, what a wonderful God." Notice the shift of focus - from the artist to God.




And when the God is enthroned then He will inhabits the praises of His people. He can change the lives of the people and the people can open their hearts and God can touch their spirit. This is one of the wonderful things about singing songs to God it allows us to open our hearts and when we are open we can allow the Holy Spirit to minister to us. A Spirit to spirit connection is established and as the Jesus said, "... God is a Spirit and we should worship Him in spirit and in truth."









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Gossip Girl


It's been a few months now since I saw the last episode of Gossip Girl. You got it right guys, I'm GG fan now. :) My girlfriend, Joyce drag me into it.:) One time, she asked me to download whole season of GG to which I gave here a legitimate excuse why I can't do it. Days later, we had a fight and to make it up to her, I told her that we watch Gossip Girl together on Friday night.:) She was sooooo happy to hear it from me, I could hear the imaginary cheers and claps engulfing the air. Now, come Friday night, she brought a DVD of GG and we watch it. She gave me a run-through of the main characters as the show is running. It did not take me long enough to be intrigued... fascinated.. and mesmerized by the drama that weaved the characters together in the show - I became a fan. Of course, the presence of the sexy and intriguing, Serena Van der Woodsen and the beautiful and ruthless, Blair Waldorf helped keep my eyes glued to the tube for awhile yet what kept me going are the delemas that each character has to face to live a life in the elite Manhattan.

Now, the show will be on it's next season and I'm a bit excited of what's going to happen.

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