Installing baby safety gate

When your child started to learn how to walk or use baby walker, it is time for you to search for safety gate. If you go to baby store, there are many styles of baby safety gates available to fit stairs and doorways and even some that are freestanding in the middle of a room. Some are pressure mounted and some are hardware mounted.

Pressure mounted is portable. You can mount it without any additional hardware and can be mount almost every, provided that the extension long enough to reach both side of wall. But if apply enough force, it can be push out of place since it isn't bolted to anything. So, not recommend to use this type at the top of stair.

Hardware mounted use screws or some tools to attach it to wall. It will permanently mark the wall but it much stronger than pressure mounted type. Because it is attach to wall, this type is not portable.

My experience
About 3 years ago, I bought Anakku pressure mounted safety gate plus its extension for my daughter. 6 months later, I kept it inside my store room and when I moved to new home, I lost the mount screws. So, now without the screw, I can't mount it to the kitchen door frame.

Solution?
I went to Anakku store to ask if they sold the screw separately, as expected, they don't. So, what the cheaper way to use back the gate? My answer, change from pressure mounted to hardware mounted gate.

I went to a hardware store to buy some tools and screws. Total cost only RM13.
1) 4 x triangle shape bracket = RM3
2) RM2 wall screws+plugs
3) 1 x tile drill bit = RM8 (look like pointing spear head)

How to drill through tile

Drilling through tile is different from drilling through normal stone wall. Tile can easily crack if not properly drill. So, these are some tips:

1. Make sure the space behind the tile is not hollow. Hollow tiles have higher risk of crack.
2. Use high quality tile. Lower quality may crack but not as important as to make sure the hollow tile. High quality tile also can crack if the space at the back is hollow.
3. Use correct drill bit. Tile has special drill bit. Masonry drill bit also can be use but will be risky.

Masonry drill bit

Tile drill bit

4. Apply some masking tape. Make sure to clean the tile before applying any tape.
   

Apply some tape

5. Use slow speed when drilling.
6. Don't set the drill to impact drill.
7. To prevent damage to the tile drill bit, use masonry drill bit to drill the wall behind the tile.

Finish drilling

Without masking tape

With triangle shape bracket fixed

With safety gate installed

Done!

The safety gate is very sturdy.

Kaspersky : How to do offline update

With current technology, internet can be access almost every where. From most basic narrowband dial-up connection to super fast broadband wi-fi connection, most users don't have problem updating their anti-virus database by online. But a few weeks ago I stumbled into a handful of computers with no internet connection. No cable connection and far away from each other. Like normal desktop, no wireless adapter installed. So how to update the database? I tried to use an USB wi-fi dongle but one computer already take almost half an hour, so to update all by the same method, is too time consuming.

So, like always, Uncle Google has the solution. I just need to update one computer and the rest by copying database.

What you need:
1) At least 2 PCs, one must have internet connection.
2) Recommended to have same Kaspersky anti-virus version.

What to do:
1st computer (with internet connection)
1) Open your Kaspersky.
2) Click Settings.

3) Select Update Center
4) Tick "Copy update to folder".
5) Browse to the folder you want to copy all database.
6) Click "OK".
7) Select "Update Center".
8) Run Update.
9) Wait till the update finish.
10) After all update finished, go to your save database folder from Step 5.
11) Copy all the folder and save it into your usb drive.

2nd computer (without internet)
1) Copy previous folder into 2nd computer.
2) Open Kaspersky antivirus.
3) Select Setting
4) Select "Update Center ".
5) Click "Update Source"
6) Click "+ Add".
7) Browse to the copied database folder.
8) Click "OK".
9) Go to Update Center.
10) Run Update.

The update will take only a few minutes. With this method, I can update multiple computer within shorter time. I guess if all computers have an intranet connection, probably can fasten up all update process by sharing the database folder.

Click to get paid!

Last month, I visited a site about making money online and I found this site (please click the banner to register). This is not a pyramid or get rich scheme but just a "Paid to Click" site.

How it works
Each day, you have to click a link from this site.
For each main link clicked, you will be credited with $0.01. (This is in USD not RM)
Each day you will given 4 main links.
Sound like a small amount but if $0.04/day, in a month you'll get $1.20x3.30=RM3.96
If you still think this is not enough for easy money, wait till 30 days or after 100 click and you have an option to rent some referral.
Depending on the referral package, you will get a few cents for each of your referral clicked link.
So, each month, you can easily get more than $2.00.

EDIT: After you bought referral, your daily click increase to 5/day.

How to register
Just click the Neobux banner above and follow the instruction.

Well, the total amount is not that big enough but I already saw someone get $0.75/day. That more than $20/month or RM60/month. I know that also cost a lot of referral but better than nothing.

The best thing about this PTC, after you click a link and a new page open, you can surf to other page to wait the advertisement loaded. So far, I just aim to get $2/month so i can buy some games from ovi store :) .

My Nokia N8!

Since March 2010, I heard about a rumor, Nokia will come out with a new touchscreen phone with the best camera in the market. I believe the rumor had been around for quite some time since last year but because I was very happy with my Nokia 5800, I heard about it a bit late.

My old Nokia 5800 is a good touchscreen phone for it budget but somehow, my 5800 camera didn’t produce nice videos and pictures as I wanted. So after more than a year of use and before its value drop, I was searching for a replacement, that’s when I first heard about N8.

A few months later...

Nokia N8 officially available on September 23, 2010 but officially arrived at Malaysia’s shore on October 16, 2010 after a few delays. Yup, I wait for more than half a year for this phone but still not enough money to do the pre-order. Why? The RRP is RM1690, way above my small pocket budget. But of course, for its specification, Nokia N8 should be price for more than that. So again I patiently wait till someone want to sell theirs. In the mean times, I started selling some of my gadgets including my 5800 to save up money for N8. For a while, I'm a smart person without a smart-phone.

Power problems

Unfortunately, Nokia N8 got some complaints from users around the world. They were complaining about the sudden turning off and can’t switch on problem. What worst, Nokia (Malaysia) warranty does not provide 1-to-1 exchange so for these unlucky user, they have to send the phone to Nokia Care Center and wait till the problematic spare part arrive.

Some took more than 2 weeks to get repaired.

My patient pays off

After a few weeks of waiting, I got 2 users want to sell theirs. Both bought their phone during the pre-order so the phone has 2 years of warranty which cost around RM200. It also came with black spine case. The 1st user, however, got the power problem a day before our transaction, lucky me :). So, I opt to 2nd user. An arrangement was made and on November 19, 2010, I officially own a Nokia N8.

I can’t stop smiling all night :) .

TMPoint : Worst customer service ever.

I already reapply my streamyx account transfer and upgrade on 7th June 2010, the day I wrote previous post. My nightmare doesn't end there.

1 week later
No internet connection on 14th June 2009. I went to TmPoint (how much car petrol I waste for this problem). Luckily the staff I met in previous week remember me so no need to queue. Now they ask me to wait for another week. I told him I already wait for 1 week, why I need to wait another week? After meeting with his manager, they agreed to solve the problem within 2 days and I had to fill up another form.

I just realize now that they have specific form for account transfer for both streamyx and telephone line. So, what all those forms I filled up for the last 6 months? And now I know that I even can actually transfer my old telephone line account to a new address with only RM20 fees. So why I need to terminate and subscribe new account in the first place? Now I need to pay RM75 deposit. What a **** up service center. Or they don't understand my problem? I want to transfer both my telephone and streamyx account to a new address? Tak faham soalan ker?

I bought a phone for RM8 with RM50 voucher from TMNet.

That night, I wrote an email to help@tm.net.my and explain everything.

The Next Day
I received a call from 100, TM Hotline. They said my streamyx is on, I can use it.
When I cam back home, I switched on my wireless router, I tried to browsed and yup, it is online. Again, I thought my nightmare end there.

A week later
Got a called from the guy from TMPoint. He explain that I have to hold from using my internet because my internet account still using RM20 package, not RM60 package. WTF. When I calculated, for 7 days with 24 hour of usage (I usually not turn off my router), I have to pay more than RM400.

But the guy said not to worry, just don't use the internet. Shit! It just like saying to a 4 years old kid, "Wait, don't eat that ice-cream that in your hand".

Another 2 week : Phone "rosak"
The phone I bought from them, have problem to received call. Can't ring. So, another drive to TMPoint, they give me an old telephone as temporary. Said will call me within next week.

2 weeks later
I received an email to check my last bill. Guess what...? My bill is RM401. Streamyx is really Screamyx offer by TMNut. Suck big time.

A ride to TMPoint again, a discussion with their staff again, talk with their manager. Again they promise me to solve my problem.

When ask about my broken phone, they said no record. The old phone is now my phone. Another shit for them!

When I repeatedly ask to check and give me a new phone, they give me an used phone, unclaimed by customer. I refused to accept that and demand a new phone. Finally, they give me a new phone, but old model, with no warranty.

I think every time you go to TMPoint, you should point a gun to their head before they can serve you properly.