Google Maps Identify My Location without GPS

Jun 22

wingloonSymbian 1 Comment

Few days ago, I was playing around with the Google Maps installed in my Nokia E61i. Apparently the version installed in my mobile phone was too old (version 1) and it required an upgrade to version 2. Well, the upgrade was successful.

Perhaps, I was surprised that after I launched the Google Maps, it showed a blue dot and the best part is the satellite view is showing where I am. Unfortunately, I didn’t capture the screen shot. Later, I found out that this feature is called My Location.

Isn’t this cool? My Nokia E61i doesn’t equipped with a GPS and Google Maps My Location will tells you where approximately you are using the mobile tower you are connected to (within 1800 meters). This feature still in beta but they are constantly working to improve the accuracy and coverage. The above screen shot shows a satellite view and the below screen shot shows a map view.

Below are the Google Maps supported phones: -

  • BlackBerry devices
  • Some recent Motorola devices
  • Some recent Sony Ericsson devices
  • Many Windows Mobile devices
  • Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition devices

My baby girl is 10 months 3 weeks 1 day old

Jun 22

wingloonFamily 3 Comments

She is 10 months 3 weeks 1 day old today. Check out the photos. Teeth haven’t grow but she is having fun with her baby walker.

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Setup Relay Host Port and SMTP Authentication Client in Postfix

Jun 21

wingloonLinux 3 Comments

This setup will help you to route all outgoing email through your ISP SMTP server using different port number and that SMTP server requires you to authenticate before relaying. For this scenario, the ISP SMTP server is Exim.

1. Edit this file /etc/postfix/main.cf and add relayhost to point to your ISP SMTP server with port number as below: -

relayhost = mail.example.com:2525

2. Add the next parameter to allow Postfix to authenticate before relaying outgoing email as below: -

smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes

3. Add the following line below to map authentication information as below: -

smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

4. Then, add the next parameter to force Postfix to use AUTH LOGIN as below: -

smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = login

5. Create a file /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd and put the authentication information as below: -

mail.example.com username@example.com:password

6. Next, run the following command below to create the lookup table: -

postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

7. Then, restart your Postfix service as below: -

service postfix restart

7. Finally, you can monitor your maillog using the command below: -

tail -f /var/log/maillog

Note: The above was tested on Postfix 2.2.10-1 in CentOS 4.4

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Discover The New Firefox 3 Features

Jun 18

wingloonFirefox 7 Comments

Firefox 3 is finally here on my notebook. I had successfully download it this morning at 0215 MYT. The total downloads hit 5 million copies and keeps growing. Firefox 3 gives new features on user experience such as: -

  • Easier password management
  • Simplified add-on installation
  • New download manager
  • Resumable downloads
  • Full page zoom
  • Tab scrolling and quickmenu
  • Save what you were doing
  • Optimized open in tabs behavior
  • Easier to resize location and search bars
  • Text selection improvements
  • Find toolbar
  • Plugin management
  • Integration with Windows Vista
  • Integration with Mac OS X
  • Star button
  • Tags
  • Location bar and auto-complete
  • Smart bookmarks folder
  • Bookmarks and history organizer
  • Web-based protocol handlers
  • Easy to use Download Actions
  • Improved look and feel
  • Color management support
  • Offline support

To learn more on the user experience features above and other feature like performance, security and privacy, you can discover it here. Besides, to reward myself, I get a personalized copy of Firefox 3 Download Day certificate shown below in Portable Document Format (PDF).

So, flaunt it now.

Registration of fav.or.it is Open to All

Jun 18

wingloonWebsites No Comments

Finally, the much awaited RSS reader and aggregator, fav.or.it opens registration to everyone. Unfortunately, adding new feeds is still prohibited and only feeds available in fav.or.it can be subscribed which I find it very inconvenient at the moment. I hope this feature will be enabled after the fav.or.it beta testing is complete. If you haven’t get an invitation like me, please register an account to try fav.or.it yourself.

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