http://eugenedong.com The Making of a Computer Scientist. The Life. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:00:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I made a trip to Washington and Oregon State recently and realized that my cell phone (Blackberry Bold) would still have its data services while roaming. I still wanted to receive calls in case they were urgent, but I didn’t want to pay an enormous bill for receiving emails that ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/12/26/blackberry-tip-disable-data-services-when-roaming/ I recently got a Blackberry Bold and have been tethering via. USB to my Windows laptop ever since I got it. I wanted to tethering the phone wireless to my Macbook via. Bluetooth, but I could not figure out how. I searched everywhere for this information and managed to compile the ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/11/22/tethering-your-blackberry-bold-to-your-mac-via-bluetooth/ I have a rant with Logitech's SetPoint software that I installed to get the extra functions on my Logitech Wave Keyboard. This software has a feature that protects you by coming up with a screen to detect possible security risks like a keylogger when you are entering a password or credit ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/08/04/logitech-setpoint-rant/ Wordpress for iPhone was released today! Infact, I am posting this on my first-generation iPhone upgraded to the 2.0 firmware. The major quirk I have with this application is that it doesn't supports landscape mode with the larger keyboard. I'm not used to using the keyboard in portrait mode. It will encourage ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-iphone/ There are a few ways to know when a hard drive is failing: Loud Clicking Noises Bad Sectors S.M.A.R.T. Status Failure (not necessarily accurate…) Unfortunately, I didn’t have any prior warning. My drive refused to mount late last year with me thinking a cable was loose. It was worse. I smelled burning coming ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/06/17/attempting-hard-drive-recovery/ I have been a laptop user for a few years. I started off with an IBM Thinkpad R50e, but my current primary laptop is an Apple MacBook. Heat has always been a concern when I was working with my laptop. Unfortunately, it has become more apparent recently with my 16-month-old MacBook. ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/06/03/macbook-heat-fanspeed-noise/ After years of wishing, dreaming, and laziness, I have finally decided to start up my site again! I will be featuring my Product Reviews, Tutorials, Projects, and Opinions. The posts will be geared towards projects that I am working on related to my expertise, as listed in the About page. The area ... http://eugenedong.com/2008/05/31/welcome/