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Applesyncnotifier.exe - Entry point not found

nospam@example.com (khngai) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:26:56 +0000

Out of a sudden, Windows 7 spit out this error message.

Fixed by copying libicuuc.dll from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support".

Segmentation Fault 11 - Serendipity 1.6.2

nospam@example.com (khngai) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:44:23 +0000

After migrating to Amazon, segmentation fault 11 was haunting me. It happened about every 30 minutes. When it happened, a few consecutive segmentation faults could be seen at /var/log/apache2/error.log.

[Mon Jan 07 13:08:46 2013] [notice] child pid 1593 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Jan 07 13:08:47 2013] [notice] child pid 1471 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Jan 07 13:08:47 2013] [notice] child pid 1503 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Jan 07 13:08:47 2013] [notice] child pid 1590 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Jan 07 13:08:47 2013] [notice] child pid 1591 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)

The annoying thing was, subsequent access to any Serendipity page will be timeout, and more Segmentation faults will be thrown. The problem will rectify itself after a while. But this would happen again after some time.

Tried a lot of things. The faults did not occur if I disable Serendipity. But I could not afford to disable Serendipity.

Finally, I guess I had the answer. Serendipity seems NOT working well with APC. Occasionally, the following error is observed.

PHP Warning: include(): GC cache entry 'serendipity_event_trackexits.php' was on gc-list for 3607 seconds in Smarty.class.php on line 1263

After the GC cache entry error is observed, a request to any Serendipity page will cause the Segmentation fault.

Thus, solution is to disable APC until either Serendipity or APC fix the problem.

PHP Version : 5.3.10
APC Version : 3.1.7
Serendipity Version : 1.5.2 to 1.6.2

New Beginning

nospam@example.com (khngai) — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:20:19 +0000

2012 is ending soon. Have finally decided to migrate my web site to Amazon. The original web hosting company has a very slow database. It is unbearable sometimes. The DNS propagation took took about 3 days to complete entirely. During the transition, I could see some people are accessing my site through Amazon, but some are still going through the old web hosting company.

A self review on my web site. Some of the information are out of date. There are just too many todos in my list. The first priority is to remove the out-dated information. Make the web site as simple as possible.

Sony Tablet P

nospam@example.com (khngai) — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:13:28 +0000

This is the lousiest Android device that I have ever seen so far. Big let down.

The screen is highly reflective. If I put it flat on the table while using it, it is painful to the eyes. Need to find a thick book to tilt it to an angle to make it more comfortable for viewing.

The fonts are small. Again painful to the eyes. Even on the top screen, applications do not make use of the full width of the screen. There are 2 black stripes at both left and right.

MyGiga

nospam@example.com (khngai) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Have been looking for a cheap Android based media player for a while. Bought this one from Taobao. It is called GOOGLE TV Box ATV310.

Booting up is slow compared to all my previous media players. Well, this is expected since this guy is a mini computer.

It supports my Logitech wireless mouse m325. This is very crucial, it will be a real pain to use the remote control to enter characters using remote control otherwise.

I am able to install PPStream, Funshion onto it. For some unknown reasons, PPStream sometimes fails to play movies. It just shows an blank screen.

I have also installed SWIftp so that I can transfer files to it or the USB hard drive attached to it through FTP.

Other softwares tried including ES File Explorer, Firefox, Angry Bird.

Overall, it is value for money.