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Which group(s) am I in?

Eric — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:58:24 +0000

If you are working in an Active Directory environment and you do utilize it for authentication in your project, this snippet might come handy. It lists the group(s) that current authenticated user belongs to, so you can expand on this to do whatever you need to.

using System.Security.Principal; //do this to save time in typing
 
foreach (IdentityReference ref in WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Groups) //get current user group(s)
	Console.WriteLine(ref.Translate(typeof(NTAccount)).ToString()); //translate it to meaningful value

Sense of achievement

Eric — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:24 +0000

It was 11 years ago when I first ran in a marathon (I never like running!), and last weekend I completed the second marathon in my life to date! I didn’t finish with a braggable time, but 1 hour 20 minutes is the result that I am personally proud of Somehow i feel that i achieved something in my life. It did give a great feeling for the day, and the whole event was actually fun. The first 6KM was bearable, and the rest of the run was simply killing. I ran non-stop until my legs almost gave way and I just half-run-half-walk for the remaining distance. I did intend to push it over the limit but I gave up the idea on the thought that i have to walk to work the next day!

I still have that sense of achievement with me today, and it is my legs which are still feeling it! Muscle is sore at both thighs and knees don’t feel great too Now the target is to do 25KM next, but i better make sure there is ongoing training and I can have next few days off. 10KM already did these to me, and I can’t imagine what’s it like after 25KM!

New November

Eric — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:04:39 +0000

Yeah i hope too that I have a new gadget to write about, but nah, it is my new job. Actually i started on it at the end of Oct after a nice vacation at Bali. I do mean it when I say nice. The vacation was relaxing, and everything was just right. I certainly don’t mind going back there for second time!

Anyway, about this new job. I am now attached to Asia Media Monitor which is located right in the centre of KL city. So my mode of transport now is by train and 15 minutes walk. I can drive too, but I rather not to. Walking is good exercise and driving in the jam gives me more stress. And hey, I do my tiny part in saving the earth too The job scope is similar to what i previously did, so I will skip that. Overall the environment is good, be it the people or office itself. The better thing is that we all have our own laptop as well as 2 19″ LCD! This is certainly very new as I never work with 2 desktops before and i am liking it!

That’s all. I just want to brag about the laptop and LCD

Victory 3080 Tripod - Personal View

Eric — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:30:20 +0000

Finally I landed my hand on a sturdier professional tripod with ballhead. Well, maybe you won’t class it under ‘Professional’ because it is actually an entry level one. But to me, it is good enough. I bought it at cheaper-than-retail price through a photography network. My first impression of it was ‘Wow, it looks sturdy… and heavy!’ Yeah at 2.5kg, it is not something you like to bring with when you are climbing Mt. KK.

It is a Victory 3080. By looking at the sticker, you can already guess it is China made
It is actually a close mimick of Manfrotto 190XProb (a real professional tripod that costs about 4-5 times the price of this). The price i paid for come with a ballhead which can handle up to 4KG. Not really a big factor for me now as the longest lens I have is only 90-300mm.

Quick release plate is a norm for such ballhead

This is how it looks like at folded length

Where’s the center column??

Here it is… dismantled??

One superb point about this tripod is how low it can go. Most of them can go until ~15-20cm low, but this out-do them by able to go as low as this!

Of course, i haven’t thought of any useful application at such height. Maybe when you are laying low in a bush to capture some unusual macro shot.

This is how high it can go. I’ll say around 157cm.

Conlusion, I like it! I have brought it out twice and the ballhead really speed up the orientation process. My friend mentioned that one bad about ballhead is that straight might not be straight, and now I get his point. Apart from the weight, I have nothing to complain about. You might argue that it is wiser to spend more on a better tripod, but not everyone can afford that and not every cheaper stuff is bad. Until today, it still have my vote and recommendation for budget user.

20081011 Today’s Photo - The Zoo!

Eric — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:33:04 +0000

My last post was early September and my last visit to Zoo Negara was 17 years ago! My god, how times flies! I remember I visited it when I was in Primary 5. That time the whole family travelled by bus around Malaysia and I had car sickness almost throughout the whole trip. I’ve heard bad about the zoo and this visit is a solid proof. It is not well maintained and the animals don’t look very healthy! How sad!

More…

20080909 Today’s Photo - Panaroma

Eric — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:03:10 +0000

Joined a group of photography kakis to Batang Berjuntai (somewhere in/near Ijok) to snap photos of lotus. Was a great outing and always more fun to shoot in group (so that you can copy peoples’ ideas! :P) Anyway, this time remembered to snap some shots for panaroma purpose. Not bad I’d say (arrogant bugger!). Next time must remember to do so whenever the view is superb and I don’t have a ultra-wide with me!

I personally like the second one more.Click here to view the full album

Stats: alive

Eric — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:53:49 +0000

c:\>ping psychoric

Pinging psychoric [Malaysia] with 32 tonnes of shit:
Reply from psychoric: shit=32 time=2months+ TTL=240
Reply from psychoric: shit=32 time=2months+ TTL=240
Reply from psychoric: shit=32 time=2months+ TTL=240
Reply from psychoric: shit=32 time=2months+ TTL=240

Ping statistics for psychoric: [breathing]

Woots, it is now close to 3 months since I last posted here. I don’t think it is anything unusual as I always believe in procratisnating. There have been up and down. Family crap that I can’t do much about unless if I can manage to cough out hundred of thousands, then I guess everyone will be worry free. But hell, I can’t so I have to live with it. Yeah you will probably say there are people out there who are even more unfortunate than this. I know that. On the good side, I learnt that problem is not really a problem if everyone sticks together. Otherwise, problem creates problem. It is only partially true that money plays a critical role in a family. The lack of it causes worries, grudges, arguments. But if you think deeper, it is not the real reason. The actual cause is on each member of the family. Shoud everyone understand the situation and adapt to it considerately, the effects of any problem are minimized. Communication is also very important to sustain a marriage, a family, a relationship. Many times we have seen cases of sad ending that are caused by breakdown in communication. When individuals are able to sit down and talk calmly, I believe nothing is impossible. What’s the point of bottling matters up and in the end causes an explosion that requires even more effort to clean up?

Anyway, enough of those important-in-life theories. MIFC was on last month and I managed to shoot 2 countries of the many. You can find the pictures here and here.Apart from this, nothing much fancy to share, except that I am stepping my feet into MOSS 2007 (Sharepoint). So far, it is a new and smooth experience. But I guess I can say so before I bang into the limiting walls that many have run into. Any exciting upcoming events to look forward to? That will be visiting Bali at the end of October and a new job

Ciao for now!

20080626 Today’s Photo - Multiple mE!

Eric — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:06:17 +0000

Got this idea from a photography forumer. His work is way better but i like mine too! Basically it shows my main activities at home Weird to see so many of yourself at the same time…

20080624 Today’s Photo

Eric — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:38:25 +0000

Ah, been a while since my last post Was too bored on a Sunday afternoon and actually spent some times in bathroom to take pictures of water droplets. Yeah, i was really bored Anyway, managed to come out with the picture below. What do you think? Feel free to use it as your wallpaper :P

Click for the full size

20080527 Today’s Photo

Eric — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:03:35 +0000

Finally had a chance to get my hands on a set of extension tubes (in case you are blur, extension tube is meant for macro photography). Played around with it for couple of hours and am really amazed at the result! Well i am not praising my shooting skill but the details that you can capture with it. Paired it with my faithful EF 50mm f/1.8, it can do magic!

One of the OK shots