Convert the whole website to pdf for offline use

I normally use this (http://pdfmyurl.com) to convert a single file to convert a single page to pdf file. It helps in keeping the original structure of the page intact without any kind of distortion of any sort, just the way we view it from any browser.

Now, what if I want to convert the whole website to a pdf file, with all the link in tact? This is especially useful for tutorial sites, as I sometimes love to have them available offline.

After looking through the Net, this is the best method I found.

Adobe Acrobat.

Once you have it installed, press the press "SHIFT + CTRL + O" or click on the Create PDF > From Web Page button. A menu opens up that is asking for a url and offering several options on how to proceed. Have a look around.

You can specify the depth levels of the initial page where you are converting from. It is normally a good idea to stay on the same server and even on the path.

Works perfectly.

Garmin Asus A50

Pretty fast GPS signal capturing

 My second smart phone, Garmin Asus A50 has probably the best GPS chip of all the smartphones out there. That's the perk from Garmin, you can say. Now that Garmin-Asus colloboration has ended and no new phones of similar hardware will be produced in the near future. So, I'm practically stuck with a low end A50, first launched on June 2010, almost 2 years ago. The hardware limits the capability to upgrade the Android OS. Hence, only up to Eclair (2.1) is supported.

If you used Garmin GPS device before, this would be familiar to you

Comes with free holder for the car as well

It's hard to call this a phone, it lags heavily sometimes. I would rather call it a GPS with phone capabilities. That's one of the reasons the phones are still in the market anyway. The built in GPS chip is that good. Not to mention that the phone comes with pre-installed Garmin app, similar to the app found in any Garmin GPS device.

The specs:
QualComm 7227 Arm 11, 600Mhz
256 MB ROM, 256 MB SDRAM
4GB Extendable Flash
Qualcomm GPSOne
(Here is why it's one of the best GPS chip on smartphone : LINK)

Easily rooted. Very hardware limited. Not much you can tweak with this one, but definitely worth keeping.

Rooting Galaxy Tab 10.1

Well, Ipish got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from her dad a few months ago. She kinda use it not that often, probably not much during lecture hours. Well, I'd like her to make use of it more. So I google-ed up for all the drivers needed to make it easy for PC-to-Tab transfer (that's one of the reasons she rarely use it). It turned out that the drivers are easily available. It is almost plug-and-go actually. So the problem probably lies  on her desktop computer, which I'll have a look later.

Next on the list is to root the Tab so she can use all the extra features on the device. Unrooted devices lack in permissions, hence lack of special features i.e. backing up sensitive data, exploring system folders etc. I make use of the tutorial here (LINK). In fact, I rewrite the whole thing on the page here, just because the ads annoyed me.

First, the requirement. 
1. This guide is only for P7510 (Wifi) version.
2. Need a windows computer
3. Windows driver for Galaxy Tab 10.1
(LINK -  you gotta wait for a few seconds for download link to appears)
4.Download Odin3 (a Windows tool to update Android system) LINK

Once we have all the files downloaded, we're ready to go:
1.First we need to put the Tab into 'download' mode. 
Turn off the Tab.
Then, press the Power button and Volume Down button simultaneously.
Right after the Samsung Logo comes out, let go of both buttons immediately.
Then, hit the Volume Up button (choosing the download mode on the right), we should be in the 'download' mode.

2. Next, we run the Odin3 application.
Run the Odin3.exe (of whatever version you have)
Tick on 'PDA'
Click 'PDA'
Choose 'recovery-cwm_4.0.0.4-sam-tab-10.1.tar.md5' (from the same folder of Odin3.exe)
Hit start

3. Then, copy 'Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip' and save it to SDcard, preferably in the root folder i.e. sdcard/

4. Next, we put the Tab into 'ClockWorkMod' recovery 
Turn off the Tab.
Then, press the Power button and Volume Down button simultaneously.
Then, hit the Volume Down button (choosing the 'ClockWorkMod' on the left)
Then, hit the Volume Up button. We are now in 'ClockWorkMod'.

5. Now we're ready to root
Choose "install zip from sdcard" using Volume Up or Down button.
Hit the Power Button to activate it.
Choose the 'Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip' (that we copied into SDcard earlier)
Hit the Power button and hit 'yes'.

When that is done, reboot and we should have fully rooted Galaxy Tab 10.1

Note: The Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P7510) has 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor and 1GB RAM. If I were to buy an Android tablet later, I'll make sure I have something that matches that :P

I miss this girl

Happy 2 Years

Hi

You guess what? It has been 2 years since this

Who could have thought I have liked this girl for 2 years now :-)

I never regret being honest at that time.

I love you, Nurul Aliffah Ali. Happy 2 Years

She, being "gedik" as usual

Blogging by phone

Now that I have a smart phone, no more excuse for me not to write regularly.

Btw, holiday mood! Some new stuff coming up!

MMU FOE Board

Sigh. Another project not even started (don't talk about finishing it here).

This is supposed to be a forum where MMU Faculty of Engineering (FOE) students can share stuff (tutorial answers, past assignment resources etc). We do have a facebook group for such function, but over the time things will get real disorganized and being me, I just can't stand that.

Here is the MMU FOE students FB group: link

The group was orignally has 10 members which were all my former classmates, but now it's consistently growing over these 3 years. Hopefully it will stand benificial to them.

MMU IEEE Student Branch approached me with the idea of continuing this project under their name. I am willing to, but not by myself, no. If there are some people who are willing to spend times on this, I'd be willing to help out.