The Game of the Century

apart from being a big daddy, a good & responsible hubby, a cool unix/linux guy etc bla bla bla yada yada yada... i've one thing that i'm addicted with, which is playing chess!!! i can spend the whole night/day playing chess on yahoo! games.
i share this same hobby with my wife. so anybody out there wanna play with me, just look for me on yahoo! chess. normally if i'm online, i'm playing chess. but make sure your point 1500 and above hehehe and by the way my yahoo! id is ashamrill

below is the game of the century played by bobby fischer. he was only 13-year-old on that time - 1956

black turns, guess what is the next move by him?

you can replay the moves here:
http://chessbase.com/news/2006/games/fischer1956.htm - what a brilliant move!

The game that shook the world:
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3434

my hero's birthday

His 5th birthday today.
he asked for remote control car for his birthday present & we bought him one.
happy birthday Abang! We love you so much!

quick updates!

been long time not updating my blog. quite busy with something...

some updates:
bloggers idol - guess what? my wife is the winner of the bloggers idols 2006.
congratulation mummy! you deserved it. proud of u muahhhhhhh :*















did some wiring for my house alarm system with my brother in law. fyi, my house been broke in recently. dang!!! tak leh harap security guard dah!



and of cos for raya celebration, busy make up + painting my house... till now still haven't finish yet. question: purple matching ngan color apa ek?


in the other hand, i'm celebrating my birthday today. happy birthday to me! thanks for the gifts yang!


lastly, i would like to wish to those who celebrating...
selamat hari raya & maaf zahir batin. berhati2 di hari/jalan raya :)

p/s: reminder for myself! pi bayar zakat fitrah.

Malaysian Bloggers Idol 2006 - FINAL!!!

Thanks to your votes, my wife now in the final of Malaysian Bloggers Idol 2006. This week is the final one. (thanks god! kalo dak asik kesepian aku!)

This is her final assignment - Malaysia has had the facilities to process nuclear waste for the last 30 years (in Perak), with the increase in oil prices, should Malaysia look into having it's own Nuclear power plant?

As usual, please vote for her. Voting starts at 12.00noon this Thursday until 12:00noon Sunday. Thanks!

Good luck Mummy!

FAQ during interview for UNIX/LINUX system engineer/admin

I'm compiling a never_ending_list of questions that frequently asked during interview session for UNIX/LINUX system engineer/admin post. No, I'm not looking for new job right now or preparing for an interview, just want to make a list and share my experience. hopefully it could help others for their interview. even though you do all these tasks almost everyday, sometimes all the sudden your brain went blank during the session... dang!!! so be prepared!
you are most welcome to add yours in the comment!

here are the questions i've been asked, those that i can remember.
in no specific order:

1. Explain suid, sgid & sticky bit
2. What is sudo?
3. When you create a file in unix, by default what permissions will be applied to it? How do you change this setup?
4. Journaling filesystem? What is it?
5. What is /proc?
6. Explain steps to add new hard disks untill to mirror them
7. NFS export options/features/security
8. Autofs - Is it possible to mount the directory without cd into it?
9. What is stale file handle error in NFS?
10. What is the difference between UDP and TCP?
11. How do you list open files?
12. How to check number of files limit by kernel?
13. What is the difference between hard and soft mount?
14. Explain boot process
15. What is PAM?
16. What performance monitoring tools do you use?
17. Explain load average
18. What is ssh? How to setup trust between accounts/machines?
19. NIS administration/commands
20. How to limit certain users accessing certain machines?
21. How you troubleshoot slow performance?
22. Jumpstart & kickstart servers & process
23. Package management for linux & solaris - how to use them?
24. Solaris mirroring
25. What is zombie process?
26. Scripting skills, to automate certain jobs, cron
27. How do you perform changes on a few machines?
28. Xwindows options/features/security
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looking for the answers? No... you have to find the answers yourself :P