The Beta is out (I know I am a couple of weeks late), and you can get it from here. This upgraded version brings the rock out of Personal Computing. Immediately after installation, I was amaze by the speed the player startup. The startup speed of the Windows Media player of yesteryear has been the plague of it’s kind, but the plague has been cured. It now starts up as fast as winamp or any of those fast loading or small media player.

The second thing I noticed after the installation was the nice layout, I was initially hoping for some transparency like those previously captured screenshot, to my disappointment I couldn’t figured out how to turn that on, maybe no transparency till Vista. Nevertheless, the layout and variable color scheme sure looks stunning.

There are so much enhancements here and there that I couldn’t capture them all. Overall I love the look, the speed of startup and also speed of decoding codecs (previously I need to wait a couple of minutes to play movies, but now, within seconds the player kicks in). Usability rating also increased with highly customizable view options and also drag and drop features of creating playlist and album art. Get it, you will love it. The only caveat is that it is Beta, so expect some bugs…

Wmp 11 Beta

After the dreaded server crash, all my previous work on the theme was gone. For a time, I had to live with my half cut theme, and that made me very uncomfortable. Finally, I found a theme that I could relate with and manage to whip it up into shape to my liking. Its Prebuilt, and it is red in color scheme. Actually I quite like the original header, but it has the word Prebuilt writen all over it, and I changed it with my own custom header. The idea is to have a branch with cherry blossoms growing out of it, making it looked like spring. Somehow with my shakey hand, the branch did not turn out that well, but acceptable. So, prebuilt will be the based of my theme for now, till I manage to whip up a new ground up theme. This time, I think I want to try a dark background. It has been long since I had a dark theme…

Itu dia, satu lagi project kerajaan barisan national yang membanga kan, kadar electrik naik. Nampaknya, perlulah keluarga saya mengurangkan kegunaan electrik. Seperti yang disyorkan oleh Perdana Mentri kita, perlulah kami mengubah sikap hidup, supaya lebih menjimat. Ini bermakna, pengurangan dalam pengunaan penghawa dingin, and lebih mengunakan kipas tangan. Pimai pimai, tangtu jugak, baliklah keluarga saya ke zaman 70′han, dimana penghawa dingin tidak pernah didengar and kipas electrik boleh dianggap sebagai barang mewah.

Terima Kasih Kerajaan Barisan National, terima kasih banyak banyak, semoga anda boleh menjadi gemuk dari titik peluh rakyat seperti saya ini…

Combing through the Honda City forums, I found an interesting thred about Reverse Sensor Malfunction, that later leads to an interesting news about the Battery.  The thred started off with a complain about the reverse sensor malfunction, where it continiously gives a single long beep during reverse.  Then many users feedback on the reverse sensor sensitivity and sometimes dirt or misalign sensors could appear faulty.
Summary:
- Loud One tone beep non-stop during reverse
- Sensor is sensitive, dirty or lip damage on sensor will affect performance
- Warranty for Reverse Sensor is only 1 year or 40k
- Battery Warranty Period 2 years or 40k
- To detect low battery, check meter light after engine start, if light is unstable, eg. dim, bright, dim, bright, battery is low

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Summary:
- Risk of rear window tint removal/change: Demister damage
- If Vkool tinting done with Honda Malaysia: Got 6 months warranty if Demister Damage
- Honda Malaysia graciously replace Rear Window & Tinting during Warranty Period
- Rear Window Price : Rm800
- Demister can be repaired DIY with Silver Epoxy: buy online, cheaper than replace entire rear window

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