use gaim to connect to irc

open your gaim (or pidgin, whatever :p) application..add new account and select irc...
type at the server field = "irc.freenode.net"
you dont have to fill the password, leave it null
once u got a respond from irc.freenode.net
type /nickserv register "nickname" "your@email.com"
to join any channel type
/join #ubuntu-my
/join #myoss
/join #ubuntu

Note: irc.freenode.net is the official open source irc server.. if you want to join #kampung/#mamak or whatever u should connect to a irc.dal.net server

happy chating :-"

how to write ntfs in ubuntu

i just bought an external hardisk..now, it become a problem to me since that Microsoft Windows can not detect the Ubuntu partition format...what i did was i create 2 partion, one using Ubuntu and the other is NTFS..This way i can use both, where its necessary..one problem though that the ntfs in ubuntu i not writeable...after doing some "googling and tips from a friend, i've found a way on how to write ntfs in ubuntu... (p/s: chown won't do the trick)

make a directory name windows in ~/media (but u have to chown it to make it accessible)
sudo mkdir windows
sudo chown unos:unos /media/windows
sudo chmod 744 /media/windows

connect the hard disk and check your usb device

fdisk -l

unmount the ntfs

sudo umount /dev/sda2

then mount the ntfs using the command

$ sudo mount /dev/sda2 /media/windows -t ntfs -o umask=777,uid=unos

it should able u to write the ntfs partition.hope it will work for you..post me on anything ya

indonesia has a very sweet pronounciation

i've started my MCAD classes today..fortunate enough for me, my tutor happens to be an indonesian lass by the name of Hariani Sabariana Sitohang..act, im very profound with the way indonesian speak english and their pronounciation, much..the "rrr" is quite obvious and i find it musical..hehehe...one thing i learn from her today is that indonesian pronounce @ as arkai..hehehe..and once she even said "where can i buy computer peripherals?"...
hehehe.. i found it very amusing..though we share the same roots with indonesia but the cultural difference is quite vast...
i'm looking foward to learn more about the indonesia culture and language, apart from the MCAD, perhaps....