Some month ago I was trying to install Hackintosh on my Dell Inspiron 1545. That was iDeneb DVD. I managed to install it in my laptop. But after installing from that DVD, I couldn’t boot into Mac. I was getting “boot error” message. In that time I was using windows 7 and didn’t know how to fix this issue. So my hackintosh exploration stopped.

Some days ago I managed another ISO of iATKOS v7 and burned it for testing for the second time. I found deviato’s tutorial from here and again installed it. While booting from the DVD I was getting some problems like kernel panic, it’s being hanged with some wired message. But again and again I was trying and finally able to see the installation window. Then I moved forward and opened the disk utility from the installation window. I created a 13GB partition for installing mac and formatted the drive in NTFS format before from GParted from my ubuntu 10.04 installation.

From the Mac disk utility I formatted my 13GB NTFS formatted drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. Then I moved forward and installed the Mac OS X leopard successfully. After rebooting I got the same “boot error” message like my previous installation. Again I stopped here, I saw in some blogs to install patched grub2. As I don’t use windows in my laptop, I use ubuntu and the version is 10.04 (lucid lynx) and obviously I use grub2. My ubuntu grub was not there because I installed Mac and it removed my grub. So I booted into ubuntu with a flash USB drive (pen drive) and installed grub2 again to boot into my original installed ubuntu. Again rebooted and logged into my installed ubuntu and ran this command (sudo update-grub) to update my grub to see that if it finds the mac partition, it will be great. And I surprised to see that this update found the Mac installation and added an entry to my grub boot loader. I was really amazed at that time.

Again I rebooted and this time I found two entry in my grub: “Mac OS X (32 bit)” and another “Mac OS X(64 bit)”. Although the 64-bit link was not working, I entered into the 32-bit Mac. Some background works were working and debug message message was showing, but i got stuck at a message “still waiting for the rood device”. There was no way to escape from there, so i forcedly rebooted and changed my SATA configuration at the BIOS to “AHCI” mode from “ATA” mode and the trick worked. Then I was able to pass this weird error message and finally saw the welcome message and filled-up my information and voila!!! Got the Mac desktop finally

Now the issue first issue is to connect to internet. I use my nokia 3110c mobile as my EDGE modem. Then I went to “System Preferences => Network” and provided my phones vendor as NOKIA and filled up the APN. Finally it got connected with internet without any problem.

There was no sound and the graphics resolution was not showing correctly. I was getting 1024×768 resolution instead of 1366×768. To get the sound working, you need to install some kernel extension, they are said as kext extension. To install this kind of extensions, there is a utility named “Kext Helper“. I downloaded kext helper from here and the kernel extension from here (original from here). Opened the kext helper and dragged the extension to kext helper. Installed the helper by providing my password and rebooted. Yeaah, got the sound working, great!!!

I installed a kext extension “AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext”. My graphics adaptor is “Intel GM45 HD”. After installing that extension, I lost my graphics after restarting my pc. I found no way to remove that extension manually. I tried from my Ubuntu installation. But the file permission didn’t allow me to delete that extension. I am still searching to get my native resolution.

The next step to do some customization of my brand new Mac OS X
I downloaded and installed firefox, echofon (standalone twitter app for mac), adium (multi-protocol chat client), Coda (code editor), uTorrent (torrent client), a cracked version of TextMate (code editor) from torrent , VLC (media player, but failed to play video for graphics problem may be).

As a Bangladeshi and Bangla speaking people, I needed to fix the Bangla font problem as it is showing like a box and chinese character, I installed Solaimanlipi and Rupali font for Mac from ekushey.org. As I use Probhat keyboard for Bangla input, downloaded probhat layout from here.

After installing the font pack from ekushey.org, I still had problem with Bangla font’s. It still showing jibrish character like A-kar, O-kar, I-kar mismatch. Then I found some help from Nasim Vai. He said, “Restart immediately after font installation. this is a stupid bug in the font installer” and he gave me a improved version of SolaimanLipi font specially for Mac. Then I removed Solaimanlipi and Rupali font completely and installed the new font and restarted immediately . After restarting everything went fine, no problem with Bangla font at all.

I am steel searching for my graphics resolution problem. I haven’t look for bluetooth and wireless solution yet. Hope to try it soon and will update the post

As a part of BASIS’s “IT Innovation Project”, 17 project was submitted for BASIS Softexpo 2010. Among of them, only 3 projects were selected. They were -

• 1. Braille Board
• 2. Bangla Text to Speech (TTS)
• 3. Bangla OCR

Both, Braille Board and Bangla TTS was awarded for “Best IT Innovation Award”.

About Our Project:

Title: Design and Development of PC Controlled Dynamic Braille Board.

Project Description:
Braille is a primary medium of reading and writing for people who are blind or have low vision. Although blind or visually impaired individuals are able to access print materials by using audio books or listening to a personal reader and can write by dictating to someone, many find that they can access information more quickly and perform tasks that involve reading or writing more efficiently using Braille. Read the rest of this entry »

বেশকিছু দিন আগে বাসায় বলেছিলাম, কিন্তু কোন সাড়াশব্দ পাইনি। হঠাৎ করেই গত বৃহঃস্পতিবার বিকেলে(১৯-১১-২০০৯) গ্রিন সিগন্যাল পেয়ে গেলাম। ক্যাম্পাস
ছুটি হয়েছে ঐদিনই। মেসের একবড় ভাইয়ের বাসায় আমাদের কয়েকজনের যাওয়ার কথা ছিল। কিন্তু প্ল্যান ক্যানসেল করে আমার ডেস্কটপ প্যাক করে বাসার উদ্দেশ্যে রওনা দিলাম পরের দিন বিকেলে (শুক্রবার)।
কারণ টিকেট সমস্যা। যাই হোক, বাসায় পোঁছালাম সন্ধ্যায়। আগেই ঢাকার টিকেট করে রাখা হয়েছিল, তাই টাকা নিয়েই সেই রাতেই ঢাকার দিকে রওনা। উদ্দেশ্য
মেলা থেকে ল্যাপটপ কেনার। তবে সেই রাতে একটু বেশিই ঠান্ডা পড়েছিল মনে হয়। শীতের কাপড় নেইনি, ঠান্ডায় ঠকঠক করে কাঁপছিলাম।

ভোরে ঢাকায় পৌঁছে হানিফের কাউন্টারে অপেক্ষা। সকাল হয়ে গেলে ভাইয়ের বাসার উদ্দেশ্য রওনা দিলাম। আগেই মেহেদী ভাইয়ের সাথে কথা হয়েছিল যে ১২ টায় উনি চীন-মৈত্রী (প্রাক্তন)
এ এসে পৌঁছাবেন। সময়মত আমি পৌছালাম, আরো দুই বন্ধুকে বলেছি আসতে। তারপর তাদের জন্যে অপেক্ষা। ওরা আসলে ভেতরে ঢুকে দেখতে লাগলাম। কিছুক্ষণ পরেই
মেহেদী ভাই চলে আসলেন। দেখছি তো দেখছিই। অনেক দেখাদেখি আর সিদ্ধান্তের পর Dell Inspiron 1545 কেই ফাইনাল করা হল।

কনফিগারেশনঃ
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500 @ 2.10GHz
2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
Intel®  Cantiga GM45 Chipset
Intel®  Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
15.6″ 720p WXGA (1366×768) TrueLife Display Monitor
Intel High Definition Audio 2.0
250GB with a 5400 RPM SATA hard drive.
6-cell 2.2AHr Battery
Built-in 1.3MP webcam
Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth®  Internal (2.0) mini-card
Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Mini-Card

দামঃ ৪৯,০০০/- হাজার টাকা মাত্র্

ফুল চার্জ থাকলে ৪ ঘন্টা ৫০ মিনিট ব্যাকআপ টাইম দেখাল

ইদানিং বেশকিছু রেডিও মাথাচাড়া দিয়ে উঠেছে ইন্টারনেটে এবং এগুলা বাংলা ভাষাভাষী মানুষের জন্যে। সবগুলাতেই বাংলা গান প্রচার হয়। তবে প্রত্যেক রেডিও শোনার জন্যে তাদের সাইটে রাখা প্লেয়ারের মাধ্যমে শুনতে হয়। কিন্তু আপনাদের জন্যে সুখবর, প্রতিটা রেডিওর সরাসরি লিংক আপনাদের জন্যে আমি উপস্থাপন করছি। যেকোন মিডিয়া প্লেয়ারে ঠিকানা গুলো পেস্ট করে দিয়েই আপনি রেডিও শুনতে পাবেন বলে আশা রাখি। তবে ব্যক্তিগতভাবে আমি Screamer Radio ব্যবহার করি এবং আমার অনেক পছন্দের। এই প্লেয়ার দিয়ে আপনি গান শোনার পাশাপাশি রেকর্ডও করতে পারবেন। নিচের সব রেডিও-ই Screamer Radio দিয়ে টেস্ট করে দেখা হয়েছে। শুধু Radio NorthStar এ একটু সমস্যা আছে। এইটা প্লে করার জন্যে মিডিয়া প্লেয়ার লাগে।

রেডিও ফুর্তি
ওয়েবঃ http://radiofoorti.fm/
রেডিওঃ http://free.freeshoutcast.com:2826/

রেডিও টুডে
ওয়েবঃ http://radiotodaybd.fm/
রেডিও(ঢাকা স্টেশন): http://122.248.11.50:8000
রেডিও(চট্টগ্রাম স্টেশন): http://122.248.11.51:8000

রেডিও গুনগুন
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radiogoongoon.com/
রেডিও (HD): http://69.39.233.135:8888/
রেডিও (32 বিট): http://69.39.233.135:8032/

রেডিও ঢাকা
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radiodhaka.net/
রেডিওঃ http://202.4.100.2:8000

রেডিও লেমন
ওয়েবঃ http://www.lemon24.com/
রেডিওঃ http://115.127.14.58:8000

রেডিও তুফান
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radio2fun.com/
রেডিওঃ http://67.228.101.162:7600

অনুভূতি রেডিও
ওয়েবঃ http://www.onubhuti.com/
রেডিওঃ http://75.126.219.187:8205

অনিয়ম অনলাইন রেডিও
ওয়েবঃ http://www.oniyom.com/
রেডিওঃ http://teksea.homeip.net:8000

রেডিও সামথিং (বন্ধ আছে)
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radiosomethingbd.com/
রেডিওঃ http://115.124.98.144:8000

আড্ডা রেডিও
ওয়েবঃ http://www.addaradio.com/
রেডিওঃ http://67.212.189.122:8076

রেডিও আড্ডা
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radioadda.net/
রেডিও http://shared.streamwebtown.com/RadioAdda

অনলাইন গান
ওয়েবঃ http://www.onlinegaan.com/
রেডিওঃ http://69.39.233.135:8400

রেডিও ইনফিনিটি
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radioinfinity24.com/
রেডিওঃ http://69.39.233.135:8444

রেডিও নর্থস্টার
ওয়েবঃ http://www.radio-northstar.com/
রেডিওঃ http://c2.php-radio.com/link/stream/index.php?station=northstar

মজা করে শুনুন বাংলাদেশী রেডিও

I have a nokia phone, it’s model is 3110 classic and i use it as a modem to connect with internet. So i don’t use this phone as any call purpose, only internet.

But most problem with this handset is the restarting problem. It don’t get restarted if you don’t use any memory card. But if you use any, in my case i can’t turn on my phone most of the time while the memory card remain inserted. It turns on and become switched of in a looping process.

I was so mad with this because i can’t use any memory card and can’t listen any songs and also can’t take any photo while visiting some place. Once i thought to take the phone to the customer care center, but it takes too many time in the nokia care at Rajshahi (a division of Bangladesh). A simple problem took 16 days to solve that i saw to happen to some of my friends. So it was a great problem for me because i use the set as a modem.

Now come to the point. To solve the problem you need to update your phone firmwire and i was not sure that i can update it with my usb data cable.

My phone’s firmwire version was 6.01 or something but it was 6 LOL. After updating the firmwire the version becomes 7.21 To download the updater software visit the nokia web site.
It’s size is arround 23 MB, so download it. You can also check is there any update for your phone or not? Follow the link here.

Now install the updater and follow the instructions. It’s simple. In my case, the after installing the updater software again it downloaded a package of about 22 MB.
I am not sure that it was downloaded only in my case. So what, follow the process. It’s really simple. After installing the updates my mobile is running without any problem.

Happy mobiling

Today i noticed the new feature of Gmail and that is Take a break.
When i activate it, it shows the message “Break Time: Take a walk, get some real work done, or have a snack. We’ll be back in 40 minutes!”
Thats really funny and also very usefull feature for us, who needs to sit in front of computer over many hours long with no break.
This feature encourage us to take some rest while working. Thats really great . So Took the break and completed my breakfast at
the first time. lolz

From many days i am out of net connection. So i could not make any blog post of mine. Why i was out of internet?

It’s my first final exam in university. Everyone was saying to be attentive in the first year. Their cause was that, if any one get a good result in the first year, it becomes easy to make better in the next years. As i didn’t read/study a lot, i became anxious. I had the both trouble that, neither i can’t concentrate in my study, nor i can do other works. At the mean time, our exam date was announced. So, i cut off the net connection for sake of study. But, still i could not concentrate on my study and for some reasons our exam date was postponed and exam date was settled in a new date.

So, the exam time and the pre-exam time took 3 months to complete. During these day i missed the net connection very much. But what was the facility? Still i could not concentrate on my study. I enjoyed a lot of English movie during these time. Even i watched 5 movies in a day!

I was eagerly expecting to end of exam as soon as quickly. I never waited for end of exam like these. But now, at last my exam is over. May be the exam was not good. But the summary is, i am out of exam now. I am free….

For a few days, i was running my blog in a free host. Obviously the platform was wordpress. Because, in this time i’ve not the ability to buy a domain. So now i am dependent to the free hosting.

As wordpress is the best blogging platform, so i was running it on http://tareq.byethost33.com. But, now i think that it is not safe to run my blog over their. Because this is a free hosting and as a free hosting their responsibility should not be trusted by me. It’s not impossible that, one day i did not find my account to that hosting company.

I was not interested to run my blog at wordpress.com. Because, there is no facility to customize and use my favorite plugin at wordpress.com. I am bound to use their predefined templates. It’s very hard to come.

One more thing is that, i didn’t get my own nick here.  Anyone already have registerd before me. So i am registered as “Tareqs” instead of “Tareq”.  Disgusting…

We are in the department of CSE of Rajshahi University. Our class was started on 26th January 2008. Now are first year is goning on. How the 8 month passed away from us, we can’t understand this.

Some day’s ago, we heard that our final exam will be held on 22nd October, 2008. We became very shocked to hear this. Because, we didn’t study well a single subject and there is a lot of subject in front of us including two math subject. One is Aljebra, Trigonometry & Vector and another is Differential & Integral calculas. The mark of this two subject is 100+50 = 150. This is a very big course and it is very tuff for us to cover this within some early day’s.

Other subject’s are also boring to us like accounting, economics, statistics. Why we, the CSE students will read this subject’s, i don’t understand. We should study only the computer relared subjects from my view.

well, all of us from the first year are very anexious about this exam for lack of our preparation. We don’t know what will happen in this exam.