Salam Ramadhan al-Mubarak

Salam Ramadhan al-Mubarak buat semua umat Islam di seluruh dunia terutama ahli keluarga saya yang tercinta serta tidak dilupakan sahabat handai yang jauh di mata namun dekat di hati. (slamat berpuasa juga buat kema-kema di bilik bawah yang baru sahaja membaca blog saya malam ini). Bulan yang penuh dengan kemuliaan dan paling dinanti-nantikan oleh semua umat Islam. Alhamdulillah esok umat Islam di Malaysia akan menjalani ibadah puasa hari pertama. Sedih dan sedikit terkilan kerana tidak dapat memulakan hari pertama berpuasa pada tahun ini dengan keluarga. Namun, apa yang paling dinanti-nantikan oleh saya ialah kepulangan saya pada tahun ini untuk sama-sama menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri bersama keluarga tercinta setelah dua tahun beraya di perantauan. Suasana berpuasa dan beraya di perantauan sememangnya berbeza terutama segi makanan untuk berbuka puasa dan bersahur. Kalau di rumah semua makanan akan disediakan oleh bonda. Saya dan dua orang kakak hanya membantu sedikit sebanyak. Bila berjauhan semua makanan untuk sahur dan berbuka ada yang dibeli dari bazar Ramadhan dan ada juga yang curi-curi masak di asrama. Apa yang seronoknya di Sabah ialah sambutan Hari Raya Aidilfitrinya sangat meriah. Rumah terbuka boleh didapati di sekitar Kota Kinabalu ini. Di kampung-kampung pula meriah dengan nyalaan-nyalaan pelita dan kanak-kanak bermain bunga api. Pernah saya dan kawan-kawan beraya bagai nak rak sanggup menyewa kereta untuk pergi beraya di rumah kawan-kawan yang tinggal di Sabah. Walaupun penat beraya dari rumah ke rumah namun kegembiraan dan kepuasan dapat mengenali tempat-tempat menarik di Sabah ini sukar untuk dilupakan. Kemeriahan berhari raya di Sabah mungkin dapat melupakan kesedihan tidak berada di samping keluarga tercinta namun dari segi makanan dan kuih-muih rasanya kampung halaman masih lagi tidak dapat ditandingi. Kehadiran bulan Ramadhan pada tahun ini mungkin sedikit berbeza dari tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya. Mungkin kerana tahun ini merupakan tahun akhir saya di bumi UMS ini. Sebenarnya banyak perkara yang telah berlaku pada diri saya sepanjang liku-liku hidup sebagai seorang anak dan seorang mahasiswa. Secara tidak langsung sedikit sebanyak membantu diri saya ini untuk menjadi lebih matang dan bertanggungjawab kepada diri saya sendiri dan keluarga. Walaupun berada jauh daripada keluarga, saya bersyukur kerana dikelilingi sahabat-sahabat yang baik dan dapat berkongsi masalah serta kesedihan. Semoga Ramadhan kali ini dapat memberi hidayah dan keberkatan kepada diri saya serta insan-insan yang saya sayangi dan kasihi. Mungkin Ramadhan kali ini dapat menjadikan diri kita lebih baik seterusnya menjadi seorang muslim dan muslimah yang sejati.
Sesungguhnya Islam itu indah,hayatilah Islam itu tanpa lengah-lengah. Carilah kenikmatan beribadah, kerana dengan ibadah itulah membentuk iman yang kukuh buat perisai dan benteng nikmat keduniaan yang mampu menghancurkan akidah seorang insan bergelar manusia.
Salam Ramadhan al-Mubarak. Wassalam.

Home Networking Technology

What Home Networking Technology Is?

Recently, home networks were not actually emerging because most families did not need or able to afford more than one computer. As for today, technology becomes the most priority to everyone in this world in order to complete their own personal tasks such as email, finish their schoolwork, online shopping, instant messaging, downloading music and video or even playing games. That is why nowadays, for certain families, one computer is no longer enough. Each of the family members has their own computers or laptops. Hence, in a household with multiple computers, a home network often becomes a necessarily rather than a technical toy.

How Home Networking Works?

A home network is simply allowing computers to communicate with one another. This network will let these computers share files and documents, an internet connection, printers, print servers and scanners, stereos, TVs and game systems and even CD burners.

The different types of network will use different hardware, but they all have the same essential components:

• More than one computer
• Hardware (such as a router) and software (either built in to the operating system or as a separate application) to coordinate the exchange of information
• A path for the information to follow from one computer to another

The two most popular home network types are wireless and Ethernet networks. In both of these types, the router does most of the work by directing the traffic between the connected devices. By connecting a router to your dial-up, DSL or cable modem, you can also allow multiple computers to share one connection to the Internet. You don't even need a computer to make a network as long as you have a router. For example, connecting your Xbox 360 to a router makes a simple network.

Where Home Networking Will Be Used?

This network is called home network because it is going to be used in our home. Estimates that, there are 15 million families will network their residences over the next several years.

John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Figure 1: A view of the living room in the T- Com house in Berlin, Germany, which wirelessly links up computers, televisions, handheld PDAs and other technologies together for seamless interaction.

Who Will Benefit By The Home Network Technology?

When we are going to connect our home network to the Internet, of course what we need in the first place is a firewall. It is not us as a user for this home network technology to get the benefit but many software firewalls can also get the benefit by this technology. Symantec, McAfee and Zone Alarm are the examples of companies that produce software-based firewalls. These companies usually offer some free firewall protection as well as advanced security that we can buy. The other hardware companies will also get the benefit when people are started using the home networking.

What Difference Home Network Technology Will Make?

· Convenience: The technicians will completely install and configure your home network (with the exception of file and print sharing). Technical support is available 24 x 7 to answer any questions.

· Speed: Share the speed of a single connection. No more waiting for your turn to use the Internet, now everyone can have Internet access at the same time.

· Cost Savings: Pay only for a single connection, not multiple access fees for each computer. The cost to network your computers is only a few dollars a month with full technical support. And when you purchase Internet plus digital video or telephone services from SureWest Broadband Residential Services, you save even more!

· Security: Protect your computers with built-in features that help guard your PCs from dangerous Internet hackers.

What Was The Need For It In The First Place?

Getting connected to the Internet is the need in our life as for today. Technology is growing so fast until the pressure is not only in the work place but also in our own place – our home. All of our family members want to use the Internet and how we can avoid the traffic during connecting to the Internet? How we can make sure every one can surf the Internet without waiting their turn in line? By using this home network technology, we can avoid waiting in line behind other family members to use the Internet. We can also save money by avoiding the full cost of a second Internet account. We can make setting up online gaming fast and easy. Then we can connect household devices like security systems and home entertainment systems to the Internet.

Technical Specifications of the Technology

A home network may consist of the following components:

• A broadband modem for connection to the internet (either a DSL modem using the phone line, or cable modem using the cable internet connection).
• A residential gateway (sometimes called a router) connected between the broadband modem and the rest of the network. This enables multiple devices to connect to the internet simultaneously. Residential gateways, hubs/switches, DSL modems, and wireless access points are often combined.
• A PC, or multiple PCs including laptops
• A wireless access point, usually implemented as a feature rather than a separate box, for connecting wireless devices
• Entertainment peripherals - an increasing number of devices can be connected to the home network, including DVRs like TiVo, digital audio players, games machines, stereo system, and IPset-top box.
• Internet Phones (VoIP)
• A network bridge connects two networks together, often giving a wired device, e.g. Xbox, access to a wireless network.
• (Rarely) a network hub/switch - a central networking hub containing a number of Ethernet ports for connecting multiple networked devices
• A network attached storage (NAS) device can be used for storage on the network.
• A print server can be used to share printers among computers on the network.

Figure 2: An example of a simple home network.

Older devices may not have the appropriate connector to the network. USB and PCI network controllers can be installed in some devices to allow them to connect to networks.

Network devices may also be configured from a computer. For example, broadband modems are often configured through a web client on a networked PC. As networking technology evolves, more electronic devices and home appliances are becoming Internet ready and accessible through the home network. Set-top boxes from cable TV providers already have USB and Ethernet ports "for future use".

Figure 3: A router connects your computers to one another. If you connect it to your modem, it will also connect your network to the Internet.

If neither wireless nor Ethernet seems right for you, you have other options for connecting your computers. If your computers have USB or FireWire ports, you can use cables, jump drives or file transfer devices to move files from place to place. Other options include power-line and phone-line networks. Both power- and phone-line networks use existing wiring in your home to connect your computers, so you don't need to worry about concealing extra cable.

Conclusion

New developments in home networks affect more than just home offices and entertainment systems. Some of the most exciting advances are in healthcare and housing.

In healthcare, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) let doctors monitor patients wirelessly. Patients wear wireless sensors that transmit data through specialized channels. These signals contain information about vital signs, body functions, patient behavior and their environments. In the case of an unusual data transmission - like a sudden spike in blood pressure or a report that an active patient has become suddenly still - an emergency channel picks up the signal and sends medical services to the patient's home.

The housing industry is another important field for home network technology development. Bill Gates owns one of the few smart houses in existence, but someday, we might all live in one. A smart house is a fully networked structure with functions that can be controlled from a central computer, making it an ideal technology for homeowners who travel frequently or for homeowners who simply want it all.

Builders are beginning to offer home network options for their customers that range from the primitive by installing Ethernet cables in the walls to the cutting-edge of managing the ambient temperature from a laptop hundreds of miles from home. In one trial experiment called Laundry Time, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble and Whirlpool demonstrated the power of interfacing home appliances. The experiment networked a washing machine and clothes dryer with a TV, PC and cell phone. This unheard-of combination of networked devices let homeowners know when their laundry loads were finished washing or drying by sending alerts to their TV screens, instant messaging systems or cell phones. Research and development also continues for systems that perform a wide variety of functions -- data and voice recognition might change the way we enter, exit and secure our homes, while service appliances could prepare our food, control indoor temperatures and keep our homes clean. In the future, our washing machines will call us on our cell phones when a load is done.

Photo courtesy Getty Images.

This technology is promising, but it's not quite ready for the consumer market yet. The average consumer can't afford a WSN or a smart house, and if he could, there's a good chance he or she wouldn't be able to operate these sophisticated systems. Another issue is security -- until developers find a way to secure these networks, consumers risk sharing medical information and leaving their homes open to attack.

References

1. http://www.howstuffworks.com
2. http://compnetworking.about.com
3. http://www.5nolans.org
4. http://www.netgear.com

*KZ01103 COMMUNICATION DATA (Assignment)

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Salam.080808 merupakan tarikh yang amat bermakna bagi seseorang pada tahun ini terutamanya pada ayahanda tercinta yg berada jauh di mata namun dekat di hati.^_^.Kepada ayahanda tercinta saya ucapkan selamat hari lahir yang ke-56 walaupun sudah di wish kan via phone call pada pukul 08:08am tadi. :) kenapa saya katakan tahun bermakna? Dengan terteranya tarikh 080808 pada hari ini maka ayahanda tercinta sudah menamatkan kerjayanya sebagai seorang guru. Namun bagi saya ayahanda tetap selama-lamanya guru di hati saya kerana tanpa tunjuk ajar ayahanda tiadalah saya di UMS ini sekarang. Ayahanda sememangnya merupakan seorang yang mementingkan education. Hal ini terbukti tatkala pada suatu pagi semasa cuti panjang menunggu keputusan SPM, saya bertanya pada ayahanda bolehkah jika saya mahu mengambil lesen kereta. Namun, jawapan yang diterima daripada ayahanda sedikit menghampakan saya. Ayahanda menolak cadangan pengambilan lesen kereta tetapi menggantikannya dengan cadangan mempelajari bahasa Inggeris ( communication skill). Penolakan lesen kereta daripada ayahanda membuatkan saya bermuram muka selama 2 hari sahaja :p Pada mulanya saya fikirkan cadangan kelas bi itu hanya cadangan semata-mata untuk menolak cadangan lesen kereta namun pada minggu itu juga di suatu pagi, ayahanda menyuruh saya mengikutnya ke bandar. Saya mula berangan-angan mungkin ayahanda sudah bersetuju dengan cadangan lesen kereta tetapi sebaliknya. Ayahanda membawa saya untuk mendaftar masuk ke kelas Learning English with Communication Skill di Smart Readers. Kesungguhan yang terpamer pada raut wajah ayahanda membuatkan saya sedikit sebak dan terharu. Saya menerima cadangan ayahanda dengan hati yang terbuka tanpa perasaan marah kerana tidak dapat mengambil lesen kereta seperti kebanyakan rakan-rakan yang lain.

Selepas beberapa ketika result SPM dikeluarkan, saya menerima tawaran interview TESL daripada MARA. Ayahandalah orang pertama yang gembira mendengar berita ini. Beliau jugalah yang membeli tiket bas dan menemani saya ke KL untuk interview ini. Saya masih ingat lagi kata-kata ayahanda,"ada juga faedahnya ambil kelas bi tu.." :) Yup,tats rite dad..thanks 2 u..
Ketegasan dan kesabaran ayahanda dalam mendidik kami adik beradik terutama diri saya yang paling degil dan nakal amat saya hargai dan akan saya ingati sehingga akhir hayat. Tanpa ayahanda di sisi saya siapalah saya di dunia ini. Terima kasih ayahanda! Selamat Hari Lahir. Semoga panjang umur murah rezeki dan dirahmati oleh ALLAH swt selalu. AMIN...

chapter 2: why not??

you don't have this book? You are so lucky to read this blog because i'm gonna let you know something inside this book----->The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.
How this book can work miracles in your life?
This book is designed to teach you that your habitual thinking and imagery mold, fashion, and create your destiny. For as a person thinking in his subconscious mind, so is he.
Do you know the answers?
Why is one person sad and another person happy?Why is one person joyous and prosperous and another person poor and miserable?Why is one person fearful and anxious and another full of faith and confidence?Why does one person have a beautiful,luxurious home while another person lives out a meager existence in a slum?Why is one person a great success and another an abject failure? Why is one speaker outstanding and immensely popular and another mediocre and unpopular? Why is one person genius in her work or profession while another toils and moils all his life without doing or accomplishing anything worthwhile? Why is one person healed of a so-called incurable disease and another isn't? Why is it so many good, kind, religious people suffer tortures of the damned in their minds and bodies? Why is it many immoral and irreligious people succeed and prosper and enjoy radiant health? Why is one person happily married and another very unhappy and frustrated? Is there an answer to these questions in the workings of your conscious and subconscious minds? There most certainly is.

*Frankly speaking, when i read this sentences some how my heart make me wanna read more. Like i wanna know the answer of all these questions. I bet you wanna know also rite?Let we continue what the writer of this book wanna share and tell us...

Unique feature of this book
The unique feature of tis book is its down-2-earth practicality. Here u will find simple, usable techniques and formulas that u can easily apply in your everyday life. The special features of this book will appeal to you because they explain why you often get the opposite of what you prayed for. Thousands of times, people in all parts of the world have asked me, "Why is it I have prayed and prayed and got no answer?" In tis book u will find the reasons for this common complaint. The explanation of the many ways of impressing the subconscious mind and getting the rite answers make this an extraordinarily valuable book and an ever-present help in times of trouble.

What do u believe?
Contrary 2 what many people think, it is not the thing that is believed in that brings an answer to a person's prayer. Prayers are answered when the individual's subconscious mind responds to the mental picture or thought in his or her mind. This law of belief is the secret operating principle in all the religions of the world. It is the hidden reason for their psychological truth.
The Muslim, the Buddhist, the Christian may all get answers to their prayers, in spite of the enormous differences among their stated beliefs. How can tis be? The answer is that it is not because of the particular creed, religion, affiliation, ritual, ceremony, formula, liturgy, incantation,sacrifices, or offerings, but solely because of belief or mental acceptance and receptivity about that for which they pray.
The law of life is the law of belief. Belief can be summed up briefly as a thought in your mind. As a person thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his or her mind, body, and circumstances. A technique, a methodology based on an understanding of what you are doing and why you are doing it will help you to bring about a subconscious embodiment of all the good things of life. Essentially, answered prayer is the realization of your heart's desire.
*i think tats all i can write here 'bout what special inside tis amazing book.if u just fall in luv wif tis book, why not try 2 search n buy tis book now.so, why not??

why not??

Susahnya mahu mencari buku motivasi yang sesuai untuk dibaca oleh saya yang sedikit malas ini. Mempunyai keluarga yang suka membaca sedikit sebanyak mengubah diri saya menjadi seorang yang suka membaca. Melalui minat membaca inilah yang mencetuskan hobi suka menulis saya sekarang. Saya pernah juga berjinak dengan dunia penulisan semasa sekolah menengah. Antaranya menulis puisi dan cereka sains anjuran karyanet. Hanya mendapat saguhati bagi kedua-dua kategori ini. Pengalaman yang saya kira tak dapat saya gambarkan. Apa yang menyedihkan saya tidak dapat menghadiri majlis penyampaian hadiah ini kerana saya berada di matrikulasi melaka pada masa itu. Malas sebenarnya hendak menaiki bas ke Kuala Lumpur. Jadi ibu saudara sayalah yang menjadi wakil saya pada ketika itu. Sebenarnya ibu saudara sayalah yang mendesak saya supaya menulis puisi dan cereka sains untuk dihantar ke karyanet. Dua kali saya berjaya memboloskan diri daripada desakan ibu saudara saya. Namun kali ketiga iaitu semasa cuti panjang menunggu keputusan SPM, saya tidak dapat mengelakkan diri. Kenapa ibu saudara saya mendesak saya supaya menghantar karya saya untuk dipertandingkan? walaupun sebenarnya saya lebih suka menulis dan memberi baca kepada kawan-kawan terdekat sahaja.

Suatu hari, saya menyuruh sepupu saya membaca sebahagian cerpen yang saya tulis. Dia bawa balik ke rumah untuk dibaca dan keesokan harinya ibu saudara saya mencari saya adakah cerpen yang sepupu saya baca itu ditulis oleh saya. Sejak itulah ibu saudara saya atau dipanggil 'mak su' mendesak saya supaya menulis untuk dipertandingkan dalam karyanet. Namun setelah memasuki matrikulasi, minat saya dalam penulisan ini terabai kerana terlalu sibuk untuk mengejar subjek-subjek yang saya lemah dan sukar untuk difahami. :p Namun minat membaca tidak dapat saya abaikan dan tinggalkan mahupun satu hari :)

Jika dahulu semasa sekolah rendah dan tingkatan 1 dan 2 saya lebih suka membaca novel-novel bm. Tapi saya tidak pernah mencuba untuk membaca novel bi. Semasa berada di tingkatan 3, saya ingat lagi bagaimana saya mula berjinak membaca buku-buku bi. Seorang guru bi (Pn Azizah) memberitahu kelas saya(beliau merupakan guru kelas kami ketika itu--->3 Fatimah) supaya membaca buku, novel atau surat khabar bi untuk memperbaiki dan membantu subjek bi kami. Saya mula menyedari apa yang beliau cuba katakan. Kebetulan saya mempunyai seorang kawan(lupa sudah namanya) suka membaca novel-novel bi(bukan ida abdullah dan ailyn zarina, walaupun mereka berdua juga suka membaca novel bi).Kawan yang saya maksudkan ini bukan pelajar kelas 3 Fatimah. Saya bertanya kepadanya tak susah ke baca novel bi? Nanti nak tengok kamus kalau tak faham apa maksudnya. Leceh. Mungkin itulah yang menyebabkan saya tidak suka membaca buku bi dan tidak mahu mencubanya. Namun, jawapan yang saya dengar daripada kawan saya ini menyedarkan saya. Anda mahu tahu apa yang dikatakannya? "Kalau first time kau baca novel bi kau jangan tengok kamus dulu. Kita nak baca novel sebab kita nak tahu apa cerita yang kita baca tu kan? So, kau baca je dulu. Asalkan kau tahu jalan cerita yang ditulis tu. Lama-lama nanti kau akan jadi terbiasa dengan sendirinya dan kau akan faham apa yang ditulis tu walaupun dalam bi."

Wow!! Jadi selepas hari itu, saya terus pergi ke library sekolah untuk mencari novel bi yang paling nipis tapi tak terlalu nipis. Saya cuba membaca novel remaja bi. Dalam masa satu hari saya berjaya menghabiskannya tanpa melihat kamus seperti yang diberitahu oleh kawan saya. Memang ada banyak perkataan yang tidak saya fahami tetapi saya memahami cerita yang ditulis. Tentu anda tertanya-tanya apa terjadi kepada saya selepas itu?:p Saya mula menjadi 'kipas susah nak mati' @ die hard fan kepada novel-novel bi. Novel-novel bm saya dapat habiskan dalam masa satu hari sahaja. Ini menyebabkan saya tidak mendapat kepuasan yang maximum dalam pembacaan :p Maka novel-novel bi menjadi pilihan sehinggalah sekarang. Berkat dari kesungguhan yang sedikit terlewat ini membantu saya dalam PMR,SPM dan MUET. So, why not anda cuba dahulu dan lihat hasilnya kemudian. Mungkin semasa anda melakukannya anda tidak nampak hasilnya dan mungkin anda akan fikir ia sedikit menyusahkan namun apabila anda sudah terbiasa anda akan enjoy dan perkara itu akan menjadi rutin anda. Mungkin 10 tahun akan datang hasilnya akan membuat anda tersenyum kecil. :)

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