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Today I accidentally accepted spam comment so I look for how to delete that blogspot spam comment. Here's the direct anwser from Google itself:
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42398
Remember to login to your blogger account and do (if you use Firefox and its family) hard refresh (Ctrl+F5) because sometimes, even after you login at blooger account, the trashcan icon doesn't show up.

After MegaVideo, MegaUpload and Hotfile I decided to make a new RapidShare premium link generator integrated into my MegaVideoDownloader.com. I only using one RapidShare premium account, so, currently it's available only to visitors that doing CPALead survey on MegaVideoDownloader.com.
I'm creating my own RapidShare Stream to User script. The script work is different from Rapidleech or Rapidshot script which need to save the target file on the server before giving it to user. The script is using the same concept as Megavideo/Megaupload/Hotfile premium link generator on MegaVideoDownloader.com. This is my download speed screen-shot when streaming RapidShare file through MegaVideoDownloader.com:

Not bad isn't it..

I plan to share my "RapidShare stream to user" script someday since not so many site using this streaming method. I know some of site that using this: the late Rapidaway.com, rapid8.com and the new rapidpremium.net from "300MB United" team of WarezBB. Well, I need some time to share my script to webmaster there.. so, just wait for my update..

Several days ago my old modem (Sierra 881U) can't be used again. I don't know the cause is it because the battery (it's 7 months old) or the hardware itself, it always gave me this error: "Failed to communicate with the device". When plugging in to Debian, the result is the same, the modem isn't detected. I have to buy new one so, I got the cheapest one I found: Huawei E1550.
The modem looks good on the outside but really gave me a lot of trouble. The modem always detected on the first time install but always gave me error: "Huawei mobile connect - 3G USB Fake" on the second use/after rebooting or changing port. When I got that error, my Windows XP SP3 machine can't be shutdown/reboot properly, I must do hard shutdown. See screen-shot:

This problem made me frustrated for several days until I get my own solution. Here's my stupid solution:

1. Don't plug-in your modem when booting
2. always uninstall "3 Mobile Broadband" and/or "Mobile Partner" software before plug in the modem
3. after "3 Mobile Broadband" and/or "Mobile Partner" removed, you can plug in your modem.. Windows will detect the modem as new removable device which you can install "3 Mobile Broadband" again.
4. install "3 Mobile Broadband" from the modem, don't remove the modem
5. open "Device Manager" via "My Computer" properties.
6. in my case the modem always not detected yet
7. repeat clicking "AutoRun.exe" on modem's removable device and "Scan for hardware change" on "Device Manager" until your modem is correctly detected which is "HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem"
8. that's it, now you can connect using "3 Mobile Broadband" or other unbranded "Mobile Partner"
9. remember, before shutting-down or change modem's USB port or removing modem your your PC/laptop, you must uninstall "3 Mobile Broadband" and/or "Mobile Partner"

This is some screen-shot to make it clear:
Modem "AutoRun.exe":

"Scan for hardware change" button on "Device Manager" and modem correctly detected:

Until now, I can't made this modem to work on my Debian lenny.. I failed when trying compiling latest"udev" package or using custom "usb_modeswitch", I'm giving up on this.. maybe later, I already wasting too much time on getting this modem to work on my windows.

Today, I noticed that my server's RAM and swap space usage is above 50%. That's bother me, I don't want my server goes down like before due to high usage of memory. I want to doubled my swap space since I don't have any money yet to upgrade my RAM (+$20/mo.).
Since this is done without rebooting, we will add more swap space by creating one swap file (not swap partition -- partitioning need server reboot/remount). My initial swap space is 1024MB (1GB) and I want to add more 1GB.

So, here's a simple step to add a swap space:
[1] create a new zeros file using dd command, since I'm adding more 1GB, the count parameter on dd should be 1024*1024=1048576 , here's the dd command (I named new swap file to /swapfile1):

[root@ns1 /]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=1048576
1048576+0 records in
1048576+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 45.5356 seconds, 23.6 MB/s

[2] zeros file has been created, now we make it as swap file:

[root@ns1 /]# mkswap /swapfile1
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1073737 kB

[3] make it on!

[root@ns1 /]# swapon /swapfile1

[4] check it using free

[root@ns1 /]# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1026788     940420      86368          0       4096     363916
-/+ buffers/cache:     572408     454380
Swap:      2097136     803060    1294076

Yup, it's activated now.. you may add entry on your /etc/fstab so it will automounted when your server is rebooted, add this line

/swapfile1              swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

That's it! Have fun with your server!

What?!
Yeah you hear it right.. this is just a fun project for me to lift the stress from work. It's quite challenging for me: how can we upload video from Youtube to Megavideo. Honestly, this matter rise up on my mind because I have an account on Megavideo but never upload any video to it. So, since I'm not a video maker nor video shooter, I begin to think to use Youtube as my source of video. You know, there's already a lot of video on Youtube, so, I will take that advantage to upload it to my Megavideo account.

Why would you do that?
Well like I said before, I've never used my account to upload. You know, on Megavideo, we're rewarded when somebody watch our uploaded video. Why would user watch the video on Megavideo rather than Youtube? That's because they can download the video.

So, where's your work?
Here it is: Youtube to Megavideo .. yeah... it's simple, sometimes the upload is failed caused by wrong input (usually on Youtube title and description). Megavideo, sometimes, also failed to convert the video that already uploaded.

That's it! You may try it, but I didn't guarantee the result... :p