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Ragnarok X: Next Generation

By Mike Goh July 15, 2021Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFunNo Comments

Background Heck, I think I can write a few background paragraphs on Ragnarok! I played the original Ragnarok (SG/MY) with my brother back in 2000. Back in those days, I used OpenKore bot to level 99 Whitesmith, and we asked…

Budget Gaming PC Build

By Mike Goh January 27, 2021Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFunNo Comments

Introduction I'm not someone who will build a new rig every year or an overclocking enthusiast who plays with liquid CPU coolers. I'm also not someone who is into building a supercool looking rig with all the RGB lighting. It…

How to Create an Aquarium Divider and Let Kids Share a Fish Tank

By Mike Goh August 2, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, FunNo Comments

Background I have been keeping fishes for more than a year now and this hobby started from my previous job. The thought came when I was assigned a huge L-shaped table when relocated to a new office premise. While other…

Automated Checks: Send Email when Product in Stock

By Mike Goh June 29, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogCommand Line, EmailNo Comments

Introduction Have you ever wanted to buy that pretty dress or gadget really bad but disappointed at it being currently out of stock? Then, you check the listing once every few hours in hope to snap it up when it…

Father’s Day 2020 with My Family

By Mike Goh June 21, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, FunNo Comments

This would be my seventh Father's Day. OMG, how times flies! My family (wife, daughter and later son) would celebrate Father's Day without fail for me every year. There would be cards from my daughter and/or cake from my wife.…

Grumbling about Packet Loss and Sluggish SSH over Telia Network

By Mike Goh May 10, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogNetworkNo Comments

Background Do you own OpenVZ or KVM VPS like me? Well, I always scout for cheap offers at lowendbox and had one time owned more than 5 VPS mostly from U.S. due to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. I…

Family Danced with Joy with Revived Wii and New Games Reloaded

By Mike Goh April 28, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, FunNo Comments

Background When Wii was launched in United States in November 2006, I was with two colleagues in Las Vegas to support our local brand Creative at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). We had like two days of rest at San…

My Supercharged Home Network for Gaming and WiFi Coverage

By Mike Goh April 20, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, NetworkNo Comments

After getting the keys to my new home, a certain thing is always on my mind during renovation and it was network planning. I am a PC gamer having spent most of my time on online games thus low network…

Learned a New Word Today – ‘Clickjacking’

By Mike Goh April 17, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogSecurityNo Comments

Recently, I received an email from my supervisor asking me to do an assessment on a bug. The whole story unfolded as I scrolled down the email conversation. It was a web security vulnerability actually and it was originally reported…