Archive for May, 2011

Malta Commercial Truck & Bus Rally 2011

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

This year Malta Commercial Truck & Bus Rally 2011 was held in Ta Qali on the old RAF aircraft. Everyone could see different vehicles including: trucks, pick ups, vans, buses, coaches and ex military vehicles.

A 1942 BLACK DODGE

A 1942 BLACK DODGE

DODGE d15

DODGE d15

old Chevrolet

old Chevrolet

Disabling the Laptop TouchPad in Linux

Friday, May 20th, 2011

If you have attached an external mouse to your laptop, you may not need touchpad which may be accidentally touch. I’ve made a short script to disable and enable the touchpad.
1: Disabling the TouchPad

#!/bin/sh
dev=`xinput --list | grep PS/2 | grep Generic | cut -f2-2 | cut -c 4-10`
export DISPLAY=:0
xinput set-int-prop $dev "Device Enabled" 8 0
echo "Device id=$dev has been disabled"

2: Enabling the TouchPad

#!/bin/sh
dev=`xinput --list | grep PS/2 | grep Generic | cut -f2-2 | cut -c 4-10`
export DISPLAY=:0
xinput set-int-prop $dev "Device Enabled" 8 1
echo "Device id=$dev has been enabled"

Malta

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Malta, also known as the heart of the Mediterranean is one of the world’s smallest countries. With a population of roughly 400,000 it is also one of most densely populated countries in the world.

I moved to Malta and now I work in sport betting company. With favourable taxation regime Malta managed to attract hundreds of online gambling companies.

Malta’s capital city is Valletta, which is centrally located on the island’s North coast and has the island’s largest harbour.

Valletta, Malta

Valletta, Malta

Classic buses in Malta is one of a major tourist attraction on the island. Malta has several bus types that are no longer in service anywhere else in the world. I take a picture of these lovely bus.

Typical Maltese bus

Typical Maltese bus

Malta near Hilton hotel

Malta near Hilton hotel

Marsaxlokk is a traditional fishing village located in the south-eastern part of Malta. It is the best place to see the colourful, traditional Maltese fishing boats, the Luzzus, with the mythical eye painted on their prows. A daily tourist market is one of the main features of Marsaxlokk with a weekly Sunday market where one can find almost anything for a bargain.

Marsaxlokk

Marsaxlokk