Linode VPS Fremont Upgrades

It is great news, when I received the email from Linode. They start upgrades in Fremont.
I have a VPS in Fremont Linode. It is an old CPU, L5630. UnixBench score is 1186 only. The new CPU with E5-2670 has over 2000 Unixbench score.
It is more powerful.

When the upgrade done at Linode side, I will see the upgrade button on dashboard.

User Register Error on Joomla 3

If you search by error code: PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function where() on a non-object in /home/username/sitename/joomla/components/com_users/models/registration.php on line 521 and landed here, you are very closed to the solutions.

When a new user tried to register, he may received the 500 error. The real error information is behide it. So go to check the error.log file.

Then you will see the error infomation:

PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function where() on a non-object in /home/username/sitename/joomla/components/com_users/models/registration.php on line 521

Gmail Settings for Joomla 3.1.1

I installed Joomla 3.1.1 on a VPS. When I tried to use mass email, no matter what kind of mailer setting I put, I did not receive any email from it.

At last I tried SMTP settings with Gmail account.

1) Choose Mailer: SMTP
2) From email: youremail@gmail.com
3) From Name: Your Name
4) Sendmail Path: Just leave it as default
5) SMTP Authentication: Choose Yes
6) SMTP Security: SSL
7) SMTP Port: 465
8) SMTP Username: youremail@gmail.com
9) SMTP Password: the password of the email above
10) SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com

Upgrade Calibre to 0.9.31

I do like Calibre. It is must-have for any one who has a Kindle Touch.  I use Calibre almost every week to sychonize my books between PC and Kindle Touch. It is great to convert the format of books and keep all books in order.

New features of 0.9.31

  • Book list: Highlight the current cell in the book list, particularly convenient for usage with the keyboard.
  • Allow creation of advanced rules for column icons.
  • Driver for the limited edition SONY PRS-T2N
  • MOBI Input: Add support for MOBI/KF8 files generated with the to be released kindlegen 2.9.

The Connoisseur's Guide to Fish & Seafood

Yeah, I got another book at Sears.

Backupify -TweetBackup service retired

I am using Backupify to backup my tweets. Now it announced that this service is discontinued.

Your TweetBackup account will continue to back up for the next 30 days, until June 13th. Access to the service, and your data, will be disabled on June 28th. You will have the full 45 days to export any data. Please visit our Tweetbackup service shutdown FAQs answers to common questions, or you can also contact support directly with your questions.

Actually, when Twitter provide Twiter Archive service, it is not necessary to use the third-party backup service.

It is easy to do it.

  • Sign in Twitter.com
  • Click Settings
  • Under Account tab, scroll to the bottom, click the button beside the Your Twitter archive.
  • Then you will receive an email with the archive download link.

Upgrade Calibre to 0.9.30

So fast,it is 0.9.30
New features of Calibre 0.9.30

  • Kobo driver: Add support for showing 'Archived' books on the device. Also up the supported firmware version to 2.5.3.
  • Driver for Blackberry 9790
  • Add a tweak to turn off the highlighting of the book count when using a virtual library (Preferences->Tweaks)
  • Add a button to clear the viewer search history in the viewer Preferences, under Miscellaneous
  • Add keyboard shortcuts to clear the virtual Library and the additional restriction (Ctrl+Esc and Alt+Esc). Also use Shift+Esc to bring keyboard focus back tot he book list. Can be changed under Preferences->Keyboard
  • Docx metadata: Read the language of the file, if present

The Connoisseur's Guide to Meat

Last week, I bought a book at Sears store. The name as title is everything you want to know about meat.

It covers Beef, Pork, and Lamb. More than 250 pages.  In my family, we all love meat.

I just read very beginning of this book. It shows me that what is Chuck, what is brisket, what is rib, etc.  I can learn a lot from this book.

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The amazon book description said:

From sumptuous steaks and prime cuts to braises and savory stews, this guide is a carnivore's delight. Gourmets will appreciate the book's accurate and comprehensive information about when, where, and how to buy meat; how to tell if it's fresh, and how to prepare, cook, carve, and serve meat to best advantage. From store to kitchen to table, this compendium fills in all the blanks about how to obtain fresh meat from humane and sustainable sources, identify cuts, and fillet and carve them, while offering up a rich trove of reliable recipes.

A visual directory that showcases each cut and comments on flavor, preparation, and cost rounds out this indispensable culinary reference

Upgrade Calibre to 0.9.29 from 0.9.24

There are so many updates I missed. Now it is 0.9.29. My previous upgrade is to 0.9.24

New features of 0.9.29

  • Bulk metadata download: Allow reviewing of the downloaded metadata before it is applied
  • FB2 Output: Write ISBN, pubdate, tags and publisher metadata when creating fb2 files

Three UnixBench testing results including Linode VPS

UnixBench is a testing tool. I run it on two Linode VPS. One is located at Newark, NJ, with new hardware, including CPU E5-2670. The testing results are shown as below:

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