I have compared High speed Internet services provided by Shaw and Telus two years ago. Now I want to compare the Bundles prices and services.
Now it is three items, including TV, Internet and Telephone.
The information based on the location of Burnaby, British Columbia.It is a big news in WordPress user group. WordPress 2.5 released.
To upgrade you previous version, you have to follow the upgrade guide here.
If you are same as me, have a WordPress installation on Dreamhost, it will be very easy to upgarde. Just One-Click.
Let me go through the some new features in WordPress 2.5.
User Features
I bought the HD 2600 AGP card last week.
I tried many time to install it on my old computer. All failed. I can not even make the PC boot.
Later, I found one six pin socket on the end of video card. I don't know what it is and I can not find any explaination on the user menaul.
I google it and knows that the 6 pin socket is a power socket to give more power to Video card.
The problem is my PSU is old style without 6 pin plug.
I mentioned that I have the error or warning of the Joomla! 1.5.2 on Dreamhost.
Now I know what happened.
My previous upgrade steps are:
1) Upgrade the Joomla! 1.5.1 through Dreamhost one-click installation.
2) Manually upgrade it to 1.5.2.
So problem comes.
I use this way to upgrade Joomla! 1.5.2 without problems.
1) Restore the .old installation of Joomla! 1.5.0. It works perfect without problems.
2) Download the Upgrade Patch from 1.5.0 to 1.5.2 from official site.
My Joomla! 1.5.2 is OK now. I think the Dreamhost One-Click upgrade of Joomla has some issues.
Dreamhost has a One-Click installation facility including Joomla!.
It has Joomla! 1.5.1 upgrading already.
But the 1.5.2 released last week.
The problem I met is the One-Click upgrade does not work. I tried many times on different domain/site.
Yesterday, I manually upgraded it.
It is very easy and simple.
Just download the upgrade pack and decompress it, upload it.
Download it.
I chose the Joomla_1.5.0_to_1.5.2-Stable-Patch_Package.zip
I just upgraded to Joomla! 1.5.1 through Dreamhost one-click installation yesterday.
Today, Joomla released 1.5.2.
Let's see the new features or bug fixes of it.
* Support for non-Gregorian date output
* Removed dependency on server locales for date output
* TCPDF Upgraded:
o Supports RTL languages
o Supports GIF images inline in generated PDF (if PHP extension GD2 is enabled)
* Fix for cache folder deletion with legacy mode enabled
* Disable page caching when debug is enabled
* Ability to disable Flash Uploader in Media Manager
* OpenID functionality fixes
* Advanced article filtering options now available using Article Preferences
API Changes:
* Addition of JFactory::getDate() to get a JDate object (supports overloading of JDate for non-Gregorian dates)
* Addition of JExit()
* JView::get() defers correctly to JObject::get()
Some thing good.
Dreamhost announced A Fistful Of One-Click Upgrades
The following software can be upgraded through OneClick facility.
* ZenCart 1.3.8
* Pligg 9.9.0
* Moodle 1.9
* Joomla 1.5.1
* MediaWiki 1.12.0
Dreamhost also said, WordPress 2.5 is testing and will be available later.
I have an desktop about two years old with ATI 9200 video card which is almost 4 years old. I replaced the fan of this video card in 2005.
Now I would like to buy a new video card with High-definition(HD) play capacity.
Because the computer is equipped by AGP slot, the products are limited. Most of the main stream graphic cards are PCIe.
I found one with the price I fell OK. I went to Bestbuy closer to my office in the lunch time.
Diamond Viper ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 AGP 256MB GDDR2 Video Card
I have not opened the box. I will take some pictures for reference.
Features at a glance
* 128-bit GDDR2 memory interface
* High-speed 128-bit-HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
* Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
* Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10 & Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.0
* ATI Avivoâ„¢ HD Video and Display architecture
* HDCP Support
* CATALYST Software Drivers
* Windows Vistaâ„¢ 3D environment Support
Specifications
* GPU: ATI Radeonâ„¢ 2600PRO
* Bus Type: AGP
* Core Clock: 600 MHZ
* Memory Size: 256MB
* Memory Configuration: 8Mx32 GDDR2
* Memory Interface: 128-Bit
* Memory Speed: 800 MHz
* Peak Pixel Fill Rate: 14.4 Gpixels/sec
* Peak Memory Bandwidth: 16.0 GB/s
* API Support: DirectX® 9.0 and 10.0, OpenGL
* Display Formats: 2 x Dual Link DVI + HDTV-Out
I hope it can improve the HD video quality and game power. Sometimes I edit DV for my daughters.
The price is $119.99, plus Tax is 134.39
From now, Dreamhost start to provide ZenPhoto in its easy One-Click! installation.
Based on the official letter from dreamhost, zenphoto is more better than Gallary.
I may try it later this week. See how good it is. I also know it has a wordpress plugin. That means it can be integrated with wordpress.
reCAPTCHA is better than MT native captcha image. reCAPTCHA is not only the a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer, but also let users help to recognize the scanned document. More details about the theory of reCAPTCHA.
MovableType 4.1 has an native CAPTCHA tool. It also has an extra plugin of reCAPTCHA.
Let me show you how to install and enable it.
1) Register an account at reCAPTCHA.
2) Add domain, all sub-domain will works under it.
3) Get public key and private key.
4) Copy the reCaptcha folder from /your MT folder/extras/examples/plugins/ to /your MT folder/plugins/ directory
5) Choose reCaptcha as the blog's captcha provider
Blog name > preferences > blog settings > comment
6) Save public key and private key into settings.
Blog name > preferences > plugins
7) Edit Comment Form template, so it renders MTCaptchaFields unconditionally. In practice, this means replacing these lines
<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTCaptchaFields">
<MTIfCommentsAccepted><MTIfRegistrationAllowed><MTElse><$MTCaptchaFields$></MTIfRegistrationAllowed></MTIfCommentsAccepted>
<div id="comments-open-captcha">
</div>
</MTIfNonEmpty>
to these lines:
<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTCaptchaFields">
<div id="comments-open-captcha">
<$MTCaptchaFields$>
</div>
</MTIfNonEmpty>
8) Edit Javascipt index template, to remove these lines of code which calls delayShowCaptcha:
<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTCaptchaFields">
captcha_timer = setInterval('delayShowCaptcha()', 1000);
</MTIfNonEmpty>
9) Rebuild index and individual entry archive and page archive.
You will see the warning of Google's SSL server certificate is expired when you login you Google AdWords account this morning.
The certificate is issued to www.googleadservices.com.
When login Google AdWords, it will check your google account through Google Ad Services site.
From the screen shot above, we can tell the details about this certificate.
Issued to Google Inc.
Issued by Thawte SGC CA
Expired on 2008-03-05
Anyway, this problem of certificate expired warning is gone.
Blackjack Club is an onlne casino which providesonline black jack game.
It has many table games including Blackjack, Bacarrat, Caribbean Poker, Sic Bo, Roulette, Craps, Pai Gow, Pontoon.
Slots machine is also fun. Blackjack Club has two 3D games too. One is racing horse, the other is Arctic Adventure.
The online game is asking for downloading and installation. User just download the small install package, 136KB, and run it. During installation stages, it will let user choose language, which including 15 languages, currency type, and installation type.
After finished installation. The online game is ready for user.
It has two mode. One is play for fun, which is totally free. No charege. No register required.
And also you know, you just play for fun. You can not get the number of money back. It is a number only. Real number.
The other one is play for Real Money. The registeration is required. A detailed information form have to be filled to create an account. This mode is good for real casino player. If you are the Blackjack player, and have an computer with high speed internet access at home luckly, and also watch my post, it is right for you. You don't need to go out and drive 100 miles to find a casino. Just stay home and play this Free Online Blackjack.
I have some USB flash disks. I'd like to make it a bootable with Ubuntu 7.10.
Let me show you how to do it.
1. Grab the Ubuntu 7.10 ISO and burn it to a CD
2. Insert the CD and your USB flash drive
3. Reboot your computer into Ubuntu from the Live CD
4. Open a terminal window and type sudo su
5. Type fdisk -l to list available drives/partitions. Note which device is your flash drive (example: /dev/sda) Throughout this tutorial, replace x with your flash drive letter. For example, if your flash drive is sdb, replace x with b.
6. Type umount /dev/sdx1
7. Type fdisk /dev/sdx
* type p to show the existing partition and d to delete it
* type p again to show any remaining partitions (if partitions exist, repeat the previous step)
* type n to make a new partition
* type p for primary partition
* type 1 to make this the first partition
* hit enter to use the default 1st cylinder
* type +750M to set the partition size
* type a to make this partition active
* type 1 to select partition 1
* type t to change the partition filesystem
* type 6 to select the fat16 file system
* type n to make another new partition
* type p for primary partition
* type 2 to make this the second partition
* hit enter to use the default cylinder
* hit enter again to use the default last cylinder
* type w to write the new partition table
8. Type umount /dev/sdx1 to ensure the 1st partition is unmounted
9. Type mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdx1 to format the first partition
10. Type umount /dev/sdx2 just to ensure the 2nd partition is unmounted
11. Type mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdx2 to format the second partition
12. Remove and Re-insert your flash drive
13. Back at the terminal, type apt-get update
14. Type apt-get install syslinux mtools
15. Type syslinux -sf /dev/sdx1
16. Type cd /cdrom
17. Type cp -rf casper disctree dists install pics pool preseed .disk isolinux/* md5sum.txt README.diskdefines ubuntu.ico casper/vmlinuz casper/initrd.gz /media/ubuntu710/
Ignore any "cannot create symbolic link" errors
18. Type cd /home/ubuntu
19. Type wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/U710fix.zip
20. Type unzip -o -d /media/ubuntu710/ U710fix.zip
21. Restart your computer, set your BIOS or Boot menu to boot from the USB device and reboot again.
I replaced the fan of power supply unit(PSU) in PC. The fan was too noise to sit beside the PC.
I bought one PSU fan last friday in Crystal Mall. It's $9.
EverFlow F128025SM, 12V, 0.14AMP, 2400rpm, 26db.
To remove the failed fan and put the new one on is not difficult for me. I knon how to weld.
The only thing I want to keep is how to test the PSU without installing it into the PC.
This post tell you the simply way.
If you want to test the power supply before it's installed in your system, take a spare piece of wire about 2 inches long, strip the ends and bend it in a "U" shape. Find the 20-pin motherboard connector and connect the green wire to the black wire next to it as shown. Then plug the power cord in and the power supply will come on.
After testing the PSU, I installed it into the PC.
