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Posted on January 25, 2013March 16, 2019 Reviews

What Type of Professional Should Earn the HP CSA?

Testslive is a one-stop site to provide the prepairation material for the exams of HP CSA – Converged Infrastructure Administration Certification. Unlike other certifications, the HP CSA – Converged Infrastructure Administration is primarily targeted towards HP customers, partners, or employees....

Posted on January 24, 2013April 24, 2018 Notes of MovableType

WordPress maintenance and security updates 3.5.1

It is time to upgrade WordPress to the latest 3.5.1. It is a maintenance and security update. From the announcement post, this maintenance release addresses 37 bugs with version 3.5, including: Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed...

Posted on January 24, 2013April 20, 2018 Software

Calibre released 0.9.15

It has new features. Linux MTP driver: Detect devices that have MTP interfaces even if their USB ids are not known Content server: Allow picking a random book by clicking the ‘Random book’ link on the start page. You can...

Posted on January 23, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Raspberry Pi Accessories

To make Raspberry Pi work, I need some accessories. When I ordered Raspberry Pi from the official site, it is a PCB only. I need the following items. USB keyboard and mouse. Prepared SD card. At least class4, 4GB. HDMI...

Posted on January 22, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

IR Universal Remote Control User Guide for Telus HD Box

I just start to use Telus TV service since 2012. I have a HD Box without PVR function. The remote control looks like the one below. For reference only, I put the User Guide here. If, you have same module,...

Posted on January 21, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Raspberry Pi in the clean case

I ordered one case for my Raspberry Pi board. It is only about $8. It is a set of pre-cut acrylic board. I assembled it with easy click-on. No glue needed. Here is the front pic.

Posted on January 19, 2013 My Life

What kind of Stroller can be checked at the gate?

If you want to travel by plane with your kid, you may need stroller. Then it raised the question, what kind of stroller can be checked at the gate? Based on the Stroller policy of Air Canada. Small collapsible umbrella...

Posted on January 17, 2013November 19, 2018 Reviews

Costco Executive Membership is Worth It?

Read the title as a question, my answer is YES. For regular member, the membership fee is $55 a year. Including Business member and Gold Star member. There is no rebate for these membership account. For Executive member, the membership...

Posted on January 14, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Fitbit zip wireless activity tracker

I bought one Fitbit Ultra to my wife. She is using it all day and night. I feel it is great tool. So I ordered one more Fitbit gardget for myself. It is called Fitbit Zip. It is a wireless...

Posted on January 14, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Acurite Wireless Weather Forecaster

My 2012 Christmas gift is a weather station, Acurite Wireless Weather Forecaster. Weather the day with confidence with your own weather and weather prediction information – pinpoint accuracy right from your own backyard. The AcuRite Digital Weather Center uses patent-pending...

Posted on January 13, 2013March 20, 2019 Freeware Review

It is Tax Season again – Using Studio Tax

Every year we file our tax return to CRA. This year, I still recommend Studio Tax for the normal people. Normal people means, the people are not investor, not boss, not an officer. If your main income is from employment,...

Posted on January 10, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

In this new year season, I bought a set of desktop hardware and built a new PC. Here is the hard drive. Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB, SATA 3 (6GB/s), 7200RPM, 64MB Cache, 3.5in. It is designed for desktop, called...

Posted on January 3, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

Fix the broken usb cable for ipod shuffle

I have an ipod shuffle. Most of time, I play Xiangsheng on it. It uses an usb cable to charge the battery and also connect with itunes to tranfer data. The cable I have is not that sable. I have...

Posted on January 3, 2013February 23, 2014 Hardware

New SanDisk SDHC card

It is most popular memory card for digital cameras. SD card Based on the capacity, there is different type of SD card. Capacity SDSC (SD): 1 MB to 2 GB,   some 4 GB available. SDHC: 4 GB to 32 GB SDXC: ≥32 GB to 2 TB I...

Posted on December 29, 2012March 17, 2019 Hardware

Some tips for Upgrade Windows 7 on Brand name PC

Say, there is a ASUS Laptop, which is shipped with Windows Vista. Now the user want to change it to Windows 7. Here is the tips to upgrade it. 1) Backup up the user files to a safe place. Maybe...

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