WD HDD in my NAS system
I have NAS system for many years. If you read my blog long enough, you will know the first NAS I was using is D-Link DNS-323 from 2009. Two bay network storage system. I used two hard drives. Western Digital...
How to replace the hinge of Canon imageClass MF4450
It is a promised post for a long time. My Canon imageClass MF4450 multifunction printer. I ordered the parts in January and received them in February. I said I will make a post to show you how to replace the...
Catching the Best Kind of Virus
Millions of people spend hours every day on their smartphones, tablets and laptops. While some of these hours are spent on productive tasks like work, shopping for necessities and connecting with friends and family, inevitably people get sucked into diverting...
How I setup the W3TC on my WordPress blog
Today, I take down the CDN, just use the native VPS to provide all the static content of the WordPress blog. I will use a lot of screenshots to present the settings I configured. What is W3TC? Someone may ask...
Compiling the Commento from source
In the last post, I wrote the way to set up the commento on Ubuntu 20.04 with the binary file. It did works on my VPS. But the problem is very big, it is not updated. The latest binary release...
Setup the Commento on Ubuntu 20.04
Commento is an open-source platform. It is a comment system for blogs. I like its slogan.: Embed comments without giving up your privacy. You can use the commento service at https://commento.io by paying $10 a month. Or you can set...
Remove Discus and Use the WordPress Native Comment system
As I mentioned in the title of this post, I disabled the Discus plugin and removed it from the Blogging system or WordPress. I starting to use the original, native commenting function out the box of the WordPress installation. It...
Canon MF4450 can not open
One day, I found the printer, the one that connects to my PC, is broken. I can not open the scan cover. The printing function is fine. I am wondering what happened to it. Here is the back look of...
Upgrade Composer from 1.x to 2.x at Windows 10
Yes. I just upgrade my Composer installation on my Windows 10 desktop PC. Not too hard. But also good to keep it updated. My PC is Windows 10 Pro, version 20H2, OS build 19042.746. I use git for windows as...
How to enable JIT on PHP 8.0?
The default installation of php 8.0 I mentioned in the previous post has JIT built-it. But, here is a big BUT, JIT is not enabled. I used the testing script which is found in this post. The source code can...
php 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
PHP 8.0 has been released officially to the General Availability on November 26, 2020. I got no chance to install it and test it. Yesterday I did the test run on my Vultr VPS. Firstly, I prepare the VPS. I...
Great food source for Diabets – Part 2
In part 2, I will post more food and sample meals. Diabetes can not be cured, but we can make it not harmful to our body. Salmon A serving of salmon — 3 to 4 ounces — is about 200...
Great food source for Diabets – Part 1
There are a lot of people with diabetes around the world. Based on the statistics from American Diabetes Association: In 2018, 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5% of the population, had diabetes. We live in Canada. So, look at the studies...
Preciva Cramping Tool Set Instruction Manual
I bought the Coax Crimper Tool Kit last September. It is not that simple tool. I did make a few coax cables when I got the toolset. It is four months ago. I almost forget how to make it. And...
Upgrade my Calibre installation to the Latest Calibre 5.9
Last September, Calibre 5.0 released. Today, I upgraded the installation to 5.9. Let me have a look what’s new features of this E-Book management software. New features for Calibre 5.9 Annotations: Allow exporting highlights and bookmarks in Markdown format, with...