DIY Chinese Visa Photo
Here is a How-to guide to DIY Chinese Visa Photo. The requirement of it is 33mm x 48mm, a little bit smaller than 2 inches. Here is a sample picture from official China embass website. So just take a picture...
HHVM 3.6 has problem with MariaDB
The same script php file, always works smoothly on HHVM 3.2 to HHVM 3.5. Until I upgrade it to HHVM 3.6. It is a simply script which use mysqli connection and so on. Now it is shown the error as...
Linode has a security updates
Received an email from Linode about the security updates. It happened on yesterday. The Email said: Linode recently received several Xen Security Advisories (XSAs) that require us to perform updates to our host servers. In order to apply the updates,...
Important Passport Tips for Canadians
First of all, the passport remains the exclusive property of the Government of Canada and the person is allowed to use it. Safekeeping As the custodian of this passport, it is your responsibility to keep it in a safe place...
413 Request Entity Too Large – Nginx Web Server
It is a error on Nginx Web Server. Actually happened when I tried to import a large sql backup into MySQL server through phpmyadmin. First, I change the upload limit or max file size on php.ini upload_max_filesize = 100M post_max_size...
Using Esso Extra Privileges to save your gas
Gas price is still high. I checked it on VancouverGasPrices.com and saw the gas price of ESSO nearby is 126.9. Now, ESSO has a new program, ESSO EXTRA Privileges. With it, we can save money. Here is a privileges card...
Upgrade to Calibre 2.20
New Features of v2.20 ODT Input: Add backlinks for footnotes/endnotes and improve their formatting. Windows: When running on windows 8 and newer register with default programs so that users can more easily select calibre or its viewer/editor as the default...
Philanthropy, Politics, And Culture: Is There A Connection?
When people think of the concept of “culture”, they perhaps have a tendency to imagine the sort of thing that exists on public television: Symphony orchestras playing outdated classical compositions, or long winded historical surveys of the Roman Empire or...
Upgrade Piwik to 2.11.0
One of my site uses Piwik for site analytics. Now, it is upgraded to Piwik 2.11.0. Here is the release note about it. Breaking changes: The event User.getLanguage has been removed. The following deprecated event has been removed: TaskScheduler.getScheduledTasks Special...
Upgrade firmware of D-Link DIR-850L
Now it is time to upgrade D-Link router 850L to new version, 1.12WW. Here is official download link Look at the release notes: Firmware: FW1.12.B05(Release) Hardware: A1 Date:2014/10/06 Note: 1. Update CN channel table 2. Support No-IP DDNS server Problems...
PHP Benchmark on HHVM, Nginx Web Server
The test is almost same as I did before on php 5.5, php5.4 and php5.3, or php-fpm. It is running on the HHVM and Nginx. The installation of Ubuntu 14.04, Nginx, MariaDB, HHVM is posted yesterday. Using default HHVM settings....
How to install HHVM, Nginx, MariaDB in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
It is just a record for reference. 0) I have my Ubuntu 14.04 installation done on my VirtualBox 512MB memory 1 CPU. Install Ubuntu 14.04 server with openssh server only. No other server software installed. 1) Install Nginx Nginx can...
Switch to bzip2 compression on my server backup scripts
Previously I used gzip as compression tool to compress the web site files and mysql database. It is still working on my Linode server. I learned something from the compairasion from this post . So I tried to use bzip...
The way to check if JPEG file is progressive or not
There are two type of JPEG picture file. Regular JPEG, or baseline JPEG. Progressive JPEG, or Interlace JPEG. It is very common, same quality picture, progressive jpeg is smaller than regular jpeg. And also progressive jpeg can show the content...
Got a new SanDisk USB Flash drive
My old Verbatim USB Drive Store N Go 16GB is broken, when I dropped it on the ground. So I got a chance to purchase a new one from London Drugs. Now it is new SanDisk USB Flash drive. Still...