Upgrade Linode VPS to new E5-2670
Just few days ago, Linode did the hardware upgrade at Fremont data center. After that, I wait until today. I ask the support, when I can get the new CPU. The support replied and advise me that it will be...
The Interview: AI WEIWEI
It is published on Playboy, South Africa edition, June issue. A candid conversation with the Chinese dissident about being Beijing’s top target, using Twitter against oppression, and how Nancy Pelosi betrayed him. It is ten page interview. A lot of...
New Google Maps has poor performance
I tried new Google Maps on desktop. It has poor performance right now. Geo location is wrong. When I use old Google Maps, it shows me Burnaby, BC, Canada as my location. But when new Google Maps gave me Chillwack,...
Upgrade to MovableType 5.2.6
It is time to upgrade my MovableType installation to 5.2.6. I subscribe SixApart blog to receive news of MovableType. Most of my important Blogs are powered by MovableType. I like its static publishing. And the template system. The new responsive...
Calibre upgraded to 0.9.33
Upgrade my Calibre 64bit to 0.9.33 New Features PDF Output: Add an option to generate a printable Table of Contents (that lists page numbers). Useful if you intend to print out the PDF. Replace the book counts in the choose...
Geophysical resistivity and IP imaging systems
When a new construction project in design stage, a lot of reports are needed. Geophysical report is one of them. The tools to gether data and do the analycis are more important than others. Good tools give you better results....
Update Kobo mini firmware
I helped my daughter to charge the Kobo mini. After full charging, I did an sync on it. This time it shown the update of firmware. See the slider below
Calibre upgraded to 0.9.32
Here is new features of Calibre 0.9.32 Show the number of currently selected books in the status bar at the bottom of the book list Driver for PocketBook Touch 623 and Yarvik tablet Xenta 13c When editing dates such as...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...