Three UnixBench testing results including Linode VPS
UnixBench is a testing tool. I run it on two Linode VPS. One is located at Newark, NJ, with new hardware, including CPU E5-2670. The testing results are shown as below:
Got a Greenlee GT-16 Adjustable Non-Contact Voltage Detector
I think every house need a Voltage Detector. Especially when house owner changes the light bulb. The day I send my car to Goodyear for service, is a good day. I have a walk and found a store. I went...
Electric Vehicle Charging device on Brentwood Mall
I saw the new device in the parking lot of Brentwood Mall. It looks like below. Electric Vehicle Charging Station. New type of energy. Clean energy. CO2 free energy. It is used to charge Electric Vehicle. If it is a...
Install htop on Linode VPS
htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. If you used top command before, I would like to tell you that htop is a replacement of top,...
How to choose the right router
To choose the router or upgrade your home network, first you should know what standard you need. There are three main standards on market now. Standard Max Speed 802.11g 54Mbps 802.11n 600Mbps 802.11ac 1.3Gbps 802.11g was introduced many years ago,...
How to change the title of frontpage at Joomla 3
Joomla 3 is new CMS system. Even I tried Joomla 1.5, or 2.0 during past years, I still got lost in Joomla 3. Here is a How-To to show you the way to change or remove the default title on...
Submit website to Directory
Here is a website directory service. It is a best time to submit your store, your blog, or any type of web site to G2links.com. It started in 2007. Just few weeks ago, it is re-launched and your site has...
Grace’s drawing in Burnaby Art Gallery
There is a art exhibition starting from April 19 to May19, 2013. Arts Alive 2013: Memories of Place The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present the annual Arts Alive showcase at the historic Ceperley Mansion. “Memories of Place” marks...
UnixBench 5.1.3 testing result on Linode VPS
I have a Linode VPS with 1GB RAM. To verify the performance of it, I test the VPS with UnixBench 5.1.3. The result is amazing. The System Benchmarks Index Score is 2298. The details of score and breakdown of it...
Got Linode as VPS
I used Dreamhost VPS before, used Burst.net VPS. Now I am going to introduce Linode VPS service. Linode provides XEN VPS only. It upgraded VPS service to the new generation. Let me summery it then you know how better it...
Do you know RCMP or Mounties
As a Canadian, I saw RCMP almost everywhere in Canada. But do I know RCMP or Mounties history? The answer is NO. I read a book, and get the following. The RCMP evolved from the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), created...
Upgrade selfoss to v2.6
Selfoss programe is very helpful to me. There is also some issues, such as duplicate items. Anyway, I did the upgrade from 2.4 to v2.6 today. The upgrade procedures are simple. See following upgrade guide. For me, I just did...
selfoss release 2.4 – replacement of Google Reader
Everyone knew Google Reader is going to retire on July 1, 2013. So I make a decision that I will not use other RSS reader service. I would like to have my personal Feed Aggregator site. Selfoss is an OpenSource...
Calibre released 0.9.24
Upgrade Calibre from 0.9.22 to 0.9.24. Let me see how many bugs fixed and features added. New Features – 0.9.24 ToC Editor: Allow auto-generation of Table of Contents entries from headings and/or links in the book EPUB/MOBI Catalogs: Allow saving...
HDMI 1.4 Cable
I bought three HDMI cables from Taobao. Price is much lower than those on Ebay. I just noticed that the HDMI is version 1.4 now. Based on the Wiki: HDMI 1.4 was released on May 28, 2009, and the first...