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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...

Posted on December 20, 2012 Notes of MovableType

BlogDash verification

BlogDash is a platform for bloggers. Bloggers can create content, connect with others and audience, engage with the blog. From here, you can see the basic facts of the social stats of the blog in web environment.

Posted on December 14, 2012June 11, 2015 Hardware

Make a bootable USB disk to flash MB BIOS

Sometimes I need to flash the mother-board BIOS from DOS. Actually now I have not tools can boot the PC to DOS. There is no floppy disk driver on it. I can only make a DOS bootable USB disk to...

Posted on December 12, 2012April 20, 2018 Software

Calibre upgraded to 0.9.9 – 64bit now

It is new update again for Calibre. Version 0.9.9. Until Calibre 0.9.8, it is 32bit program only. Even it works perfect on my Windows 7 64bit OS. Now it has native 64bit program. I download it from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows64 Let me...

Posted on December 7, 2012February 23, 2014 L.A.M.P.

Ubuntu tool – Ubuntu Tweak

I use Ubuntu on my Netbook, Acer Aspire One. It has only 8 GB SSD as storage. The disk space is always tight there. That is why I install Lubuntu on it. Light and quick respond. After a few months...

Posted on December 4, 2012April 20, 2018 Software

Calibre upgraded to 0.9.8

Just a week, Calibre 0.9.8 came. Here is some new for it. New Features Add an option to show the cover size in the book details panel on the right. Option is in Preferences->Look & Feel->Book Details Kobo driver: Add...

Posted on November 29, 2012April 20, 2018 Software

Calibre upgraded to 0.9.7

Release: 0.9.7 [23 Nov, 2012] Almost every time I use Calibre, I may download a new version, or update. Tons of bug fixs or some new features as blow. There are some new features: New Features Edit metadata dialog: Show...

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