BlogRush is shutting down
I received the email from BlogRush. The heading is BlogRush is Shutting Down. You may read my previous post BlogRush – It is a cool stuff to improve your traffic, when I first try the service on September 21, 2007....
Dreamhost is down this morning
You may find my blog is not available this morning. It is happened because of the file server error of Dreamhost. It is fixed after two or three hours site down. I hope Dreamhost can make their service more reliable....
SPA-2002 Daylight Saving Time setting
The phone connected with my VOIP adapter, SPA-2002, is always get the wrong time. You know, we live in North America, with Daylight Saving Time. The clock of phone will update depending on the time info from the VOIP adapter....
Daylight Saving Time Canada
Rule Start: Second Sunday in March End: First Sunday in November Time: 2 am local time Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time is extended one month and the schedule for the states of the United States that adopt daylight saving...
GDI++ is not good enough
The font of Windows always needs to be improved. Say I have ClearType on Windows XP. It is good and looks clear and sharp. I found GDI++ last month, and I tried it on XP. The font in IE and...
Chinese Hi-Tech protect net on top of the mainland China
It is so powerful that anybody is affected by it in mainland China. Sometimes we call it GFW – Great Firewall. Sometimes we call it Chinese Lan. Here is the comparison made by the special Firefox addon. China Channel Screencast...
VOIP codec choice
When use VOIP service with a VOIP adapter, you have to choose the codec. The codec is very important. Unsuitable codec will make your call intermittently. Codecs are settings used to fine-tune the audio compression of your VoIP devices. Different...
Commercial Construction Cost Trends 3rd quarter 2008
The data is provided by MSB. Key Cost Trends in Canada The average wage rate increased by 0.9% for the quarter and 3.6% for the year. The average material cost increased by 0.3% for the quarter and decreased 1.3% for...
Movable Type’s 7th Anniversary
I used Movable Type as my blog platform over Four years. Now MovableType will have a 7 years old birthday party in head office. If I am in San Francisco, I would join it. The party is next Thursday, October...
Making site stats accessible with htaccess
Dreamhost has a site stats facility included. But sometimes it is not accessible because of the .htaccess file. Say WordPress or some customized .htaccess file which will change the rewrite rule. To make it works, add following code in top...
Free your memory with Ram Idle LE
RAM Idle LE is a smart memory management program that will keep your computer running more efficiently, faster, and longer. The program’s intelligently manages the free RAM that is available to Windows, and prevents your computer from running progressively slower...
Burnaby Douglas riding voting result
There are facts of Burnaby Douglas Riding. Language: English: 50,820 French: 970 Non-official Languages: 57,125 Citizenship: Immigrants: 52,475 Non Citizen: 12,740 It is not clear who will win in this riding. NDP or Con? Bill Siksay or Ronald Leung? It...
Canada Votes 2008
I will vote this afternoon for Canada. It is Burnaby – Douglas. Let me see the riding profile. This is an urban riding, located east of Vancouver on the southern shore of Burrard Inlet. It contains that part of Burnaby...
How to find your real IP address
There is a simple tool you can use to find out your real IP address. It is very helpful when you in a LAN and have limited rights. Just click the link You will see something looks like below:
Change my long distance phone service provider to poivY
I used Voipstunt as my long distance phone service provider almost two years. It gave good quality phone connection. Now I change to poivY. A new voip provider name, but actually same company as voipstunt. The most important reason is...