Check the version before upgrading.

I touched the settings and settings again, to check the upgrade availability.

Touch the confirm to upgrade. It may restart two times. Just have a patient and wait for it finishes.

What’s new on firmware version 5.12.2

• Read Now from the Store: In the coming weeks you will be able to read items you own with a single click from the detail or thank you page on the Store.
• Read Now for Kindle Unlimited/Prime Reading: In the coming weeks you will be able to read Kindle Unlimited/Prime Reading items with a single click from the recommendations listed at the end of your book.
• Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.

You can download the firmware from the Kindle eReader Software Updates page.

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The specifications:

• Screen Size  23.8″
• Panel Type AH-IPS
• Color Depth 16.7M colors
• Aspect Ratio 16:9
• Screen resolution 1920X1080
• Brightness 250cd/m2
• Response Time 5ms
• Contrast Ratio- DFC  5M:1
• Viewing Angle 178
• Surface Treatment Anti-Glare, 3H

Two Inputs: D-Sub and HDMI

Open the box.

It is my first IPS monitor.

What is IPS? I heard a lot of times on hardware forum.

IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology enhances the performance of liquid crystal displays. Response times are shortened, color reproduction is improved, and users can now view the screen at virtually any angle.

What is LED Backlighting? It is also my first LED Monitor.

LG’s LED backlighitng delivers exceptional brightness and amazing image clarity. You’ll see richer colors and deeper blacks too, and LEDs offer greater energy efficiency compared to conventional LCD monitors.

It took me $148.99 plus Eco fee $9.00, and Tax $18.96. Total is $176.95.

I have two monitor. The other one is Acer X223w. So, I downloaded and installed LG Dual Smart Solution software to config my two monitors.

Download Dual Smart Solution for MP56, v2.7

Download LG 24MP56HQ – P windows Driver LG_24MP56_Win8_Driver

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Yesterday, I add a new type of worksheet, Long Division.

Long division is usually used when the divisor is at least two digits long and the dividend is at least 3 digits long. Unlike short division, all the working out are written out in full below the dividing line.

Look at the questions:

The answer sheet provides the details of it.

The pdf format of this example can be download here.

If you need one, just go to our math worksheet custimization site to get your own copy for FREE.

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I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE.

Prerequisites

1. Download the KDZ. It is V20A for Telus in Canada. http://ul.to/6n7tzhu2

2. Google and install the LG USB drivers if you don’t have it.

3. Download and install LG Mobile Support Tool http://ul.to/y9r0lbyt

4. Download the FlashTools. (The link is broken.)

Use Premium download, if you want to download them faster.

How to Falsh the original ROM

1. Extract the “Flashtool” folder on the desktop, or where you want. Open the folder “Flashtool.1.0.54”.

2. Turn off the phone and connect it to the PC with the USB cable. Turn on the phone then.

3. Go back to Flashtool folder and run as administrator WindowsEnabler.exe. Go to the bar at the bottom right, and click once with the left mouse button over the icon of WindowsEnabler, so that appears the “On”message.

4. Now run as administrator UpTestEX.exe and do the following:

-Select the .KDZ file that you want to flash

-Set “3GQCT”

-Set PhoneMode “EMERGENCY”

Once done, click “Normal web upgrade test”

5. In the next window click “Upgrade Start”

6. Wait a few seconds an a new window will pop up.

– Click “Clear phone Software update Registry”

– Select different country if you’re not in Korea. Yes I select it because I am in Canada.

– Select Language as English

– Click OK

After this the LG flashing tool should start analyzing your phone and flashing the .KDZ

Once done you can detatch the USB cable and see if the phone boots up. However it will probably bootloop. In this case follow the Hard Reset Procedure below.

Hard Reset Procedure

The phone has to be off. Hold Volume – AND Power , a message will show up confirming the factory reset. Press Power Button twice , than wait. It will auto reboot.

Or, you may remove the MicroSD card, then power on the phone.

The main part of the guide is from the forum at http://forum.xda-developers.com

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StudioTax is free for everyone.  Let me quote it as below.  I recommend it.

StudioTax 2013 is the next version to prepare and file the 2013 (due by April 30, 2014) federal and provincial income tax returns including Quebec provincial returns.

StudioTax is FREE regardless of income

StudioTax 2013 and prior versions are only available for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

As always, StudioTax is made available FREE for personal use and regardless of level of income. NO questions asked, NO registration, NO key, and NO activation.

The StudioTax 2013 is now available for download

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I like to put the upgrade news here, because I like this software. It is free and compatible with most of the ebook devices in the market.

New Features

• Conversion: Treat .docm the same as .docx files, ignoring any macros in the file.Closes tickets:
• EPUB Output: Auto convert CMYK images to RGB. Works around the inability of Adobe Digital Editions to display CMYK images.Closes tickets:
• Quickview: Add a checkbox to lock the quickview window so that it does not change while moving around in the main book list

Download the Windows 64bit edition here. http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows64

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I googled the new version download link. And found the full installation package. It is 30.5MB.
Download it and install it.
Check the about, it is 6.6.73.106 now.

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DNS-323 has it official BT client, or addon. But I would like to have a more powerful BT client.

First of all, FFP is requried. FFP stands for fonz fun_plug. I installed ffp 0.7 on it, per instruction here.
DNS-323 is using oabi. Ref

Installation is only two steps:
Step 1:
Download two files and put into the root folder on disk1 of DNS-323
fun_plug (installation script)
fun_plug.tgz (source files/packages)
Step 2:
Reboot DNS-323.

To install BT client, Transmission, I followed the guide here.
I installed the latest version, Transmission 2.76.

After that, I can use web interface to do the downloading.
Transmission provide a lot of features.
So I can easily change the speed, ports, location, or view statistics.

See the screenshots below:

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So I have the USB disk on hand. It is 2GB, the smallest capacity one I have.

The method to make a bootable USB disk is a little bit different from the one I blogged 6 years ago.

Preparation:

1) Download flash tools – HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool (Please google it and find the download link by yourself)

2) Download DOS package , named Win98 boot. (Also try to google it)

3) Decompress these two file.

How to make a Bootable USB Disk

1. Install the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool, which I downloaded above,  and run the program.
2. Select the Device, I am using device O, and the File system, Fat32,  from the drop down menus.
3. Check the checkbox of Create a DOS startup disk, choose the location of the folder I unzipped above of DOS package.
4. Select the circle on the top that says create New or Replace Existing Configuration. Click Next.
5. Click Start
6. Click Finish

Then the bootable disk is ready to use. I insert it into one PC and power up. I have configed the boot sequence to USB, CD-ROM, HDD.

Then I saw the dos prompt came.

To flash the MB BIOS, I download the latest BIOS file from DELL website. decompress the file and copy them into USB disk.

I boot the Dell PC with this USB disk, run the command to flash the BIOS. It is I537A03.exe

After that, unplug the USB disk, reboot the PC. Press F2 to go into CMOS setting, load the default and save exit. Then All done.

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The embedded font is used as the base font for all text that does not specify its own font family in the input document. Works only with output formats that support font embedding, principally EPUB/AZW3. Option is found under Look & Feel in the conversion dialog. You can ensure that the font is used for all text, regardless of the input document’s styles by filtering out font family styles via the Filter Style Information option in the Conversion dialog.

Bug Fixes
Windows: Check if any of the files of a book are in use before changing the title/author, this prevents the creation of duplicate files if one of the files is open in another program
Kobo driver: Fix the ondevice status for some books getting lost.
Closes tickets: 1069403
Catalogs: Fix regression that broke use of prefix rules.
Closes tickets: 1070086
Tag Browser: Fix sorting incorrect for accented letters
Closes tickets: 1069835
Make the bundled Liberation fonts available on all platforms for embedding
Use mimetype for fonts from the EPUB 3 specification
Get Books: Handle website change that broke the SONY Store plugin
Generate cover: If the default font cannot render characters in the metadata (for example for east asian languages) try to automatically find a font on the system that is capable of rendering the characters
Fix regression that broke certain types of CSS selectors.
Closes tickets: 1068937
Use font-weight:bold instead of font-weight:bolder for the and tags as ADE cant handle bolder when embedded fonts are used
Get the latest download here.