Force IPv4 when using APT command in Ubuntu
Sometimes you may want to disable IPv6 when using apt update command or some other apt operation. If you want to use IPv4 in one command, just run following: If you want to force to use IPv4 for all apt...
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Things You Don’t Know about iPhone : Infographic
Do you know how to save buttery life when it’s very low without turning on the airplane mode? What magic can you do with Siri except asking her to open an app or call somebody? Do you know that you...
Google Penguin and Link Building for Small Businesses: 4 Tips
When Google Penguin 4.0 was released in October of 2016, one of its main goals was to target and reduce the rank for sites that were found to have poor links. While the Internet search engine giant’s intention was to...
How to determine Water Heater Age
It is hard to find the date of manufacture of Hot Water Tank, or Water Heater. Most of time they do not put the date on the plate. But we can decode from the serial number. Let me show you...
Asus O!Play HDP-R1 V1.38N
Last time I upgraded Asus O!Play to v1.33N in last Oct. So check the official site, found the latest one is v1.38N. There is also v1.35N in between. The updates from v1.33 to v1.38 are below. Add new feature: Hungarian...
Expend your CityVille by more friends
CityVille was introduced by my friend. She knew I like to play SimCity style games. So when I start to play CityVille, I can not stop. I spend a lot of time on this game. See my current status of...
What can go wrong when including another file into your php file
It is very often to include another file as a part of your script. When do this kind of including, should be very careful on following parts. 1) The path to the script is wrong. 2) The path to the...
Another Ten PHP Optimization Tips
I wrote PHP Optimization to improve performance. Now I have another ten PHP optimization tips for you. 1. Single-quoted strings. Use single quote when possible. It is faster than double quote. If it is string only, just pick single quotes....
Google Chart API
Google introduced it Chart API last December. For reference, I noted here my tips. I need a 3D Pie chart. The code should looks like below: <img src=”https://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:50,10,40&chs=500×200&chl=PR|HTTP Status|Whois”/> The code can break down as shown here: “cht=p3” is the...
jQuery category created
From today, I will start to learn jQuery framework. I compared the popular five Ajax toolkits, including jQuery. Now I choose jQuery as my Ajax toolkit. I will build a Inout Board system by PHP, MySql and jQuery. To replace...
Top 10 Ubuntu Blogs
I have a Ubuntu installation on one of my desktop. I am not a expert of Linux, but I like the spirit of Linux. Free and Open. I alway get the tips, referrence, howtos from these top 10 Ubuntu Blogs....
Schedule to shutdown your Windows XP
I was downloading some mp3 by emule yesterday night. When I want to go to bed, there are still 40 minutes. How can I do? Turn off it or leave it on whole night? OK. I use a command to...
How to prepare your business travel
When you prepare your business travel, you may need your laptop. There are some tips for you. If you travel without your Laptops: Set up guest PCs in your branch offices for on-the-go employee. Transport data on thumb-drive storage devices....