Category Archives: Technical

I'm trying to make my journal more visual appealing: photos and videos and pdf, etc. Obviously, these will consume more data and I may hit some storage limit in the not so near future. However, that's not my major concern. … Continue reading →

This are photos from my testing with Beijing last Friday, for NYGC which was trying to do remote class with China. Looks like the Chinese version of Tokbox is not bad. Drew my interest in P2P video streaming technology.

A good C# sample is here: https://github.com/7wingfly/P2Pchat Simple and elegant. NAT Hole Punching allows connections between two devices behind routers. So there's no need for IP/port configuration at the router.

Sometimes Windows make it impossible to do elevated level configurations under Standard User account, no matter how hard one tries: runas doesn't work, right-click runas admin doesn't work, etc. Changing a network adapter's advanced properties maybe one of them, but … Continue reading →

Turns out, it's rather easy, check out YouTube. These USB cables only uses 4 lines, two for data and two for power (including ground). Just match them colors accordingly.

Some like it, some like neither. Most of my work mails are checked on the spot so I may not need this kind of stuff now. Source: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2016/07/26/outlook-helps-you-focus-on-what-matters-to-you/

There was Tor browser. But KProxy (addon for Chrome & Firefox) is the best one I've used so far, on Firefox.  

A good tutorial start: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/naresh.avari/develop-and-install-a-windows-service-in-C-Sharp/ I developed one to help shutdown my company computer at certain time everyday.

Version 12.1.6 (12.1 RU6 MP5) build 7004 (12.1.7004.6500) For some reason, this didn't install well on Surface Pro Windows 10 Pro. Error messages: "symantec endpoint protection cannot open because some symantec services are stopped. restart the symantec services and then … Continue reading →

Nice little handheld mobile jump starter for cars. I bought it a while back when my wife had trouble with jump starting car. It worked the first time we used it, very well. No need to borrow life from another … Continue reading →