Category Archives: Technical

I believe someone unplugged my AC cord in the school's library and put hers in the same socket, despite 3 other available sockets next to it. I did not realize it until I finished my studies. Hence, I was determined … Continue reading →

The hot corner where when the mouse is over on top left corner of the screen activates the Activities (same effect as Windows Key or clicking on Activities at the top) is very annoying. Solution: Suggestions to edit some /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/layout.js … Continue reading →

C++ implements vector & set libraries. Which are fascinating. On iterators, Vectors use random access iterators while sets use bidirectional iterators. The difference: random access iterators are treated like an indexed array thereby allowing some basic integer operation. Bidirectional iterators … Continue reading →

More than 20 years ago, I was quite fond of IRC (Internet Relay Chat). It coincided with my first experience of the Internet. I believe it was one of the key incentive of selling internet services. I could virtually chat … Continue reading →

First, it was dual...triple boot loaders. Now, virtual machines (VM) are getting popular. In my programming class, we use VirtualBox loaded with Linux guest (*.ova file). Then, I got curious, and went ahead to install guests Mac OSX (Snow Leopard) … Continue reading →

On AT&T service. Solution: Thanks to android central forum (Telespielstube): (Option 1, didn't quite work for me) for all those who having WIFI issues constantly disconnecting. I have found this on xda-developers.com (source below). "Go to phone On the keypad … Continue reading →

The program that does the wonder: Readiris. Readiris Corporate 12 Asian in my case. Either scan from a PDF file or scanner (Use OCR Wizard) Two ways of converting the scans into readable PDF: Via OCR Wizard-PDF(Image-Text), or Format, Recognize … Continue reading →

I think it is a real deal. Easiest ever, compared to the ancient method of downloading the 2GB image file and redsnow that. Just download a small app(TowelRoot) from the website and presto. Done. Not even requiring a reboot. As … Continue reading →