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The Revival of the IRC World

Posted on February 15, 2015 by timlyg

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 →

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VirtualBox

Posted on February 8, 2015 by timlyg

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 →

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Learning Languages via Subtitle Merging

Posted on January 21, 2015 by timlyg

For music videos, films, dual subtitle merger online.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Keeps Disconnecting Wifi

Posted on December 26, 2014 by timlyg

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 →

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Coursera: Computational Investing, Part I

Posted on December 26, 2014 by timlyg

By Tucker Bulch from Georgia Tech. I do not understand all those hedge, mutual funds stuff. But I will take away with me some important terms. Risk 1: Standard deviation of return (volatility) Risk 2: Draw Down (size of drop) … Continue reading →

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Scanning Books into Readable text PDF

Posted on December 16, 2014 by timlyg

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 →

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rooted - As well as iphone 5

Posted on November 15, 2014 by timlyg

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 →

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How Do I Repair A Stop c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The Registry Cannot Load Hive (File): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\Software Error

Posted on November 12, 2014 by timlyg

This happens when I accidentally plugged into an erroneous socket at the library at City College. The socket light was flashing green LED, causing my laptop power indicator to flash as well. At first I thought it was due to … Continue reading →

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Removing DRM from Kindle eBooks

Posted on November 12, 2014 by timlyg

Get Calibre. Download DRM removal tools zip file. Open Calibre, Ctrl-p for preference. Click Plugins under Advanced, click "Load plugin from file" button. Choose file from the unzipped tools. Bypass security warning, success! Kindle books are generally stored here: C:\Users$$!Your … Continue reading →

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8 cool alternate uses for an Android smart phone!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by timlyg

Some ideas are not bad. Hints on what apps to use for smart phone as webcam or GPS locator. Though I have not tried them to evaluate it. Thus, categorized as project.

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