Category Archives: Technical

A bubble stick-on for smartphone camera for 15x magnification. Good idea. May be a little steep for $15.

To hide the User's Button from Windows Welcome Logon screen, create such in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList Select UserList, and in the right pane, right click on any blank space, and point to New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the … Continue reading →

Just use the serial numbers in the About window: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4132   For example: MacBook Pro 13-inch   Model Model Identifier Model number Configuration MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) MacBookPro10,2 MD212xx/A ME662xx/A 13.3"/2.5 i5/8GB/128-Flash 13.3"/2.6 i5/8GB/256-Flash MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, … Continue reading →

It would appear that AntiWPA is the only effective cure for the limited public key problem. I'm sure one can still obtain a student free version via Microsoft's site.

Forget about Sandboxie or VMWare. Thus far, I find Faronics' Deep Freeze the best. Standard edition has only the freezer. Enterprise edition has remote console with more configurations. (Took a while for me to figure out how to start the … Continue reading →

This hashtag or a pound "#" sign is symbol prefixed to one word. It is culturally associated with Twitter. But generally used in most social media. A metadata tag. When clicked, it lists all posts that contain this hashtag, thereby … Continue reading →

Looks like this technology is getting more focus. It uses vibration on external surface for sound creation.

Using a search function in my Astro App, I quickly found something I couldn't for a long time. (search key *.mp4) Coursera on the Go is a good free app (there is also paid version which allows user to choose … Continue reading →

Of all the call blocker I have used, Mr. Number Callblock is the best. NQ Mobile's Call Blocker and Call Control are just no match. Of all 3, Mr. Number's free cost is genuine, while the others try to make … Continue reading →