Category Archives: Technical

As it ends, everyone's looking forward to Feedly. Android's BeyondPod is also considering Feedly.

I remember it was $100K. Now the reward for the solution is $1M. Andrew Beal has gotten my attention.

Giving error 0x80072efe popup. It is caused by a rootkit. Problem solved by using Kaspersky's freeware: tdss killer, which detected the rootkit and cured it. After a required reboot, everything else works. This NYGC machine (STUDENT05) is one I just … Continue reading →

Slashdot has a good thread on this topic. Based on common poll, Lego Mindstorm & Arduino are the winners. There are others which I cannot cover here and now, after all, it's Slashdot.

Solved it by realizing the IP of access point (Belkin router) in balcony office was same as the main router down in the basement. Access points should have their own distinct IP. It was giving us a hard time for … Continue reading →

To share printer over the internet, instead of just the LAN network, is not easy. The best option I've found is via Google Chrome's Google Cloud Print. I think this will beat IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), Jetdirect & email printing.

For Chinese typing on Android, I had Sogou, looked at Baidu. Then I figured I typed English too often and used the default Swype after learning of its swiping advantage. Later, I was introduced to Swiftkey. Not much different. Now … Continue reading →

Error message pop up after boot saying Tablet Driver is not loading/loaded/found/started. Solution: Go to Services, restart: 1. Tablet Pen Input... 2. TableServicePen...

Update 9/15/2016: Seriously, if you are still using Rosetta Stone to learn languages...you ought to "go out" more into the WWW. There are far better and more accurate (Yes, Rosetta Stone's vocabulary is really faulty at times, I have native … Continue reading →

Finally, I disabled the routing NAT system on the Verizon Westell 6100G Modem. Thanks to the guide of this site, I managed to bridge the modem to the router. I remember I did attempt such bridging but to no avail. … Continue reading →