Category Archives: Technical

I've one wondered about the sanitation in New York City...Now I have a closer look. Seems like the landfill of Fresh Kills, Staten Island is carrying the burden of all 5 boroughs. Some of Staten Island's residents may object, but … Continue reading →

Seems that no sound solution found. My solution is unplug power cable and repeat the test a few times using another USB port and it eventually works. Although, it will often go back to the same problem. Machine: Dell Optiplex … Continue reading →

Often times I came across the thought of doing this but have never gotten to a point of necessity until today. When the all mysterious crashes of one router at work forced my hand. This is after I have solved … Continue reading →

Doing a Sunday School Projector project at CCCNY, I stumbled upon this problem. Solution: Use the command powercfg.exe. Two other solutions found on the web: 1. Gemarti: I never actually tried this, but it should work: Elevate the guest account … Continue reading →

Restored with Itunes won't help. So, just switch USB port. Thanks to http://www.ifans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138133

Turns out that the wireless connection on the XP Service Pack 2 fails on WPA 2 Personal AES, unless the XP SP2 is upgraded with the compatibility patch: kb893357

It was a long time dilemma at NYGC. Students would complain lost of internet either in the lab or wireless. I would blame it on P2P downloaders while trying to solve the issue. It had gotten worse when staff has … Continue reading →

To search for a word/phrase in more than one PDF files, gather them in a folder, and do Shift-Cntrl-F in the adobe reader.

I was thinking of writing such program, but apparently they already exist. Bidding at the last seconds increases chance of good bargains on common/multiple/relisted ebay products. Unlike some auction sites, Ebay doesn't extend end time for bidding. Instead of writing … Continue reading →