1/15/2024 Free (10) AI Courses from Beginner to Pro.
Microsoft 365 Security: How to use logs to track and detect.
1/13/2024 Shopping Cart for NYGC. Using OpenCart which was provided by Hostmonster. We've already had Authorize.net setup months ago as our merchant account. I tested the Simple Checkout Feature which works great, but because we need more fields and cart options at checkout, an open source shopping cart such as OpenCart is needed. But unfortunately, OpenCart 4 didn't have Authorize.net as payment extension included, so I had to add a downgraded version OpenCart3, which has Authorize.net support.
Some great guide on setting Authorize.net on OpenCart.
1/10/2024 Came across (from my frequent newsletter going.com) this shocking news (or maybe old news) that Laksa is celebrated in Darwin Australia. Apparently this is due to its close proximity with Asia as well as long multicultural history. I suppose Darwin has just become my favorite city in Australia!
1/8/2024 2023 JavaScript Rising Stars: highlights of major Javascript related achievements.
1/4/2024 NYGC's plan to move from Access DB to Salesforce/etc.
It's been expected since cloud service became popular and especially after Covid19.
This is the 3rd week we're on video conference with Salesforce. Their presentation team, Hubert, is very slow. But some key questions in general:
1. Who can customize the layout, how much backend access do we get (they do have api)? Mass data import?
2. If done by Salesforce tech, how fast can a change (i.e. forms, etc.) can be expected? Cost?
3. Alert/notification system and mass emails
4. Are all user activities being logged/tracked?
1/2/2024 Guides to learn UX.
I may have posted this before, but after some tests, I am still impressed even though it's only black and white, no restrictions, no limits: Text to SVG: https://svg.io/
Learn Large Language Model: LLM Course.
Been having severe cold (I think) since last Sunday 12/24. By now, I think I'm recovering now as lesser nasal congestion than before (12/30 Sat) though still wake up full of mucus and throat itches during the days. Been trying to study on the anatomy of nostrils. It seems that this is always a mystery to me no matter how hard I want to look into. What are the turbinates really for? There seems to be some great filtering barrier between the nasal passage and my throat. And what's with the sinuses?
There are more greenish/beige colors mucus than I ever before this whole week.
Update 1/5 Nadia went to urgent care near Walmart. The we went to Rite-Aid at night to pick up the prescribed medication: Bromphen. She said it isn't effective.
update 1/7 on my cold, I'm recovering after 2 whole weeks. I don't recall having this bad before. Coughing/sneezing out mucus every morning. It became so frequent that I even had to set a plastic cup next to me at all time because I'm tired of going to spit in the toilet everytime.
Unfortunately, now Nadia's gotten it too. Seems to be getting worse since 2-3 days ago. I think it will also take 2 weeks for her to recover. She just keeps coughing now. I cooked soups: spareribs+white radish (白萝卜)+parsley+water crest+onions+ginger, which she likes. And also mung bean rice (绿豆米汤). I also gave her coconut drink with slices of cucumber. All these inspired from the below video, hopefully it's not nonsense:
I also bought $8 Solstice Yang Cheng Brand GanMaoLing 感冒灵 Tablets from Kam Man to try it out. Reviews were not much but they all gave it thumbs up.
感冒灵成分:
岗梅根 (Rough-Leaved Holly Root Extract - llex asprella): 761.6mg
三桠苦 (Evodia Root Extract - Evodia lepta): 492.8mg
野菊花 (Wild Chrysanthemum - Chrysanthemum indicum L.): 291.2mg
五指柑 (Chinese Chaste Tree Twig Extract - Vitex negundo L.): 291.2mg
山银华 (Honeysuckle Flower Bud Extract - Lonicera confusa): 111.6mg
板蓝根 (Strobilanthes Cusia Root Extract - Baphicacanthus cusia): 291.6mg