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Setting up eGPU for Thinking X220

tw — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:41:02 +0000

After my X220 arrived to my place through numerous troubles, I still didn’t find time to reinstall its system and use it heavily. But I have time to waste elsewhere: several hours spent on investigating how to make eGPU (external Graphics Processing Unit) working for X220. » » »

Fineprint double-sided printing under Canon LBP 2900

tw — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:01 +0000

In Advanced Settings of Fineprint, choose: » » »

Installing Win7 Thin PC on HP Dv2000t

tw — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:36:35 +0000

Update: » » »

Three ways to use Twitter on Symbian phones

tw — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:30:18 +0000

I am no twitter fan but as G.F*W gets so omnipotent, I guess I should dig a tiny hole in it by using twitter anyway. » » »

How to bypass firewalls under Firefox

tw — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:54:13 +0000

I previously used QuickProxy addon for Firefox but found that it failed to load Youtube for me. Today I changed my proxyfier into FoxyProxy and it solved all my problems. Here is a brief tutorial of how to use it under Firefox. » » »

Running Hiren’s BootCD from hard drive

tw — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:10:41 +0000

Update: Running Hiren’s BootCD from hard drive has become much simpler in its recent releases (at least version 10.0 and above). Please use the following method instead to boot it from your hard drive: » » »

Prevent Directory Listing in Lighttpd

tw — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:25:43 +0000

How to prevent files under wp-content/uploads to be listed in the browser? It is actually a one-liner under Lighttpd (lighty). » » »

Debian Squeeze minior tweaks

tw — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:35 +0000

Yes, I upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze because I need ibus to replace scim as my default Chinese input program. So far the experience with ibus is good but the same was half-true with Squeeze. I spent quite some time to make Squeeze more comfortable to use. » » »

What I expect in Windows 8

tw — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:39:19 +0000

Here is what I expect from the next version of Windows from Microsoft — Windows 8 (Windows Eight). » » »

What the perfect MS Windows is like?

tw — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:09:21 +0000

Windows 7 has just been released in the market, and it has got a lot of media attention. Still it is just an upgrade of the previous Windows and another step forward on the familiar design track of Microsoft. As time goes by, this will not work very well on this Internet age. Here I offer some advice to MS on how to make a better OS in this Internet age. » » »