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Update 29 Nov 2009, Sun Finally home! Luckily beside a pre-paration, there is a post-solution. The post-solution is to clean the Master Boot Record (MBR) with the command: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1 * change '/dev/sda' to the relevant harddisk/device name ~ dataset definition dd | input file if | output file of | blocksize bs | number of blocks count ~ bs=446 (keep partition

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Things done: 1) Created a refresh key to rebuild hint tags. Useful when the hint tags go out of alignment when using the Show Option / Hide Option that was newly added by Google. 2) Added one more mood (green) to the HotKey z. This on-the-go-mood will reload the current tab with the link's url. Found it useful in another script that does keyboard navigation for the rest of the web, however not

TheLittleSparknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901476591257415994.post-24834613431753893222009-10-31T00:00:00.113+08:002009-12-26T21:26:09.193+08:00

What is to be done when the location of our raw data has moved and there is a relating Excel file to maintain? Manually, we can go to 1) click connection, 2) click properties, 3) click definition, 4) click browse, 5) locate the file, 6) set up delimited Text Import Wizard Step 1, click next, 7) set up delimiters Step 2, 8) set up step 3, 9) click OK again [It probably will work. However there

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Rrinnggg....    "zzz... he..ll..ooo... zzz... zzz" "There ARE changes on the google search site! "    "zzz... okay...zzz...zzz" "That was weeks ago!! Do something to your #~!@$%^ scripts or I'm not going to use them anymore!!!"    "zz... what?... z... okay... zzz" "Alright! ..." [clear throat] "... er... plea..se?" Things to do: 1) Synchronize with the new google date options... Done! 2)

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By Copying Files to Another Folder When we want to keep a duplication of a file as reference, saving a copy of it within the same folder will update the "Date Created" attribute of that file to the current time. To keep the "Date Created" attribute unchanged, copy the file into another folder. This can be done by pressing the Control key while mouse dragging it. By Moving Files from One

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By adding music to your blog using flash/swf, visitors need not download any plug-ins since most browsers support flash as a standard. As an example, the JW Player is used here as it is free for most users. 1) Download files of the JW Player 2) Upload two files (player.swf and swfobject.js) 3) Upload your music file (mp3, flv) 4) An easy to use wizard for configuration 5) Copy and paste the

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This Quick Editing Icon didn't show up even after being set to be displayed using the layout tab. The HTML codes are already on the page, just that they aren't visible. Something to do with login or cookie? Maybe setting the Firefox browser to accept 3rd-party cookies will do wonders? It does!

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 "Why... these %~!@#$^ persistent little pests! I've deleted them a thousand times!" [disgusted]    "just use Quick Launch lor..." "What? And render the customized shortcuts useless?!" [more disgusted]    "well..." "... and don't tell me to modify the registry!"     "then..." "... or use programs written by people I don't even know!"    "just..." "... or worse! use more programs by

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[Fast keyboard clicking: F8. F8. F8. F8. F8. F8. F8. F8. F8...] "%~!@#$^! Where's that stupid options menu?" Or have the Windows Advanced Options Menu always booting for that peace of mind. 1) Edit C:\boot.ini 2) Under [operating systems], add more options Sample [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

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Preparation: Set bookmark with Location: www.google.com/search?q=%s and Keyword: gg Install Firefox Add-on "My Surfing Board" Install Greasemonkey Script "Search on Google - Navigation" * * * * * 5 steps googling: 1) move hand to keyboard 2) Ctrl+L to focus on address bar 3) keyboard-type search item (eg. gg greasemonkey firefox) in address bar and press Enter 4) F9 and press

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Update 30 Oct 2009, Fri Google Sites now support the storage of javascript files! See Unsupported Files Type at Google Sites Help. Today 21 Jan 2009, Wed Google Sites doesn't support the storage of javascript files. To get around this, upload javascript files as text files instead. Just need change the files from *.js to *.txt before the uploading. An example of referencing these files would be

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Is it time to defragment your harddisk? Run command... WinKey+R Disk deframenter... dfrg.msc  Analyze Steps to defragmentation 1. Check free space (min. 15%) Window Explorer... WinKey+E Local Disk (C:) Properties... Right-click (C:) 2. Run PC in safe mode Run command... WinKey+R System Configuration Utility... msconfig Startup Selection... Diagnostic Startup Restart PC... WinKey, U, R 3

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It is past midnight and I'm doing the installation from scratch again. With the info all over the place, time to consolidate the steps. 1. Install Apache - Select "for All Users, on Port 80, as a Service - Recommended" (will check on the "only for the Current User, on Port 8080, when started Manually" later) - Install to C:\Apache Group\ - Test: http://localhost/ 2. Install MySQL - Install

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Touching on a little more on the geometrical patterns. It isn't easy drawing circles with a compass, either the tools aren't right or its me. Still, will continue to explore by hand. Is there a suitable software to draw these patterns for a printout? Not publishing MS Word... not graphic GIMP... "The right tool for the right job"...  or is it "The right job for the right tool"? Found the

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A simple tutorial on how to draw the Flower of Life pattern with GIMP. Pretty impressive.

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Update 9 Jul 2008, Wed A scheduled scan found 15 infections (Win32/Alman) all in the hidden system folder_System Volume Information on my data drive. Where did they come from? Update 2 Jul 2008, Wed The anti-virus was successfully installed after a clean installation of WinXP with WinXPsp3 patch. A professional clean-cut looking interface All infections were found on the data partition

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Update 28 Jun 2008, Sat Finally, cause found. When all partitions are set as primary, then the boot flag must be set on the Window OS partition while the rest set as inactive. Update 27 Jun 2008, Fri Partition and then a re-installation from the recovery disk. The windows start up files kept turning up on the wrong partition. There is a wrong setting somewhere... it's now nearing dawn. Update

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Earlier on, was helping to connect the flat-screen PC monitor directly to the TV box. And it works! Is there need for a TV anymore? Can save space too!

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