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Downtime monitoring via Google Docs
This is the coolest idea for a site monitor: Use Google Docs to Monitor Your Website’s Uptime I’ve set it up and I’ll check it when I get back from…
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Incheon blue
Say what you want, Incheon has the best WiFi of any mega airport in the world. It looks like they have 4g LTE service as well.
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I accidentally deleted all of my Gmail contacts with my Android phone…
…but this is why I use Gmail instead of, say, Hmail or Ymail. I restored all 1,000+ of my contacts by logging into Gmail on a PC and doing the…
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USB 3.0 in full matzofrackin effect!
We’re leaving for the US tomorrow night, so I’m preparing a full data backup of our most important work plus digital photos that now number in the hundreds of thousands…
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Screenshots with HTC Desire HD
My Desire HD, which is running original (non-rooted) Orange system software, was recently updated to Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) and HTC Sense 3.0. Along with all the UI improvements and improved…
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New Google TOS & Privacy Policy
Quite a few people have asked what I think of the new, unified Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. The short answer is that it’s nothing to worry about.…
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South China Brand Sewing Machine
A close friend of ours has bought an antique foot pedal-type sewing machine that had been converted to motorized belt drive to use for her alterations side business. She got…
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More dead flash
It seems my flash memory karma went to hell. After having to trash the new fake Kingston USB drive I bought, the 8GB Samsung Micro SD card in my HTC…
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Fake Kingston Flash Drive
I went to the annual Chinese festival in downtown Maha Sarakham last month; this is one where they host Chinese opera at the business association meeting hall (I uploaded crappy…
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Es verdad.
During my first year of study at Tenri University in Japan, I met my cousin Erisa. She was from a line of my dad’s family, the Yoshidas, who emigrated to…
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Free SMS Messaging in Gmail
This could be a killer new feature for some people. Apparently Google at least partially pays for it by the return messages from the mobile device (that you’ve first sent…
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Diasporical
#1 Rule for Social Networking Sites post-Facebook Domination: If you name your new service something uppity like Diaspora, Exodus, or Migration, we expect you kick things off by nuking your…
