Rich Tong's Tips, Tricks and Traps
(Ok, post election but still stressed, so more posts of random junk.) But if you want to round out your kitchen, Cooks Illustrated (subscription required) has some great recommendations: Mercer’s Culinary MercerGuard Cut Glove. So this is a thin glove that keeps you from cutting yourself accidentally. Great for mandolines in particular but also for…
Well, I keep referring to my “own”:https://www.tongfamily.com/gadgets/blackberry/chinese_blackberry_and_cingular_blackberry.php page that explains how to install Chinese input on the Blackberry. The two main steps that work for Blackberry 8700 and 8300 Curves is: * “Hong Kong CSL”:https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/entry.do?code=EEFC9E10EBDC4A2333B42B2DBB8F27B6 is still after two years the easiest way to get the Chinese versions. These are not multilingual. Chinese is handled…
There are zillion new CFLs around and it is so confusing. “Popular Mechanics”:http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4215199.html did a review of them that seems to be the only up to date one. Going to Loews was so confusing. They cost between $1-$12 each and the lifetimes, colors and so forth seem so different. Here’s a quick summary: * CFLs…
We’ve found Time Machine incredibly, incredibly slow on the initial backup. Even with gigabit ethernet, it would backup may 3GB after 2 hours. With the way we use machines at work, it would just start over all the time. “Macrumors.com”:http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=379066 has some advice about what to do: * Turn off Time Machine * If you…
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Beware of theses guys at “Mobile sidewalk”:http://www.mobilesidewalk.com/ a buddy of mine, Brian, told me about them, I browsed their site and then they asked me for my mobile number. Little did I realize that they would start charging me $10/month via T-mobile for a service I never used. Amazing that folks can get away with…
Another in a set of clever ideasInflight Power Recharger Cables Finally you can power your handheld device while in-flight from your coach passenger seat! What it does is take the power that comes out of the headphone jack and converts it into a USB power outlet. So you can charge your cell phone or your…
Perfect gift for the road warrior that has everything. This is a mouse that slips into the PC Card slot of a laptop (who uses those anymore anyway), then it uses Bluetooth to connect to the laptop. For all of us who suffer while using a touch pad but would rather have a mouse. $70…