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ConnectBot SSH on Android cell phones

August. 31. 2010 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet (No Comments)

I use SSH very often, I did a SSH test on EVO cell phone with latest Android 2.2, I downloaded ConnectBot SSH client software to EVO, started the SSH connection to remote host, I got in my car and drove on highway for half a hour, after stopped driving, I had my dinner, I pressed enter key about every 10-15 minutes, the […]

HTC EVO cell phone

August. 31. 2010 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet, Electronics (No Comments)

After I found out new HTC EVO installed with the latest Android 2.2, I got my first smart phone Sprint HTC EVO, http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/31/htc-evo-4g-sprint-review/ I have to pay extra $10/mo just for EVO, after I use it for almost a week, I really like it, so easy to text messages, browse websites, it is like using a mini computer in my […]

Bluehost web hosting

August. 15. 2010 by admin –  Category: ComputerInternet (No Comments)

keypoints.com website has been on Bluehost server for 2 months, we experienced slow data response, we requested to move to higher performace server last week, the move was smooth, the request took one day to be confirmed, and took one day to complete the move, everything seems working better so far, Bluehost has over million customers, they can support customers […]

DSL PPPoE and firewall issue

August. 3. 2010 by PWalker –  Category: ComputerInternet (1 Comment)

When a modem does a PPPoE connection there is no need for the firewall router to be configure for doing a PPPoE connection. All you need to do is set the firewall router WAN setting to use DHCP.

A Search Plugin for WordPress

July. 31. 2010 by admin –  Category: ComputerInternet (2 Comments)

I wrote search function software for some search engine, I have tried some plugins for WordPress search function, there are some details, Relevanssi plugin is compatible with WordPress 3.0, KeyPoints.com search is based on Relevanssi. after you activate this plugin, make sure you click its Index button to process the contents, or it will not work. however it does not fully […]

Slicehost VPS hosting

December. 24. 2009 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet (No Comments)

I have web sites on shared servers at many web hosting companies, most those web sites are not mission critical sites, hosting companies charge about $10 per month, just recently I need to have a dedicated server for hosting a web site that requires an ip and dedicated port number, I found slicehost.com for VPS (Virtual Private Server) for $20 […]

Solaris network installation without DHCP

October. 14. 2009 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet (No Comments)

one reason I got this network installation working without DHCP is cdrom drive on T2000 is bad, Sparc system does not do cdrom boot from external usb, only way to install OS on it is replace cdrom drive or network installation, network installation is more interesting than replacing cdrom drive, here is procedures, prepare Sparc install server {{{ svcadm enable […]

Solaris sucks now

May. 22. 2009 by lawnz –  Category: Complaints, ComputerInternet (No Comments)

I used old Sun OS in the past, now I use Solaris at works for test software developement and network driver testing, I saw my colleague using Ubuntu desktop version on his workstation, he is a Solaris driver developer. I tried Solaris 10 Ldom, compared with VMware, Ldom is a nightmare, it is much harder to configure than VMware, and the network in Ldom is much slower […]

Remove redirect virus

May. 22. 2009 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet (1 Comment)

My Windows XP computer was infected with browser redirect virus recently, the symptom is any links on Google search result page are redirected to random sites, I tried anti-virus software Microsoft malicious software removal tool and Symantec anti-virus software, they did not work, Symantec software has nice gui, uses tons of system  resources, I went to cnet.com, users rated it one and half […]