Buying notebook tips

June 19th, 2011
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June 25, 2011

ARM may enter the race to try to take some notebook market share from Intel and/or AMD.  ARM is well known by manufacturers for their low power consumption CPUs.   ARM CPUs are used in all mobile phones that I know of.  Therefore, it will be interesting [...] Continue Reading…

Self-employed is not an independent business

April 24th, 2011
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Reading an article about IT consultants, I wondered how this will affect other self-employed individual(s).

In the Vancouer Sun, “The judge held that because the provincial agency, Hydro-Quebec, could tell a contractor where to work, the latter was really an employee.”

In the case of truck, taxi, bus owner/operators and contractors, [...] Continue Reading…

The Return of the Commodore 64

April 11th, 2011
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Commodore 64 is an ancient computer that will most likely get trampled by Apple, Intel, and AMD when it comes out.  Although, there will probably be a few hardware enthusiasts that will go out and buy one for the sake of having a keepsake.

In any case, I do not [...] Continue Reading…

Change the login and system ready sounds

April 6th, 2011
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In Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat, I am unable to find a way to change the startup or login sounds.  Therefore, I have to find the exact location of the sound files.

In /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo, one can replace desktop-login.ogg and system-ready.ogg.  Replacing these two sound files with your own will play your [...] Continue Reading…

T2205 or box 24 of T4RSP

April 5th, 2011
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Some tax software, such as UFILE, may not have the function to deal with box 24 of a T4RSP.  Therefore, many maybe unsure what to do.  Therefore, I will provide a solution.

When making contributions to a spousal RRSP, income-splitting is a problem.  Therefore, the Government of Canada created rules [...] Continue Reading…

Create WHMIS business card

March 29th, 2011
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For those needing to create a WHMIS card that one can carry around, the ones provided below are 1.75″x3.25″.  This is the size of a standard business card.  Unfortunately, this needs to be printed on both sides of the business card for all the WHMIS symbols.

For those wanting to [...] Continue Reading…

Making a purchase at MTGMintCard.com

February 15th, 2011
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July 23, 2011

I decided to purchase a common/uncommon 2012 set x 4.

I should have paid the extra $2 for careful shipping since the cards were slightly bent on one corner from rough shipping.  In any case, the price is reasonable.

http://store.tcgplayer.com/magic/ is a store that compares magic the gathering cards [...] Continue Reading…

Telus Optik TV, Internet freezing

January 15th, 2011
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As of Feb 14, 2011, the TV has stopped freezing.  Unfortunately, the wireless Internet still gets kicked off.  I have decided to use wireless G.  Therefore, it seems that using either wireless B or G works for stable TV signals, but wireless Internet is still a problem.

The information provided [...] Continue Reading…

Using DLINK DVA-G3810BN router’s USB storage with Windows 7 and XP

January 15th, 2011
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On the bottom of the router, there is a sticker with the IP address of the router, username and password.  This information will be required for one to be able to connect to the USB storage device attached to the router.

Typing in the IP address in the address bar [...] Continue Reading…

Build your own smart phone

December 21st, 2010
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The time will come when smart phones will become mainstream.

The question still remains.

Will we be able to built-to-suit?

Notebooks are limited in the parts that can be customized.  Therefore, smart phones may also become the same.

For example, notebooks can have their CPU (processor), RAM, DVD drive and hard drive changed.  [...] Continue Reading…