Category / annoyances

  • January 27, 2023 - kenshinjeff

    mxroute configuration guide

    mxroute – Email hosting for sysadmins Well, that’s not really true, though you do need some webhosting and DNS knowledge in order to set it up. When you perform a search on email providers on reddit, mxroute and migadu comes up quite frequently. I believe mxroute could be more popular as the owner Jarland Donnell […]

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  • April 30, 2015 - kenshinjeff

    Quick Premiermiles comparison

    Cost of a round-trip Economy Saver Award ticket in 2014 Nov ——————————————————— SQ Krisflyer (SINGAPORE > SAN FRAN Round trip) = 70,000 miles + tax = 59,500 miles + tax (After 15% discount for miles if booked online) = 59,500 + ($25 citibank admin fee) + 806.40 (TAX) = 59,500 + $831.40 Cost of a […]

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  • June 25, 2014 - kenshinjeff

    Tom’s Hardware recommended list 2013

    Not sure why there isn’t a readily available list for one glance instead of clicking everything……

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  • May 26, 2012 - kenshinjeff

    making a hackintosh early in 2012

    Long story short: If you have no patience or time, don’t waste your time, because it takes time and reading to assemble a hackintosh. If you think it’s fun to tinker around with software/hardware until they work, please continue reading. The easiest way is to get someone to prepare a bootable USB (>=8G) with 10.7.4 […]

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  • June 4, 2011 - kenshinjeff

    htc desire vs iphone4 power user review

    A bit of history, I previously used the first gen iPhone 2G, the painstakingly slow iPhone 3, and recently got a chance to play with the iPhone 4. Now, the 2G was cool but 2G was still 2G. The iPhone 3 nearly made me threw the phone of out the window for it’s ridiculously slow […]

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  • A guide to getting mobile internet on your device while holidaying in Tokyo: A standard iPhone4 plan with Softbank costs 1,029Y per month with a cap of 4,410Y per month. The data is really cheap for locals but for us foreigners it’s a tad sad to be connected. http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/iphone/price_plan/standard_price_plan/ Softbank Prepaid 3G http://mb.softbank.jp/en/prepaid_service/ http://broadband.mb.softbank.jp/en/download/prepaid_service/3g_prepaid_service_guide.pdf This […]

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  • September 30, 2010 - kenshinjeff

    study so hard for what?

    In the early 1980s to 1990s, parents have always emphasised on how important education was, how it was essential to get an o level or a  diploma to get a job, how a Government job is an iron rice bowl, etc. etc. In those times, educators (mainly teachers) were highly revered and admired, I wouldn’t […]

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  • April 22, 2010 - kenshinjeff

    unable to login to tweekdeck desktop

    Aparrently it’s quite the documented fact on the faq but it’s not indexed, so here’s how you do it. Problem: You delete your twitter account, and then you add another tweeter account, but tweetdeck doesn’t save your data and there’s no way to select your default account. I believe it stores the data somewhere, sometimes, […]

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  • December 16, 2009 - kenshinjeff

    Shopping and area maps for Tokyo

    If you’ve ever been to Tokyo by yourself, you will know that it is ridiculously messy if you’re trying to find a particular store or location by yourself. Especially those areas which the locals go to for super authentic non touristy food/fun/sights. You will also know that the free maps from the airport are useless […]

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  • December 5, 2009 - kenshinjeff

    bootmgr is missing windows 7

    This is a freaking big annoyance. If you install windows 7 with more than one harddisk, it will automatically make the 2nd harddisk some kind of backup directory which windows refuses to format. Yeah sure, it’s a great add in, but really irritating when you decide to plug out that drive. I really wanted to […]

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