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Update on installing Chinese input on Blackberry

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, I keep referring to my own 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 is still after two years the easiest way to get the Chinese versions. These are not multilingual. Chinese is handled as its [...]

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Compact Florescent Light Bulb Guide

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

There are zillion new CFLs around and it is so confusing. Popular Mechanics 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 use 70% [...]

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Time Machine Slow Initial Backup

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

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 has some advice about what to do:

Turn off Time Machine
If you aren’t using a Time [...]

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