The Ji Village News

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  • Refresh lost wireless Internet connection

    I have WEP wireless connection at home. Sometimes, after waking up my computer from its hibernation state because of inactivity, I would lose internet connection. The wireless bar in system trey would still show excellent connetion, though. Here is how I solve this problem: 1. Go to command prompt; 2. Run this command: ipconfig /renew

  • Five things you don’t know about me

    Prince Roy tagged me for this blogging game, where I am expected to reveal 5 things the world doesn’t know about me. Here goes: 1. I suck at important exams, for a variety of reasons, chief among them are not studying hard enough, not being able to concentrate during study, or lack of interest. There…

  • Essential Software for Windows Machine

    Update 20100915: added WinSplit Update 20090830: took out anti-virus software. I now run Windows without it. Also, added CDBurnerXP. This entry was originally posted on November 22, 2005. I made some modifications to it. Right now I am giving Google Reader a try. Therefore FeedDemon is not part of my essentials anymore. I recently rebuilt…

  • Discarded newsletter piece

    Imagine you have a time machine at hand. Rewind back a few years, or decades, depending on where you are in your life, to the point when you were fresh out of university, got your first job, and ready to change the world. You were full of enthusiasm and ideas. You were still in touch…

  • Some autumn and winter 2006 pictures

    Fall colors at Brookfield Zoo Fall colors at Morton Arboretum Snow, Oak Park, Illinois Not sure what the red tree fruit/nut is called The old way of farm life on display at a children and craft fair in a town north of Waco, Texas, during Thanksgiving. Some of it is pretty similar to what I…