The Ji Village News

Category: Technology

  • Liked WP-SpamFree so far

    During my to WordPress 2.6.2, I decided to use the default spam plug-in, Akismet. After a few days of usage, there were still a few trackbacks slipped through, creating additional emails and work for me. So I wasn’t too satisfied and searched for an alternative spam plug-in. I decided to try WP-SpamFree. So far it…

  • What font do you use? It’s deja vu all over again

    A while ago, I read my blogging buddy K. Brian Kelley’s entry on what font to use, which led me to another blogging buddy Adam Machanic‘s recommendation on ProFont. I tried it but gave up eventually. Here are my own three key requirements for fonts: 1. Readability: I want to tell the 0OolI1i and such…

  • Move SQL Server backup file and restore it with Perl

    #There are two key parts for this script. The first part copies the latest backup and paste it in the local g drive. The second part do the restore from this backup file. It’s a LightSpeed backup and restore. Linchi Shea’s SQLDBA helper Perl files are needed. This is mainly for my own safekeeping. [sourcecode…

  • Select text block in VIM

    VIM Version: 7.1 On Windows gvim, right click and pick Select Block; On Ubuntu Linux gvim, while in normal mode, press Ctrl V

  • Played with Google Chrome

    Google Chrome Beta is available for download today. I played with it. I am not impressed at the moment and will not convert from Firefox. I may give it another whirl in a few months. The strength of Firefox, in my view, is its many available extensions, which practically spoil and pamper me to the…