Block ads on Kakaotalk client
The kakaotalk client on Mac is okay but the Windows client is full of ads: ads in friend list, ads in chat, ads in the corner of the screen, ad under your cursor. It annoyed me to no end. So…
Calling C# from C++
Most of the post on the internet about interoperability is the other way around (Calling C++ from C#) since C# is apparently the superior language in terms of developer friendliness. But a part of research work is to make weird…
Management task: Remote shutdown utility
I run a simple web server to serve as a storage medium for my mobile devices (I don’t like using dropbox or other online storage solutions because they don’t offer much space and they hogs up bandwidth unnecessarily). Before I go…
Invisible folder for Windows
Recently there have been quite some posts about how to create an invisible folder, as the process is quite complicated, I thought “why not prepackage it?”. And here it goes, your invisible folder (extract and enjoy). Why is it in…
Typing Japanese with Dvorak keyboard
From StackOverflow I did this for chinese. I just did it for japanese as well. Heres what you do: Using the following link by Michael Kaplan, please read it before you change your continue. http://superuser.com/questions/38781/how-can-i-use-the-chinese-ime-with-a-dvorak-layout Start > Run > type…
General IT | Office | Windows
Best setup to conveniently type English Dvorak, Vietnamese, and Korean (or any other East Asian language)
At first I thought I have to define three languages, because Unikey automatically made Windows switch to Vietnamese when I type, the default keyboard switching shortcut also conflict with Unikey’s (Ctrl + Shift); so every time I want to switch…
Shrink a partition on Windows – the right way
Problem: I have just received a computer, pre-installed with Windows. It is equipped with a 1TB disk, partitioned as a whole 😐 (Yes, that’s how HP partition their disk for you). I don’t have time to reinstall the whole thing;…
Dvorak 日本語
While most of the stuff I type everyday can be expressed using Latin characters (e.g English and Vietnamese) so I can use Dvorak for them without the need for another keyboard layout. But sometimes I just need to type in…
Notes on installing and configuring Windows Software Update Service under offline model for isolated network
Executive summary Due to strict requirements of security for finance businesses, a finance company’s network should be isolated from outside environment. This has the effect of shielding making the entire software infrastructure less prone to software invulnerabilities and thus external…