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Short URLs for maps with QR code generation

Short URLs for maps

Xm.my lets you create a URL on any place that you want to shorten and want to share with others. It also creates a QR-code for mobile scanning.
Application site: http://xm.my
Process time: 1 minute
Steps:
Step-1. Go to the XM.my site.
Step-2. Type in any place by its name under choose location on the box provided [...]

Internet Explorer (IE) runs 10 times faster with Google plug-in

According to NetworkWorldAsia’s tests, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) after installed the Google’s new Chrome Frame plug-in was nearly 10 times faster than just IE8 on its own.
The Chrome Frame lets IE utilize the Chrome browser’s WebKit rendering engine, as well as its high-performance V8 Javascript engine.
We are impressed by the results but we have not [...]

How to use Thunderbird to filter SPAM mail

Thunderbird is a good email reader application. It has the anti-spam learning facility each time you mark messages as spam, Thunderbird improves its filtering so you can spend more time reading the mail that matters.
Thunderbird will also use your mail provider’s spam filters to keep junk mail out of your box.
Here is the instructions how [...]

How to setup name server (DNS) for the chinese domain name (.hk)

Source Technology Limited have applied the hong kong chinese domain name 設計網頁.hk , and also setup properly the web site www.設計網頁.hk
For the instructions how to setup the DNS as follows:
1. Check the punycode of the chinese domain name, e.g. in this link.
https://www.hkdnr.hk/idn_conv.jsp
This conversion tool enables the conversion of Chinese Domain Name [...]

How to Protect Web Form (e.g. contact us, enquiry) from SPAM

How to Protect Web Form (e.g. contact us, enquiry) from SPAM
To stop:
* Guestbook Spam
* Blog Spam
* Wiki Spam
* Comment Spam
* Feedback Form Spam
* Other Types of Web Form Spam
Spam robots (bots) spider the web and collect all emails they find. The only way to protect the email is to hide it with an image or [...]

How to backup Email of Outlook Express

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Go to “工具”
3. Go to “選項”
4. Go to “維護”
5. Then you press the button “郵件檔資料夾”
6. You can see a path that is saved your Email.
7. After you write down the path, you may close the Outlook Express.
8. You can open “檔案總管” or “Windows Explorer” and go to the path, then copy [...]

How to find a path for a command in linux

e.g. how to find the path of the command  php
simply  type    “whereis php”  in the linux prompt

How to use scp command (secure copy files from one host to other)

1. e.g.  scp  pub.tar.gz  to  testing @ 123.123.123.123  and current folder.
scp pub.tar.gz  testing@123.123.123.123:.
2. e.g. scp the public_html folder and  recursively to the testing@123.123.123.123 current folder.
scp -r ./public_html  testing@123.123.123.123
Note:  use  -v  for the verbose mode

How to use tar commmand

1. Compress a folder  (e.g. public_html) to be a tar and gzip archive file
tar -czvf  pub.tar.gz   ./public_html
2. Uncompress tar file to the current folder
zcat ./pub.tar.gz | tar xvf -

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