Tag: Technology

Edited on Dec. 7, 2018: It is common knowledge amongst my friends that I am a Linux gadget freak, especially in regards to mobile phones. I have been using Linux-based…

About a month ago I decided to to upload my 23andme dna results to WeGene. Within a day I got my results. Just look at the image below, WeGene says I am part Chinese…

I always have to break it to people that use Fitbit such as myself. Fitbit is a great activity and heart rate monitor but it sucks at counting steps. Just look below…

I have been downloading alot of Japanese drama. It helps me relearn Japanese. The problem was that I was running out of room on my MacBook Pro. I forgot I had a one…

I am still using my iPhone 6S+. With all my videos that I was posting, I started to have space issues. For some reason I forgot about iCloud. Maybe because I was backing…

We had midterms this week. I gave my Grade 10s their midterm exam on Moodle saving me time in grading. It still took me about three hours to grade 51 students but on…

Well, traveling and working around the world, I did not keep up with any technology news. Unfortunately for me, it meant I missed the change to systemctl to run daemon…

One of things I try to instill in my ICT and Computer Science students is the importance of the command line. For most of us who learned how to use computers in the…

I brought my AQI monitor to Saigon. I was curious to see the air quality. Saigon's air is getting worse but I would argue it has always been bad. I still remember my…

Well, I am eagerly waiting for the replacement for my Samsung Note 4. It seems that my replacement will be the OnePlus website Two which is set to be released on July…

Well, actually just a few woes since I upgraded to the last version of 5.0.1 on my Samsung Note 4. Overall, I am happy about the update but I am having two issues…

Samsung Note 4 If you bought a China Unicom Samsung Note 4 Model 9106w, then most likely you have had to root your phone just to use Google Play. This definitely can…

I did the Hour of Code (#HourOfCode) with all of my ICT students last week and last Monday. The classes were from. 6th to 10th Graders. I gave my students options of…

If you use Wordpress like me with the majority of sites, you may have a similar problem that I do. On 3 of my popular Wordpress sites, I get nailed by more then a…

Well, my students got me addicted to 2048. I started playing this game app last weekend. I saw many of my students playing it but never understood why they liked it so…

Mailvelope It has been awhile since I did any technology blog posts. I decided it was time to do some again. As an ICT/Design Technology teacher, I should keep up to…

Beeline - Kazakhstan I have been in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for nearly 3 months now (minus the 3 weeks back in Saigon, Vietnam, for my holidays). As an avid blogger, social…

Finally got Hackintosh installed. Got some work to do getting wifi to work. More updates later... Installed Posted from WordPress for Android

Trying to get Hackintosh installed on the small LeanPC. Will spend another day with it. Hackintosh is more difficult to install on AMD systems. I hope to get it running…

Those of us with 2009 Macbook Pros suffer this same ailment. When upgraded to Mountain Lion, our Macs tend to crash due to issues with Adobe flash. Rumors suggest this…