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June 25, 2009
Google.com is really blocked in China. Here is my story how I discovered it's blocked, my personal understanding of the situation, and my solution how to still access Google.com in china.
Strong VPN Review – A VPN Solution that Saves Me
April 23, 2009
I'm a webmaster. Ever since I came to China I stuck with terrible Internet connection. That's why I wrote this page: How to browse faster in China. Now I found a solution for my DSL problem, it's Strong VPN, a paid VPN service located in USA and Europe. Here is my long story.
New Site to Find Cheap Cars
August 1, 2008
About half a year ago I wrote AdSense Help for "Used Cars Under $1000" and here is some updated information.
Russel has changed her website to Used Car Buying Guide. She also listened to my suggestion and created a blog Dummies Guide To Car Stuff
If you want to buy cheap cars then here are new links:
- Cars Under 1000, a website that is for cars under 1000 dollars for US, pounds for UK
- Used Cars Under $500, a listing of used cars under 500 US dollars.
Tags: car auctions, cheap cars, used cars
10 Must-read Articles to Become an Expert Stumbler
December 2, 2007
I stumbled upon StumbleUpon recently and I'm eager to learn more about how it works. If you read my testimonial on the surge in traffic from StumbleUpon then you may have the same questions I have. So I searched and learn things that are totally new. Here are what I read and would like to share the 10 articles that any new StumbleUpon member should read to become expert stumbler.
10 must-read articles
1. Getting Started with StumbleUpon by StumbleUpon
You can learn how to stumble from this article . This perhaps is the simplest and most essential guide to StumbleUpon you can find on the Internet. If you haven't read it (like me) you should start now.
Tags: Blogging, how-to, social-media, tips
How to Browse Internet Faster in China
November 23, 2007
Finally I got the time and motivation to follow up on a post earlier called China Internet Speed too Slow or Just DSL Slow? . Thanks to Alex, a visitor who left a question on that post. You will find in this articles:
Update: I got a better solution: VPN Solution (click to read more).
Tags: article, Broadband, china, proxy, zhongshan
1CoolFile Needs to Improve More
November 20, 2007
I've been watching McGrath progress on his 1CoolFile.com's blog directory project since the John Cow review Too cool for school.
Overview
Today, I visited his website again after he left a comment on JohnCow.com about his changes for this new affiliate program.
I can tell that he is improving a lot after he Relaunche Affiliate Program For 1 Cool File. It look like he will succeed on this... soon... He decided to cut the price down to very affordable and appealing. I'm not yet an affiliate on his program so... no profit for me for saying this.
Tags: affiliate, Resources, Reviews, suggestions
Fixing Post Teaser Plugin Bug for WP 2.3.1
November 17, 2007
Have you ever had problem with Post Teaser plugin for WordPress? I am using it and I found a bug. So I fixed the bug and now you can download it right from this page. I name it "Post Teaser 2" just so It won't mess up with the original one.
It's now available for download from this page: Post Teaser 2 - An Essential WordPress Plugin.
The Bug
When I click the Update Options button on the Manage Post Teaser page, I got this: "Cannot load post-teaser.php." as shown in the snapshot:
Fixing Dangerous Permalink Redirect Bugs
November 16, 2007
Since I have more than one occasion encounter bug with Permalink Redirect, I recommend people wait for new version of this plug-in.
The Bugs
The following are the bugs:
- Redirect "/feed" URI to "/feed/" using 302 redirect. Ignoring the "/%postname%" rule having no trailing slash.
- Redirect "/?paged=x" to "/page/x/" (where x is paging number) ingoring the fact ugly default URL is used, causing 404 message when paging.
There is no doubt about these bugs, because I test it by enabling and disabling Permalink Redirect plugin.
Fixing the bugs
Indeed being a programmer gives me some advantages, I could fix the bugs on the fly.
Internet Access and Computing Equipment, Aren’t they Important?
November 15, 2007
As I wrote earlier, I've been experiencing extremely slow Internet speed here in the border of Zhongshan and Zhuhai cities. I couldn't really access my own blog to post new articles. Also because of recent Win32.Backdoor.CiaDoor attack my computer caused me to reinstall everything, which delay me from redesigning the site.
Problem no.1: Slow Internet Speed
The worst thing ever happen to me. The area where I stay now is next to Zhuhai, but unfortunately inside Zhongshan's authority. In other words, I'm living inside Zhongshan, but 1.5 hours drive to Zhongshan city center, while Zhuhai is right there few km away but got a checkpoint.
Case Sensitive – Firefox JavaScript Becomes Tricky
November 12, 2007
Problem:
On Tuesday the 25th of September 2007 I was having this annoying bug. I was testing my website using FireFox (my main browser). I found out I couldn't send my page description to Digg using the following Digg JavaScript variable:
digg_body = document.getElementsByName("description")[0].content
While Internet Explorer, my 2ndary browser worked fine with it.
Debug Process:
The debug process was done using the alert statement to show the object.
alert (document.getElementsByName("description")[0].content);
Tags: Google Adsense, Plugin
