Update: I strongly against updating to Android 9 due to a bug in adaptive brightness.
I’ve purchased Asus ZenFone 5 model ZE620KL (4GB RAM, 64GB storage) in November 2018 in Taiwan at 8,800 NTD (~400 AUD). I’ve been using it for two months – it is reliable and offers good value of money.
Continue reading “Asus ZenFone 5 ZE620KL (2018) review – two months after purchase”This is part of the note I took after I started at Macquarie University in 2016.
Continue reading “Banking in Australia”I don’t have a car so sometimes I make a day trip to NSW National Park by taking public transport. This is what I learned by visiting different parks and checking news on those areas.
Continue reading “Safety in NSW National Parks – it’s beautiful but could be dangerous”This was part of the note I took in 2016 after I stared in Macquarie University. These notes are not Macquarie-specific.
Continue reading “Tips for people new to Australia”Here’s the note I took while I started at Macquarie in 2016. These notes are specific to Macquarie University.
Continue reading “Tips for whom just started at Macquarie University”Mifare Classic read/write is supported on Asus ZenFone 5 model ZE620KL. Tested with
In most of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we don’t have IT department and sometimes hire third-party for installation and setup. This post provides a checklist for things need to be aware while setting up Cisco Aironet 2800 access points.
Continue reading “Cisco Aironet 2800 installation checklist”Several days ago I noticed one of my backup to Amazon S3 was failed because the file is larger than 5GB and I didn’t use multipart upload. Code snippet as below. Works on AWS SDK for Ruby v3.
Continue reading “Upload file larger than 5GB to Amazon S3 with Ruby”This is a safe deposit box comparison I composed in December 2017 by comparing Guardian Vaults, Custodian Vaults, Westpac and Commonwealth Bank safe deposit boxes. Be aware that my purpose is to store A4 sized documents so I cannot use the smallest box.
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Not every file system do data block checksumming. And the most popular one on Linux ecosystem – ext4 file system – is one of them. That means if there is a silent data corruption occur on the disk, it may not get noticed. The corrupted data may get backed up to the off-site storage device, and by time, the backup will get corrupted after it’s been replaced by up-to-date (corrupted) version. This is potentially dangerous if the data need to be stored for a long period of time.
Continue reading “Data integrity – why I choose Btrfs (silent data corruption)”While changing the password on Cisco Aironet 2800 controller over web-based management interface, it will update the password for the web interface and SSH login of the controller. However, it will not update the SSH login on every access points. This post provides a solution to change the SSH login for all the access points.
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VLAN configuration is very different between HP and Cisco switches. HP is VLAN centred and Cisco is based on physical port. While managing Cisco switches, using a script to generate the config may ease the task. This post proposes a simple script to generate the config.
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time timezone 600 time daylight-time-rule user-defined begin-date 10/01 end-date 04/01
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clock timezone AEST 10 clock summer-time AEDT recurring 1 Sun Oct 2:00 1 Sun Apr 3:00
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Discount is a C implementation of Markdown, and Markdown a text-to-HTML converter written in Perl. They are pretty similar but different in the following behaviours
"" with “” and single and double quote ' with ’. Where Markdown will keep the single and double quote as-is.It is risky to issue a command like sudo dd if=image of=/dev/sdb bs=1M due to the risk of typing sdb to something else (e.g. internal drive). If an error has been made, the internal hard drive may get erased. This post proposes a solution by using udev rules, which will allow read/write access to USB drive without sudo and no password required. These udev rules does not affect SATA-based storage devices.
ThinkPad X280 running Ubuntu 18.04 allows a brightness level from 0 to 1515. However, the Fn+F5/F6 hotkey only allows 21 levels of control. This post provides a solution and easy-to-use script for brightness control, best use with Guake.
Continue reading “Precision brightness control on X280 running Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)”There is an issue that X280 may wake up while it’s connected to the ThinkPad USB-C hub. Here is the workaround for this issue.
Continue reading “Prevent unwanted wake up for ThinkPad X280 running Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)”Before purchasing ThinkPad X280, I was concerned about the CPU throttling bug. It’s a bug which will throttle the CPU performance once it’s been triggered and will not restore the performance without a reboot.
I’ve developed a Ruby script for this test, and run it on X280 with i5-8250U processor. I did not reproduce the throttling issue that requires a reboot to restore the performance – whether the machine is powered by battery or connected to the power supply. However, I did discover a symptom which will under-clock the process to 123MHz under the certain load.
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I’m an everyday Linux (Ubuntu) user moving from X201s to X280. This is my review after installing Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) on X280.
Continue reading “Review for ThinkPad X280 running Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)”I’ve followed the instructions from Bitnami for installing Let’s Encrypt certificate on Amazon Lightsail instance with Bitnami WordPress preloaded. The guide is very user-friendly and easy to follow. However, there is room for improvement in step 5 in certificate renewal.
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