ChromeBlock

The google reader appears to be slow these days with the new interface. I love the new interface, but the scrolling becomes so jetty.

After some googling, it shows the “Google+1″ button in the new interface may cause the issue. There’s one Chrome extension call “ChromeBlock” can stock “Google+1″. It works great! http://www.abine.com/more/chromeblock.php

Never assume bad performance is a norm! We are IT to fix things…

ZT: 鱼缸过滤可以为养鱼提供优良水体环境

原文来自阿邦

家庭养鱼中,鱼缸过滤是不可缺少的步骤,为什么要使用过滤器和如何彻底过滤成为困扰新手的一个棘手的问题,下面我们从多方面来阐述过滤在热带鱼养殖中的重要作用。
鱼缸过滤是为了清除鱼排出的粪便和残留的剩余食物,保持水体清洁。

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ZT: 让鱼缸保持清澈的简单方法

原文出自王志勇的博客

让鱼缸保持清澈其实很容易,只要做到这4点:放2~5条清道夫,坚持每天换一桶水,使用砂石过滤,每天清洗一次过滤棉。经过半年多的养鱼经验,鱼缸的浑浊问题已经彻底解决。无论是多长、多大的鱼缸,100升~1吨水的鱼缸,维护起来都差不多,都很轻松。

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ZT: 鱼缸安装过滤器的小窍门

原帖在这里

鱼市上卖的过滤器无非是外部,上置,潜水和生化的几种。原理都一样:把水抽出,过滤后返回水里。我的一些鱼友,用外部,上置或潜水泵时,仍然存在粪便难吸走的烦恼。要用虹吸的办法把污物吸走,所以天天换水,或是新缸加水后及旧缸全换新水出现白雾状的情况,其实过滤器就能完成这项工作。也就是装过滤器时,把出水口劲量装在缸的一头,而抽水口劲量在另一头。

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XBMC for iPad

XBMC is “Xbox media center”, originally developed for XBox 360 and was ported to all other platforms. It supports all common streaming and SMB.

I bought a NAS a month ago, and realized it supports media server as DLNA server, which is actually on uPNP protocol for streaming. While accessing NAS for media browsing via SMB is a pain via wireless, uPNP is ideal for accessing all the pictures, media files on NAS at home network.

The FAQ is here and installation guid here are from XBMC website. A few useful control on iDevices and it does take me quite some time to figure it out, though it is available on FAQ.

  • context menu: two finger single tap on the icon (i.e. remove a media source)
  • return to parent menu: two finger swipe left
Some other tips
  • To display Chinese interface (for my parents), use default theme and set font as Arial
  • The default installed version has bug to display picture where only black frame is shown, it can be fixed by installing the nightly version following the install guide.
  • The hardware acceleration for video needs to be on, otherwise it is very choppy
  • There’s no thumbnail for home-shot video clips.

Tips for a Top Resume

Originally post from Free Money Finance. I am aware of most of the tips, except for the “summary” and “objective” part. — puzzlebird

Forbes has an interview with a top job recruiter and lists his top tips for a great resume. They are:

  • Avoid the fancy-schmancy layout, font, and other special effects. Stick to traditional font of Times New Roman, 9 to 12 point size, and black type against a white paper.
  • Prepare it in a simple Word format that can easily be viewed on most computers.
  • Use a reverse chronological order.
  • Get rid of objectives and summary and all that silly stuff.
  • Skip personal information such as married with three kids.
  • Stories sell. Numbers, statistics, percentages get attention if you put in bold type. Increased profit by this 28%. Came under budget by 30%. If you were born and raised on chicken farm, note it on your résumé.
  • Fuzzy key words and phrases should be avoided.
  • Get the photos off your résumé. You are looking for a job, not a date.
  • In other words, you want your resume to be the standard, formal, middle-of-the-road document. No bells or whistles, simply information that tells what you did and how well you did it (which hopefully is “very well”).

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Sticky private post

Since WordPress 2.7, there’s one option at “Publish” section to enable “sticky” post for public visibility. However, there’s no options to support “sticky” attribute for private post. One quick walk-around to make private post “sticky” is to set a “future” publish date. It is not so clean, but works for the purpose.

There are a few plugins to support “sticky”, but not all of them works well for WordPress 3.3. The “sticky manager” plugin works now and then, but it is not stable.