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  • Wubi: An unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users. Things are getting too easy, there is no more excuse not to try Ubuntu. (0)

WordPress 2.3 Upgrade HorrAH

Filed under: Tech

Posted 9 months, 1 week ago at 8:37 pm. 1 comment

Like many others, I was excited about the built-in tagging support in WordPress 2.3 and had to upgrade right away. As a safety measure, I backed up the database and thank goodness I did that. Long story short: I used the Categories to Tags Converter function and it deleted all my categories. My theme, the link asides hack and some plugins depended on categories, which means my blog was broken.

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  • I have been playing with Tripit to plan for my upcoming Atlanta trip. You can forward your itinerary email (i.e., priceline order confirmation), it will parse the content and set up nicely-formatted agendas for you. Other features include pulling maps, directions, travel guide and photos from Google Maps, Wikipedia and Flickr. (0)
  • This guy takes a picture of the same vending machine and document its changes everyday. Most posts end with thumbnails of how the machine looked like a year ago. The blog title translates to (pardon my poor Japanese) “I take a picture of the vending machine everyday or so. Sorry.”, “If there is no bread, isn’t it it nice to drink Cola.”. (1)

Gadget-friendly

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Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago at 12:12 am. 0 comments

My website is now iPhone/iPod Touch-friendly (see screenshot), even though I have neither of those. I have a Wii though, so I installed the Wii theme as well. :cool_kao:

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Macau Now and Then

Filed under: Time Off

Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago at 11:22 pm. 0 comments

Boo

The Macau photos are up and this is the last batch of photos from my June vacation. Macau, for the most part, was same as what it was 3.5 years ago. I took photos of all the same old colonial landmarks and had some delicious authentic cuisine with my dad.

What makes it the “New Vegas” are all the cheapified Vegas hotel imitations. It is like a fake Louis Vuitton handbag, except you don’t need to look too close to find the difference. The disappointment started before I disembarked at the ferry terminal. Everything was tacky, shiny, golden and cheapo-looking. Most of the hotels suffered from the same problem: the owner and constructors cheaped out and bought the worst gold paint and decor.

That said, I think Macau is worth going. I mean, I would like to visit the fake Disneyland in China, too, just for giggles.

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