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It’s not uncommon you hear news about data breaches of some big internet companies. If you happen to you use their services, your username/password might be public now. In Google’s password manager, there is a new feature called “Pa
I like to play with computers. So Oracle’s VirtualBox is handy to install different operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac etc) and try them. But recently when I tried to open any virtual machines I got the following error: I searched and tried
In Mac, you can colorize a folder or file. This is particular useful if you have many files and want to mark important ones for quick access. Unfortunately, Windows does not have such feature natively. Fortunately, FileMarker (free version) allows yo
When I need to free some spaces on my computer, I need to know which folder(s) take most space so I can prioritize removing files in these folders. TreeSize is a free program to do this. It shows you not only the space each folder takes, but also the
I need to create a banner ad for Stork’s advanced feature (NIH grant database English/Chinese bilingual version). I wish the ad has two images showing one after the other, and repeat every 3 seconds. In the end, the image is like this: So how t
Back in August, 2013 I purchased a Dell computer (OptiPlex 9010 Minitower) which has been working very well. It has Windows 7 installed. Recently I got a notification that Windows 7 will reach End of Life (i.e. Microsoft will no longer support it) so
I purchased at least 2 portable hard drives and many USB drives to backup important files. For a while I did my backup every day by copying files to the portable hard drives. But then I get lazy and stopped doing this. The last time I backup was prob
When I search google or browsing blogs, I often need to click “next page” to go to the next page. This Chrome extension by Wend Li will automatically load the next page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autopager-chrome/mmgagnmbe
