Enthought Canopy is a nice package that enables the math and scientific computation in Python environment. It comes with many essential packages such NumPy, SciPy, etc. However, if you need to use some other Python libraries that does not come
How to Backup WordPress Blog Hosted by GoDaddy
WordPress 3.9 is out recently, and I wanted to keep TipsArea up to date (especially after the recent HeartBleed bug found in OpenSSL). Before performing the update, I would like to backup my WordPress contents first. Here are the steps
Why TurboTax Premier Sucks for 2013 Return
Don’t get me wrong, I am a user of TurboTax Premier user for several years already. And I am strong believer for using software to deal with Uncle Sam. Going through the numbers, forms, instructions, find out new regulations time
UndoDB Makes Debugging Code Easier
Debugging code is always a pain in the butt even if you were the one that wrote the code. It typically take many times more effort to debug and test code than writing it. And typically, it involve setting break
How To Take Courses From Elite Universities Around the World For Free
Life is a continuous journey of learning and doing new things. Wouldn’t it be great to tap into the great minds from the top universities around the world right at your computer (or mobile devices)? With the recent development of
How Shoud You Use Baidu Cloud Service
Baidu is the biggest search engine in China. It also provides generous cloud storage service for its user. If you sign up and download mobile apps, be it for iPhone, iPad or Android, they will offer you 2TB (yes 2048GB)
How to unbrick Kindle DX
You might wonder why I wrote this new post for a device that has been released for several years (2010 to be exact). Well, let me tell why. I have got 2 Ipads, 1 Samsung Galaxy tablet and a 6′
How to Use Verizon FIOS Set top Box remote to control TV
When you signed up for the Verizon FIOS service, the technician should have helped setup for your TV. But once you changed to a new TV, the button for volume control and TV on/off would stop working. I found this
How to capture a screen in SamSung Galaxy Tab 2 with Android version Jelly Bean
Capture screen is a function that is frequently used. When the SamSung Galaxy Tab 2 comes out, it has a screen capture button in the home screen. However, after Android updated to Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) and Jelly Bean (4.1),
How to Add Extra Disk Space to Ubuntu in VirtualBox
It didn’t take me long to find out that my Ubuntu system in the VirtualBox has an inconvenient issue. It ran out of disk space! The original plan is to use it for light experiment, so I only allocated 6GB
How to Sync iPhone with new PC
Sync your iPhone with your new PC can be tricky, because if you try to sync to a second PC directly it will complain you that you are already syncing with iTunes in another PC. Here I am going to
Do You Have a Bad Gene?
The news today that Angelina Jolie perform preventive mastectomy to prevent breast cancer shocked me. Not only because she’s such a beautiful actress to publicly announce the news, but also because of the courage she showed when facing a “bad
How Did My Google Adsense Go?
Right after I setup this blog, I added Google Adsense to my website as part of the experiment. The process is shown in thisĀ post in December 29th last year. So how did it go and what can I learn
Five Best Mind Mapping Softwares for Me
Mind mapping is a powerful tool for visualizing the relations between ideas, concepts, people, objects in a way that it is easy for human brain to understand, memorize and recall. It was first proposed by the world famous self helping
Should You Start Mining BitCoin Now?
If you are keeping up with technology or financial news recently, you might already noticed something called “BitCoin” is making a lot of noise recently. They started showing up in major news source such as Time, Forbes, Wired, etc. BitCoin