Category: Miscellaneous
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Does Chatr have eSim cards?
My father switched to an iPhone last week. He was using two physical SIM cards but with the iPhone, he can not do it anymore. He is with Chatr right now. After doing some research I believe that Chatr doesn’t have an eSim feature. We were planning to move to another provider near the end…
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“My Apple order is still in process in the Apple Store app hours before the scheduled pick up time, what shall I do?” – a lesson from my own experience
I was at Toronto’s Eaton Centre to pick up my new iPhone from 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM. But when I entered the Apple Store around 11:33 AM, my order was still “In Process”, i.e., “Not Ready for Pickup”. I asked a lady, and she told me to wait until my pickup window closed at…
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iCloud Passwords extension may slow down your browsers – a non-perfect solution
If you are like me, who uses Apple devices but also a Windows PC, and you have the iCloud Passwords extension to sync your passwords. Well, maybe you are having the same issue as described below. I have been experiencing a slow Edge/Chrome on my Windows 11 PC, even with a fresh installation after the…
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TopCashback works and is an awesome choice for online shopping
In May, I bought a VPN service. The price was a little high, but with TopCashback, I successfully saved 65% in total – today, I received a VISA pre-paid card from them. The only drawback is that it takes a little longer to process, about two months. But I feel like as long as it…
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Bulk image optimization by ShortPixel takes forever to finish, and today I know why – it is my fault
I have a personal blog in Chinese, which I have been running since 2016. It is my first WordPress site. I decided to make it serve WebP images for the sake of speed. I had lots of ShortPixel credits so I ran “bulk image optimization” in the media library after installing the plugin, expecting the…
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How to install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on a Ubuntu VPS to host websites
This article is about how I deploy a Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) environment on my DigitalOcean VPS. I wrote this article in Chinese originally. I borrowed some ideas from the internet.
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Personal Website Redesigned
From HTML+CSS+JavaScript, to Vanilla PHP, From Vanilla PHP, to Laravel, From Lravel, BACK to WordPress.