Friday, June 7, 2013
Specification Pattern Repository
Spec Patterns provides a good collection of popular specification patterns for popular specification languages like LTL, CTL.
Notice when doing payment for Tiger Airways
Today when I do payment for Tiger Airways for the trip from HCM-SING. The number is in USD and the website offers me to pay with the currency of my Visa card. It was about 400 USD and Tiger Airways asks me to pay 527 Singapore Dollar. I check the rate from Google and the number in Singapore Dollar is about 496. So I choose to pay in USD.
After do the payment, in my bank transaction, that transaction costs me about 516 Singapore Dollar. So I save about $11 :)
Lesson learned: Never accept the offer to pay in another currency in Tiger Airways. The exchange rate including the service fee is high.
After do the payment, in my bank transaction, that transaction costs me about 516 Singapore Dollar. So I save about $11 :)
Lesson learned: Never accept the offer to pay in another currency in Tiger Airways. The exchange rate including the service fee is high.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
How to Turn your Computer to an Internet-TV
I love films and I guess you too. However it is difficult for me in Singapore to afford a TV with cable. Recently I found a software named XBMC which is able to turn computers to Internet-TVs. Now I will show you how to install and use it.
1. Download XBMC and install it.
2. Import Media to XBMC. You can add photo, music, video to XBMC and play them.
3. The most interesting thing of XBMC is we can watch many high-res video from Movies, TV Shows from it. Just install Video add-on to watch. Below is the list of Video add-on I highly recommend:
4. If you are using iPhone, Android Phone, remember to download the XBMC app to control your new internet-TV :) iPhone app can be download at AppStore
1. Download XBMC and install it.
2. Import Media to XBMC. You can add photo, music, video to XBMC and play them.
3. The most interesting thing of XBMC is we can watch many high-res video from Movies, TV Shows from it. Just install Video add-on to watch. Below is the list of Video add-on I highly recommend:
- 1Channel: many movies and TV Shows.
- allscience: hundreds of videos about science
- Discovery Channel: famous Discovery program
- TED Talks: Watching TED talks from XBMC
- TubePlus: good to follow latest aired TV Shows like British Got Talent, The Voice US/UK...
4. If you are using iPhone, Android Phone, remember to download the XBMC app to control your new internet-TV :) iPhone app can be download at AppStore
Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Send your particulars faster to others
It is around 2 years since my last post. Recently I feel I have many thoughts and want to share with you. So today I decide to write blog again :)
Today I want to share one of my tips in using iPhone efficiently. In daily life, you are often asked to send or input to some website your full name, address, bank account, passport number, your email address, many to count.
Instead of typing them again and again, I find a way to type them faster by creating shortcut in iPhone. You can go Settings - General - Keyboard - Shortcuts and add new shortcut. For example, I add a shortcut "myemail" to "truongkhanhit@gmail.com" and later whenever I type myemail, iPhone will suggest "truongkhanhit@gmail.com". Remember to choose the shortcut special and not frequently appear in your text.
Today I want to share one of my tips in using iPhone efficiently. In daily life, you are often asked to send or input to some website your full name, address, bank account, passport number, your email address, many to count.
Instead of typing them again and again, I find a way to type them faster by creating shortcut in iPhone. You can go Settings - General - Keyboard - Shortcuts and add new shortcut. For example, I add a shortcut "myemail" to "truongkhanhit@gmail.com" and later whenever I type myemail, iPhone will suggest "truongkhanhit@gmail.com". Remember to choose the shortcut special and not frequently appear in your text.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Table, figure span 2 columns in Latex
To make your table or figure spanning 2 columns in a 2-column-page document, all you need to do is to add the "*" after the table, or figure as below:
\begin{figure*}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}
\end{figure*}
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Safely Remove USB with Unlocker.
Update: A better tool which is compatible with Windows 7 32x, 64x
Unlocker is known as a free tool to delete file when Windows does not allow. It will find processes which are using that file and allows you to stop them. Moreover Unlocker also helps you to remove the USB driver safely. Similarly it will find processes using your USB driver and you can stop them to eject the USB driver. Download Unlocker
Unlocker is known as a free tool to delete file when Windows does not allow. It will find processes which are using that file and allows you to stop them. Moreover Unlocker also helps you to remove the USB driver safely. Similarly it will find processes using your USB driver and you can stop them to eject the USB driver. Download Unlocker
Monday, March 22, 2010
Dell Studio Laptop: Change keyboard function key priority
I have bought a new Dell studio 1438. It is so cool with a lot of good things for multimedia purpose. However, one thing that made me quite frustrated is that the function key priority. In the Dell studio laptops, the function keys like F1, F2... have a lower priority for the multimedia keys (like increase/ decrease volume, brightness...). So every time I want to press a function key, I must also press the Fn key.
After searching around, I found an easy solution for this problem. You just open the "Windows Mobility Center". You can use the search utility to open this dialog. There is a selection "Function Key Row" customized by Dell Inc. You change the current "Media key" to "Function key". And bingo it works as usual.
After searching around, I found an easy solution for this problem. You just open the "Windows Mobility Center". You can use the search utility to open this dialog. There is a selection "Function Key Row" customized by Dell Inc. You change the current "Media key" to "Function key". And bingo it works as usual.
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