Category: Technology

Here is an example of why Mac OS X is better than Windows, or in this case, Dell. The giant, ugly piece of crap, volume indicator on the left is the default Dell volume meter that comes with Dell QuickSet. It looks like something I could whip up using paint. Why would a multi-billion dollar… Continue reading Mac vs PC – Volume indicator

Just spend two hours trying to figure out why the MySQL 5.5 did not want to work with the mysql gem and rails. Kept getting this error message: uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes Apparently this is a very common problem and this is probably my third time facing this. Here are some solutions sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″… Continue reading MySQL 5.5 + Rails + Mysql Gem + Snow Leopard

I have an idea for a weekend project. Create a site that allows you to compare size differences between stores. It is known that clothing sizes between stores differ a lot. A small at H&M could as well be a medium at GAP. Nowadays, since a lot of people buy clothes online, it would be… Continue reading Compare clothes sizes by store

As I sit here anxiously waiting for the arrival of my packages, I wonder why delivery services do not offer customers the option of picking up packages from their distribution center. Pros Saves the delivery company time and gas from making door-to-door deliveries. Customers can get packages at a predictable time at their own convenience… Continue reading Delivery pickup

The Logitech Revue is a waste of money, and here’s why. It buzzes really loud. Rather annoying when used in a bedroom It only takes HDMI input for TV. That means you must have cable or satellite service. It’s hard to find an antenna/tuner that has an HDMI out. The Flash player stutters No hulu… Continue reading Logitech Revue Review (Google TV)

Here, save yourself some head scratching with Git git clone file://localhost/path/to/the.git This is how you can clone a local git directory without using cpio.

Today something odd happened on one of the git repo I manage. When I tried pushing my commit to the origin, it got to “compressing file” then hung there. Doubly worse, it was a server machine hosting a corporate website and it froze because of git. At this point, even “git status” was not working.… Continue reading git push freezes and hung on compressing

If you post a google map address into gchat, they automatically format it it into the address for you, instead of leaving an ugly http web address. This is why Google is the number one company on the web. This kind of attention to detail and functionality is key to their success.

So a while ago, while I was knee deep in analytics, I wrote this blog entry about one of Google’s missteps. http://vinhboy.com/blog/2010/03/02/google-analytics-how-do-i-manually-track-clicks-on-outbound-links/ Basically Google was giving you bad advice, and I called them out on it. :) Finally, Google updated their official help to reflect a fix to the bug: http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55527 Their implementation is much… Continue reading I did it before Google

Update: changed domain to smallbusinessaccountingsoftwarefree.com It has only been six days since I started smallbusinessaccountingsoftwarefree.com. Today I found it 4th place on the first page for Yahoo for “small business accounting software”. Yes it’s a long tail keyword, but its still a very highly competitive keyword. So how is it possible that Yahoo and Bing… Continue reading SEO: 6 days to Yahoo/Bing front page