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Month: May 2012

If you’re looking for Rock-Solid WordPress Hosting, I offer it now.

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I now offer WordPress Hosting. It is high-quality hosting with all technical support and training built in.  It also includes the ability to set up e-commerce on your site.  You can sell your digital or tangible products in real-time. I also offer Pay-Per-View e-commerce capabilities.  This is not an el-cheapo practice, but rather for individuals…

Running Asterisk or SIP or anything else like that? Here’s the new 411 number you should be using [Solved]

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I don’t know about you, but when I set up a PBX, I always set to a 411 service that’s free.  It’s a lot cheaper than using the 411 service from your provider.  I also program it into my mobile phones as well. I used to use Google’s free 411 search. 800-Goog-411 They discontinued it…

Encoding Video Files for Free While Leveraging the Newest Tech including GPUs.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I encode plenty of files.   The files include family photos to files for work presentations and of course, web work.  Leveraging a GPU  (Graphics Card) can significantly decrease decode time. The only problem is that all of the GPU assisted applications cost money!  or do they? Well.. I use two applications exclusively. One is free,…

Amazon Prime – Good or Bad – a 2 Year Review

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Amazon offers something called Amazon Prime. Basically here is what it offers: Special access to certain quality video content for free viewing on your computer and multiple amazon enabled devices. Free 2 day shipping on everything in its warehouse. Free one day shipping around the holiday times occasionally. Free access to the kindle lending library…

Who Said you needed IIS to Stream Windows Media on Apache [Solved]

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So you’ve got tons of windows media files and you need to stream them.  The only problem is IIS has tons of overhead and the update headaches of Patches is getting old.  So… here’s a quick and easy solution. Once again, I’m going to assume you’re running Centos or Redhat.  This applies to any Apache…

The Apple iPhone vs. Android making the choice

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So you’re in the market for a new mobile phone.  The question is which do you go with?  When I say which, I mean which platform. There are really 2 major choices today: 1. iPhone 2. Android So which do you go with and how should you make the decision. The reality is I go…

Editing Video Files in Windows very Easily

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There will be the occasional time when you need to edit a video file, because you’ll need to, whether it’s a Family video or a simple file you need for marketing, fundraising, etc. You just might want to put a few captions on a file. For humor, informational reasons, etc. Rather than buy one of…

Windows 7 Backup and the realities. A Real World Experience.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I run Windows as my main OS, but I run it on Mac Hardware.  Why? Do you ask?   The answer is simple. Apple / Mac Hardware is superior to everything else out there.  Where can you get Desktop Performance on a Laptop without worrying about anything else?  Yes, I can buy a Lamborghini laptop,…

Boosting Octane Yourself. I did the research, made it, and proved it.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So I drive a car that requires 93 min. Octane.   Me, being the skeptic started thinking about Gasoline blends around the world.  I realized in my travels (and I am extremely well traveled), that pretty much every other country in the world has one grade of Gas vs. America and some parts of Europe and…

Fixing the WordPress Permalink Structure change Problem and Avoiding 404s

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Percy Kwong

(Oops.. In my haste, I made a boo boo.. I corrected it.. the post is correct now) It happens to all of us at one time or another.  We decide to change our permalink structure and something / everything breaks in WordPress.  Not because of the fact that we changed the structure, but everybody and…

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