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Smartphone Bloatware, the New Malware.

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I like my smartphone.  I use a Galaxy S II vs. the Galaxy S III.  Why? I didn’t want to pay the $200.00 overhead for a phone that will be worth $300.00 less in 6 months.  This doesn’t mean I don’t get the performance I need. All the carriers (T-Mobile, ATT, Verizon, Vodacom, Virgin, etc.)…

Are you selling Digital Goods? Software / Services? Affiliate programs are the way to go

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I sell products and services on my blog.  These products and services pay my bills.  The ultimate question is how much can one person sell or better yet, the better question is how much can one salesforce sell? I’ve done extensive research into affiliate programs, but the best way to do things (at least as…

Increasing Mysql performance significantly

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

For those of you who run mysql, there’s an issue that you have to look at.  Like file systems, database tables get fragmented over time.  There’s a simple fix for it, but you will need to execute one command to do it. Of course, you will need to have root access to your Mysql server,…

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…

How to Bind utorrent to a specific ip and route it out a vpn for better speed. [Solved]

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Torrent technology is an amazing in the sense it uses swarms of users to serve and share files you may be trying to download.  It’s been implemented by many companies and is a very bandwidth efficient format to get your files served to you faster.  Whenever I download CentOS DVDs, I use utorrent and other…

A simple overview of how to use one of the most powerful text editors; vi

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Vi is a text editor that is included by default in every linux, unix, and *bsd installation.  Every person who’s serious about using this should learn the basics of it.  Very powerful, but a bit hard to learn, it’s something that everybody who manages a linux, unix, *bsd box should learn to use at least…

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