In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how to configure a Virtual Machine(VM) on Google Cloud Platform. Create a VM Go to Home->Compute Engine, and “CREATE INSTANCE” Once an instance is created, it will
Google Cloud Platform – Introduction
I’ve been trying Google Cloud platform for a while and this article is about my experience with it. If you’re interested, you can get free trial for a year ($300 worth of credit). Initially Google Cloud platform looks daunting –
Postgresql upgrade from 9.3 to 9.6
Have been using Postgresql 9.3 for a while until recently after upgrading to PgAdmin4 1.3, I cannot import my backup due to compatibility issue, so I decided to upgrade Postgresql to the current version 9.6. Below are my notes on steps:
Raspberry Pi headless setup (without monitor and keyboard)
Raspberry PI is a credit card sized mini computer and is a fantastic tool for kids to study computers, learning programming languages(Python, C,etc) and playing with electronic circuits. Adults find Raspberry PI fun as well, there are thousands of creative ideas on home
Embed image in Email – Gmail
I’ve struggled for some time that embedded image(company logo) in my PHP generated emails didn’t show in Gmail. In some clients(e.g. Thunderbird), the logo showed without problem, however the same email didn’t display logo in Gmail Web, nor in Gmail App on
Use of Javascript on form submit
I have been struggling with the use of Javascript on my site for a number of days. All I wanted is simple – just a button within a <form> and once the button “Add” is clicked, a small Javascript is
ACL direct link failure
We use ACL directlink to dump SAP data on a regular basis. There was an annoying error that always happened: Time, SAP-REL 730,0,526 RFC-VER 3 1478436 MT-SL T:1356 Error in program ‘ACLWin’: ======> Start ‘sapgui’ failed. T:1356 Error in program
Excel There was a problem sending the command to the program
It suddenly happened that whenever I tried to open an Excel file(.xlsx), I always received the following error message: “There was a problem sending the command to the program” Excel just opened itself without opening the actual xlsx file, which
Remove application from Android watch
When my Android(HuaWei) watch paired with my phone(Nexus 6P), a number of applications were installed automatically on the watch. One of the applications is WeChat. I like WeChat on my phone but don’t need it on the watch. How do
discount movie tickets
In this post, I’m going to talk about discount movie tickets in Sydney – probably my first non-tech post 🙂 Where to get discount tickets? I have used three channels: NRMA – NRMATix: adult $13.5, child $11 at Event. Not