Reading Time: < 1 minute Recently my wife and I are having some trouble find out a way to manage our old daughter’s at home behaviors, esp. around good working habit (wait until last minute to do homework or play piano), clean up the mess after playing, be nice to her younger sister, and last but not least, playdate with
Reading Time: < 1 minute (update 02-18-2019) Came across this blog post by Jonathan Li, which has more comprehensive steps. (Original 03-11-2017) Recently I picked up my old iOS app as the framework it replied on Parse was going sunset (the date was Jan 28, 2017). I picked up Google firebase after reading a few posts including the one at
Reading Time: < 1 minute I mentioned sometime ago that LaunchCode is a great way to get into programming / software development world for a grown-up whose background is not computer science or information science. But that’s not the only way. More recently I noticed some friends made the transition from research position at Washington University to industry. Again there
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the beginning of the 2017, and it’s also the customary review season for me. This weekend is a bit interesting as we got freezing rain on Friday (and I had to work from home on that day), also due to the fact about a month ago we had freezing rain on a Friday
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 31-Jan-2019) I used the Apple watch for 2+ years now. Did have a replacement in Sept 2017 as the old watch just did not work (not charging, not responding). It’s a Nike version but the warranty is still honored by Apple. I brought it to local Apple store and was able to receive a
Reading Time: < 1 minute Or version control. My wife is taking a class at launchcode and she just started learn git, one of the most popular source code control systems. Git has a steep learn curve, in my opinion, but it’s getting popular, widely used and I think that’s the reason they picked it. But I think that could
Reading Time: < 1 minute (01-31-2019 Update) So I got 2 more years out of the MacBook after the fix. Actually last year (March 2018) I made another mistake, I leaked water (water bottle leak) to the MacBook when I put it in a sports duffel. So had to go to Apple store to get it fixed again (I think
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update 07-08-2018) Noticed this nice write up of hashicorp by redmonk. (Original Oct 2016) The following is mostly notes for myself, when I followed the Consul get started guide (by Hashi corp). Pre-requisite: vagrant How I created a Vagrant instance on mac (or be more precise, Vagrant Cluster (github)). Note I installed the Virtual Box,
Reading Time: < 1 minute Why I am saying that? I am the only active person among my “Fitbit friends”. So I assume it could means a few things: 1) All my friends stopped wearing Fitbit; 2) All my friends did not sync (or their Fitbit could not sync, which I admit is a real problem for Fitbit); 3) All
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did my first root of Android phone. I had two Android phones before, but I never rooted it. This time I had a need for root to add the Chinese language to a Samsung Galaxy S3. The specific model is T-mobile SGH-T999 (shown in the Download or Recovery mode, but the model number on the
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