It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated this blog eh? It’s been quite the whirlwind but that doesn’t mean changes haven’t been made to the website through my “inactivity”. One thing you may realize is that all the pages and links that you visit are now HTTPS enabled.…
We’ve all been in this situation, your phone suddenly dies and it doesn’t have a microSD slot or you didn’t select the proper setting to save them to your microSD card. Photos are probably one of the most precious things that we store on our mobile devices and companies know this.…
Starting today, Kwokinator.com is officially CDN-optimized allowing for even quicker loading speeds! No need to wait long for pages and images, they will just pop up no matter how slow my web server is.
Kwokinator.com is now powered by Incapsula’s incredible CDN network.…
Last year I was talking about how there was a need for Kwokinator.com to be moved back to Canada after being in the States since its inception. Finding a cheap quality web host in Canada is rather hard as for some reason, they’re pretty expensive.…
As some of you may have noticed, the website has changed, it was high time that I moved the website to something that’s easier to work with. As such, I have made the decision to move the website from Drupal to WordPress.…
I was recently notified that there has been Internet issues with my ISP and that a simple change of the DNS entry will fix the issue. If you're having this issue with your ISP, then follow along.
This tutorial is for Windows 7/8 as these two are now installed on most PCs, I will post a Mac version if there's a demand for it.…
During the past week, I have been playing with my Google Nexus S phone (I9020T), I finally took the chance to root it, install a custom ROM and a new kernel to take advantage of the entire hardware. Those who know me well, would know that I wouldn’t just stop there.…
So progress on Operation Dai-Q has been great and today I have passed a new milestone. With everything cleared, I have successfully ordered the initial shipment. I'm still missing the CPU and USB 3.0 back plate which I will have to order with the CPU together.…
As the launch of the highly anticipated 22nm Ivy Bridge series of processors from Intel gets near, motherboards and pricing details for these chips have been flowing out on tech sites. Based on the information from retailers and tech sites, I have essentially spec'd out the next build.…
After 10 years of being built, penguin1, the first machine I built 10 years has been fully decommissioned and destined to the scrapyard. It was the first computer I had during my initial foray into computer science. This rig took much abuse from my variety of experiments and I almost blew out the motherboard several times only to find it was fine after the experiments.…