Tag: howto
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6 ways to keep clothes clean and dry this monsoon season
Don’t let the gloomy weather get to you. The rainy season, which is in full swing, often brings a lot of worries along with thunder and storms. Rain has a way of affecting everything in our lives, including the clothes we wear. Not letting damp laundry dry completely make garments smell foul and musty. Worse,…
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Samsung Galaxy S III root achieved before official release
The folks over at XDA have successfully gained root access to the Samsung Galaxy S III. According to the article, developer Chainfire was able to successfully gain root access the SGS3. However, he is unable to publicly release the hack for fear it might be traced to the leaker.
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How to enable Facebook Timeline profile view now step-by-step instructions with video and screenshots
Facebook Timeline is the latest profile design which presents an entirely new approach that will set Facebook apart from competing social networking sites. Facebook Timeline was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg only yesterday at the F8 conference yet it is already generating quite a buzz in the online world. It not yet active but fortunately there…
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How to fix positioning problem using the Digg Digg plugin on WordPress
Recently I installed the Digg Digg plugin which allowed me to display some nice social buttons at the left hand side of the site. I was running WordPress 3.2.1 using the Twenty Eleven theme and Digg Digg had some trouble with the display. The floating buttons worked fine scrolling down but would change positions upon…
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Philippines bank code for Paypal and eBay (BDO, BPI, Union Bank, etc)
I have been using Paypal for online transactions for 4 years now. In 2007 I blogged about using my Union Bank E-On debit card with Paypal. Back then, PayPal wasn’t even fully supporting the Philippines yet. It was only over a year ago when Paypal started rolling out support for the Philippines. Now, I use…
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Earthquake survival tips – what to do during an earthquake: the triangle of life theory
On March 11, 2011 an intensity 9.0 (8.9 on some reports) earthquake hit Japan’s Oshika Peninsula, the east coast of Tohoku. It was the strongest to hit Japan and one of the top five largest earthquakes in the world since seismological record-keeping began. It was followed by a tsunami with waves of up to 10…
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Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood to support the campaign against violence on children
If you logged into Facebook recently you will surely notice a surge of profile pictures featuring cartoon characters. I tried my best to trace the originator of the campaign, but the earliest information that I found so far was a blog post on momento24. Apparently, the following is the original text of the campaign: November…
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Running Gran Turismo Portable on PSP 5.00 M33-6 custom firmware without using a ripkit
To make Gran Turismo Portable run on 5.00 firmware, you will need to decrypt the game’s EBOOT.BIN, patch it, and recreate the ISO or CSO file. This may sound tricky, but it is actually quite simple and easy to do. First, you will need a copy of the original Gran Turismo Portable ISO (download it…
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How to fix “The game could not be started” error on modified Sony PSP
I almost had a heart attack yesterday. I got myself a copy of Dissidia: Final Fantasy U.S. version, but it wouldn’t run on my PSP. My modified PSP was only running 4.01 M33-2. Apparently, Dissidia needs 5.00 firmware or higher to run. Thus, I tasked myself with I upgrading the custom firmware on my Sony…