A blog of my programming experience
After years of being a netizen, I now have hundreds of online accounts. In the past, I tried to ensure the uniqueness, yet easy-to-remember, passwords everywhere by using an “algorithm” to derive strong passwords for each site. Unfortunately, my algorithm couldn’t work…
I have made a journey recorder which I use to record my public transport journeys on the go. However, a significant portion of my journeys are in places without internet access, such as the Underground, which make me difficult to use it…
I have published my first version of National Rail timetable website at GBTT.uk. It is probably the first site on the market which can show updated train timetables in traditional format, as an alternative to printed PDF timetables from Network Rail and…
Multiple train companies attempted to run their trains back in time last week, including a Thameslink train which took -55m (negative 55 minutes) from Gatwick Airport to the next station Three Bridges, departing 02:58 and arriving 02:03: Or a South Western Railway…
The journey recorder on my website, which I have used for a few years to record my public transport journeys, has been split into a separate application which can be installed on any PHP web server, or integrated as part of any…
I have made a web app to show Citybus & NWFB combined ETA, which was released last month. It has two distinguishing features which bring convenience to users (including myself): It can show the first 3 upcoming departures for any combination of…
In the past, about the years I was in sixth-form and first-year university, I used KOrganizer for my calendars, which is the first calendar software that I use, in conjunction with Kontact. I love KOrganizer. It is feature-rich. It allows me to…
Mobile computing is the trend, but due to the very different nature between a traditional desktop computer and a mobile device, the process models of desktop OSes and mobile OSes are also different. Traditional desktops are operated through a keyboard and a…
In Konqueror, you can type gg: to perform a Google search. wp: to go to Wikipedia. I’ve added an entry for JUPAS, i.e. http://web.jupas.edu.hk:6118/jupas/bin/jo.progSearch.ProgSearch?type=detail&course_code=\{@} then I can type like jupas:6963 in the address bar to go to the page directly.
In the past, the major obstacle for me to change to Google Chrome is its inability to view PDFs directly inside the browser. Now, with that plugin installed, I’m finally able to view PDFs inside Google Chrome. Here’s a screenshot: