Category: Miscellaneous
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Freedom Mobile is good
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I switched to Freedom Mobile yesterday from Fido, at the cost of a hard credit check. I am satisfied so far. I don’t see any issues with the signals in Toronto/Scarborough. I will pay $35 for 50GB. In contrast, I paid $43 for 35GB with Fido. Most importantly, Freedom Mobile gives me free US roaming,…
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My website went down for about 12 hours due to a fire alarm in the LA’s data centre
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My website is up again. When I woke up this morning I got an email from Jetpack Monitoring saying my site was not responsive. Checking the internet, I learned that there was a fire alarm in my website’s data centre, in LA. The fire alarm forced the power to be shut down. Around 12:00PM EST,…
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Agincourt go train station parking lot space availability
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I have been driving to the Agincourt Go station and taking the Go train downtown recently, I have had a good experience overall except for the parking lot space availability. It takes me only five minutes to reach the Agincourt Go station but forever to find a parking spot in the mornings. I don’t commute…
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Presto in Apple Wallet coming very soon?
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News were saying Presto would be coming to Apple Wallet in July this year. Today I saw this search result in google titled “Presto in Apple Wallet”. They even have a picture to promote it. But when I clicked, it said 404 not found. Guess they are testing something. Hopefully it’s a good signal that…
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Migrating from Zoho Mail to iCloud+
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I stopped using Zoho Mail last night after being a Zoho customer for nearly six years, and migrated to iCloud+ custom domain email. Zoho mail is affordable and had been providing me with a stable email hosting solution. I started with the free plan and the moved to paid subscription which only cost me ~15…
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iOS 18 Beta new features that impress me
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I updated to the iOS 18 beta (iPhone 15 Pro) when it was announced early this week. I am very impressed by the new features of this update! It’s all about customizability. iOS 18’s Customizable control center I was an Android phone user until December 2022. That’s being said, I am a pretty new iPhone…
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Weird Forgot Password button in the Esso iOS App
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Why does Esso put a big “Forgot Password?” button like this? I think it’s very easy to press the button by mistake.
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Not able to transfer my domain away from Squarespace – not able to receive transfer auth code
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My domain panchen.ca was registered in Google Domains. However, all domains registered in Google Domains will eventually be migrated to Squarespace. My domain was migrated to Squarespace on May 28 this year. I didn’t want my domain in Squarespace, so when the day came, I started to transfer my domain away from Squarespace. However, the…
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Walmarts in the U.S. don’t accept tapping, including Apple Pay
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It’s super interesting to learn that Walmarts in the states do not accept tapping. I was in Syracuse at the night of April 29. I had around two bags of items. I was ready to pay with my iPhone. The cashier told me I could only use cash, physical cards, or Walmart pay – I…
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Reflections of a TA: Navigating the Anxiety of Grade Release Day
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The most nervous for me as a TA is when the course instructor releases the grades that I have marked. I am worried there may be complaints about my grades on Piazza (a discussion board between students and teaching staff). Luckily, it’s been two days already, and there hasn’t been a complaint about my grading…