Category: Geekery
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Gcash Verification Failed: Again, and again, and again
Have you ever tried verifying your account with Gcash and it keeps on failing? If you’re like me who attempted to fully verify a Gcash account, but the system doesn’t accept it, then hello! You’re not alone. I repeatedly received an SMS saying that my Gcash verification failed. I have tried different valid IDs, but…
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Easily generate Let’s Encrypt SSL and install it to your WordPress blog in 30 seconds!
If you’ve noticed, my blog is now in https. Wohoooo! SSL activated after a looong time of being lazy to generate a free SSL and install it in my server. Other hosting providers such as SiteGround, Dreamhost, and other well-known hosting providers out there, providers their customers a one-click Let’s Encrypt SSL installation that you…
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Magento Product Page URL parameters removed mysteriously
If you encountered a weird bug where-in you’re attempting to add utm_source parameters or any URL params after a question mark, then you’re not alone. This happened to me in one of my client’s Magento sites. On the homepage and category pages, I can easily add URL parameters. But in the product page / product…
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JCPAL VerSkin Macos Shortcut Keyboard Cover Black Version (Limited Edition) for MacBook Pro with Touchbar
Here’s a picture of the JCPAL VerSkin Macos Shortcut Keyboard Cover Black Version (Limited Edition) for MacBook Pro with Touchbar, because I couldn’t find anything uploaded online, so I uploaded mine. I can only find the gray version of this cover online. I got this in Frisbee store, Myeongdong, Seoul, South Korea and I think…
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Catacomb Folder in Mac OS
The mysterious Catacomb folder in my MacBook Pro 15″ with Touchbar, is still… mysterious. It appeared in my Library folder last January 6, 2017 at 2:19 PM. I don’t know if this folder appear as well in other MacBook Pro with Touchbar users on the same day at the same time. If this appeared simultaneously,…
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Google Finance API stopped working as of September 2017
If you’re using the Google Finance Exchange Rate API and it suddenly stopped working, then don’t be shocked. At first, I thought they now require an API key, but that assumption vanished in seconds after I noticed that https://www.google.com/finance/converter was redirected to https://finance.google.com/finance/converter. So if you’re using file_get_contents to fetch the latest forex rates at…
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Is Animoji an innovation?
Yes it is. It is awesome and it’s fun. Even if Devin Coldewey of Techcrunch said that it’s dumb and he detest it, it’s not. It’s actually one of the best innovations this 2017, according to me a whole lot of my friends in Seattle and Singapore. And $1000 for a phone is not that…
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Magento Batch Update Product Type in MySQL
I just want to share a simple MySQL snippet to batch update product type in Magento. This is a pretty basic SQL query, and I’ll just save it here in my blog so that I can remember what I did to update product types by batch. I just went to my SQL database via phpmyadmin,…