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Three Microsoft Word creature comforts that we take for granted
Three Microsoft Word creature comforts that we take for granted
Smart quotes, em/en dashes, and orphan control
Albert Liang
May 14, 2018
Happy .APP day!
Happy .APP day!
On May 8, 2018, a new top-level domain (TLD) .app joins the Internet. I put in bids to get 4 of them.. and managed to score one of them!
Albert Liang
May 9, 2018
Is Amazon Prime still worth it?
Is Amazon Prime still worth it?
Amazon’s raising the cost of Prime by 20%… am I even getting $120 worth of value from it? (TL;DR — No, I’m not, but I’m keeping Prime…
Albert Liang
May 7, 2018
Typing Chinese faster: QWERTY vs T9 keyboards
Typing Chinese faster: QWERTY vs T9 keyboards
Unlike English, smartphone keyboards are not well-optimized for Chinese input. “Swiping” was a new invention that made writing English…
Albert Liang
Apr 30, 2018
Password “hacking”: a server-side perspective
Password “hacking”: a server-side perspective
What happens when a server gets hacked? How do servers store username/password combinations?
Albert Liang
Apr 23, 2018
Multi-cultural passwords: an evolution of “correct horse battery staple”
Multi-cultural passwords: an evolution of “correct horse battery st...
Ah, the stressful art of creating a password… something “secure” but “easy to remember”.
Albert Liang
Apr 19, 2018
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