Category Archives: Internet

Speed up static resources with AWS CloudFront CDN

Posted on 09/07/2013 by frankdu

Nowadays CDN is easy to use. Even a startup or personal website shall consider use CDN to speed up static resources, such as photos, javascript/css files. Here are simple steps to use AWS CloudFront CDN and enable it in Tornado. … Continue reading →

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Get the latitude and longitude from google map, which can be copied easily

Posted on 01/22/2011 by frankdu

1. Center the location of interest. You can use the yellow people marker to center it. 2. Copy and paste the following line to the address bar. Then press ENTER: javascript:void(prompt(gApplication.getMap().getCenter())); —- or —- javascript:void(prompt(”,gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

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Let firefox use your Windows authentications automatically

Posted on 04/06/2010 by frankdu

In Firefox, visit: about:config Then set network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris to your trusted domains, separated by comma.

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Internet Gene & Software Gene

Posted on 10/19/2009 by frankdu

Last week, I read an article about a famous IM company. One statement is very interesting: A company has its genes carrying by its people. The company has more internet genes, while Microsoft has more software genes as a comparison. … Continue reading →

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