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Users’ fault on using escalators

Users’ fault on using escalators

Published by Stanley Sim on June 24, 2019

An article on Channel News Asia commenting the unsafe ways where many escalator users were using prams on it, despite notices that warn of the dangers. Compass One general manager Sharon Tan commented: β€œIt should be about self-discipline and how safely we want our journey to be. And hopefully, our shoppers can inculcate the value of safe use of escalators.” Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/almost-accident-day-singapore-escalators-reasons-why-prams-11639410 As a parent, I used prams regularly to bring my children around. It is often inconvenient to use lift for a number of reasons, including inconveniently-placed lifts. Putting the fault on the users is a convenient…

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WordPress makes up One-Third of the Web

WordPress makes up One-Third of the Web

Published by Stanley Sim on March 17, 2019

The path here has been very exciting. In 2005, we were celebrating 50,000 downloads. Six years later, in January 2011, WordPress was powering 13.1% of websites. And now, early in 2019, we are powering 33.4% of sites. https://wordpress.org/news/2019/03/one-third-of-the-web/ I started using Joomla in 2009 to create my learning site. After that, I started using WordPress and Drupal, exploring the power of the three different Content Management Systems. I settled down with WordPress because it is easiest CMS to use and it is powerful. Its custom post types and custom fields allow anyone to create any type of web sites, from…

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Comparison between LiteSpeed with LSCache and Nginx with Super Cache

Comparison between LiteSpeed with LSCache and Nginx with Super Cache

Published by Stanley Sim on March 16, 2019

The test compares a LiteSpeed Web Server and LSCache to Nginx and Super Cache. PHP is a slow language. A website is slow if every request by users require PHP to retrieve content from the database. As such, caching plays an important part to speed up a website. LiteSpeed Web Server provides a free WordPress caching plugin called LSCache. Together with the LiteSpeed Web Server, it beats Nginx and Super Cache by the following: without Keep-Alive, LiteSpeed Web Server and LSCache beats Nginx and Super Cache by 5 times with Keep-Alive, LiteSpeed Web Server and LSCache beats Nginx and Super…

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Installing Fonts on iOS Devices

Installing Fonts on iOS Devices

Published by Stanley Sim on March 10, 2019

There are situations when you need to open a Microsoft Office file on you iPad. When you did it, a prompt informing you that you do not have the necessary fonts, and the display may look different. On a Mac, you could add additional fonts into the Fonts Library. However, you do not have access rights to the file structure on an iPad. Although there are third party apps that allow you to add fonts to an iPad, you could also do it for free if you have a Mac. To install additional fonts on an iPad, you need to…

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Secure Socket Layer(SSL)

Secure Socket Layer(SSL)

Published by Stanley Sim on July 8, 2018

Secure Sockets Layer(SSL) is a protocol to encrypt information sent over HTTP. Websites that implement SSL typically shows HTTPS in the address bar. Users who send information to such websites do not need to worry that their information are stolen by eavesdropping. As website owner, it is important to ensure that your audience information are not stolen and this is especially more true when your website need to capture financial data when you are selling products online. Types of SSLs In general, there are 2 types of SSLs: Domain Validated (DV) SSL and Extended Validated (EV) SSL. In addition to…

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