Lubuntu Display Scale Up and Number of Desktop/Workspace

To change Lubuntu screen scaling, create a file .Xresources under the user home directory.  View>Show Hidden if the file is not visible.  Input the following line to the file.

Xft.dpi: 125

Save and reboot.

To change the number of Desktop, click Preference>Openbox Configuration Manager.  Go to Desktops tab, then change the number.

HANA Studio contains hidden objects

In HANA Studio, some packages have (contains hidden objects) suffix to the package name.

To see all objects, go to Window > Preferences.  Under SAP HANA | Modeler | Content Presentation, check Show all objects.

[Invalid UTF-8] showed up for some Chinese characters in Ubuntu

When attempted to type some Chinese characters in Ubuntu, [Invalid UTF-8] showed up after selecting a character.  

If the situation only happened to some characters but not all, try to switch the output from full width to half width characters.

Ubuntu 14.04 Initial User Configuration

There are a few things to modify to improve usabilities and securities.

Disable the online shopping results from the Ubuntu Unity Dash under System Settings>Security & Privacy>Search.

Disable Sticky edges under System Settings>Screen Display>Sticky Edges.

Disable guest account.

Adjust brightness and lock.

Install Comodo Antivirus.

Install Google Chrome.

Uninstall Ubuntu Firefox extension

To check hardware information, run lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt in terminal then type exit to finish outputting the file.

Format External USB Storage Drive for PlayStation 3

It is known early on that PlayStation 3 needs USB storage drive to be formated in FAT32 based on the official documentation.  However, Windows OS will not be able to format a driver larger than 32GB into FAT32 format.  Some suggested exFAT would work but PS3 still did not detect the drive.

There was a discussion on PlayStation forum that suggested to use third-party application to format the drive that may support up to 1TB.  One of the suggestion was 2Tware Fat32Format.  It worked.

How to turn off Sony NEX-F3 Self-Portrait Self-Timer

When attempted to set the timer on Sony NEX-F3 with LCM flipped toward the front, an warning message would appear: Invalid with current Self-portrait Self-timer setting. Set Self-portrait Self-timer to "Off".

Go to Menu -> Setup. Under "Shooting Settings" subgroup, Self-portrait Self-timer option should be there. Change the setting from On to Off.

How to Add a CD Key to Games for Windows LIVE

After buying Batman Arkham City: Robin Bundle (on Steam), the game does not add the license key nor download the content directly. In order to add the downloadable content, one will need to use Games for Windows LIVE interface to add the license key.

After opening Games for Windows LIVE interface within the game, clicks on Redeem Code under Gamer Profile. This would allow new license key input. Remember to click download afterward.

Sony Tablet S

Some useful tips on how to use Android 3.2 i.e. Sony Tablet S.

1) Quick Launcher (on the top right corner of Home screen) can only put 4 apps even though there are more space in the line. Remove some apps before adding new ones.

2) All apps are under Apps menu and not on Home screen.

3) It requires 7 clicks to shut down an running app (which is nested under Setup menu).

4) Rebooting the device will shutdown all running apps after restart.

5) 中文語音輸入比英文正確. (Chinese voice-to-text is more accurate than English.)

6) Arrow keys are very useful.

7) Memory allocation is divided into system and content partitions.

8) The device comes with an Email app and a separate Gmail app. During the initial setup, Android will prompt to associate with a Gmail account (similar to iPad for account association) and by default would setup Gmail app. But the Email app is the primary app for such a purpose and is linked to the widget. If not aware of this, one may sync up Gmail account on the same device twice.

9) There seems to be a text input bug in Firefox. If attemps to insert a new word in between an existing line and after pressing space and backspace in sequence, two characters from the next word would be deleted.

10) Unlike iPad, there seems to be no way of limiting location data to certain apps. It is all or nothing on the device level.

11) There is no easy way to take a screenshot without installing additional software and rooting the device.

12) Forcing stop or crashing an app may affect other apps or the underlying OS. Therefore would require to reboot the device.

Note: if there is ever a need to reset the device to factory condition, go to Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset.

All Text in Mobipocket eBook are Bolded

When creating an eBook based on HTML, correct syntax is required to ensure the final output is consistent. While most browsers can compensate any minor issue, Mobipocket Creator will not.

If the entire text is bold or italic, try to search the following two tags and remove all style formatting within the tag.
<br style="font-weight: bold;">
<br style="font-style: italic;">
<br style="text-decoration: underline;">

Linux Mint

In a high level summary, Linux Mint (distro) is based on Ubuntu with integrated media codecs. It also has a custom UI among other differences.

http://www.linuxmint.com