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WinUI was initiated in 2018, tried WinUI for the first time finally in December 2023 in an attempt to migrate from Uno UWP to Uno WinUI. It was so flaky and lacking many UWP functions that I stopped quickly. WinUI may be good for some…

Windows Phone icons are cute. SDK7.1 comes with a set of commonly used icons (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.1\Icons). CESPage.com also has a free set of cute icons though some of them are duplicates of the SDK's. Mashtech has a list of Top 10 Beautiful Minimalist Icon Sets. Noun…

13:30 Ipswich 🚗Traffic was heavy, but no jam. Flurries started soon before reaching the parking garage. The parking garage has lights to show the availability of every parking space. 14:45 Manchester Boston-Regional Airport. The was no line for checking in. The free Wi-Fi provided by…

Packages sent by UPS Mail Innovations go through the following: Arrive at the nearest UPS Mail Innovations facility (e.g. Urbancrest, OH for northern Pennsylvania) the same day as the pickup. Arrive at the destination UPS Mail Innovations facility (e.g. Windsor, CT for Massachusetts) on day 3 (i.e. takes two…

Suppose the domain name is foo.com and one wants to configure hMailServer for email account foo@foo.com After the above steps, email client applications (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird) can be configured with the account foo@foo.com using mail.foo.com as both the incoming server and the outgoing server. It…

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SmarterMail is a very well made application. It is highly functional and very user friendly. Its setup is quite easy even if it is used to host emails of multiple domains. The way it works is the following: When setting up SmarterMail server, the email…

MailEnable is a very capable and friendly eMail server. Setting up an email in MailEnable is extremely easy with MailEnable Management : Please pay attention to the user name. It is usually userid@mydomaincom, not the same as the email address userid@mydomain.com. In other words, there is…

hMailServer is a superb free e-mail server for Microsfot Windows. Suppose the domain name is foo.com and one wants to configure hMailServer for email accounts such as foo@foo.com At the domain host site (e.g. 1and1): At hMailServer After the above steps, email client applications (e.g. Outlook,…

Punta Cana is the most tourists place, so it has the most flights, making the flights there the most inexpensive one. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is the best airport and has a reasonable parking rate at $15/day. A round trip to DR costs less than $600.

Six Mile Riesling (2023): light, sweet. Suits my taste well Kolonist Odesa Black (2023): not bad. Rkatsiteli 2022 by Vinoveli: very pleasant.

I bought a GoPro HERO 8 BLACK at Costco just before my Rt. 1 trip from Boston to Columbia, South Carolina in March 2021. I managed to lose one of the two batteries after the trip. I use the camera mainly for cycling, skiing, and…

My dash cam use started with generic dash cam probably in 2017. It was so unreliable that I had to replace it with Garmin Dash Cam 45 with a 1080p resolution. It was very reliably but its image quality was limited. I replaced it with…

2004-06-09 Hong and the Lord of Lynn Woods, Bill

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I volunteered at the great organization Boston Rescue Mission (BRM) a few times. This was in 2007. I love the staff and residents there. I hope many of them have got back on their feet and are enjoying a great life

This is a report of a hike to Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 2008-05-10 Total distance: 15.93 miles (25.6 km) Total Time: 9 hours 44 minutes Start elevation: 1170 ft (357 m) Summits: Mount Prospect (2690 ft, 820 m), Mount Williams (2951 ft, 899 m),…

Book Reviews: Backcountry Skiing Adventures: Maine and New Hampshire: Classic Ski and Snowboard Tours in Maine and New Hampshire This book does a very good job covering exactly what is described by its title, no less, not much more. If you know how to x-c…

The understanding of network fundamentals must precede any socket programming. The first two chapters of Computer Networking by JF Kurose and KW Ross offer all one needs to start playing with sockets. There are basically three ways to program Windows sockets: Choice 1 is language independent…

There are several ways to deploy a Windows Mobile Application. The core of the deployment is creating, delivering, and running the .cab file. Visual Studio has the function to create the .cab file in a few easy steps, but delivering the .cab file to the…