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I ordered this USB powered Wifi repeater/extender from Aliexpress and it came with old Chinese firmware. You can quickly flash firmware with English translation from the official support site however it may not be always clear how to enter the management interface (thanks to mobile redirects and startup wizard). So […]

How to update firmware of Totolink EX100

October 23, 2020 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita (updated 1467 days ago)

I was unable to upload any photo or video after enabling backup in the Google Photos Android app. It always stuck at “Getting ready to back up”, no matter how long I waited (10+ hours), cleared caches/data or reinstalled. First I thought It was media reencoding but actually it was […]

Fix “Getting ready to back up” in Google Photos

March 18, 2018 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita

We did explore using standard protocols in order to support third party headsets. The most natural solution would be to listen for AT+BVRA (voice recognition command), which most headsets generate after some button is held down for a couple seconds. It didn’t fit with our desired UX, though. We wanted […]

Googler explains why they created Pixel Buds

October 5, 2017 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita

Too many (and counting): Apple Pay Android Pay Microsoft Wallet Alipay Mi Pay Huawei Pay Samsung Pay LG Pay Fitbit Pay Garmin Pay

How many mobile payment systems are there?

August 31, 2017 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita

As $37.99 USD wasn’t enough, one year renewal of .COM domain is now $39.99. Subject: Important information about your domain name services Dear John Doe, You are receiving this email because you have one or more domain names registered with Network Solutions. Renewal rates for all domain registration services in your account […]

Pricey NetSol just got even more greedy

March 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita (updated 2841 days ago)

I configured my AIO router powered by CentOS using NetworkManager and firewalld as that’s the officially recommended way as of RHEL 7. Because I test various configurations, I also often restart services via “systemctl restart” to get back into safer state, eliminating runtime changes. I found issues when restarting firewalld or […]

Do NOT restart NetworkManager (or firewalld) on CentOS 7.3

February 27, 2017 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita

It’s tempting to get rid of Apache HTTP Server and replace even WebDAV serving using nginx instead. Nginx clearly states that they only support subset of methods required for fully compliant DAV server. Additional module nginx-dav-ext-module solves it, but only partially. Even when properly configured, I wasn’t able to write any […]

Do not set up WebDAV server using nginx

November 7, 2016 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita

Every month PayPal sends email instructing me to view my recent transactions. There’s Log In Now button that takes me to the PayPal (video playing) homepage.

PayPal and their completely useless monthly emails

July 10, 2016 in Uncategorized by Marcel Dopita (updated 2985 days ago)