Phuket News tells us about the new way to recycle your electronic trash. You can even win the prize for that!
The project has a Facebook page. I wonder what they are going to do with the item #84001 though…
Often we see the websites where flash elements are playing music but the mute button is missing. One very annoying example is a True Move Customer Care Chat. You can go crazy while waiting in the queue for half an hour if you listen to this music from their online game (it supposed to entertain you while you are waiting). Of course you can mute the sound on your computer completely, but this means in these 30 minutes you cannot listen music, talk on Skype etc.
There is a solution for such sites for Google Chrome: Google Toolbox extension. It allows you to mute the sound on all tabs from it’s menu.
Sunday Computer Group at Sandwich Shoppe Chalong, Patong or Laguna is accepting donations of old computers, parts and peripherals for an orphanage in Phuket. The group sorts the parts, assembles working computers and installs software. If you wish to donate please drop off your hardware at the Sandwich Shoppe branches or call Ross James at 087-4183127.
Garmin maps finally can be used on the iPhone with Garmin StreetPilot iPhone App, released on 5th of January.
I posted before what I wanted to transfer my prepaid True number to DTAC. Today I inquired again at the DTAC Support Center and was told what i can finally do it, but only at Bangkok DTAC offices. Only passport is needed and the process takes 2-3 days. No SIM replacement necessary, you will be notified by SMS when the transition is approved. So I would definitely do it when I am in BKK next time.
We wanted to find the POS software what will work fine with the modern touchscreen desktop PCs like Lenovo C200. We don’t like the idea of dedicated POS hardware systems: they cost twice as much, usually have poor performance specs and outdated hardware, and the most important – the support is generally very poor inThailand. If the power supply in your shiny POS terminal will break (a very common failure), you might need to wait for a couple of weeks! before your supplier will ship the replacement. And it will cost you up to 5x the price of the common power supply. Therefore our recommendation for the small shops with single terminal is to stick with the common computers, at least you will be able to put another computer as a standby if necessary. The problem is: most modern compact PCs do not have parallel or serial ports, so all the hardware (barcode scanner, cash drawer, receipt printer etc.) should be USB only.
Here we decided to collect the list of POS Software providers represented in Thailand.
POSeTIVE – These guys are bold enough to require Microsoft Silverlight just to display their homepage! Software is for bars and restaurants.
Ada Soft – different software packages for different kinds of businesses
CSI-Watch – Phuket-based software company. Uses MSSQL Express backend, has a monitoring module, works with USB receipt printers, Thai language module is in the works.
Phuket Surf Report and 7-Day Forecast
Useful for people going to the sea
Phuket Weather Radar
Combine this information with the wind direction from Phuket Surf Report and you can see if the rain is coming to your part of the island soon…
Phuket METAR
Aviation short-term forecast
Thailand Street Map version 11 for Garmin GPS units is now available on the GPSSociety.com site maintained by ESRI Thailand. Original page is in Thai, follow this link to Google Translate it.
If the broken product bears Synnex warranty sticker or you know what the product was purchased through Synnex you can check the exact warranty expiration date here on Synnex website.
The best way to watch the World Cup with English commentary is the Malaysian Astro TV satellite provider with their SuperSport HD channel. Reception is very good in Phuket and the subscription is cheap. Please contact us if you want to know the installation details.