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Stupid T*lus Network

Ok, I don't have to mention the company's name! Anyways, after switching from the stable Cisco network to their primary network, my internet Gateway has to be refresh for pretty much every day. It is so unstable and incovinent, especially most of the interactive websites using "send" and "response" mechanism. For example, if you click send email, and then your internet need to refresh its IP, you will lose your "email is sent" response. Well, at least my router has the option "renew forever", but still... so annoying. Oh well, I have 9 more month before my contract end, I will pay for more stable network. My next choice I want to try is Shaw and 3Web.

Casio Pro Trek Battery Replace

Summer time again, and I am about to head to Banff for some extreme biking riding. I remember that I have a watch Casio Pro Trek model PRT 40 that I brought in 1998 and I want to use it because the watch has: 1. digit compass 2. Altimeter 3. Thermometer It will be cool to see how elavation I ride up the on the Rocky Montian. However, I needed to replace the battery. I rememer that there are 2 batteries in my watch. I "assumed" that one of the battery (which has a red cover) is for maintaining the data while the other one is for display, so I decided just to get buy one for now, and I will get new battery when I go back to HK (i.e. it is very cheap to get battery in HK's Women Market) Tonight, I went to SuperStore, brought a button battery model 395 and I try to replace the battery. I remembered that once the battery is replace, I have to do a special procedue to restart the watch by contacting the negative of the battery to somewhere inside the watch. Damn, I forgot whic