Writing about design, code, and the messy space in between.https://blog.blahaj.uk/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/us-financial-services-canadian-number-voip-support/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/us-financial-services-canadian-number-voip-support/A summary of which US financial services accept Canadian phone numbers or US VOIP numbers for verification.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/amex-checking-300-bonus-timeline/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/amex-checking-300-bonus-timeline/Opened online with ITIN. Used a Wise transfer with memo set to payroll as fake DD to meet the $7,500 deposit requirement. Bonus posted same day.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/cod4-2026/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/cod4-2026/How to get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare running on Windows 11 in 2026 — Chinese localization, multiplayer fixes, and single-player enhancements.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamesToolshttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/dotfiles-advanced-chezmoi/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/dotfiles-advanced-chezmoi/Moving from Dotbot to Chezmoi — layered management of shared config, machine-local overrides, and secrets.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsWorkflowCLIhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/how-much-i-spent-on-ai/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/how-much-i-spent-on-ai/A breakdown of my AI spending from August 2023 to May 2026, spanning nearly three years. Conclusion: most of the time I used free options, and actual out-of-pocket expenses were C$120.00 + U$13.54 + £11.00 + ¥99.00.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThoughtsFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/dotfiles-setup-with-dotbot/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/dotfiles-setup-with-dotbot/Stop manually reconfiguring every new Mac. One dotfiles command restores all your settings.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsWorkflowCLIhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/stop-reinventing-the-wheel-lyric-romanizer/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/stop-reinventing-the-wheel-lyric-romanizer/OpenKara needed CJK lyric romanization. While researching, I found a ready-made engine inside the Spotify Karaoke Chrome extension. One GitHub Issue later, I extracted it into a standalone npm package — lyric-romanizer — supporting 12 native scripts and 4 API-based scripts.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsThoughtsWorkflowhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/support-explicit-over-auto-detection-lyric-romanizer/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/support-explicit-over-auto-detection-lyric-romanizer/While adding Cantonese support to the lyric romanization tool, I went in circles with auto-detection and finally settled on explicit parameters.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsThoughtsWorkflowhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/boa-no-ftf-customized-cash-rewards-via-product-change/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/boa-no-ftf-customized-cash-rewards-via-product-change/Bank of America product changes preserve the original card's no-FTF benefit. Apply for Travel Rewards first, then PC to Customized Cash Rewards after a year — and you get a no-AF, no-FTF, 3% custom category card.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/churning-slang/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/churning-slang/A beginner's guide to common churning abbreviations and slang — from the basics to each bank's application rules.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/hsbc-au-global-transfer-maintain-premier/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/hsbc-au-global-transfer-maintain-premier/Without an Australian local bank account, use HSBC UK's AUD account and Global Transfer to complete the monthly A$9,000 deposit requirement and maintain HSBC AU Premier.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/td-all-inclusive-credit-card-fee-waiver-workaround/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/td-all-inclusive-credit-card-fee-waiver-workaround/Use TD's online account type change feature to temporarily upgrade to an All-Inclusive account in the month your credit card annual fee is charged, then downgrade immediately after the rebate lands.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/us-bank-450-bonus-timeline/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/us-bank-450-bonus-timeline/How I completed the U.S. Bank $450 sign-up bonus requirement using an ITIN, fake DD, and a trip to Seattle.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/wells-fargo-400-bonus-timeline/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/wells-fargo-400-bonus-timeline/Opened alongside U.S. Bank during the same Seattle trip. Used SoFi and U.S. Bank ACH transfers as fake DD to meet the $3,000 direct deposit requirement.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinancehttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/exploit-cursor-cloud-agent/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/exploit-cursor-cloud-agent/Last month I found a bug that let you use Cursor's 4.6-opus-high-thinking model for free, indefinitely. It got patched within days.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsThoughtshttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/hello-astro/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/hello-astro/A minimal bilingual blog that keeps content in Git, ships static HTML, and generates Open Graph images at build time.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsWritinghttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/cli-tools-replace-document-creation/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/cli-tools-replace-document-creation/One day in April, I realized I almost never need to create a PDF-bound document from scratch. Most of the time I'm just filling out something someone else sent me. The things I actually need to write and export from scratch boil down to three: resume, invoice, and cover letter.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolsWorkflowCLIhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/turkish-apple-id-itunes/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/turkish-apple-id-itunes/Turkish iTunes Store and iTunes Match prices are incredibly cheap after currency conversion. Here is how to take advantage of this overlooked benefit.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTInfoToolshttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/safepal-x1-free-hardware-wallet/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/safepal-x1-free-hardware-wallet/Process for getting a free cryptocurrency hardware walletMon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTExperienceLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/fedex-stole-package-banned-account/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/fedex-stole-package-banned-account/FedEx Stole My Package Worth $1500 and Closed My Account Without Notice.Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTExperienceLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/canada-international-student-banking-guide-2023/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/canada-international-student-banking-guide-2023/Personal experience summarized Canada international student basic bank account/card knowledge.Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTExperienceFinanceLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/punctuation-guide-chinese-english/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/punctuation-guide-chinese-english/People who don't like to add spaces between Chinese and English when typing will have a hard time in relationships. There is a 70% chance they will marry someone they don't love at the age of 34, while the remaining 30% of people can only leave their inheritance to their cats in the end. After all, both love and writing need proper spacing.Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTToolsWritingReprintLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/my-referral-codes/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/my-referral-codes/I have organized all my referral codes here. I would be very happy if you can use them.Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTFinanceLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/spy-x-family-review/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/spy-x-family-review/One afternoon at mealtime, I clicked on Spy x Family and watched three episodes continuously, then decided to stop watching before the plot officially unfolded and write a sharp review.Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMTAnimationScreenWritingLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/coverview-blog-cover-generator/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/coverview-blog-cover-generator/CoverView is a web project developed by React, less than 500kb in size, open-sourced on GitHubFri, 06 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTToolsLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/clouds-in-super-mario/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/clouds-in-super-mario/Cory Arcangel's 2002 artwork Super Mario Clouds uses a real Nintendo NES cartridge, with hardware modifications made to the cartridge to remove all content except the clouds and blue sky.Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTThoughtsGamesLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/toilet-dilemma/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/toilet-dilemma/Independent game designer Steven Harmon created a website called Toilet Game Studies in 2017Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTThoughtsGamesReprintLLM-freeTranslatedhttps://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/come-drink-with-me/https://blog.blahaj.uk/posts/come-drink-with-me/Come Drink with Me - Hu Jinquan's first martial arts film and the pioneering work of Shaw Brothers' new school of martial arts cinema. Its status and significance are naturally monumental. In 1966, such a color martial arts film was groundbreaking, but fifty-six years later, does it still hold viewing value?Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTScreenThoughtsLLM-freeTranslated