I recently stumbled upon this while watching the diggnation podcast (episode 201). Check it out: 10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About
Quickly remove special characters from file names
September 1st 2010 – Version (2.3 Beta) is available. It adds the following new features: A “Dry Run” mode. In this mode the application will only display and log the changes to the file/directory names without actually renaming the files
Alternative ways to transfer files when you do not have ftp or sftp server available
Very often I find myself having to transfer files to remote machines that do not have ftp or sftp server running. Here are a few methods that I use in those cases: Using scp: The secure copy protocol and command
Find out the subdomains of a given domain name with dig
First, find out the name server(s) for the domain name in question: dig wikipedia.com Look under the “AUTHORITY SECTION”: ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns2.wikimedia.org. wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns1.wikimedia.org. wikipedia.com. 163475 IN NS ns0.wikimedia.org.
Has Apple become like Mirosoft? Or may be even worse?
I love Apple! I cannot live without my iPod, much less without my iPhone! The “I am a Mac, I am a PC” commercials on TV are so adorable… Sometimes I rewind my DVR just to see one of those
KARMA on the Fon and Sniffing Wireless Network Traffic with Ubuntu – Step by Step
KARMA is an application that transforms the right wireless NIC into the ultimate Access Point. Unlike a regular AP, which advertises its SSID to whoever wants to connect to it, the KARMA enabled AP passively listens to any client wireless
Dynamic Port Forwarding with SOCKS over SSH
Dynamic Port Forwarding with SOCKS over SSH is probably the easiest and cheapest secure method to connect a client application to a remote host over a preferred port. This method allows an application on a client computer to make request
Bike Trip from Orlando to Key West (and back)…
Finally… me and a couple of friends got together to do a bike trip for a few days. Somehow the idea of being able to ride bikes from dawn to dusk is irresistible. We packed up tents and a few
Basics of Networking
I have to admit that the majority of the IT professionals I have met have a little or no idea of basic networking. And sadly some of those are sys admins, site admins, programmers and in the extreme cases even
Acer Aspire 4720
I kept postponing the issue of getting a new laptop for quite some time. I would do some research, open a few sites and message boards to see what new is out there, but I was not able to make