Archive for June, 2006


Fon(ix)

Have you heard about Fon? It’s a project (born in Spain) which aims to create a worldwide network of private wireless hotspots. If you join the movement, becoming a “fonero”, you’ll share your WiFi connection in a safe and secure manner and “your” hotspot location will be published on the Fon maps. In exchange, [...]

Sudo for Windows

Now, an interesting piece of software. I wonder why did it take so long for someone to come up with this. Sudo for Windows (sudowin) allows authorized users to launch processes with elevated privileges using their own passphrase. Unlike the runas command, Sudo for Windows preserves the user’s profile and ownership of [...]

How to peel a boiled potato

Most probably from the guys who brought you “how to fold a t-shirt in half the time” , here’s “how to peel a boiled potato in half the time”. Cute.

complete idiots guide to GnuPG

Once in a while I am asked to give someone a crash course on PGP (or its free software implementation GnuPG), encryption and authentication. I usually push these poor souls into GPG with Mozilla Thunderbird and Enigmail, following a few well delimited steps which are stored on a text file somewhere which had their command [...]

get a haircut, get a real job

There are probably a gazillion sites with tips on how to write a good curriculum vitae, so noone’s going to bother you pointing them. Let’s just keep it simple.
Whether you are planning to enrol in an education or training programme, looking for a job, or getting experience abroad, it is important to be able to [...]