Melastmohican's Blog

I ordered laptop on March 18th. Two days later sales person sent me email asking to give them a call to verify some info. I call that person and he cheked my address and security code on my credit card. I would like to mention that it’s my second order so I am already in [...]

Ridding a network of Windows computers of a virus or worm can seem impossible. Viruses may cause computers to reboot and infect new machines while you are in the process of removing them. Through the use of the live-software installer, Knoppix provides a solution to this catch-22

Sniffer, product I have been working on for last 6 years has been mentioned in NetworkWorld article about 20 products that changed networking industry. In 1986 it was the first easy-to-use network diagnostic tool. Other software mentioned are Netware, Lotus Notes, Linux. Netscape, Apache and finally Google.

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How to make a custom TV-torrent feed · TorrentFreak, torrents and more
tvRSS just released some extra features that makes it easier to find the latest episodes of your favorite TV-show. They optimized their search options, and support “search based rss feeds”. This makes it easy for anyone to create a personalized TV-torrent feed. This means [...]

At Harvard University this semester, students are flocking to a new class that might give them some insight into the secret to happiness. Psychology 1504, or “Positive Psychology,” has become the most popular course on campus.

Configuring Dual/Multiboot Systems to Run with VMware Workstation for Linux
t is possible to install VMware Workstation for Linux to run one or more guest operating systems from raw disk partitions. This is useful for people who already have a dual- or multiboot system and who want to run those operating systems under VMware Workstation.

Matt Croydon has written a quick (25 lines!) Python script that automatically backs up his photos from Flickr to S3.

PhotoRec is an open source multi-platform app intended to help you recover photos from corrupted media like memory cards and even hard drives and CD-ROMs. In addition to photos, PhotoRec can recover many other types of files, including video files, documents, and archives (e.g. zip files). PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying [...]

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