That is, unless you plan on owning them and supporting them. Allow me to explain. There are some tools, like the Linux Kernel or the Python Interpreter that you’ll be able to use (for the most part…) without a second thought. (Though, there are definitely imaginable, and in fact scenarios I’ve run into, where tweaking [...]
Archives for September 2010
Building Empire State Buildings
Today Google had one of its fancy playable logos. They really are nifty – I actually found myself playing with it and admiring the physics for a couple of minutes. And then I noticed…. So was everybody else. I got a couple of messages from friends who also spent a couple of minutes with it. [...]
How to VNC into any Linux machine (or how I ‘hack into’ my friends computers)
The biggest challenge in helping out a friend in need (running Linux, of course — I don’t bother troubleshooting any Windows problems with any tool other than an Ubuntu Live CD now-a-days) is often their local networking setup. Why? Because I can point out tutorials or guides until I am blue in the face but [...]
