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Remote Desktop Help
- You should go here http://whatismyip.com/ and take your IP.
- Download VNC client. It is open-source software that could be downloaded from here
if you are on normal windows XP click on this direct link here to download the last version- Save the downloaded file and run it.
- During the installation choose that you want the client and the server.
- Choose to install as a service
- You must provide a password for the server to be able to accept incoming connections
- Restart your computer
- Tell your ip from http://whatismyip.com/ to the person you want to invite, and share the password with him.
- You should see a new icon in you try near the clock. when this icon changes its colour, this means that someone is connected to your screen.
Here is help in Bulgarian
Searching for a media disk
And what about some media PC? http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10111
I have found what I want but I cant find it in my country. Hm…any suggestions for simillar products in Bulgaria, or deliveries to Bulgaria :) ?
E-book readers research
Ebook readers reviews
Devices:
- http://www.plasticlogic.com/ – this is the reader!
- http://www.astak.com/97Ebook_Reader.html – my second favorite
- Irex iliad- 8″ dispaly, video here , zooming here – 500eur (with wifi it is 660eur)
- Sony PRS-505, video here – medium screen, $299
- STAReBOOK 6″ 800×600 pixel 4-level gray scale
- Hanlin v3(linux) 6″ screen – not good for pdfs also here
- booken – french release, 6″ screen size, full specification
- google reader – ugly and big. and not e-paper technology
- Amazon Kindle – Only usa, not good support for PDF,
- http://scottstuff.net/blog/articles/2008/06/03/should-i-buy-a-kindle#comments
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140
My E-book device will have:
- Web-access via wi-fi or better
- PDF/WORD viewer
- Backlight
- large screen – no need to be pocket size
So I am on hold on with those devices ….
Chunks for the String method.
If you want to generate some sort of chunks from a large strings you can use the following method.
You give as a param an array of arrays, each array is pointing with % the start position of the chunk and the last position.
class String
def String.random_alphanumeric(size=16)
(1..size).collect { (i = Kernel.rand(62); i += ((i < 10) ? 48 : ((i < 36) ? 55 : 61 ))).chr }.join
end
def chunkanize(parts = [[0,4], [48, 52], [95, 100]])
return [self] if self.size <= 1
# working with words
terms_array = self.split(/ /)
join_type = " "
# working with letters
if terms_array.size <= 100
terms_array = self.split(//)
join_type = ""
end
one_percent = terms_array.size.to_f / 100
parts.collect do |part|
start = part[0]
stop = part[1]
terms_array[(start * one_percent)..(stop * one_percent)].join(join_type)
end
end
end
Safer Internet for the Kids
I have changed the DNS at my home network to point to opendns.com
Those guys claim that they will prevent access to the bad places of Internet. Lets check…