Have you ever wanted to control 2 computers with the same keyboard and mouse? (Semi-Geek Post)

If the two computers are in the same LAN, you can easily do that. Imagine having two screens connected to two computers, and only one mouse and keyboard connected to the first computer. When your mouse pointer reaches the edge of the screen on your first computer, it jumps to the second computer, along with keyboard control. Moreover, you could even use different operating systems on the two computers, one Windows and one Linux.

The way to achieve this is to use Win2VNC (for Windows) or x2vnc (for Linux). After you install one of these programs on the first computer, you have to install a VNC server on the other computer (I recommend RealVNC). The last step is configuring win2vnc or x2vnc to connect to the VNC server on the other computer. Tip: Tip: Make sure that at least while testing you disable the VNC server authentication, so that it doesn't ask for permission or for a password when win2vnc connects to it. Also, check the firewall permissions on the second computer. I think the default port for RealVNC is 5900.

How to successfully compile prozilla (proz) on Ubuntu Feisty (Geek Post)

If you get this error
download_win.h:55: error: extra qualification 'DL_Window::' on member 'print_status'
go to line 55 in src/download_win.h and replace it with
void DL_Window:: print_status(download_t * download, int quiet_mode);

(via LINUX... y otras cosas)

This image is haunting me. Right, now let's get on with our lives.

My work

About 5 years ago I joined a website called Jucaushii.ro, a Romanian gaming news website. More than 2 years ago Playfuls.com, its English counterpart, was launched. Last year I sold both websites and I used the money to pay a part of my college. At its highest peak playfuls.com had more than 3 million visitors per month (If you want to put this into perspective, check this out). I would really want to stress the fact that I never was involved in the editorial process, I only handled the tech part. And by this I mean I wrote the core of the website (along with my friend Stokky) and I configured/maintained the Linux servers. The current setup has a main server and a bunch of caches in front.

My main area of interest is distributed applications in general and datamining in general. By datamining I mean extracting useful data from unstructured information (what Google does). I've been doing this in one way or another for the past 3 years. Even i do it on an on/off basis, this is my true passion. My other major interests are Linux and programming in general.

One of my new projects is GeoScaling, which will be a company offering geographical web scaling services and products. We will help companies build, maintain and scale web applications that have many visitors or are mission critical. Our first product is GeoScaling DNS, a DNS server that can redirect users to the closest mirror based on their country of origin. It will also be able to do load balancing and global failover. The software is still in alpha and we're currently testing it. This is going to be an interesting summer.

How to make VMware Workstatin 5.5.3 work after an upgrade to Feisty (Geek Post!)

1) Locate the installed version of vmmon.tar (it should be something similar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar)

2) Backup vmmon.tar (optional yet highly recommended)
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar.bck

3) Unpack the file
tar -xvf vmmon.tar

4) Edit vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
Try
mcedit vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
If you don't have mcedit try editing the file with pico, vi, or something else
pico vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
vi vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h

Inside the file replace the line
static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);
with
/* static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code); */

5) Repack the folder
chmod 755 vmmon.tar
tar -cvf vmmon.tar vmmon-only

6) Run vmware-config.pl

Enjoy

On pain and suffering, by YsabellaBrave (she could be what she seems, a lady, I haven't decided yet - see her other (1) videos (2))

Hi.

My name is Ovi and I am originally from Targu Mures, which is located in Transylvania, a region of Romania which probably reminds you of Dracula. I am 21, in a relationship with a beautiful and intelligent woman, and I'm currently a sophomore studying IT at INHOLLAND University, Amsterdam.

The IT department at INHOLLAND is small and I love it because all the students and teachers know each other. It's actually kind of a school in a school, because it doesn't have much in common with the rest of INHOLLAND (and trust me, that's a good thing). The program contains a lot of Cisco (CCNA, CCNP and Cisco Wireless), programming (more Java, C, ASP/C#), and Math (Calculus, Discrete Math, Signals). When I will graduate (hopefully earlier than expected) I will earn a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

I have been working with computers since I was in the 2nd grade. I usually wake up and go to sleep in front of a computer. I have a tendency to do a lot of extracurricular stuff as I find working on real projects the best way to learn Computer Science. So if you want to know what I know, don't necessarily look at what I do in school (but more on my projects later). My main interests are datamining, , Linux and (more recently) networking and security. I also have a vast experience in PHP (5+ years), and I'm busy studying semi-advanced Java.

My astrological sign is Aquarius and I am left handed and disorganized (strangely I find this an asset, as it stimulates my imagination). I love music of all kinds, but especially oldies. I hope to have enough time to learn how to play piano soon. I also like movies in general (and SciFi, decent comedies and French movies in particular).

I don't know exactly what you'll find on this blog. I guess it depends on my mood. But I will probably write a combination of technical posts, personal opinions on life, and (if I really start to study for the GRE exam), English words and essays.

Fear of posting

I have to admit, I'm a little bit paranoid when it comes to publishing information about myself online. Some would say it's nonsense, and others would see it as a legitimate cause of concern. Since I'm into datamining and Computer Science in general, I'm aware that employers are starting to collect online information about candidates during the interview process. Even on a public blog people tend to publish personal information, and this clashes with the mask that they put on when they go into an interview.

When I think about this newfound way of getting information about potential and current employees I automatically ask myself if you can ascertain somebody's work potential by reading a personal blog. Come to think of it, if I would be the one doing the interviews I would probably try to google the candidates, but I would not judge them from a personal point of view.

Excuse the babbling, it's late.