So over two months have passed since my last update. I was either busy or not in the mood to update my blog. I will try to make up for lost posts somehow… I’m now enrolled to the System and Network Engineering Master at University of Amsterdam. How I got here?
Archive of posts filed under the General category.
Great success!
(that’s what Borat would say) Today I’ve received wonderful news! I have been accepted to the System And Network Engineering Master at the University of Amsterdam! Starting from the end of August I’ll be relocating to Amsterdam for one year of full geek experience (hopefully!). I can not thank enough my girlfriend on being such [...]
Get your personal email account
Most people use free email services like yahoo, gmail or live. Unfortunately all the nice sounding email addresses are taken by now so new users have to come up with strange combinations like johndoe19__smth_smth@yahoo.com. That’s very hard to remember and it sounds very unprofessional. Having an online presence is no longer such a big deal. [...]
Free PowerShell book
If you’re just learning PowerShell or you’re already a top scriptwizard “Mastering Powershell” might prove to be a useful resource. Besides the usual scripting basics like variables, functions, pipes and so on the later chapters show some usage of the scripting language for some more concrete problems like XML manipulation or user account management. Just [...]
Color that manpage!
Manpages are the last line of defence when it comes to unix troubleshooting. After you’ve tried everything you could have think of and it still doesn’t work you know it’s time to read the manual. By default linuxes use the less command to display the man page requested by the user. The manpage is displayed [...]
Quickie: Wrap to 80 columns
I got a complaint that my submitted text file is not wrapped to 80 columns. Rather than work my butt to mix and match the text lines until i get to the bastard’s requirement I used the neat little tool called fold cosu@cosu-desktop:~/Desktop$ cat file | fold -s my monitor resolution is soooooooooooooooooo small that [...]
Summer Activities la Microsoft Innovation Center UPB
Colegii mei mai tineri au placerea sa va invite la Summer Activities, un proiect ce se va desfasura pe parcursul a 4 saptamani incepand cu 25 august. Scopul evenimentului este de a ii familiariza pe studenti cu tehnolgii Microsoft precum: ASP.NET (dezvoltare web) MS SQL (baze de date) Windows Sockets (API de comunicare peste o [...]
Specializarea C1
La apelul lui Vlad Posea am incropit cateva scurte descrieri ale cursurilor urmate de mine in semestrul trecut. Textul de mai jos contine o doza puternica de subiectivism.
Quickie: latex no numbering
Diasable chapter, section and subsection numbering for all their instances (useful for small operations) \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1} For disabling numbering on just one chapter/section/subsection/ \section*{My Hovercraft} \subsection*{Is Full of Eels}
Prezentare Windows Powershell
Avand in vedere “succesul” prezentarii de Powershell de saptamana trecuta am decis sa public prezentarea si codul demo. Have fun! Windows Powershell Windows Powershell Demo Code Windows Power Shell Publish at Scribd or explore others: Study Guides, Notes, School Work powershell
