As from home, anywhere

Virgin Media is boasting 100 Mb/s download and 5 Mb/s upload data transfer. With these speeds, it is not only thinkable to make a VPN to tunnel traffic and avoid eavesdroppers on public WiFi, but also use it to navigate the Internet as if you were at home.
Therefore, if I ever wanted to watch BBC iPlayer or other video on demand services from abroad, I could.

Here is a description on how to prepare this on Debian Linux and connect from an iPad tablet, but other distro will work the same way.

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When I was setting up my Debian microserver with Samba to backup/share files with my Windows 7 and Windows XP machines, I have had a bit of a fight with a few options. Here is a list of issues I encountered setting up Samba and how I solved them. I could not find a single post/site addressing all my problems, therefore this post is also a way for me to remember for next time!
setgid, chmod, smb.conf and force create mode are a few keywords defining this post.

• Q1: I cannot login from my Windows machine, the login box keeps appearing back
• Q2: When I create a file, only me can access it
• Q3: How can I have other users modify my folders?

If you see any error or think I should be clearer, do let me know and I will be thankful to correct accordingly.

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Previously I was discussing about Twitter but there is another medium I have been using for much longer. At the time, it was only a CV website and it has since been evolving towards the one stop shop for professionals.

2- Linkedin

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Two years ago, I did not “do” Social Media at all. Then I learnt, a bit the same way I learnt how to cook!

I started by following recipes found on the web (or grandmother for cooking), and then made my own. I mean, when you don’t really know what you are doing, you try. Then, when you understand better, you become more adventurous and you get to know which flavours work together.

1- Twitter

Back in May 2009, I didn’t have a Twitter account and started cutting my teeth on @AlbanRampon, and @ARMCommunity had less than 200 followers. continue reading…