Check for Facebook invitatations written in your name!

https://www.facebook.com/invite_history.php

I just got a quite annoyed mail from a buddy who let me know that he won’t join Facebook.

So? Why would I care?

Well truth is: Facebook sent him an eMail in my name that he should join Facebook.

How they got his address?

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OS

How to optimize Ubuntu 11.04 for SSDs

I just found a nice article on how to optimize Ubuntu 11.04 for SSDs. Check it out here: (German only!)

http://wordpress.the-engine.at/2011/06/ubuntu-11-04-fur-ssd-anpassen/

Metasploit: db_autopwn with PostgreSQL support

Since sqlite3 support was cut out in recent versions of Metasploit most of the tutorials won’t work anymore :)
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Windows 7 as WiFi Access Point

OK here is the deal: You have a wired connection to the Internet e.g. in a hotel room but your fancy new smart phone, iPad etc. just has WLAN connection. Until now you had three possibilities:

  1. Use your 3G connection
  2. Use Bluetooth or crappy wired connections
  3. Stay offline, go the hotel bar and get drunk you damn geek!

Well since all modern notebooks do have a WLAN card built in, why not use this card as an access point? The average Linux guy is now really LOLing but for us Windows users this just was a dream. Now Microsoft implemented some nice command line tools to turn your WLAN card into an access point. You can find the information here:

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USB-Boot for VMWare Player

Too bad VMWares BIOS emulation doesn’t support booting from USB media. Have a look at Plop Boot Manager which is an USB or floppy image which you can boot your VM from. When the boot manager is started you can mount the USB-device to your VM and boot from it by selecting USB.

UMTS Connector

When my site frist launched, people loved my UMTS-Connector. This peace of software is frequently used by mobile broadband users with a bad coverage. I developed this small program when I had to fight with large connection problems in 2007. Since I didn’t work on the software till then, I realease the source code free of charge for personal use.

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Welcome / Willkommen

Welcome to my new homepage. This site will be a public ‘brainaid’ to keep me reminded what I programmed and found out :)

Know the feeling? you just finished a hard configuration challenge with your favourite software or you just created a small app and you forget about it since it works. But one day you have to do it again and one thought comes up your mind:

How the heck did I do that back then?

Well this site shall help me remind my stuff and gives you the chance not to reinvent the wheel from scratch. So if you find some information or software useful leave me a comment!

Martin