The Pachube story

My favorite startup in the fast emerging Internet of Things market, London-based Pachube, has been acquired by Woburn, Massachusetts-based LogMeIn. The deal is worth "approximately $15 million in cash," some of it dependent on performance. LogMeIn provides provides cloud-based remote access solutions, such as the remote PC control app Ignition that we wrote about earlier … Continue reading The Pachube story

How to install Guest OS Additions (Linux guestOS) in VirtualBox

1. Mount the Guest OS Additions image file (ISO). 2. Open up a terminal, go to /media, and see if the image has been mounted successfully. jayla@jayla-VirtualBox:/media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.10_93012$ 3. Run the relevant script sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 4. Guest OS Additions should be installed in folder /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10 For more details, go to the official VirtualBox site https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html … Continue reading How to install Guest OS Additions (Linux guestOS) in VirtualBox

A more detailed tutorial on how to allow remote access

Setting up remote access to your local network is one of the coolest things you can do with your router, as it allows you to remotely view your screen, access files, control services like BitTorrent remotely, and so on. Basically, anything you can do at home can be made possible by just opening a few … Continue reading A more detailed tutorial on how to allow remote access

Allow Remote Desktop connections from outside your home network (Windows and Linux)

There are six steps you'll need to follow to set this up. Each one is explained in detail below. Allow remote connections to the computer you want to access. Make sure Remote Desktop is able to communicate through your firewall. Find the IP address of the computer on your home network that you want to … Continue reading Allow Remote Desktop connections from outside your home network (Windows and Linux)

How to install FLTK with MS Visual C++ 2010 Express

1. Go to http://fltk.org and download the latest release (zip file, such as "fltk-1.3.0-source.tar") 2. Copy it to C:/ and unzip the file. 3. Open Visual C++ 2010, go to C:\fltk-1.3.0\ide\VisualC2010, open "fltk.sln". 4. From the Build menu, choose build solution. When the process is completed, close Visual Studio. 5. From the main FLTK directory, … Continue reading How to install FLTK with MS Visual C++ 2010 Express

How do I make a Python script executable on Linux/Unix?

You need to do two things: the script file’s mode must be executable and the first line must begin with #! followed by the path of the Python interpreter. The first is done by executing “chmod +x scriptfile” or perhaps “chmod 755 scriptfile". $ chmod +x myscript.py The second can be done in a number … Continue reading How do I make a Python script executable on Linux/Unix?