Entries by Stefan Helander

Connecting Remote Desktop to console screen

When you connect to a Windows XP with remote desktop (RDP), you automatically get connected to the console, i.e. the same screen/session that a local user is logged into. However, if you connect to a server, like Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you will not get connected to the local console session, but instead to a […]

mysqldump to multiple files

It is a good idea to run mysqldump by cron to regurlarly make backups of your MySQL databases. An easy way to do this is by adding the –all-databases parameter.  This way you will have a backup of all your databases – in one file though. If the amount of data and the number of […]

FON 2.0n router sharing 3G over Wifi

When you’re travelling as a professional nerd, you regularly needs to access the Internet. Internet cafés can be expensive and 3G… don’t think about using it abroad. It ususally costs a fortune. I joined the FON network where you share your broadband connection at home to other FON-users and in return you are able to […]

ASCII animated Star Wars movie

To see it, you need a telnet client installed. In Linux and Microsoft Windows previous to Vista a telnet client is built in (obviously Microsoft figured no-one uses telnet anymore in Vista). To see the movie, just do telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl In Windows XP, click Start and then Run and type the line above in the run-command […]