TECH DORM

Microsoft Paint alternative on Linux Best one I have found is Pinta

I made a django app recently in a weekend. Its called Top 10 Songs . It retrieves top charts from all over the internet to determine top songs for the weekend. Visit the site @ www.top10songs.co.in The app is open source and code is available at GitHub

Windows 7 has the ability to create wireless hotspots that allow you to share your pc internet connection. You don't need any other software for this.  First Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the network you want to share from network and sharing center. Internet Connection Sharing Start cmd with Admin priviledges. Run cmd with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER Run the following command "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="techdorm" key="techd0rm" keyUsage=persistent"   #Change ssid and key to your like. You should see "Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adaptor" when goto change adapter settings in Network and sharing center. Then run the following command in cmd "netsh wlan start hostednetwork". Now you should a WiFi network with ssid you choose above be able to connect to it. To stop the network you can simply run "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork"  I used to make hotspot using Virtual Router but started to

You cannot use Windows inbuild ad-hoc network to share your laptop/desktop internet connection with your android mobile through WiFi. Android will not detect your WiFi network although there are methods to do so. There are some special soft wares which makes this task a breeze like Connectify, Virtual Router etc. Virtual Router is free and open-source program that can wirelessly share any internet connection (WiFi, LAN, Cable Modem, Dial-up, Cellular, etc.) with any WiFi device (Laptop, Smart Phone, iPod Touch, iPhone, Android Phone, Zune, Net-book, wireless printer, etc.) secured using WPA2. Go to Network and Sharing Center Change Adapter Settings Right click on the connection you want to share Select Sharing tab Check the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" Also, select your Home networking connection Start Virtual Router and enter desired Network Name and Password Choose the connection you just shared from

I have made an app that reads the names of movies from files given to it and retrieves IMDB Ratings for each. It uses awesome http://www.omdbapi.com/ API to fetch data. [caption id="attachment_201" align="aligncenter" width="733"] Folder Movie Data[/caption] It was inspired originally from http://legaloslotr.github.com/mdb/ . MDB has to be installed to work but mine version need not be installed but files have to be dragged and dropped everytime. I will try to improve it more in future using newer HTML5 features like localstorage but it will take time. Give it a go at http://pumpndump.in/fmd Also give your valuable feedback and comments. Source code will also be published soon at Git Hub