‘Computer science’ Archives
Installing Linux from Windows
Today I decided to install Ubuntu on my laptop, since I need a linux platform for my work; Ubuntu is quite easy and fast to install and use, so I have chosen it. Once inserted the cd, the autoplay (which I hate, but I didn't remove yet) showed me a window with an interesting choice: Install Ubuntu as Windows application. I heard about this, but I [...]
Automatic web site backup
I have written a linux shell script to automatically backup a website: also, a php script can help to backup the database in case you do not have access to the database machine and cannot use the mysqldump command. First of all, what will you need: the script uses wget and ncftp; you can download them with your favorite package manager on [...]
Upload to Flickr with Python
Today I have found an interesting python script that allows you to upload photos from a local directory to Flickr; I decided to modify it and post here my modifications. The original script can be found here. The script is pretty easy to use: it searches image files in a given directory, check an history file in order to know if the photo has [...]
Approach Simulator
Sometimes it is not easy to find the perfect girl; and sometimes, when we find her, we don't know what to say. We would need to have a way to try before searching a girl in the real life: with Approach Simulator now you can! Approach Simulator is a java game developed by me and Marco for the Java exam at the University of Pavia. The game has [...]
