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There are several ways to achieve this, but I’m focusing on this specific way because is really fast, easy and secure.

This method has two flavors:

• Via safari for free
• Via a paid app (much faster and easier, but involves $).

This is what you need to do:

1-Open a free account  at http://www.logmein.com

2-Download and install the LogMeIn Free program to your windows pc. There are serveral versions make sure to try the free version first

At this point you are now able to acces your PC via another PC web browser by logging into https://secure.logmein.com/

3-Once in the website go to the Remote Control and change the default mode from ACTIVEX to HTML:

Now you can access it even from your iphone’s safari.

If you like what you see you have the option to get the paid app, wich provides a better inerface to control the mouse in the touchscreen as well as a much fast rendering:

4-Go to AppStore and get the LogMeIn Ignition application in your iPhone.

5-Start your new app in the iphone, and provide the email and password used in step 1.

6-You will see a list (maybe just one item in the list) containing the name of the PC where you installed on step 2. Click on it.

7-I till prompt for the PC password also provided on step 2.

8-And then you are ready, ytou have your full Windows Desktop inside your iphone.

Today i saw a French movie about this girl, Amélie. I remember I saw the poster in the theather some years ago, back in 2001,  but didn’t see it.

Well now on TV I really enjoy it, is very interesting to explore this girl mind through her ideas, there we can see how the situations from the past can define our behivor and the way we picture our minds.

It’s fun to see how helping other peoples you can find your own happiness.

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When I saw this website I considered it one the more original websites I had seen, since it was a presentation of a book, I guessed that someone with such good imagination would have to write a very good book. So I decided I had to buy it.

When I received the book I realized it was true, the 16 stories in the book are interesting imaginative and very well writen and I really enjoyed them, some of them have even some kind of erotic taste, which I understood once I dig a bit in the life of the writer: Miranda July.

If you have a blog and an iPhone, you can write your post on the road, this app is for you.

This app supports the blogging system WordPress, either hosted at wordpress.com or in your own domain, the only pre-requisite is to have wordpress 2.5.1 version or higher.

To get it from the AppStore, simply search for wordpress and download it, it’s a free App from Automattic, Inc.

In order for you to be able to post, in your blog site,   you have to go to your SiteAdmin>Settings>Writing ->Remote Publishing and toggle the XML-RPC on.

Enable xml-rpc

Back on your iPhone, start the app with the WordPress logo, and you will this screen:

First Screen

There you can add your blog, it will simply ask for your BlogURL, username and password.

Once your blog is added you can click on it, and from there you will be able to see,  edit, and write your Posts, Pages and Comments:

Post Pages Comments

Posts

There you can write your Posts, and provide the tags and categories:

Write

And you can even take photos to submit to your post:

Add photo

Very Easy, now you can comlepletly update your blog while on the road.

“…What he learns, we all learn;

What he knows, we all benefit from…”

This video commercial from IBM is the best explanation I have ever heard of what Linux and Free Software really are:

“..the future is open.”

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This site is hosted on the server of a very reliable hosting company: phpwebhosting.com I have used their service since long time ago for different projects, and I can tell that is very professional and inexpensive at the same time.

They have very fast connections on very reliable linux servers, with apache, PHP, MySql, phpMyAdmin, ImageMagick, etc you can have full control of your account via a ssh shell.

They have improved their service and now offer even several domains in the same account, I know they also have now virtual private servers although I haven’t tried them yet.

One thing I can tell this hosting company is the one I can really recommend.

The combination of the linux kernel and the GNU project tools, plus many other things produce a great operating system, which is commonly refer to as LINUX.

There is no single corporation governing Linux,  all this is based on Free Software (Free as in Freedom), there are many projects with thousand of volunteers and companies involved in the development of the Free Software, there are also many corporates developing software for linux some of the free and open source, other proprietary components.

Using linux is like playing lego, the whole is clearly an assemble of many different pieces. You can switch the pieces, interchange positions, colors, get a different shape, and make a different article based on the same pieces. That’s why there are several Distributions (Operating Systems) based on GNU and Linux.

The first time I try Linux, it was back in late 90′s with Caldera Open Linux, I tried that distributiun because it was recommended for begginers. I remember using  the KDE  1.1.2 desktop and facing an old problem: Win modems, software based modems based on proprietary drivers and not functional in Linux. I remember this everything when I found hardware that is not compatible with Linux like our office printer DELL MFP 1125 printer.

This win modem issue keep me away from using Linux seriously for a couple of years.

A big quantity of the Windows licences in Mexico were (and I guess still are) installed on many PC’s. It was in 2002 when the mexican agency IMPI (Mexican Institute for the Intellectual Property) visited our company looking for the validity of the Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec and some other brands licences. The deal was simple, they made an inventory of the installed software, then after a couple of days you have to provide the proof of purchase of the licenses.  The general idea was more simple: you don’t have it, go buy it, we wait for you.

My GNOME Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop

It was at that moment when I decided that I was not going to give any money to any of those companies, for using bad software that keep me annoyed, it was clear for me: I’m fully switching to LINUX.

It was then when I switched to Mandrake Linux 9.0, at that time a very easy to use distribution know known as Mandriva. And I keep on using it until I got a Laptop. Then I face a new problem suspending and hibernation was an issue with Mandrake Linux and my new DELL laptop.

I did some research and found a distribution that solved my problem: UBUNTU 5.10 since then I’ve been using it.

At first I did not liked the GNOME desktop, which is the default in Ubuntu, then I switched to my preferred desktop KDE, via the Kubuntu derivative. After around a year using it but not happy with the KDE implementation into Ubuntu I realized what many people were, and still say: KDE is a second class citizen in Ubuntu, and in order get the best from the distro, I dumped kubuntu and switched to plain ubuntu.

Since then I have always keept an eye on KDE, and in order to get it back I tried other distros like Open SuSE, Gentoo and Archlinux, but the very good integration of Ubuntu and the fabulous APT packaging system and conflict resolution keep me on Ubuntu GNOME.

GNOME has improved a lot, and I’m very happy with it now… But i still keep an eye on KDE  4.

Jailbreak is the process by which a device is modified to allow unsigned code to be run.

In a more technical view, is a process where the firmware is patched to allow access to the device filesystem, then some applications are automatically installed (like Cydia or Icy), and that allow you to install new applications via an apt system ported to the iPhone.

The iPhone is running a modified version of the OS X which is already based on a BSD Operating System, therefore porting applications developed initially for Linux or BSD becomes easier.

On a jailbroken phone applications like a terminal, an SSH server, and even Java can be installed.

Also since there are no Apple restrictions developers can make better applications that can do things that otherwise it would not be possible.

So, Is it Safe?

I would say it’s completly safe, because you are modifying the software, not the hardware, of course that Apple will say it voids your warranty.

Since is software what we are talking about, you can always use iTunes to restore your factory settings.

And, is it legal?

I’m sure it is. Let’s compare it with a car:

If you bought a car, can you modify it’s engine to perform better? can you put a better sound system? can you paint it of a diffrent color?…. well it’s pretty much the same, of course if you modify your car you will for sure lose your warranty, well that’s the same for the iPhone.

And remember that anyway the only person responsible for your device, it’s yourself.

So what about that Jailbrake thing, why would we need it for?

One of the main disadvantages of the iPhone are the very restricted rules that Apple has applied onto it for monetary (they will say safety) porpuses:

-You can activate and synchronize your device with your computer only via iTunes.

-You can install software only via the apple store, whether directly from the iPhone or from iTunes.

-You can’t theme your iPhone.

-You can not access your device by any other means.

-etc…

There are also several restrictions applied to the app developers in order to get their programs approved to be inside the Apple Store, The rejection of Google Voice is the more sounded one, but there are also many limitation that won’t allow several programs to be ported to (or developed for) the iphone, issues like:

-Programs can’t run in the background.

-Programs can’t run when the phone is “sleeping”.

-Certain type of programs, like VoIP software, can’t run over 3G.

-etc…

There are even restrictions related what Carrier you can use: iPhones came locked to a specificy carrier and you can not change your mobile company.

But the iphone is not only a phone, is a computer more powerfull that the first i386 I had back in the 80′s, it can do much more. But it feels like it’s in Jail!

There is where the clever guys from the iphone dev-team came with a solution: Jailbrake

Taking a screenshot of the  iphone is very easy, but very hidden, this is what’s needed:

Simply hold at the same time the home and power buttons of your device. A flash and sound will appear.

That’s it, your screen capture is at your camera roll.