Diogo Gomes Blog

If you are faced with a restrictive firewall implemented by your local admin. But luckily enough to have access to a SSH server! You can use the following tip:
A SOCKS proxy can easily be setup using SSH, in a terminal type:
ssh -D 8080 -Nf your.sshserver.com
Then just change your Browser/Application settings to point towards localhost port [...]

At home I keep a MacMini Media Center which from time to time I access it remotely. Usually I do this through the SSH Server in OS X. But eventually I might need to access it through a GUI. Here comes in hand Apple’s OS X nifty tool called “Screen Sharing” which is actually a VNC [...]

Squid is the defacto proxy system. Either in the lab or at home I use a transparent squid proxy in order to have a global cache system for all my devices (I really hate browser caches that take all you disk space).
For years now, in order to configure a transparent Squid proxy you had to [...]

As a switcher I’m several times faced with the awkwardness of the differences between my previous work environment (Linux) and my new one.
One of the most annoying ones has been the handling of the function keys. First I though that after a while I would get used to the mapping in OS X terminal, but [...]

Any now and then, one ends up needing to provide a Curriculum Vitae AKA Résumé (CV).

Either for applying for a job or just to be used to assert your credentials (for example while running for project fundings), you always end up needing an updated CV.
So what do most people do ?

They keep a document of [...]