Setting up an FTP Server Behind NAT (Network Address Translation)

Before starting, I assume that you have enough knowledge about FTP, active and passive mode in FTP, and NAT (Network Address Translation).My home LAN (Local Area Connection) is consisted of several computers connected to The Internet via a router with a single IP Address, therefore obviously NAT is...

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Echochrome: Not Just Another Game

Even though I'm not a real gamer, I still like to follow the development in the game world. From what I see in the recent years, the development of games is a bit stagnant. It's true that in matter of graphics we have been experiencing an incredible improvement. However, the types of game doesn't vary as much as I expected. A death in creativity?If you also have a similar opinion, then you might be...

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Computer Technology, Now and Twenty Years Ago

With or without us realizing, the technology has been improving significantly over the past 20 years. One of the most significant changes can be spotted in the improvement of computer technology. Computer nowadays has better performance, smaller size, and bigger capacity. On top of that, the improvements of computer technology make it possible to lower the cost of computers. All of those lead to many...

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Google Translation Now With Language Detection

It is a bit surprising that only 3 days since I post about Creating a One-Click Web Page Translation Button, Google Translation now includes another cool feature: language detection. So, instead of picking source and destination language now you can just select the destination language and let Google decides the source language. You can update the translation button here. You might also notice that...

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Sharing Internet Connection using WiFi (Windows XP)

Here is the situation, you have two (or more) laptops (or PC) with WiFi capabilities. You don't have any router, switch, hub, or whatsoever. Just a single Internet port enough for one of your computer. Don't be worry, because you still can share the Internet connection by using ad-hoc network.First, you need to pick one of those computers as a "server". Connect it to the Internet using the usual way....

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Free Softwares and Games

These website offers free softwares and games for (almost) everyday. The offer are just for one day, but they will offer something else in the next day. Pretty interesting to check.Give away of the dayGame give away of the ...

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Creating a One-Click Web Page Translation Button

For someone like me who live in a foreign country with unfamiliar language, a translation tool is everyday necessity. My favorite tools for web translation so far are Google Translation and Altavista's Babelfish. However, I feel a little bit uncomfortable when using them in my usual way. It is because...

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Portable Applications

Are you working with several computers? Do you have some favorites application that is not available at your workstation? Do you have problem on installing your software because you don't have the priviledge to do it?If you at least have one question answered yes, you probably will like portable applications....

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Google Analytics, a Tool for Bloggers and Webmasters

At my early days of blogging, I had a doubt whether there are some people over there actually read my blog. Thus, if that is the case, how did they know about my blog, where are they come from, and what did they read? I think this is quite common questions for blogger or webmaster.Google Analytics answers...

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