Eddie's Tech Notes

There are quite a few guides on the web that discuss how to share your Ethernet/cable Internet connection with your wifi card on a Windows XP machine, essentially turning a Windows XP machine into a wifi hotspot. However, they have not been updated for the latest Windows XP SP3, which introduces some changes on its Windows Firewall component. This blog post aims to bridge this gap by listing the procedure that is proved to work in this situation. There are altogether four steps: Enable Internet Connection Sharing of your Ethernet/cable connection Set up the wireless network connection a hotspot Start the wireless hotspot Connect to the wireless hotspot

Rainmeter with Omnimo UI (Make pre-Win8 Desktop looks like Windows 8) TICKR (add a news ticker to your Windows/Linux Desktop) Result:

Create a file .muttrc at home directory with the following content: set realname="Eddie" set from="Eddie@unknown.domain" set use_from=yes The command to send email: echo "Email content" | mutt -e 'my_hdr From:Eddie@unknown.domain' -a AttachedFile -s "Email subject" -- recipient@unknown.domain