All things Geeky
Using a Raspberry Pi and a USB Wi-Fi adapter, I successfully bypassed hotel Wi-Fi’s captive portal, connecting my baby monitor camera and other devices seamlessly to a created hotspot. This workaround not only allowed baby monitoring and additional security through the camera’s features but also connected multiple devices without extra hotel charges, providing both peace of mind and cost savings during travel.
Hackathons give the perfect opportunity to work on something you love – An idea that has not been considered before, or some automation that helps with my productivity, showcasing an integration that is not in the product pipeline, so many possibilities. I usually have a running list of such ideas I want to work on […]
As soon as Apple released WatchKit for developing WatchOS Applications, I wanted to learn how to make an app and publish it to the app store. I use a VLC media player to play music and sometimes videos and I use an iPhone application that controls the playback and volume. Unfortunately, the developer of the […]
I was always fascinated with cloud computing and working with cloud services. That is the reason I took the Cloud Computing class while pursuing my Masters in Computer Science at New York University. Here is a demo for one of the projects I worked on using a bunch of Amazon Web Services, Node.js, and socket.io. […]
Another demo from one of my favorite classes at New York University. As part of my mobile application group project, we wanted to work on a mobile app that solves a common problem among friends when planning a meetup and also combines our learning from the Cloud Computing class. Idea Have you ever wanted an […]
Have you ever observed that you are not getting full speed while downloading something. Well, the reason is when you start a download from a browser, your browser usually opens a single stream to download the file. So even if you have 10Mbps connection, but the file server has limited the speed to 1Mbps per […]
Quoted from CNET article on the same topic: Conservatism hurts the films : The problem: studios have been too conservative, and have been reluctant to go too deep with the 3D, resulting in a 3D movie that doesn’t satisfy anyone. Steve Schklair, CEO of 3ality, said that 3D films can use about 4 percent of the […]
