fopen vs socket_create

So here is one that got me confused. I thought that the two functions are somewhat equivalent in the matter of reading a page. What i mean is that i thought either using fopen with a URL or create my own wrapper with the socket functions would be the same. How...

Linux download manager

Here is something i was looking for the past days. Today i just felt like i had to find out a way. What i needed is a console download manager for RapidShare. And the solution was right in my hands… I was thinking i had to find a suite to do the job nicely...

Encryption in ANSI C

Here i was presented with a small challenge. I wanted to create a small library in C to be able to encrypt any size of file of any type. It had to be written striclty ANSI cause i wanted it to compile under any C/C++ compiler. So i came up with a library that will...

XP-me -> 1-0

For two days i’ve been struggling to change the OS on my laptop. I got it less than a month ago and it came along with Windows Vista. I mean i like them but a few compatibility issues i had with some games and some other stuff made me want to try my luck with...

507 reasons to be slow…

Fiddling around, i found a site that calculates some interesting data about your website. So, i submited stratosector and voila! Checking a long list of, i must say, interesting data i stumbled upon a part saying: “other domains resolving to same IP”....