So downloading and installing things just to chat less your speed? We’ll get you
chatting on the #adicu IRC channel in true Web 2.0 style.

Odds are, if you’re reading this blog, you lead a double life. That’s great! It makes things more exciting. I’ve found that the only drawback to having multiple, distinct personalities is managing your communications–or rather, the only drawback *was* managing your communications. Thanks to the forward-thinking people at Google, there is still hope for keeping [...]

If you are using Linux, like me, you may have been frustrated by the lack of documentation for adding printers from Columbia’s Ninja printing system to your computer. Well, this post will show you an easy-peasy way to set up printing on your Linux system. As an added bonus, this method should work on Mac [...]

Dropbox is as great free tool that no one has an excuse not to have. It is a good first step into the cloud for any user. Dropbox lets you designate a folder on one or more computers that automatically syncs to the cloud (on their secure servers). What does this mean for you? Using [...]

Got a brand-new spankin’ new computer? Good luck getting all the crapware off, and then loading all the software you actually want back on. Enter Ninite.com: a perfect solution for installing everything you want, and none of the stuff you don’t, all wrapped up in one install screen. So, how do you actually *use* this thing?…

Learn how to use Pidgin, the amazing chat program that can speak any type of ‘chat’ imaginable, to log into ADI’s IRC channel and chat it up with your fellow Columbians.

We’ve talked about CUNIX and its awesomeness. Now Zhehao Mao, SEAS ’14, explains the nitty-gritty (but super-easy) details of moving files to and from your CUNIX account.

Moses Nakamura, CC ’13 and repeat tutorial writer, guides us through the process of creating a webpage using your personal web space, compliments of Columbia.

If you use Windows, you most likely do not have an installed SSH client. So why do you need a SSH client, anyway? To connect to Columbia’s CUNIX servers, of course. Plus, the terminal makes you feel like you’re a real BAMF. Sid Nair, CC ’13 shows us how to all be total BAMFs.

Cubmail is a technological inconvenience many Columbia students have come to accept. But it need not be so. In this post Moses Nakamura, CC ’13, shows you how to ditch Cubmail for one of its much hotter sisters, Gmail.