tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post5052117420790040762..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Grad School Time ManagementGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-9361146069790649942009-11-17T13:26:34.322-05:002009-11-17T13:26:34.322-05:00Just one comment on VNC...
I've been using iM...Just one comment on VNC...<br /><br />I've been using iMac for almost 5 years for now at school for my research and had been very happy with VNC until last month!<br /><br />My machine was hacked and the only open ports were VNC, ssh, ftp, and http. I had to throw away my hard disk and of course lost my WHOLE data on the disk. After getting the new disk with a new version of MacOS on it, I opened the same ports only and guess what! My machine crashed again. <br /><br />Now, I do not use VNC and my machine has been working fine since then :) Apparently, VNC is not secure at all! I'm back to good old SSH :) Oh, one useful thing if you decide to give up on VNC is, SSHFS. You can mount any machine you want on your local machine over ssh and edit any files. Secure and a bit more user-friendly than command line!oskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920971369198334925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-73627158171681814862009-11-06T18:54:10.475-05:002009-11-06T18:54:10.475-05:00VNC is quite easy to set up. It depends on your wo...VNC is quite easy to set up. It depends on your work environment (windows, linux, mac). But there are versions for any combination. I have a vnc server running on one machine at school in linux, I connect to it from either school (also linux) or home (from a mac). Depending on your admins at school, you may even have some versions installed already. Feel free to send me an email if you need help.Ioana Burceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515791885926756676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-1886215152126389682009-11-05T19:05:58.559-05:002009-11-05T19:05:58.559-05:00Great ideas! also works beyond grad school.
VNC:...Great ideas! also works beyond grad school.<br /><br />VNC: setup is trivial. they say that the other thing -- freenx -- is better, but vnc setup definitely easier.Collinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13754585516151204932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-83843981160189339412009-11-05T12:28:51.483-05:002009-11-05T12:28:51.483-05:00@Ioana VNC - what a great idea! Wonder how hard i...@Ioana VNC - what a great idea! Wonder how hard it would be to set that up...?<br /><br />@Kate: Excellent point about backing everything up. I want to set up SVN on my web host (Host Monster) and am pretty sure I can, but don't know how. Yet. I hope to do that SOON!Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-88664285765517738282009-11-05T12:25:44.095-05:002009-11-05T12:25:44.095-05:00TsoukalasAs for #1, I can totally relate. In my un...TsoukalasAs for #1, I can totally relate. In my undergrad I commuted to school and during graduate school I lived on campus. SUCH a difference to be able to spend as much time as needed in the lab every day (and I did, because I didn't really want to work at home anyway, but I didn't get work done there either). I totally recommend treating grad school ... Read Morelike a job and working in the lab 9-5 (or some semblance of a regular workday). :)<br /><br />I do not know many people who can be as productive at home as they can be at work.<br /><br />I thought of something else in the midst of copying this comment here from FB. BACK UP EVERYTHING! I found it really helpful to use subversion, especially when doing my final thesis research. It was handy to keep non-code items there as well, the latex docs for my thesis and other evolving documentation were easily updated and accessed from a variety of locations. This was crucial because when juggling a thesis and a more than part-time internship, I was sometimes forced to work outside of the lab, and this enabled me to maintain my efficiency no matter where I was.<br /><br />One other thing I've heard and tried in a limited way is to keep your home desk/office as similar as possible to your work/lab one. This goes for computers as well. Keep the same applications, the same tools, the same writing utensils, so that moving from one location to another is as seemless as possible.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013607810852509475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-26414989514658948162009-11-04T23:28:31.799-05:002009-11-04T23:28:31.799-05:00One thing that I find indispensable for my work is...One thing that I find indispensable for my work is VNC. I didn't use it in the beginning, but once I started using it, I can't work without it :)<br /><br />Good luck with your PhD!Ioana Burceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515791885926756676noreply@blogger.com