Ok so my first goal is simply keeping track of websites visited (much like the big brother software some parents use to monitor children). I have found some info on .dat files storing this...

I want to write something which monitors internet usage and emails it to me. I know that there are plenty of these programs available for download but I am more interested in how it all works than...

If you're using the 1395 Mini you don't need NDISwrapper. There is a driver now in the Ubuntu repositories that will automagically make it work. I don't recall off the top of my head how I did this...

Thanks everyone for the responses...
To answer a few things:
No, the 'rents are not technical at all, it was their other daughter who designs rockets for a living that has supposedly introduced...

Okay, so it's clear, yes I am a teenager trying to get around security. Story is this: my girlfriend has some unbearably controlling parents who hate that she's with me. In an attempt to keep us from...