Author Archives: DocDock

CMOS scheeMOS, clean up after yourself

Posted on June 9, 2019 by DocDock

I have had a problem with my home computer for some time.  It doesn’t quite boot right.  That is to say, when you turn it on, it actually doesn’t start windows or anything.  I have done some investigations and found … Continue reading →

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The art of invisibility

Posted on May 21, 2019 by DocDock

Indeed this book does discuss all the technology that you could use in an attempt to become invisible as far as internet tracking is concerned. The book goes even further if you wanted to disappear. It explains all of the … Continue reading →

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5G and the USA dictating technology choices

Posted on May 8, 2019 by DocDock

I cannot remember how we got to discussing about technology and the new 5G standard.  My buddy Otto was a bit surprised at how adamant the US government with their demand that all of its allies must not purchase Huawei … Continue reading →

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command line fun – arrays

Posted on April 20, 2019 by DocDock

Work with new people and learn new things. I used to work with someone who was unfamiliar with the Unix world, did not know how to program in Java and couldn’t write shell scripts either. Victoria was actually a very clever … Continue reading →

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dipping your toes into the ocean with Mermaid

Posted on March 22, 2019 by DocDock

It began with a great idea. “lets do our systems graphs in such a way we can version them in GIT” Anyway, I believe that is how it started.  I was then told that perhaps the open source tool Mermaid … Continue reading →

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Stupid postman tricks

Posted on March 6, 2019 by DocDock

First the technology. RESTful calls are actually pretty cool. It is neat to simply send off a GET or POST message and extract or update the server with vital information. I am not going to write up a long article, … Continue reading →

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Better late than never – LED cube

Posted on February 8, 2019 by DocDock

A few weeks back I did my blog “Just making it – a new cube” which was my experiences doing my next led cube.  This cube was an 8x8x8 cube.  The only thing that I didn’t do was to put … Continue reading →

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A thought experiment

Posted on February 4, 2019 by DocDock

There are a lot of words and concepts in the world that are bad.  just one example of this is the suffix “ist”. sexist racist white nationalist ageist exhibitionist bigamist chauvinist Depending on your own personal circumstances it is easy … Continue reading →

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The Expert, helpful neighbor and friend

Posted on January 24, 2019 by DocDock

The problem was a project I built for my boys was no longer working.  I put everything together just a few months back and one of the relays was now failing me.  The actual problem was the switch no longer … Continue reading →

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Whose fault is it anyway

Posted on January 15, 2019 by DocDock

I guess I never really believed that a lot of the news organizations were being overtly “liberal” with an agenda.  It seemed to me that any individual writer(s) may have a personal opinion and that is perhaps why he wrote the … Continue reading →

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