Author Archives: DocDock

Just making it – a new cube

Posted on December 16, 2018 by DocDock

Some time back, I had a fair amount lot of free time.  I spent the time working with a friend in the evenings to create my own LED cube from scratch.  It was actually quite a bit of fun, the electronics … Continue reading →

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Smartphone maintence

Posted on November 25, 2018 by DocDock

Some things are really glamorous. New Shiny smart phones New Computers Fancy New Development methodologies Heck, just about anything that is not only new to you but brand new on the market is pretty cool. However, there can be things … Continue reading →

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Excessive tracking and yet probably ineffective

Posted on November 20, 2018 by DocDock

I was reading an article on Arstechnica about tracking inbound cars in without a warrent or individualized suspicion.[1] To me this seems a bit ridiculous and overbearing.  I am rather curious what you need to be doing that both looks … Continue reading →

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Roses are red, forests are green …

Posted on November 20, 2018 by DocDock

“I was with the president of Finland and he said: ‘We have, much different, we are a forest nation.’ He called it a forest nation. And they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and … Continue reading →

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more fun with datatables

Posted on November 1, 2018 by DocDock

I actually don’t get a chance to do much GUI development but I did get a short stint on a project that used datatables.  It is actually fascinating just how much of a facelift this does give your standard HTML.  … Continue reading →

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Internet of things

Posted on October 22, 2018 by DocDock

Now is a truly amazing time to be involved with computers and computing in general. With the networking moving from computers to smart phones to everything else we might finally see some pretty smart houses of the future today. So … Continue reading →

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safe computing – passwords

Posted on October 14, 2018 by DocDock

Have you ever done something despite the knowledge that it isn’t really safe?  This generic sentence could be anything from jaywalking to unprotected sex. In my case, the situation is perhaps a both more mundane and a 21st century problem.  I do … Continue reading →

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Chasing the little green lock

Posted on September 25, 2018 by DocDock

I wanted for the longest time to both convert this blog from http to https. Computers are ever more powerful and my site is pretty simple – it should not have been a big deal.  Not only that but with the … Continue reading →

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ripping compact discs to audio files

Posted on September 16, 2018 by DocDock

Perhaps it is not necessary for another article about how to convert cd’s to a format that can be used on our mp3 or ogg music players.  I have used k3b program for extracting ogg files in the past. I … Continue reading →

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software development the easy way …

Posted on September 2, 2018 by DocDock

Is there really an easy way for software development?  Over time there has been an increasing number of different attempts at providing the silver bullet to faster better development.  The solutions have ranged from the tools such as adding syntax … Continue reading →

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