Category Archives: Setup From Scratch

making more than jar files with Ant

Posted on October 16, 2016 by DocDock

In a previous post, making jar files with Ant,  I briefly covered the creation of a Ant script that would compile the Java source files and then create jar file from them. It was a really neat example of how with … Continue reading →

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just making it – a 4x4x4 led cube

Posted on September 24, 2016 by DocDock

Some time back, I had a fair amount lot of free time and did watch things on you tube.  A friend of mine showed a number of cool LED cubes that were trending at that time. It seemed so cool … Continue reading →

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Security through obscurity – pdf removing passwords

Posted on September 7, 2016 by DocDock

Initially I was not planning on writing about how to crack pdf passwords.  After all, that would be irresponsible much in the way giving a knife to a small child is irresponsible – right? Well, simply typing in the following … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part III

Posted on June 16, 2016 by DocDock

The curse of technology The cool thing about technology demos is how everything just works, well unless you are demoing it to the boss.  The equipment is usually quite new, the scope is simple enough and there are never any … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part II

Posted on June 10, 2016 by DocDock

In my previous article IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part I, I provided an example on how to put and get messages into the queue.  What we were doing was essentially performing a stateless transfer of information between systems.  The data … Continue reading →

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IBM Websphere MQ manipulations – part I

Posted on June 6, 2016 by DocDock

Quite some years ago on a project that I was involved with, I was exposed to Websphere MQ.  Our needs were actually very basic to put it mildly.  We were using it as a secure method for transferring not messages … Continue reading →

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Analyzing web traffic

Posted on March 17, 2016 by DocDock

Are we alone in the universe?  Well, that question is up for grabs but the question of am I alone on the Internet is quite answerable.   Simply Google any noun or term and it is easy to see that you … Continue reading →

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command line junkie – speed test

Posted on March 7, 2016 by DocDock

Graphical operating systems really does make it easier to multi-task, especially for people who are not comfortable on the command line.  It is really easy to switch between your spreadsheet, web browsers and photo viewer programs in this type of … Continue reading →

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the joy of non-standard graphic formats

Posted on January 31, 2016 by DocDock

It was a wild and carefree time in the nineties.  Partying with friends, going on vacations, as well as traveling to exotic locations.  Some of my friends had not only gone on vacations but they had Kodak create some CD’s … Continue reading →

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securing your computer – veraCrypt

Posted on January 20, 2016 by DocDock

In a previous article I described how you can use ecryptfs to secure your partition on your computer.  It was a cool solution that but it was only available on Linux and all of the setup was done from the … Continue reading →

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