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Sequel Escalation

Posted on June 12, 2016 by rm5248

I’d like to take a moment to talk to you today about sequel escalation.  In general, this is when the next movie in a series has an even worse bad guy than the previous one. (This is not limited to … Continue reading →

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About Script Kiddies

Posted on April 25, 2016 by rm5248

I don’t know anything about hacking.  It’s true. I know the basic theory behind some of the attacks, but in-depth knowledge is beyond me.  I went to school for almost five years to learn how to program, and I can’t … Continue reading →

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Setup Tomcat 8 on Debian 8 on port 80

Posted on April 6, 2016 by rm5248

Alright, that’s a confusing title. Anyway, the point of this is to show you how to setup Tomcat 8 on Debian 8 (Jessie), and to have it bind to port 80.  This uses just the default packages from Debian, so … Continue reading →

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Inception dreams

Posted on March 27, 2016 by rm5248

I had an interesting dream the other night.  In my dream, I was explaining to a person a dream that I had had two nights before.  Also, for some reason, we were standing on a bed. It seemed very Inception-like, … Continue reading →

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Qt UDP Socket – specify source port

Posted on February 15, 2016 by rm5248

Have you ever had to use a QUdpSocket to send data from a specific port?  I had to do this earlier, and I figured out how to do it(although not using Qt-only APIs). My problem was as follows: I need … Continue reading →

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Java RMI Example

Posted on January 22, 2016 by rm5248

So I just spent the last few hours attempting to get Java RMI working.  This was not easy.  However, the good news is that now you can benefit from it!  Link at the end, but first my story… Last night, … Continue reading →

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What do you call a group of rebelling cows?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by rm5248

A moo-tiny.   *ba-dum tissh*

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SQLite and debugging

Posted on December 30, 2015 by rm5248

I have just spent the last few days and weeks trying to track down a very annoying, yet somewhat subtle bug in a program that I have been making for work.  So, first a little background.  We are making a … Continue reading →

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Weddings & Music

Posted on December 1, 2015 by rm5248

I attended a wedding this past weekend, and of course there was a DJ there who played music.  He was perfectly alright, but it got me thinking a bit about the music that is played at weddings(specifically, the wedding reception). … Continue reading →

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Gyrocopter Man

Posted on November 21, 2015 by rm5248

In the news this week, gyrocopter man, aka Douglas Hughes, pleaded guilty to the felony charge brought against him.  As you may recall, he piloted his gyrocopter onto the lawn of the Capitol in order to deliver mail protesting campaign finance. Clearly, campaign … Continue reading →

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