Category Archives: Technology

Debian & Ubuntu - SSH Via an HTTP Proxy

So you’re sitting at work, and your much-loved VPS with hosting company X has gone down. You need to bring it back up, but you’re an hour away from getting to a PC.
Fear not, fellow hacker - SSH over an HTTP proxy is here! Well actually, it’s been here a while. Ahem.
Before you do this, […]

Apache Axis Woes - Return Code (0)null

The latest project at work is using a service tier setup. We have the web front-end that’s using Struts 1.2 (yes, old!), Weblogic 9.2, Apache Axis 1.3, JSON & jQuery. The back-end web services are written in .Net (and how difficult it seems to be for developers to work in .Net). Things at least work, […]

HOWTO: Apache 2, Tomcat 5.5.25 and mod_jk and Debian

This was taken from the LNX forums. It was posted there as a HOWTO by myself, but I deemed it good enough to share elsewhere. Introduction
This HowTo explains the installation and configuration of Apache 2.2.3, Tomcat 5.5.25 and the Apache Jakarta module — a connector/proxy for Apache & Tomcat — under Debian Etch. It is […]

Why Java is Obsolete

I’ve been a professional programmer for over three years now. I have worked on projects both large and small, ranging from Java Web Services to Perl-CGI, J2EE web sites and JavaScript prototyping. I can say that i’m experienced enough to know how to approach most aspects of the programming-industry and work related issues. This […]

beplacid.com - Official Eternal Lands Mirror

Just a quick post to state that beplacid.com is now an official Eternal Lands client download mirror. The site, el.beplacid.com hosts both the Windows and Linux client downloads, and also the Dev C++ ‘DevPaks’ for compiling the client using CVS on Windows which are available here.
Also, congratulations to Eternal Lands on another excellent release.
Enjoy!
(Oh, this […]

DSLinux - GNU/Linux and a Nintendo DS

I’ve had a Nintendo DS for almost a year now. It’s an excellent piece of kit. Small, good build-quality, not too expensive. I’d not played on it a for a while, what with work being busy, Anarchy Online keeping me addicted and minor programming projects outside of work. Chatting with a brother’s friend led me […]

How To Get Noticed On The Web

Throughout my life on the web & net, i’ve used the alias/nick ‘Placid’. That’s the beauty of it all, you can be anonymous. When I finally decided to start beplacid.com, I wanted the site to be about me, and for me to offer code & technical solutions to readers - that meant getting noticed. This […]