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

Update: It’s been said that this howto will also work for Tomcat 6. I’ve not tested it, but I’d assume it would work considering the manual aspects of the installation and the unlikely event that Tomcat 6 would’ve changed its directory structure considerably. If you find evidence to the contrary, please let me know.
Introduction
This HowTo […]

Why Java is Obsolete

Note: This title is provocative. I don’t actually believe Java’s obsolete (in fact I think the opposite). This post does show some pitfalls in Java and why I prefer Python.
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, […]

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 […]