Monthly Archives: December 2007

Class Serialization in Perl

Posted on December 27, 2007 by esalazar

Serialization in Perl is the process of saving a class with multiple data types to a scalar (string of bytes). This can be used to save objects to a file or to transmit objects across the Internet. For this article … Continue reading →

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Data encryption in Linux using Truecrypt

Posted on December 15, 2007 by esalazar

Personal data security is often overlooked by many computer users today. As people use their computers more, they never stop to think about how much personal data is accessible on their hard drive. I have been looking for a safe … Continue reading →

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Basic Stamp tokenizing and flashing from the Linux CLI

Posted on December 6, 2007 by tdavis

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Basic Stamp, its a small microcontroller available from Parallax. It runs at a whopping 20Mhz and has a full 2K of storage on board for instructions. Although it may not sound … Continue reading →

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AC Motor / Generator Project

Posted on December 2, 2007 by esalazar

This project started one night while I was lying in bed trying to visualize how an AC motor worked. I knew that it was different from a DC motor as in it did not require brushes and the speed was … Continue reading →

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