Sharkysoft archive

These ancient Sharkysoft publications once served a noble purpose. They are preserved in this archive for nostalgic effect. Please don't take anything here too seriously. :-)

2014

Vigenere Cipher

Scramble your messages and protect your privacy using this ancient encryption technique.

2013

Fig

Display interactive, animated figures in Java using a declarative object model.

2013

Sharkypedia

Find answers to obscure technical questions within this perpetual work in progress.

2012

OrbitClock

Celebrate special moments in time with this planetary countdown visualizer. Perfect for New Year's Eve!

2004

Lava3 Printf

Speed up text and data formatting in Java with this alternative printf implementation.

2003

Fighting spam with Sendmail, SpamAssassin, and Procmail on Red Hat Linux 9.0

Spam, spam, spam. Don't you just love it? Well, if you don't, and you run your own mail server, this tip is for you.

2003

Sharky's online gamma calibration wizard

Get your monitor showing colors the way they were meant to be seen. This tool's a must if you frequently produce images for publication on the web.

2002

jScraper

Scrape content from HTML pages.

2002

AlphaSmart 3000 with WriterTools

Learn about an innovative portable word processor bundled with extensions developed by Sharkysoft and sold exclusively by Smart Input.

2001

jWave

Read and write PCM wave files in Java.

2001

Fast DES

Explore this alternative to the JCE implementation.

2000

LogCast

Fan out streaming text using this robust stdin rebroadcaster.

2000

Meow

Turn your system logs into a symphony — hear log events as they happen!

2000

Sharky's Netscape Frames Tutorial

Learn how to use HTML frames in this dated, but perhaps still useful, tutorial.

2000

Command-line CD-ROM burning in Linux

Who needs a GUI? Real hackers master and burn CD-ROMs from the command line.

2000

Securing POP3 Over SSL

The POP3 protocol lets users download email from remote servers. Unfortunately, POP3 compromises system security. This tip presents a remedy.

2000

Archiving Floppy Disks Using Images

This tip shows you how to "rip" a standard floppy disk into a nice, compact file that preserves every aspect of the original disk's layout. Perfect for archiving and restoring floppy disks.

2000

Securely Connecting to a Remote SMB Server

SMB lets Windows users share files with a Linux server. Unfortunately, the protocol is dangerous to use over an untrusted network. Use SSH to secure it.

2000

Installing mod_dav on a Red Hat 7.0 Apache Web Server

mod_dav lets users update web content in Apache servers via the PUT method. This tip shows how to set it up.

2000

Quick Font Fixes for Red Hat Linux 6.2

Red Hat Linux 6.2 ships with the ugliest font configuration! Here's a quick fix for dual boot Windows/Linux systems and users of hi-res displays.

2000

Configuring an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM burner in Red Hat Linux 6.1

Linux is great for burning CD-ROMs, but Red Hat Linux 6.1 requires a little tweaking first.

2000

Installing RealProducer Plus 6.0 in Red Hat Linux 6.0

RealProducer 6.0 is a wonderful product, but it's installation program sucks the big one. It simply doesn't work. Here's what you can do to fix it.

2000

ODSIMS

Learn about ODSIMS, the open, distributed IM platform that never was.

2000

AlcPM

Automatically reboot your Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL modem when it crashes

1998

Slash out Internet Exploder!

A great way to get rid of Internet Exploder, and encourage the use of better browsers, is to choose URLs that Explorer can't load.

1998

IE phones home

Remember the good old days when we actually believed it was reasonable to worry about our privacy? Now it's somewhat laughable that Sharky ever cared about this.

1997

JavaScript Answers

Sharky used to be a "web columnist" for Inquiry.Com, a company that offers technical support for a variety of programming languages. They hired Sharky as their "JavaScript Pro," and sent their JavaScript-related questions to him for feedback. Here is the complete collection of his published JavaScript articles.

1997

java digest

java digest is a tool for generating secure message digests using algorithms such as SHA and MD5.