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Jenkins is a tool to help with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD). I originally looked at installing Jenkins as a Java web app on my Raspberry Pi during this post: https://geektechstuff.com/2019/05/26/installing-apache-tomcat-jenkins-raspberry-pi/ . I am now hoping to expand a little bit more on using Jenkins by building a freestyle project that connects to … Continue reading Jenkins – Connecting To GitHub and some Python
In my previous post I looked at turning an image (in this case XKCD #1696) into it's pixel values. Now I am going to take the CSV of values and turn them back into an image. The Python for this function (including the Python for the functions to turn the image into a CSV from … Continue reading Turning A CSV Back Into An Image (Python)
Open CV (https://opencv.org) is a library available to Python (and other languages) to assist with image based machine learning. I am looking to turn an image into pixel values and then turn a file of values back into an image. I am going to be using XKCD #1696 (AI Research) as the image test for … Continue reading Turning Images Into Values (Python)
Merging multiple PDFs seems to be a common request, and most people don't want to spend a small fortune on a tool to do the merging. I first looked at this problem with an early Python project (https://geektechstuff.com/2018/02/17/python-3-merge-multiple-pdfs-into-one-pdf/) and later improved on that project by adding a simple GUI (https://geektechstuff.com/2018/07/04/pdf-merge-with-gui-v2-python/). Now I have gone a … Continue reading PDF Merge Website (Python)
Log files are a key aid to any technician. They help identify errors and why they might be happening and can be a gold mine of information. Sadly they are sometimes so full of information that it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If a log file is in plain text (.txt) … Continue reading Python Log Reader V1 (Python)
Imagine you are a social media influencer, about to launch a big new Twitter campaign. You have your hashtag lined up and it is about to go live when it hits you - how do you know the tweets mentioning the campaign hashtag are positive? What if the hashtag is being used for negative tweets? … Continue reading Twitter Tweet Analysis Charts (Python)
After discovering this week that someone had created a password checker I decided I would give the same idea a shot. For this project I am using information from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) here in the UK. To read up on the information I recommend: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/most-hacked-passwords-revealed-as-uk-cyber-survey-exposes-gaps-in-online-security https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/passwords-passwords-everywhere https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/passwords https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/passwords/updating-your-approach ---- # geektechstuff # … Continue reading Password Check (Python)
I have expanded my previous port scanner to have a little bit more functionality e.g. identify webpages, save to a log file and to either run interactively or run without interaction. I was thinking the non-interactive version could be scheduled via a cron job. ---------- #! /usr/bin/python3 # geektechstuff Security Python # modules to import … Continue reading Network / Port Scanner V2 (Python)
A little bit of a mini weekend project today as I wanted to put my Amazon Kindle to use when I'm not reading, and decided that the Kindle's "Experimental Browser" could be useful. How about an eInk digital clock... Note: I'm using Python for this project but similar results could be attained using JavaScript or Java … Continue reading Using a Kindle as an eInk Clock (Python)
Today I am having a quick play with the socket library in Python, and using it on my Rasperry Pi as a port scanner to check for vulnerabilities on devices connected to my home network. Yes, I know there are other tools available (such as nmap) that can do this but I wanted to see … Continue reading Creating A Port Scanner (Python / Raspberry Pi)
