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That crazy DJ fun… And other stuff!

January 15th, 2009 Joshua Moyers

 

Well, lately I’ve been really getting into dance, drum & bass, techno, electronica, hip hop, rap and everything else. I’m not sure why but I can’t get enough of it. For Christmas I got this nifty little tool called the Total Control by Numark. Basically it’s a tool used to control audio software such as Numark Cue and Trakdo DJ Studio 3. I’ve been fiddling with this nifty little tool for a while. DJing isn’t exactly as easy as the DJs on TV make it look. Beatmatching, setting up beat grids, having smooth and flawless transitions between tracks. UGH! All of it is quite difficult yet very fun. I can proudly say that I am getting the hang of it though. Today I taught myself how to set up working beat grids and how to use those beat grids to beatmatch tracks! Yay!

 

Anyways, on to other things…

I know I haven’t really talked much about my life here in a while. (Well, I haven’t talked about anything here in a while.) Today that changes. Here are some basic updates on my life since my last “Josh’s Life” post.

1. I’ve officially registered for graduation! Woo! I graduate in May with an associates degree in e-commerce.
2. I’ve gotten the ball (somewhat) moving on starting my own business. The budget is done and the business plan is on the way.
3. I’ve been extremely happy in my new relationship. It’s been a little over 2 months and I have never been happier. Susan was a gift I didn’t deserve yet still greedily took anyways.
4. I HAVE 2 WEEKS OF VACATION NOW! YEAH!
5. My mother went through 2 brain surgeries for aneurysms and survived both with a clean bill of health!
6. I should be moving out by late February or early March. Hmm. Living on my own. (Well, I’ll have 2 roomates.)

Exciting, huh? Eh. You’re right… XKCD is more entertaining. Oh well. =(

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Steganography! A Web-based GUI for Steghide

January 9th, 2009 Joshua Moyers

I got bored the other day and figured I’d go about creating an easy-to-use GUI for steghide. My original idea was to create a quick little batch file to make the entire thing an ease, taking care of arguments -n- whatnot for those who aren’t to good with a command prompt or shell environment.

After realizing how much working with Windows batch files sucked, I decided to see what I could do using PHP and its exec() and system() functions. Using these I have created a nice little GUI that allows users to upload an image, type in text and a password and receive a finished image with text hidden within it. It currently only supports JPEG and BMP files, but I could have it work with WAV and AU files as well. I just figured I’d keep things simple.

The script also allows you to extract the text from a steg’d image provided you have the password which was used to embed it. Simply upload the file, input the password and click a button! The text will be displayed and you’ll have your hidden message!

All credit for the program Steghide goes to the original developer. I just used PHP to run the program on my server and return the results. For more information on Steghide feel free to visit its SourceForge page my clicking here.

Want to learn more about steganography and the art/science of hiding files/text within other files? Read  more about steganography at the following sites:

• Steganography at Wikipedia
• Steganography Revealed – SecurityFocus.com
• Steganography and Digital Watermarking
• FBI Forensic Science Communications – An Overview of Steganography for the Computer Forensics Examiner

If you wanna check out this little script feel free to click here!

If you want a copy of the script for you to play with yourself, click here!

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