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Canon Printers hacked to play DOOM

Posted on September 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

You know that used to be an easter egg for most systems.  🙂  Anyways a research figured out how to get into a canon box and got DOOM running on it. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29203776

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Print your own bartender

Posted on September 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

The author built a 3D printed out robot bartender.  Nice design, looks like he only intended it for a project thought (all the stuff is opensourced).  Since it hasn’t seen an update since created.  My 2 cents.  I think I … Continue reading →

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Have a 3D Printer, want to make dizzy videos?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting add-on for a frisbee.  The author built an attachment for a frisbee to attach a camera to it. http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/05/31/3d-printed-frisbee-cam-via-make/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3d-printed-frisbee-cam-via-make

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How Ferrite Beads work

Posted on September 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

Good video on how magic beads (ferrite beads) work. http://hackedgadgets.com/2014/09/08/how-ferrite-beads-work-emi-suppression/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HackedGadgets+%28Hacked+Gadgets%29

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Nice simple tutorial on gcodetools and Inkscape

Posted on September 11, 2014 by robertwilkie

Found this pretty straight forward tutorial on using Inkscape to generate gcode.  Its short and too the point. http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/User:BHSPitMonkey/Inkscape_and_Gcodetools_Tutorial  

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Lynis, an opensource security audit tool for *NIX

Posted on September 11, 2014 by robertwilkie

I can’t say I have heard of Lynis before, but its looks pretty straight forward to use.  I’ve already bookmarked it to try out on some boxes I have tonight. http://www.darknet.org.uk/2014/09/lynis-v1-6-0-released-download-linux-security-auditing-tool/ http://cisofy.com/lynis/

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Can’t figure out an answer on multiple choice or T/F, try this

Posted on September 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

So you have a multiple choice test or a true/false one.  And can’t figure out some of the questions.  This article goes over what is your best choice to “guess” according to stats. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~3/dMX8HEhStj0/use-statistics-to-make-better-guesses-on-exams-1631955091

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If you where planning to get money from the Xerox from the “stock” of 1990s

Posted on September 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

If you thought the …errr…issues around Xerox inflating its stock from the late 1990s (think back to Enron days), looks like the court just tossed the case out. http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/09/09/71208.htm

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Intel announces Edison, a really small computer

Posted on September 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice little system, seems to have more power than an RPi, and only $50…WELL UNTIL YOU NEED TO GET INTO IT.  Then its more around $110 with shipping to get the daughter card that gets you anything I/O and pins … Continue reading →

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Xerox rolls out new printer software and service updates

Posted on September 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

ConnectKey 1.5 is out.  This seems to be a new tread for Xerox to launch a whole bunch of printer based stuff at once. http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/300073969/xerox-rolls-out-hardware-software-services-offerings-to-deepen-channel-push.htm  

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