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Go here for some good Tech comic relief

Posted on June 25, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice list of tech based comics to look over. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/follow-these-x-accounts-for-the-most-hilarious-tech-cartoons/

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New (to me) Stalker tool, Discover.ly

Posted on June 25, 2014 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on this one, its a startup that has a chrome plugin that finds common connections you may have on other social networks.  List of “social” sites seems pretty extensive.  So you can find or stalk people even better now. … Continue reading →

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Magnetic wood bumpers for your vise

Posted on June 25, 2014 by robertwilkie

Hum…swap in some harddrive magnets instead…and I could build one of these for nothing.  Its nice to have something soft like wood on your vise to keep from denting objects (too much) as you crank them in. http://www.instructables.com/id/Magnetic-wooden-vice-bumpers/  

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Watch this poor guy try to ride a one wheel segway

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting product coming from China called the SoloWheel, that is a Segway on one wheel.  The reviewer has a tough time staying on it, never mind navigating with it.  And at $2G’s a whack, its not on my list of … Continue reading →

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Make a ball with a Circular Saw

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

I had to look this over several times before I got how it works.  Neat trick on the jig used to turn a cylinder into a cicle with the saw.  http://www.core77.com/blog/tools/more_power_tool_hacks_creating_a_wooden_sphere_with_a_circular_saw_25701.asp

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Need to test a UI, maybe you need a Cucumber

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

If I understand Cucumber correctly, you can write your behavior of how the software should work in doc like format, and it will convert it to a UI like test.  Or an API test.  Its all written in Ruby.  I … Continue reading →

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Make your own lathe from a drill

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

At first I thought, ugh…but after watching the video, I am pretty impressed.  Not so sure I would use a dead stationary center on the end, maybe another drill chuck or something.  Anyways interesting build. http://lifehacker.com/transform-a-power-drill-into-a-miniature-wood-lathe-1593744668?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

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Intro to SHODAN

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice intro article into Shodan, the google for finding systems on the internet to hack into. http://www.darknet.org.uk/2014/06/shodan-internet-computer-search-engine/

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Now you can build your own NSA spy tools

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Apparently some folks have been going over the Snowden papers and reverse engineering some of the NSA spy tools to build their own variants of them.  I wonder if they could sell it to the NSA at a discount? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229744.000-hackers-reverseengineer-nsas-leaked-bugging-devices.html#.U6mlVnVDtu7

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Multitasking on a TI MSP

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

I haven’t been playing with TI’s 430MSP’s lately anymore (lack of time), but they are a nice cheaper than arduino system.  The author came up with a nice setup to get multitasking working on the board to handle more than … Continue reading →

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