Author Archives: robertwilkie

Drunk guy drives tank thru house

Posted on January 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

Only in Russia would you beable to have a tank and drive it drunk… http://gizmodo.com/5976633/a-drunk-guy-drove-a-tank-inside-a-house  

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Java on its way down?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article.  It shows that the trend is Java is falling from grace.  And points out that since Oracle buying out Java, its hasn’t put much into it to keep it going.  The one saving grace for Java is IBM … Continue reading →

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Router Circle Jig with PVC and wood

Posted on January 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

I have been tempted to build a jig to make circles for some time, but most of the jigs I have looked at are…well…time consuming to build.  This doesn’t look too bad to make. http://imgur.com/a/oKtdl  

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Crowdsource solar installs

Posted on January 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

If I read the article right, the company is going to use the money to install solar panels on buildings, then give revenue from those panels back to the investors…sounds interesting http://inhabitat.com/the-people-have-spoken-solar-mosaic-funds-3-projects-in-1-day-through-crowd-funding/

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CNC remote shutdown with Camera

Posted on January 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice setup where the author has a camera and a remote trigger to shut the CNC down if needed when it goes haywire (or something not right).  http://www.plastibots.com/?p=2549

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Make a Princess Wand

Posted on January 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to make a kids blinky wand.  I could see adapting this for other kids based items. http://blog.ianlee.info/2013/01/princess-wands.html

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Developer Outsources his own job

Posted on January 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

A US software developer (doing government work) apparently outsourced himself.  Basically he took some of his wages and hired a team in China to do the work.  And he was considered one of the best programmers they had….He was caught … Continue reading →

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EFF talks bout US’s Secret Law

Posted on January 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

I am still trying to make heads r tails out of this, but It’s an interesting read.  (Think Patriot Act) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/new-year-new-fisa-amendments-act-reauthorization-same-old-secret-law

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Wardriving with a Raspberry Pi

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is neat, they gent in the article built a wardriving (tool to drive around with and find open wifi networks) with a Raspberry Pi, directions are pretty good.  I think you could get a few of the parts cheaper, … Continue reading →

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Turn a TP-link router into …

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

The cheap (around $20) TP-link router (703) is very easy to modify.  It seems alot of folks are using it for all sorts of projects including an internet radio, cheap wireless connector for arduinos, etc etc http://piie.net/index.php?section=tplink-radio http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/19/tp-link-wr703n-23-hackable-openwrt-wi-fi-802-11n-router/ http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4325&p=42562#p42562

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