Monthly Archives: January 2013

Just cause you went to a Brothel

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Doesn’t mean you have a right to privacy, or so says the Maine High Courts.  This article is pretty funny, it sounds like a brothel run out of a  dance studio also had recordings of the “acts” which I think … Continue reading →

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HP getting into the Security Services Biz

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

HP starting to move into the security services biz.  Why is this related to Xerox, HP and Xerox are both trying to jump horses from technology (hardware) into services.  Its hard to tell which one has the lead thought.  I … Continue reading →

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Xerox a buy now?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article that (like other analysts have said) says Xerox has allot of potential, but is spreading itself too thin and needs to do something about its management if its to take advantage of the potential.  The article at the … Continue reading →

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Easier way to break MintEye Captcha

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

By looking at the images and picking the biggest one since the others are optimized when blurred.  🙂 http://hackaday.com/2013/01/29/breaking-the-minteye-captcha-one-more-time/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Turn a Stellaris TI into a Logic Analyzer

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

This looks worth doing.  Basically you can use the source to push onto TI’s Stellaris system (costs $5) and you have a mini 3.3 or 5 volt logic analyzer.  The author is using logicsniffer (opensource) for the GUI and handling … Continue reading →

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Make a Raspberry Pi into a portable game system

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

Well a MAME based system.  Neat idea, but….I would just cart the Wii around instead. http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/22/portable-raspberry-pi-mame-device/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29  

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Make a paintcan heater

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

Coffee can + paint can + toilet paper + aclohol == portable heater.  I would be a little leery of using this an a heater in a car like one suggestion for an emergancy (would think you might set the … Continue reading →

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Xerox (ACS) renews lease in Cary (Research Triangle)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

Never knew Xerox…well ACS had a presence in the Research Triangle in NC.  But it sounds like they plan to keep it around for some time. http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/01/xerox-signs-big-lease-in-cary.html

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Wow, alot of Bachelor Degree working college jobs

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

Kindof depressing story to hear how many folks with a Bachelors degree are stuck working retail (1 in 4) or cab drivers (1 in 7) etc jobs.  Which are basically jobs you would have while in college.  I am curious … Continue reading →

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Build your own Power Supply

Posted on January 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

PC power supplies are great to turn into a power supply for testing/building electronics.  This is a write up on how to do it.  My 2 cents, I bought a kit at sparkfun for $10 that did the same thing … Continue reading →

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