Monthly Archives: January 2013

Make a Princess Wand

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

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

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

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 …

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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TI gives out RTOS…but you can’t use it

TI is letting you use their RTOS and develop code on it, but if you put it into anything (like a product), well you better pay up.  So, with all the opensource RTOS and Linux out there, why bother? http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/01/09/ti-launches-a-free-real-time-operating-system-for-microcontrollers/

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Help the US Government convert to Opensource, get 3 Mill

OK its the VA, they want to update there old healthcare management software from the 1970s.  I guess there was a try at it before, but 170 mill later it was canned.  So…they are looking to the opensource community to … Continue reading

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WebCam over 3G with Raspberry Pi

Nice article on building a webcam with pan/tilt and a Raspberry Pi all managed over 3G network.  It lacks a bit on the tech (how he did it), but interesting all the same.  It also has a bunch of other … Continue reading

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If you bought a CD from Amazon, you can get the MP3 free

If you bought any CD’s from Amazon between now and 1998, you can get the MP3 from them free.  This is nice since its a pain to rip and put into the collection by hand. http://www.howtogeek.com/133807/amazon-rolls-out-autorip-free-mp3s-of-all-your-purchased-music/  

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Some free (ish) ways to send files to folks

Nice article that talks about possible ways to share large files with folks via email.  Most of the items have a free and a paid for version, where the free version is limited (filesize, number of times, etc etc).  My … Continue reading

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