Monthly Archives: May 2013

New Printrbot (Simple) out

Posted on May 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

The $300 Printrbot simple made an appearance at Maker Faire this weekend.  Looks like a nice design, not so sure how well it would work without a heated bed thought. http://blog.makezine.com/2013/05/19/printrbot-simple-debuts-at-maker-faire/

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Xerox Union, no pay increase this year, but keep benefits

Posted on May 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

My 2 cents, this isn’t a bad deal compared to the non-union, which is most of Xerox.  Union still has an HMO (non, you are lucky to be covered), and I am pretty sure most non-union hasn’t seen much of … Continue reading →

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Xerox to help you park, let cities fleece you more

Posted on May 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article about how Xerox has software that they say is “open” (not sure what OPEN means here) that cities can customize to monitor and change parking meter information.  Including prices.  So…you park at 8 for 25 cents, and then … Continue reading →

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Xerox, when you loose some of your edge, buy it back

Posted on May 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article about how Xerox bought that high end print company and its helping bring them back into the market in the high end stuff.  I wonder how they lost that edge to begin with.  And if they are getting … Continue reading →

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Some interesting battery holders

Posted on May 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Never thought to use clothes line pins for battery clips, but from these two instructables, its very useful and adjustable.   http://www.instructables.com/id/A-QUICK-BATTERY-HOLDER-FOR-ELECTRICAL-EXPERIMENTS/ http://www.instructables.com/id/MULTIPLE-BATTERY-HOLDER-for-ELECTRICAL-EXPERIMENTS/

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How to make a soup can robot

Posted on May 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Remember that Campbell’s soup commercial a few years ago where the can follows the girl home.  Guess that was a robot and someone reverse engineered it and built there own. http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-CanCylinder-Submitted-by-BayLab-for-the-Inst/?ALLSTEPS

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So you want to be a PEN tester

Posted on May 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Article points out some nice basic tutorials at pentesterlab.com http://www.darknet.org.uk/2013/05/pentesterlab-com-excercises-to-learn-penetration-testing/

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Nice homebrewed laser scanner

Posted on May 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

So you can scan in that object to print it out  🙂  Project looks simple enough, no so sure I can afford the camera being used. http://www.metaingegneria.com/scanner-laser-3d/

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Article on SSH password scanners

Posted on May 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on SSH password scanners and what they typically do http://isc.sans.edu/diary/So+what+passwords+are+those+ssh+scanners+trying%3F/15785

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Paypal offers updated POS for your Square

Posted on May 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting shot at Square from Paypal, where if you trade in your hardware, you get this cool looking POS to use instead (of course thru Paypal, which has some rather interesting and expensive fees). http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/14/paypal-cash-register-trade-in/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

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