Monthly Archives: September 2013

An Oscilloscope Wristwatch

Posted on September 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is pretty cool, a large wrist watch that is a oscilloscope. Not so sure how the battery life on this would be. Or when I would need such a watch since if I am at the point of debugging … Continue reading →

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Make your own Metal Detector

Posted on September 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like this build better than several other Metal Detector builds I have seen since its a much simpler build. HOWEVER, its not a very good detector (don’t take it out treasure hunting in other words). This could be a … Continue reading →

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House won’t pass budget with net-neutrality…what

Posted on September 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nevermind defunding obamacare, it seems some of the house republicans are trying to kill net-neutrality as well in the process. Read the article for more. My 2 cents, I can see this being a new avenue for Time Warner to … Continue reading →

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A side affect for Xerox from Obamacare

Posted on September 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

This article just got me thinking, obamacare is going to cause a lot of paperwork. Paperwork == printing. Printing means more printer and toner sales…. http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/196601/xerox-soon-print-support-healthcare-ops

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Xerox Stock Poised to go up?

Posted on September 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

Article talks about how there is a large number (and unusually large number) of options trading. Which if I understand it correctly (I am not a stock person), is a bunch of folks taking saying they will buy the stop … Continue reading →

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Wi-Fi Enabled Garage Door Opener

Posted on September 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

Article is about a project where the author created a wifi enabled garage door opener/closer. This sounds like a nice project, BUT I have a few issues, one is replay attacks or sniffing out the password, the other is the … Continue reading →

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How to fix up you Credit Report?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting an LONG WINDED article, gives out some good pointers on how to clean up your credit rating. Something I should look at to get rid of a few possible blemishes here and there that I never bothered to clean … Continue reading →

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PocketNC, an Affordable Five-Axis CNC | MAKE

Posted on September 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is a nice small CNC, can handle metal and sounds like it will be pretty precise, but…at 3 grand and up, I’ll stick to a shopbot. http://makezine.com/2013/09/23/pocketnc-an-affordable-five-axis-cnc/

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If you have windows, nice way to secure files with dropbox

Posted on September 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

The article talks about the author whom basically built bat scripts to take files send to a given folder, encrypt/zip them with 7-zip and send them to dropbox, and have another folder that had decrypted versions. Clever idea, and could … Continue reading →

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One wire shift register for Arduino to display strings on LCD

Posted on September 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting hack, the author did this for an ATiny (only 8 i/o pins) to save on pins. Worth noting for the future. http://www.instructables.com/id/low-cost-1-wire-lcd-for-8-pin-micro-controllers-ro/

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