Daily Archives: July 16, 2015

Interesting swamp cooler build

This build is interesting since the author has a re-usable cooling source, popicles in plastic.  Why?  Well the fan does the standard stuff of blowing on the ice, and out comes the cool air from the bottom (instead of the … Continue reading

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Interesting, Subways app sounds like the did a good job with Security

Looks like a security researcher type tried to reverse engineer Subway’s phone app.  And found it a bit difficult to do. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/13/someone_at_subway_is_a_serious_security_nerd

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Make a PVC pipe look like wood

HAHAHAHA…too funny and from a distance, it does looki like wood.   I’ll have to remember this when I want to make some walking sticks. http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-PVC-Look-Like-Wood/

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Using Mint Bills to …well pay bills

Interesting article about Mint Bills, a tool the help with paying bills out on time.  It looks like the basics are free…so I am not sure if you pay more for advanced features, or they just get to sell of … Continue reading

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Google opensources a bluetooth beacon protocol

Interesting, Google put out a open-source bluetooth module for creating bluetooth beacons called Eddystone.  I know Apple tried this a few years back.  But…now we have bluetooth low energy, and this is “free” to build on.  So….It could go somewhere.  … Continue reading

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How to pull the wifi password off a computer

This is worth bookmarking.  Have you forgotten that ultra complicated wifi password you setup, well here are some ways (have to run as admin or sudo depending on the system) to get it from the computer. Linux security find-generic-password -ga … Continue reading

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