Monthly Archives: March 2016

Another simple bike hitch

Posted on March 18, 2016 by robertwilkie

This seems to be a perferred way to make a bike hitch without metal working skills or tools.  This one clamps onto the seat post.  If I had to guess, $5 in parts. http://www.instructables.com/id/No-Weld-Bicycle-Trailer-Hitch/

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I like the tutorial better than the pic example

Posted on March 17, 2016 by robertwilkie

I found the animated picture more useful than the article. Pick Locks Like In The Movies: Using a Bobby Pin

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Amazing fast install of a credit card skimmer

Posted on March 17, 2016 by robertwilkie

This was amazing how quick it was to install the skimmer inside a store to get the credit card info.  If the article is correct, the only reason the store noticed was it wasn’t on right and started to fall … Continue reading →

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Cyborg Hawk Linux, Looks like Kali with better graphics

Posted on March 16, 2016 by robertwilkie

Yet another pen testing distro.  This on looks like Kali with a few mods.  I looked at the feature list and I think its the same as Kali’s….so..beside the better graphics, is there a reason to switch? http://www.darknet.org.uk/2016/03/cyborg-hawk-linux-penetration-testing-linux-distro/

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Xerox CEO going to Cuba

Posted on March 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

I haven’t the foggest why you would want the CEO of Xerox to go with you to Cuba for a political event…. http://abc7chicago.com/business/ceos-of-xerox-marriott-to-join-pres-obama-to-cuba/1246408/

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Texas still Pissed at Xerox

Posted on March 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

Apparently Texas is not happy with Xerox getting away with not paying taxes after it …err….made some big mistakes with Texas benefits management. http://www.tdmr.org/disgraced-former-texas-medicaid-contractor-xerox-pays-no-tax-500-million-profit/

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Using a $2 board to control speakers remotely

Posted on March 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

Well a knob anyways.  So this could be applied to other knobs.  It uses an ATiny (Digispark) http://www.instructables.com/id/Digispark-Volume-Control/

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Thats on big freaking laser on CDROM CNC

Posted on March 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build but…OMG that is one big laser to put on a simple CDROM based CNC.  But I guess if you are only doing board design….me…Gee couldn’t he have just used a standard CNC and mill’ed off what he did/didn’t … Continue reading →

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Interesting wrapper around nmap

Posted on March 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

A tool called LNHG(Low NoiseHG Massive Web Fingerprinter, say that 5 times), extends nmap functionality to ID the technology behind a running website and list exploits for it. http://www.darknet.org.uk/2016/02/lnhg-massive-web-fingerprinter-mwebfp/

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Turn an old paintcan into a tool carousel

Posted on March 14, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build, paint the can, find an old motor or something that spins to mount it to, and screw/bolt in the holders, then mount the whole thing under a cub bard.  My 2 cents, I would like to see having … Continue reading →

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