Daily Archives: May 20, 2016

Xerox CEO won’t be CEO after split, still Chairperson of Board

Some good news for Xerox, the current CEO will no longer be the CEO of either company after the split, BUT, she will be chairperson of the board for the Technology end.  Why is this good?  Well obviously the current … Continue reading

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A wifi enabled door alarm

AHAHAHAH.  The author took a cheap $1.50 door alarm and added an ESP8266 to it to make it wireless.  Clever idea overall http://www.instructables.com/id/4-WiFi-Door-Alarm-Using-a-ESP8266-IoT/

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Simple hacks with PVC

Lots of videos on simple hacks with PVC pipe.  I like the sign one. http://www.instructables.com/id/10-Life-Hacks-With-PVC-13/?ALLSTEPS

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Want to stalk someone from pictures they post?

Interesting tool that takes the info from pictures on social sites and maps out where they where took. http://www.geocreepy.com/

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Nice corner clamp jig…but…I think I can get it cheaper

I like this jig, and its pretty flexible in use too.  But….I can get one at harbor frieght for $4, the clamps used for this one cost $3 each.  So…bit mixed on this one. http://www.instructables.com/id/Corner-Clamp-Jig/?ALLSTEPS

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