Monthly Archives: February 2018

Convert an iphone 4 into a simple phone

Posted on February 2, 2018 by robertwilkie

Pretty good write up on how to jailbreak the phone and make it into a simple phone (better than a flip phone) to use.  Could be a good alternative for older folks too. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-old-iphone-into-a-cute-minimalistic-fe-1822375239

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Nice list of things to put on a USB drive to repair computers

Posted on February 2, 2018 by robertwilkie

There is a few things on here I have not heard of…and its going on my list.  Most tools are free. https://www.howtogeek.com/340763/how-to-create-the-ultimate-usb-key-ring-to-solve-any-computer-problem/ Oh another set of boot disks to look at can be found here https://www.topbestalternatives.com/hirens-bootcd/

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Take a dollar store bike bell and make an alarm

Posted on February 1, 2018 by robertwilkie

  OK you need a motor and a cap with bolt too.  Neat idea and pretty basic build.  Oh and really cheap.  Only downside is the authors write up could use some work. https://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Bell-1/

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Dortbot, command line tool for Google Hacking (Dorking)

Posted on February 1, 2018 by robertwilkie

Looks pretty easy to use and can dump the results into JSON for parsing. dorkbot – Command-Line Tool For Google Dorking

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