Monthly Archives: July 2013

Turn anything into a flying drone

Posted on July 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting build that basically has you attach 4 propellers to an object and presto, instant flying drone.  No kit for this but you can buy/build all the parts yourself.  A quick eyeball estimation tells me this could be around $400 … Continue reading →

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Krebs under attack again

Posted on July 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow, guess I am glad I am not a full time security researcher and blogger.  Poor Krebs is now being setup for drugs by folks he has out’ed. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/07/mail-from-the-velvet-cybercrime-underground/

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Using at Toilet ballast kit to automatically fill your pool

Posted on July 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

HAHAHAH  I found this one pretty funny, but it does work.  This year I haven’t had to fill the pool too much.  Just the opposite, I find I have to remove water (too much rain).  But if you do have … Continue reading →

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Make a solar heater with Irrigation Hose

Posted on July 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Its been a cool summer in the North East, so my thoughts have been drifting lately towards building one of these again.  Only thing I would do different is use something else besides outdoor zip ties (maybe wire or something … Continue reading →

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Make your own ear drops

Posted on July 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

After buying a little bottle of swimmers ear drops for $5, I can see why I would make my own.  Looks like for $5 I could get a lifetime supply. http://www.instructables.com/id/Swimming-Ear-drops-to-prevent-infections/

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Funny rule for sales

Posted on July 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

This article rings some truth to me, if you see something on sale or discount, if it ends with .09 or .99 in the price, its not really on sale. http://lifehacker.com/know-the-secret-price-codes-at-major-retailers-to-save-921445013

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Adafruits Punk Collar Kit

Posted on July 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like the idea, but I think I would use it on my dogs, or have something on the LED’s so they don’t look like…well LEDs.  Or multi-color would be nice.  The directions are well written up, but for $30…ouch. … Continue reading →

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3 Wire LCD control on the cheap

Posted on July 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good write-up on using a 74xx chip to keep the wire count down for an simple LCD display http://www.instructables.com/id/3-Wire-HD47780-LCD-for-less-than-1-dollar/

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Write-up on going cheap for Amtel/Arduino programmming

Posted on July 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like this guy, he is looking for the cheapest way (and not have to build stuff completely from scratch to program the Amtel CPU.  I could see myself doing this since I hate the thought of accidently destroying my … Continue reading →

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Xerox Insider Trading

Posted on July 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

  FYI: You have to give out your email address to get the info from the first link. What is interesting is our a lot of Xerox’s senior staff has been consistently selling off their shares, and many did a … Continue reading →

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