Monthly Archives: August 2015

Use Blynk to controll your device via your phone

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

I haven’t heard of Blynk before, but it apparently is another way to controll IoT remotely from your phone.  It woks with arduino, RPi, ESP8266, Particle Core (No Idea on that one). and other stuff.  The article of course mentions … Continue reading →

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Use pool noodles for extension ladder covers

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is a good idea to keep your extension ladder from scraping up the side of your house.  They sell these at $10 and up for ladders.  But you can get pool noodles for $1. http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/diy-extension-ladder-rail-covers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+danny-lipford+%28Today%27s+Homeowner+with+Danny+Lipford%29

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Can’t afford a gaming rig, use AWS

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have actually done something like this for running windows tools in Linux.  The author basically created an AWS instance with Windows 2012 server, added in the NVIDIA video card module, and streams the games from steam back to his … Continue reading →

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Tindie, interesting site for DIY hardware builds

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

So you are a small-time hardware build company or person, want to sell your bot to the masses…where do you go, well looks like tindie is the esty for electronics for you. https://www.tindie.com/browse/

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Hacking Twitter Contests

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

Why didn’t I think of this?  A software developer wrote a python script to search for contests that require him to retweet and follow something, and do that work.  He ended up winning alot of contests (of course the success … Continue reading →

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FruityWiFi

Posted on August 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

Looks like there is another addition to the RPi where you can get a distro that has a bunch of baked in wifi attack tools.  List below: Hostapd Karma URLsnarf DNSspoof Kismet Squid (code injection capabilities) SSLstrip (code injection capabilities) … Continue reading →

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The one sheet of plywood boat

Posted on August 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

A few years back I tried to get my kids to build one of these.  Its about $30 in materials and I got Home Depot to make all the cuts for me.  But…never got the kids interested.  Ended up using … Continue reading →

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Interesting drawer based CNC

Posted on August 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK this is a few years old of a build, buts its an interesting one.  I like how the sliders are down instead on the sides.  I can’t tell if the author used 3D printed parts in some of the … Continue reading →

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Nice write-up on using Interrupts with Arduino

Posted on August 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

Not many folks, developers included, use or know about the oldfashioned interrupts with a system.  You mostly see this with embedded systems.  Higher end stuff has “messaging” and other methods.  But on systems that do not support threading, interrupts can … Continue reading →

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Interesting new attack tools

Posted on August 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

SeaDuke and CloudDuke, one is a cross-platform malware and the other is for cloud systems attacks.  They look interesting. https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002822.html

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