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Today's WTF moment - a trashmag cover outdoes itself

Today’s WTF moment – a trashmag cover outdoes itself

August 7th, 2011

Spied this on the floor of the bathroom and actually laughed out loud. Thanks Glamour for getting both sides of the story. What a bunch of morons.

Review of portable USB keyboard wedge RFID reader

Review of portable USB keyboard wedge RFID reader

July 24th, 2011

Ever have to sort through a pile of unmarked LF EM4100/EM4102/Unique RFID tags sitting on your desk, or need to quickly determine the ID of a tag before programming it into your latest RFID project? Well, the guys over at CoreRFID were nice enough to send me one of their spiffy little USB readers. Turns […]

Review of Vibram KomodoSport shoes

Review of Vibram KomodoSport shoes

July 20th, 2011

I bought some goofy shoes today… the kind with all the toes broken out into individual little pockets. I saw them a couple days ago in a local sporting goods store and thought they might just help with that cramped feeling my toes have. I know you might just be thinking “get bigger shoes idiot”, […]

It's easier being everyone's go-to IT guy with UltraVNC SC

It’s easier being everyone’s go-to IT guy with UltraVNC SC

July 20th, 2011

Being an IT guy these days must be what it was like being a car mechanic in the 50s and 60s… before you needed seriously expensive tools and diagnostic devices that only car shops can afford now. In the IT realm, diagnostics and repair are still done with smarts, experience, and if necessary, free (usually) […]

Accessing Axis 240Q Video Server Streams

July 12th, 2011

It took a while, but I eventually recovered from the DocumentIO debacle and obtained an Axis 240Q video server. I installed it with some BNC splitters so my home security cameras will be recorded locally by my crappy QSee DVR, while 2 miles away at my downtown datacenter, open source ZoneMinder records the IP streams […]

The hunt for health insurance in America

The hunt for health insurance in America

July 12th, 2011

I recently had to change up my insurance situation and, in doing some research, came across this article. I’m re-posting in full because I believe in data protection through incessant duplication. The magic of “high deductible” plans by C. Dean Richard, JD, MSBA, a leading HSA expert and one of America’s most trusted benefits brokers […]

Dual ISPs with a netscreen SSG-20

Dual ISPs with a netscreen SSG-20

July 11th, 2011

I’ve been using Netscreen boxes for years now, but I feel like I’ve never had a good comfortable understanding of them until recently. The problem is, most people (me included) are introduced to “routers” by way of setting up some kind of NAT gateway at home. The gateway interfaces are set up in such a […]

RTOTD - Uniquely "Earthian" traits?

RTOTD – Uniquely “Earthian” traits?

June 21st, 2011

Random Thought Of The Day I purchase video games based on a policy I set forth a long time ago. New Xbox 360 games run $60, and I purchase new games about once every 6 months or so. The challenge I set for myself is that I can spend $60 on games but I cannot […]

Homeowners forclose on Bank Of America!

Homeowners forclose on Bank Of America!

June 6th, 2011

This has to be one of the best things I’ve ever heard of. A homeowner forecloses on a bank! Collier County, Florida — Have you heard the one about a homeowner foreclosing on a bank? Well, it has happened in Florida and involves a North Carolina based bank. Instead of Bank of America foreclosing on […]

Using mad IT skillz to get around bureaucracy

Using mad IT skillz to get around bureaucracy

May 16th, 2011

So I got a traffic ticket for not having up-to-date tabs on my 2001 Honda Insight. Oddly enough it was a lack of insight, more of an oversight really, that caused me to forget that I’d not paid for my vehicle licensing (called tabs because they give you a little tab for your license plate) […]

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