Tools
Belkin QUADRA 4-in-1 PDA Stylus
Saturday, 31Aug2019
“Adam Savage's New Leatherworking Toolbox!”
Wednesday, 28Aug2019
“Adam shares his latest shop upgrade and build: a leatherworking station and storage box for all his leather-related tools! This beautiful wooden box was made in the process of working on his Star-Lord costume belt, and replaces a previous acrylic toolbox. Adam guides us through this toolbox's form factor and its influences.”
Read More...“PiVPN : How to Run a VPN Server on a $35 Raspberry Pi!”
Saturday, 29Jun2019
“A $35 Raspberry Pi can work as a very effective VPN server. You'll gain access to your local network resources remotely and have a secure connection to the Internet.”
Read More...“I tried Pi-Hole for the first time... (DNS level Ad Blocker)”
Friday, 28Jun2019
“Google wants to wage war against Chrome users in a potential new update. An update that can disable them all together.... "Out of Safety". So I can either switch over to Firefox again or explore Pi Hole as a Network/DNS level Sinkhole/Ad blocker.”
Read More...“Apollo AGC Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moon”
Friday, 28Jun2019
“We embark on the restoration of a very rare and historically significant machine: the Apollo Guidance Computer, or AGC. It was the revolutionary MIT-designed computer aboard Apollo that brought man on the Moon (and back!). Mike Stewart, space engineer extraordinaire and living AGC encyclopedia, spearheads this restoration effort. In this first episode, we setup a makeshift lab in his hotel room, somewhere in Houston. The computer belongs to a delightful private collector, Jimmie Loocke, who has generously allowed us to dive in the guts of his precious machine, with the hope of restoring it to full functionality by July 2019, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.”
Read More...“Adam Savage's Computer History Collection!”
Friday, 10May2019
“We're back in Adam's cave to check out some of Adam's computer history collection, including recent acquisitions from the early days of digital computing. Adam shares the significance of each piece and why these he loves collecting these artifacts that together tell the story of human ingenuity. ”
Read More...Flip phone
Sunday, 10Feb2019
If you don't have a smartphone, a flip phone may be the best simple phone you can have.
Read More...❝Apple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction❞
Friday, 25Jan2019
“Here we see Steve Jobs introducing the very first iPod at a low key event in 2001. The rest is history.”
Read More...❝The First iMac Introduction❞
Friday, 25Jan2019
Thirty-five years ago today - ❝Steve Jobs presenting the first Mac in 1984❞
Thursday, 24Jan2019
“January 24, 1984: Apple founder Steve Jobs presented the first Macintosh computer. The Macintosh 128K.
In memory of a genius. Farewell Steve.”
Read More...Jot
Saturday, 28Apr2018
Pefectly right
Monday, 06Nov2017
Claude Shannon
Tuesday, 18Jul2017
So crazy it might work
Thursday, 13Jul2017
“Microsoft's Plan to Beam Internet Over TV Frequencies Is So Crazy It Might Work”
Read More...“The Secret Project to Create the iPhone: WSJ Documentary”
Friday, 30Jun2017
On the iPhone's 10th birthday, exclusive interviews with the secret Project Purple team; former Apple executives Scott Forstall, Tony Fadell and Greg Christie recount the arduous process behind turning Steve Jobs's vision into one of the best-selling products ever made.
Read More...Ten years ago today…the iPhone went on sale
Thursday, 29Jun2017
Playtime
Thursday, 11May2017
Slowly
Thursday, 13Apr2017
❝David Kronstein fell in love with the capture of high-speed video while a teenager watching Mythbusters. He wanted one of those expensive cameras so bad and thought he had a shot at one in 2006 when an Olympus i-Speed 2 started at a bid of $150 on eBay.
When the bidding surpassed his college budget, Kronstein said, “Screw it, I’ll build one.”
Ten years later, he not only built the camera, he is making it available to average consumers at a tenth of the usual price. (High-speed cameras used in laboratories and TV production studios average around $25,000.)❞
— David Pieirni, Affordable slow-mo camera lets you stop a speeding bullet
Another reason to be careful of the Internet of Things
Thursday, 13Apr2017
❝The best defense would be for everything online to run only secure software, so botnets couldn’t be created in the first place. This isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Internet of things devices are not designed with security in mind and often have no way of being patched. The things that have become part of Mirai botnets, for example, will be vulnerable until their owners throw them away. Botnets will get larger and more powerful simply because the number of vulnerable devices will go up by orders of magnitude over the next few years.❞
— Bruce Schneier, Botnets of Things
The caregiver and the iPhone
Thursday, 06Apr2017
Star Trek phone accessories
Tuesday, 20Dec2016
Other than the Star Trek look, I'm not sure what these do better than my Motorola H720.
Read More...Homemade playdough
Thursday, 23Jun2016
The homemade stuff means you can customize with colors, plant cuttings, blood, and essential oils for the purpose.
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Utility knife
Tuesday, 21Jun2016
Giant test tubes
Saturday, 18Jun2016
Labelwriter
Saturday, 18Jun2016
The new tools and labware page
Friday, 17Jun2016
Expect to see one massive listing of really neat tools I use, but it's going to take a while.
Enjoy.
ETA: After a lot of thought, I am just going to make these individual entries with the appropriate tags.
It makes more sense and sticks to my sloppy notebook metaphor.
The right scissors for the job
Thursday, 16Jun2016
Kinda Sorta EDC
Friday, 15May2015
Practical thingamabobs
Thursday, 15Oct2009
Edge of utility
Wednesday, 26Aug2009
Remembering the Travel Tinker Trouble Kit
Saturday, 24Feb2007
Not only did I almost go into internet withdrawal, but I nearly went into tool withdrawal too when my computer bag stayed at home without me. So that tool crisis sparked a bit of thought and a couple of memories.
Read More...Pocket Briefcase
Tuesday, 06Jun2006
Not all tools are electronic or even strictly a "tool." Sometimes nothing beats paper to jot things down, or more important, to share. 3x5 cards can work, but where is the style in that?
Read More...TechTool Protoge
Saturday, 14Jan2006
Out of the box, most Macintosh computers can be booted from a drive connected to the FireWire port.
But who has room to carry an extra FireWire drive for diagnostics?
Which is where Micromat enters the picture.
Read More...Utility Belt Part 3 (Final Part)
Monday, 05Dec2005
I experimented with several main tool pouches before I found one small and unbulky enough, and I experimented even more to find out what tools to keep in it.
Even now I keep a few basics in it and adjust according to need.
It doesn't usually live on my belt anymore though, it stays in a side pocket of my computer bag.
Read More...Best Utility Knife
Monday, 05Dec2005
I try to keep my "travel" tools separate from my regular tools.
At home since I have the space, I like to use regular tools instead of multitools.
Read More...Speaking of keys - Utility Belt Part 2
Saturday, 03Dec2005
I've tried a lot of key holders over the years. The obvious solution is to keep them on your belt. Of all the types I have tried, three worked pretty well.
Of course there is the old standby, the leather strap thing over your belt with a hook for your keys. It does work pretty well, but the strap wears out after a year or so.
There is the retracting chain, also known as the "zirp-zirp." Get too many keys and it also wears out after a while and the chain won't retract.
Then there was a spring steel thing that worked OK until it got bent out of shape.
I had pretty much resigned myself to replacing the leather strap type every year or so, and then I found something different.
Read More...Utility belt part 1
Monday, 28Nov2005