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We’ve been linking to a couple proxy options in the links posts recently and [tom] thought it would be a good idea to write up how to use Privoxy. In [tom]‘s case he wanted to route all of his internet surfing at work through an encrypted tunnel to his home machine. The guide is Windows based, but it won’t … Read the rest
I guess today is BlogDay. No, I wasn’t holding my breath for this either. It seems like a good idea though: introducing your readers to other blogs you read, that aren’t necessarily related to yours. So here are five of my favorites that really have nothing to do with hacking.
The Kneeslider is a great motorcycle blog. Paul does … Read the rest
I’ve always wondered if HAM radio would be an interesting hobby. Well if I got to design as many antenna launching devices as these guys it would be worth it. The pneumatic gun fires a tennis ball that trails a fishing line. Once the line is in the tree it can be used hoist the actual antenna. The site has … Read the rest
In last week’s installment, we showed how to get started with Csound. This week we take it to the next step by constructing a homemade MIDI controller circuit and use the new device to control Csound in real time.
What you will need:
a computer on which you have Csound up and running
a MIDI adapter for your computer … Read the rest
Never forget your power supply when you’ve got a 60 mile round trip to go get it.
It was grilled cheese day all day over at Slashfood. I tried googling for a hacker method, but I didn’t find what I wanted. The closest I came was cooking grilled cheese with an iron. I recommend wrapping it in … Read the rest
After seeing last Monday’s snowboard build, [mike] thought it would be cool if we covered longboards too. Toothless Longboards has a ton of information on building these things. It covers everything from alternative deck shaping techniques to different press methods like vacuum bagging. There is some street luge building info too. All around a good site… Read the rest
[Nick] built this laptop cooler to bring down the temperature of his processor. As a fellow Dell owner I know how hot these things can get. His simple stand plus fan dropped the temperature from 105degF to 89degF. No need to buy something that you can build yourself.… Read the rest
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