Monthly Archives: November 2014

Optimizing WordPress

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Article goes on ways you can speed up your wordpress site. Most of them I knew but one, the gziping of images. That would be good too reduce space as well. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wordpress-blog-too-slow-7-ways-you-can-speed-it-up-again-in-minutes/

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Build your own cider press

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

OK there is no way I will end up building something this fancy, but its a nice build, and I know when the apples are in season its tempting to get one of these. http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-Cider-Press-with-Grinder/all/

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Building a CNC on the cheap

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice simple (and cheap) build CNC. Not so sure about how much you can do with it for cutting. But its a good starting point. http://hackaday.com/2014/11/06/diy-plotter-strives-for-cheapest-cnc-machine-title/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29 http://myhobbyprojects.com/drupal-7.16/?q=plotter The author has some other interesting ideas on the cheap too, like this … Continue reading →

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2 more projects for the RPi

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on 2 more projects you can do for the Raspberry PI, first one is basically making an arcade gaming system. The second one seems to be still in the works, but is a weather station. http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192 http://www.weather.dragontail.co.uk/index.php?page=station_setup

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.NET going to Linux and Opensource

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Server based only. But its interesting to see the powerhouse of Microsoft open up all its development code to opensource and to Linux. I wonder what the real reasoning behind the release is. Perhaps MS is feeling the heat of … Continue reading →

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The 5 Dollar Bike Light

Posted on November 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Some free flashlights from Harbor Freight, 2 PVC T’s, and 2 pipe hangers and you have a simple, dual beam LED bike light http://www.instructables.com/id/Three-Dollar-Bike-Light/

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Convert a bluetooth headset to a receiver

Posted on November 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Good idea on recycling a bluetooth headset into something useful. BUT…down side is powering this thing. I think I would have gone a bit farther and figured out a way to power it with the speaker. http://www.instructables.com/id/STREAM-MUSIC-VIA-Bluetooth-on-any-amplifiers/?ALLSTEPS

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Make a cheap tumbler

Posted on November 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Originally I was thinking of making this tumbler. But then I stumbled on this one and…heck this is much easier to build and store. http://hackaday.com/2014/09/01/a-peach-of-a-homemade-parts-tumbler/

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Ding Dong Tool

Posted on November 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

I was looking up a warrantee issue with a gerber tool, and saw this monster. Make a nice christmas present. Thought no way I would pay $250 for it…. http://www.gerbergear.com/var/gerber/storage/images/frontpage/military/gear/ding-dong_30-000790/3911961-1-eng-US/Ding-Dong-Breaching-Tool_fulljpg.jpg

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Utilities to build C/C++ for Android

Posted on November 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting set of utilities (mostly python based I think) for building C/C++ code for Android. Why would you want to do this? Well perhaps to port an existing Linux project to Android, thought it would be limited to the type … Continue reading →

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