Category Archives: Tutorials

Pianobar – An open source Pandora client

I’ve been using pianobar for about two weeks now and have yet to experience any crashes that plagued my usage previously. It is by far the most efficient, stable way to use Pandora. In Ubuntu, you can install it from … Continue reading

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ADB over SSH – Fun with port forwards

So last week one of my coworkers and I were discussing a VPN configuration to allow adb shells over 3G. Just tonight I realized that a VPN isn’t even required, SSH can do the same job with relatively little effort. … Continue reading

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My New Lighter

I modified a cheap Zippo to contain a really cool surprise! Impress your friends! Pics and video after the jump.

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WEP Cracking with WifiWay

This weekend one of my friends asked about hacking in to wireless networks. I decided to show off and they wanted to video the experience, so I set up a spare wireless router with 7961122705933aa134db338064 as the WEP encryption key. … Continue reading

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GnuPG E-mail Encryption

I’ve recently started using GnuPG to encrypt email transmission with the aid of the new FireGPG extension to firefox which allows one to use public key encryption in gmail. The extension can be found at it’s homepage. My public key … Continue reading

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Ghost 4 Linux complete guide to imaging

About a month ago I was given 65 new Dell Optiplex 745′s to replace my 6 year old desktops in my training environment. This presented a multitude of problems for me. Problems: Our imaging software ran off of a floppy … Continue reading

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Black 360 Universal Remote Mod

I finally got my universal remote apart without breaking it in half and decided to throw together a little how-to for all the people having trouble getting it apart to paint it. Here we have the remote, battery cover removed. … Continue reading

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Black Controller Mod

I’ve been a busy little bee this holiday break and decided to modify one of my xbox360 controllers following this guide by Alcaron. It came out way better than I thought it would, the only issue I had being that … Continue reading

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