Blog, page 38
page 38 of 76Continuing through the writing archive.
Look what I made - Compass table
A Vancouver Maker Faire build using a thrift store table, two sheets of acrylic, and 1000 ten-cent compasses from Alibaba.
Read postHost gator has bad security and sucks.
HostGator emailed back my forgotten password in plain text, proving they store credentials unhashed in their billing database.
Read postLook what I made - Acrylic chess set
An acrylic chess set cut on the new VHS laser cutter from a Thingiverse design, my first laser cutter project.
Read postTranslink sucks in Vancouver
Complaint number 25 to TransLink this year after the 2568 bus rolled past stop 58125 with riders waving at it.
Read postNiceDog nano php web framework
Trying out NiceDog, a single-file PHP nano framework, fixing a few bugs and writing the missing example project.
Read postWordpress Post via email (wp-mail.php)
Switching from the abandoned Postie plugin to WordPress built-in wp-mail.php for post-by-email, with notes on the rate-limit hack.
Read postRental Guide are bad people, and suck.
A warning about Vancouver's Rental Guide, who advertise fake listings and sell a craigslist-rescraping service.
Read postLEGO 3D Milling Machine - 3D Printer
A 3D milling machine built entirely out of LEGO.
Read postRaspberry PI - Start up questions
Answers to the first questions a Windows user hits when booting a Raspberry Pi: power, USB current, login, keyboard layout.
Read postHow do you talk to someone over a common, instant message client (Gtalk, MSN) securely, with encryption
How to set up Pidgin with the Off the Record plugin to hold encrypted, verified chats over MSN or Gtalk.
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