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Hey everyone! Your name, address, birth date, social security #, and other info is compromised. – Credit Reporting Agency Equifax Reveals Massive Hack

Posted on by Jeffrey Hein

Photo courtesy of: thehackernews.com/2017/0… This is pretty amazing. Not a little deal. This information can never be considered secure ever again. I first heard about this on the 7th. I was pretty amazed at the breadth of the breach. Then in the following days reading about the response. Crazy. Equifax is so evil it’s not Read more about Hey everyone! Your name, address, birth date, social security #, and other info is compromised. – Credit Reporting Agency Equifax Reveals Massive Hack[…]

You cannot hold your cell phone and drive in California. $250 fine. Mount it to your dash with a Magnet for $4!

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These mounts are by far the most effective and affordable solution I’ve found. Super easy to use and install. Just slides snugly into your vent on either side of the steering wheel. The small metal disc can be used with or without a case. Inside or outside the case. I recommend the plain black one. Read more about You cannot hold your cell phone and drive in California. $250 fine. Mount it to your dash with a Magnet for $4![…]

How to create a $15 Point of Sales with a Droid X and Square. Howto root, unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.4), and Square Register.

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The Droid X is Motorola phone sold by Verizon. It has an SD slot and HDMI out. You can buy good condition used ones on eBay for $15 here. 4.3 inch Screen (~61.0% screen-to-body ratio) More specifications Complete guide to getting the Square Register App on the Droid X If it’s booting then you can Read more about How to create a $15 Point of Sales with a Droid X and Square. Howto root, unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.4), and Square Register.[…]

How to unlock your Sprint phone’s SIM slot by calling Sprint. Even if you never had an account with them.

Posted on by Jeffrey Hein

The account last associated with the device must be in good standing. In order to check to see if the account is in good standing, you must have the account # or the full name of the account holder last associated with the device. Unlocking policy here: www.sprint.com/legal/unl… Once that is verified you can request the domestic Read more about How to unlock your Sprint phone’s SIM slot by calling Sprint. Even if you never had an account with them.[…]

How to get a free electric car in California (low income)

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If you live in the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and are low income, and you are located on this census map: www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capand… you can get up to $9500 cash rebate on a new or USED electric car. If you buy or lease a new one you can get an addition $10,000 federal Read more about How to get a free electric car in California (low income)[…]

Ergonomic tablet case/stand with split keyboard and extended display.

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The best and only ergonomic tablet case Combine Joby Gorillamobile Ori with MoKo aka iClever aka 1byone Universal Foldable Keyboard = Profit! Boom! The keyboard would be attached and folded into the case. It would be angled up for better ergonomics. You could combine a slide out touchpad like the Logitech Touch Lapdesk. However it would Read more about Ergonomic tablet case/stand with split keyboard and extended display.[…]

How to add an USB 3.0 port to your laptop for $5 (Windows or Linux)

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You can get it on Amazon here. In Ubuntu 16.10 it is plug and play. It comes with both a USB power cable, and a AC wall power supply. You’ll need the wall one for power hungry devices like a USB hard drive. It comes with 2 ports, but I’m skeptical you could use them Read more about How to add an USB 3.0 port to your laptop for $5 (Windows or Linux)[…]

How to install Windows 10 on an old IDE hard drive using Virtualbox.

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Sometimes you want to install an OS on to an old computer that does not boot from USB, and you don’t have, or don’t want to waste a DVD to burn. Here is a way to install any OS directly to the hard drive using Virtualbox’s raw disk feature. I used a cheap USB to Read more about How to install Windows 10 on an old IDE hard drive using Virtualbox.[…]

The best pico and nano sized quadcopters (quads or drones) that fit inside their controllers

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Just fun for flying Quadcopters that fit inside their controller I use drone and quad interchangeably in this article to refer to quadcopters. Quads come in many different sizes. Not all manufacturers agree on a naming convention. Here is what I think makes the most sense. From smallest to biggest: Pico, nano, micro, mini, mid, Read more about The best pico and nano sized quadcopters (quads or drones) that fit inside their controllers[…]

How to check which Name Servers your computer is using in Ubuntu 22.04

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Ubuntu 22.04 using systemd-resolvd configuration like netplan: If you have Dekstop version with network manager installed: nmcli dev show | grep DNS For earlier Ubuntu servers: systemd-resolve –status History cat /etc/resolv.conf will give you some info about how you resolve, however it won’t show you the nameservers anymoew. nameserver 127.0.0.1 or nameserver 127.0.0.53 because Ubuntu Read more about How to check which Name Servers your computer is using in Ubuntu 22.04[…]