Archive for the 'Fun Stuff' Category
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
If you’re into vintage radios like I am, you’ll be interested in seeing what I have listed on eBay. Check out my eBay page: http://myworld.ebay.com/kc4iwt. While you’re there, be sure to sign my guestbook. Cheers! The Geek
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Now this is a cool Geek gadget! From Popular Science: A new electronic notepad may be lifelike, cheap and energy-efficient enough to replace those wasteful paper slips we still use for memos and grocery lists. The four-ounce Boogie Board runs for years on a single watch battery and, thanks to a novel use of the [...]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
I’m going to usher in this second month of 2010 with a password challenge contest. There are two entry categories: The Top Ten List of Worst Passwords; and, the Strongest Short Easy-to-remember Password . One First Prize winner in each category will get a free copy of my Geek Toolkit. Here are the rules: Top [...]
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
You know how I preach about passwords? Well, here’s a password joke: During a recent password audit at Bank Of Ireland it was found that Paddy O’Toole was using the following password: MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyBerlin When asked why he had such a long password he replied: “Oi was told it had to be at least 8 characters [...]
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
When I turned on my laptop this morning, I was greeted with a red X on the Panda icon in my system tray. When I clicked on it, the program informed me that my beta version would expire in 10 days and I should download the latest release (dated 6/30/2009, Version 0.08.82). I was ready [...]
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Spam-o-Meter is a Kool Tool that gives you an idea of how much spam is on the Internet. You can download a Mac OSX gadget, Flash for a website (like you see here), even a screen saver for Windows, all free. Check it out. I’ve posted it on a page over there to the right.
Posted in Computers, Freebies, Fun Stuff, Ken's Kool Tekkie Tools, Links, Spam | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Here’s what you’d get: Here’s an easy game to play. Here’s an easy thing to say: If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, Then the socket packet pocket has [...]
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Jenny Mackintosh over at the ITKE Community blog (the folks who host my Security Corner blog) announced a cool contest for anyone who wants to show their tech savvy. The only catch is that you have to register as a community member, but ITKE is reputable, so this isn’t a problem: Now through the end [...]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Thanks to the latest issue of Popular Mechanics, we Geeks who remember these things can get our hands on some beautiful, handmade digital clocks (kit versions are also available). Nixie tubes have a warm glow that produces an aesthetic that today’s digital displays don’t even approach. Check out Peter Jensen’s site, tubeclock.com and browse around. [...]
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