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Cheap Camera Stabilizer For Overseas/International Travel [Part One]
Problem: Traveling by air to Central America requires light luggage and items that do not look like pipe bombs. Also, camera stabilizers are expensive and bulky. Solution: Research the area you are visiting for cheap/free parts to build your camera … Continue reading
Late to The Ruby on Rails Party
I am not a programmer. I know a little PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Javascript and jQuery. I have managed to make a few bucks here and there with building websites from scratch and using content management systems. The main benefits … Continue reading
Wine to Water | Payment via Thank You
My good friend Jessup Marion is an operations manager for Wine to Water. He works with Doc Hendley, a philanthropist who turns wine into water. Doc has been featured on CNN’s Heroes, also here, here and here for his charity … Continue reading
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Restoring Windows XP in 8 Minutes with CloneZilla
Problems: Factory installs of Windows come with excessive bloatware and unnecessary bullshit. Formatting and reinstallations can take hours if you don’t have recovery disks. Solution: CloneZilla The first thing I do is obtain a lightweight version of Windows XP. nLite … Continue reading
CyanogenMod on HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1)
With the G2 right around the corner and being stuck in Android upgrade limbo, it is time to root and install a beautiful version of Android 2.2: CyanogenMod 6. I am not going to tell you how to do it, … Continue reading
TrueCrypt On Company Laptops [SHORT]
From a security standpoint, company laptops can be a hassle to maintain. In the case of theft (very likely) your data is completely compromised. Viruses and wireless data sniffing are another huge concern. My first line of defense is updating … Continue reading
Random Password Generator WordPress Plugin
This weekend I began learning WordPress plugin development. After several hours I simultaneously learned the basics of jQuery, AJAX and WordPress plugin development. This was long overdue. My plugin requirements were to have a password generator that creates tables and … Continue reading
Mechanical Turk Is The Best Slave Labor Option Thus Far
Honesty at my own peril: I’ve been paying Turkers $1 for articles, which is a lot for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Why so much? I wanted quality, and that’s what I got. For $1, exploitation of laborers in rough times can … Continue reading
Explaining The Importance of Good Content to Bocas Villas [VIDEO]
And by ‘Bocas Villas’ I mean Philip Albrecht. Gathering and curating content from a remote location is difficult. To solve this, I end up educating someone within an organization on how to craft and publish their own articles, photos and … Continue reading
Paradise Project – Bocas del Toro Vacation Rentals
I have several projects in the pipeline right now. This is one that I am pretty damn excited about. The story goes as follows: My somewhat good friend Phil unplugged from the deferred lifestyle several years ago and began to … Continue reading
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