Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle, a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family. Naturally, a great deal of phishing schemes that precede these bank account takeovers begin … Read more
See also Brian Kreb’s “Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin“ Advice for Personal Digital Security I. Securing your digital life, part one: The basics The key to protecting your digital life is to make it as expensive and impractical as possible for someone bent on mischief to steal the things most important … Read more
How to delete Facebook Your Facebook and Messenger accounts are one, so deleting one will affect the other. This will not happen with WhatsApp or Instagram, or any other apps you’ve used your Facebook account to log into. But before you pull the plug, you may want to save all the data you’ve amassed on … Read more
Catalog of handicap solutions When I’m searching for something to help with a mobility issue in myself or another, I found looking in this pdf catalog of occupational therapy devices by Functional Solutions to open my eyes to what’s been invented before and already available. They have a lot of cool things for temporary disabilities … Read more
For Digital Rights Management reasons, all Kindle e-books are locked to Kindle hardware. These digital books use Amazon’s proprietary AZW file format, even though Kindle tablets also support MOBI files. That makes reading these e-books outside the Kindle bubble nearly impossible. However, you can convert them into PDFs. This guide shows you how to convert … Read more
Using Super Glue and Baking Soda to Repair a Plastic Switch Plunger Superglue and baking soda for fixing broken plastic parts My friend Bob sent me this video about using super glue and baking soda to fix broken plastic parts. When it cures it is rock hard. I used this material to repair … Read more
Cloves are powerful fly repellents, as flies detest their scent. Most insects don’t like herbs with a strong aroma, so it would be useful to keep a pot of mint close to the doorway as well! Cloves essential oil effectively keeps mosquitoes at bay too. You can mix it with olive oil, rubbing alcohol, or … Read more
According to a 2018 study, more than 1 million children were the victims of identity theft in 2017 alone (the most recent year for which statistics are available), resulting in total losses of $2.6 billion and more than $540 million in out-of-pocket costs to families. As kids are increasingly exposed to the outside world through … Read more
I’ve recently discovered magswitches. These are magnets you can turn off and on. I use them in my workshop to hold down fences, stops, and featherboards. When they are turned on, you can’t move them. When off, they lift off instantly. They are non-electronic; the switch is an ingenious mechanical contraption hidden inside a very … Read more
PVC plastic pipe is readily available, reasonably priced and ridiculously versatile. These ingenious hacks utilize this useful, DIY-friendly materia Fast, Inexpensive Table Aunt Edna just called to tell you she’s coming for the holidays (and bringing some nice people she met hanging around the bus station). Trouble is, you don’t have enough table space. Don’t … Read more
Orthodoxy by G K Chesterton- The Suicide of the thought part 1 If the most recent terrorist attack in London had been an episode in a novel by a social satirist, it would have been dismissed as too crude or absurd to be plausible. Nothing like it could ever take place in reality. … Read more