Monthly Archives: März 2008

When black magic does not work

Posted on 27. März 2008 by jplasser

There are people believing in almost anything you can imagine. So is this shaman believing he can kill someone by using black magic. You know what? It did not work! Surprise, surprise …

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Electric Skateboard

Posted on 19. März 2008 by jplasser

This is surely fun:

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Car hacking

Posted on 19. März 2008 by jplasser

My car (Ford Galaxy 3) has this unacceptable bell tone when you don’t fasten your seat belt immediately. It even rings when parking in or when driving slow. After looking for a solution I found the following algorithm (it’s no … Continue reading →

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That's crazy …

Posted on 18. März 2008 by jplasser

These are prototypes of military robots. It’s awesome what they can do in robotics today but I don’t really like the consequences.

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The Ninety:Ten Rule

Posted on 17. März 2008 by jplasser

Just found: The first 90 percent of the task takes 90 percent of the time, and the last 10 percent of the task takes the other 90 percent of the time. —The Ninety:Ten Rule

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Asterisk PBX behind NAT

Posted on 17. März 2008 by jplasser

I had a lot of problems with an Asterisk BPX behind NAT. Asterisk dropped all incoming calls after 20 seconds because of an unanswered packet. This is a well known problem when NATing Asterisk, but even Google does not provide … Continue reading →

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Beef Jerky

Posted on 13. März 2008 by jplasser

I found a nice recipe for Beef Jerky. Beef Jerky is a really tasty snack, but not all people like it that much.

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Hacking radio controlled pacemakers

Posted on 13. März 2008 by jplasser

This is no fun and it shows the importance of building security into almost everything digital today.

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Open access switch

Posted on 13. März 2008 by jplasser

Hybrid buses in San Francisco have a power switch that can be accessed easily through an unlocked panel on the outside of the bus. Tsss …

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Start of DST is close

Posted on 10. März 2008 by jplasser

I am eagerly awaiting the start of DST on March 30th 2008 2:00 am.

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