Wireless at last

Tested my Orinico Gold card for the second time today. It was the first time on a wireless network, one...

World’s Smallest Cubicle

I wanted to get a picture of this cubicle before they did anything crazy, like make it bigger. Yes, this...

Neat new camera

Got a new digital camera a little while ago (to replace the one that drowned on the whitewater canoeing trip....

House no good

Ah well, so much for the house. It had a nice character to it, but had too many problems for...

More linking weirdness

Heheh. This “search engine” linked to one of my old posts about canned macaroni. Maybe I can get them into...

Making a Can-tenna

Could this be an antenna for WiFi? Could you go wardriving with a can of stew? These and other questions can now be answered thanks to these guys:
Got no dough for a commercial antenna? Looking for an inexpensive way to increase the range of your wireless network? A tin can waveguide antenna, or Cantenna, may be just the ticket. This design can be build for under $5 U.S. and reuses a food, juice, or other tin can.
I am not an electrical engineer, nor do I have access to any fancy test equipment. I've built some antennas that worked for me and thought I would share what I learned. I have no idea if this is safe for your radio or wireless network equipment. The risk to you and your equipment is yours.
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Looking for a home

I’m doing some home shopping this weekend. This one looks nice, has most of the things I’m looking for, and...

Long day in Tronna

Had to go to Toronto today to do some business work. To get ahead of traffic, I left about 6am,...

Man, was I screwed up.

Heh. Looking at some of my old entries today. I was going to post a cool link about how to...

Big-Ass Grow operation in Canada

Cutting-edge technology was used at Canada's largest indoor marijuana factory to avoid detection and to grow thousands of illicit plants inside a former Molson brewery, police say.
An estimated 30,000 plants . estimated to be worth $30 million . in various stages of production were discovered by police in the raid at the landmark for southern Ontario commuters. Many of the plants were blossoming inside 25 beer vats that had been converted for incubation.
The operators used an "extremely sophisticated" and professional growing system that turned the giant vats into hot houses filled with hundreds of hydroponic plants, police said.
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