She Thinks My Toaster is Hot

One day you put your toaster on a social networking site. And then on another day you find out that your toaster has more friends than you. This little story sounds made up. Well, it’s not. My toaster has had a Twitter page since December 2008, tweeting the status of my toast making habits for… Continue reading She Thinks My Toaster is Hot

Wireshark 1.2.0 – New Version

Wireshark is a tool that performs packet and protocol analysis on a network. Packets are the virtual transport mechanism that moves are data from sender to receiver. Each packet has a header and payload – the header contains information about where the packet came from and where it’s going, as well as the protocols being… Continue reading Wireshark 1.2.0 – New Version

Internet-enabled Message Center

What are you up to now? I took the leap and bought an Arduino from LiquidWare. An arduino is an open-source microcontroller that has a processor, some digital I/O pins, and analog inputs. You can create little standalone programs that monitor inputs, control LEDs, and pretty much anything that you dream up. My favorite projects… Continue reading Internet-enabled Message Center

Clearblue Screen of Death

Everything is going digital. I know, a profound statement, but the consequences of “digital” are a future riddled with software bugs, failures, and EMP induced outages (the EPT EMP to be exact). We rely on technology to get us through our days and we will be faced with crashes when we need technology the most.… Continue reading Clearblue Screen of Death

Death Tag – Spitball with Tic Tacs

You’re It! Death Tag is a full contact game using a McDonald’s straw and various projectiles – the most lethal of which is the Tic Tac – 1.5 calories of pain. This is Death Tag’s story with a video of my new Death Tag students – my nephews…Pass on the fun, er, the mayhem…You’re it!… Continue reading Death Tag – Spitball with Tic Tacs