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“So long” To RapidVPS

“So long” To RapidVPS

After about 8 years of hosting my site and various other things on RapidVPS, I have finally decided to move things off of it.  I have been wanting to do that for 2 reasons: The VPS host was originally based on Ubuntu 9.04, and I wish to take advantage of newer TLS cipher suites that are not available. $20 USD per month isn’t much, but since I am already running a bunch of other sites from my home ESXi, I don’t see…

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Hack your digital camera.

Hack your digital camera.

For certain Canon point and shoot digital cameras and the Digital Rebel line (or the EOS 300 series for those outside of the US), there are some free firmware you can load onto your camera to “unlock” a few neat tricks.  CHDK is the community forum that is dedicated to advancing these hidden functionality.  This article shows some of the tricks you can do with your hacked camera.

Spoofing your Phone Number

Spoofing your Phone Number

I stumpled upon this site today that provides a service which allows you to change the phone number that is displayed on the receiver’s Caller ID.  Check it out. http://www.telespoof.com/freecall.php