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Password dump checking
Leaks of (badly secured) password files seem to be big news at the moment. In many cases people set up sites to allow you to see if your password was in the leak – but who knows whether these sites are trustworthy. That’s not a risk I’m happy to take. Python provides a reasonably simple […]
Filed under: howto, security | 2 Comments
Tags: check, checker, leak, password, python, SHA1
If you just want to download images rather than make them then I’d suggest downloading an image of the latest official build. For the adventerous I’m still doing frequest dev builds and associated images[1], but these may be unstable. Read on if you’re interested in how this stuff is done… The Raspberry Pi build of […]
Filed under: howto, Raspberry Pi | 79 Comments
Tags: image, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SD, VirtualBox, XBMC
I spent time figuring this out due to needing SD cards for my Raspberry Pi, but the instructions apply to pretty much anything on SD. DD on Windows Windows sadly lacks the DD utility that’s ubiquitous on Unix/Linux systems. Luckily there is a dd for Windows utility. Get the latest version here (release at time of […]
Filed under: howto, Raspberry Pi | 9 Comments
Tags: DD, howto, image, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SD
Raspberry Pi on iPad
My second Raspberry Pi came at the end of last week[1], so now I have one to tinker with in addition to the first that I’m using as a media player. It turns out that it’s not just SD cards that the raspi is fussy about, I had a real struggle getting either of my […]
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Tags: howto, iPad, iSSH, Putty, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SSH, vnd
I’ve continued tinkering with my OpenELEC media player, and there’s too much stuff to do as just updates or comments to the original post. Build I started out with a canned build[1], but discussion on the OpenELEC thread on the Raspberry Pi Forums suggested that I was missing out on some features and fixes. I […]
Filed under: howto, media, Raspberry Pi | 30 Comments
Tags: 720p, mce, Media Player, mount, nfs, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, remote, resolution, Synology, XBMC
My old Kiss Dp-600 media player has been getting progressively less reliable, so for a little while I’ve been telling the kids that I’d replace it with a Raspberry Pi. Of course getting hold of one has proven far from simple. Some time ago the prospect of using XBMC on the Raspi was confirmed, leading […]
Filed under: howto, media, Raspberry Pi | 22 Comments
Tags: .config, 1080p, 720p, autostart.sh, cifs, mce, Media Player, mount, NAS, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, reboot, remote, resolution, restart, spdif, Synology, XBMC
This should work for any service that only supports POP3S, not just gmail. You’ll need a Linux box/VM (I generally use Ubuntu). Background Since the mid 90s I’ve used Ameol to retrieve email. When I started using gmail I forwarded mail on to my ISP’s POP3 service and collected it with Ameol so that I’d […]
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Tags: 110, 995, client, email, gmail, perdition, POP3, POP3S, port, proxy, stunnel, Ubuntu
The title for this post comes from an old naval tradition, where a ‘make and mend‘ was time given to fix up clothing. These days sailors get their uniform from stores, and personal clothes from shops like the rest of us; so a modern day ‘make and mend’ is simply some time off. With the […]
Filed under: Arduino, code, howto, making | Leave a Comment
Tags: arduino, avrdude, bootloader, code, electronics, game, mend, Simon, stk500_setsync():, stripboard, welding
Arduino Simon
I My son got a great Xmas present in the shape of a Starter Kit for Arduino from Oomlout. After doing some of the basic projects I decided we needed something that we could get our teeth into. After a little pondering Simon came out as a worthwhile challenge. Back in the 80s I’d written a version […]
Filed under: Arduino, howto, making | 4 Comments
Tags: arduino, breadboard, button, buzzer, code, electronics, game, LED, pin 13, Simon
OpenVPN
For some time I’ve used SSH tunnels as a means to pretend that I’m somewhere else to avoid geography filters, or to otherwise sneak past content filters. This is fine for regular HTTP(S) traffic from a browser, where it is easy to define a proxy server, but doesn’t work so well for other applications – […]
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Tags: cloud, filter, iOS, iSSH, Linux, OpenVPN, PrivateTunnel, SSH, SSL, tunnel, Ubuntu, vpn, VPS, Windows
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