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Bob Olsen on July 12th, 2007

My friend Russell Van Vlack, W8AGT posted this great shot on his site.
He took the picture near Camp Grayling. According to the US Army, It is the largest military installation east of the Mississippi River and the nation’s largest National Guard training site.
Russ says, “This sign can be found on M-72 going west from Grayling. The […]

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Bob Olsen on July 11th, 2007

I would hope that none of you would need to be reminded of the risks of phishing attempts. But, just in case…
Department Urges Public Not to Respond to Email
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has recently become aware of fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from DOJ. Based upon complaints from the public, it is believed […]

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Bob Olsen on July 9th, 2007

We had a mini-vacation last week to celebrate Peggy’s birthday. We did the IKEA store Thursday, the Detroit Zoo Friday and Port Huron over the weekend.
IKEA will kill the best part of a day. It is huge. If you live in an environment that has less square footage than you need to hold all […]

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Bob Olsen on July 4th, 2007

I love DaimlerChrysler’s smart car. It is an extremely practical mini (8.8 feet long) commuter. 40 plus miles per gallon, 90 miles per hour top speed, prices starting at $12,000. They are scheduled to be available in the US in the first quarter of 2008.
You just knew it was only a matter of time before […]

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Bob Olsen on July 4th, 2007

Hackszine has a great round up of all the iPhone hackery that has begun…

Hackers have been hard at work on the iPhone from a couple of angles. The iPhone restore image has been making the rounds, and hackers quickly discovered two disk images in it: one is a small ramdisk image (694-5259-38.dmg) that kickstarts the other, […]

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Bob Olsen on July 3rd, 2007

Please remember that ham radio is authorized to use the 2.4 gigahertz band in which the 802.11 WiFi devices operate. This article says…
Researcher Ermanno Pietrosemoli has set what appears to be a new record for the longest communication link with Wi-Fi.
Pietrosemoli, president of the Escuela Latinoamerica de Redes (which means networking school of Latin America) established a […]

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Bob Olsen on July 3rd, 2007

According to an article in the New York Times…
AllofMP3.com, a Russian online music service accused of skirting copyright law, has shut down but may be back in business elsewhere on the Internet, authorities said yesterday.
The Web site gained attention for selling digital albums cheaply — less than $2 each in some instances — far below the $9.99 […]

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