Jon Huertas' photo "I call this one: "Hidden Seamus, crouching Nathan"" on WhoSay

http://www.whosay.com/status/jonhuertas/765121?wsref=fb&code=PyV75kV

Crock Pot Chinese Orange Chicken | Chef Ron Lock

Something to try soon:
http://chefronlock.com/recipes/crock-pot-chinese-orange-chicken/

Measure Your Heart Rate Using Headphones | Popular Science

Coming soon to an app near you:
http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/measure-your-heart-rate-using-headphones?src=SOC&dom=fb

How To Convert A Ford Or Chrysler Ignition To GM HEI - Car Craft

You can buy "HEI" distributors for these engines, but this approach may save some of the cost:
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/1311_convert_a_ford_or_chrysler_ignition_to_gm_hei/

WATCH: Never-Before-Seen Star Wars Blooper Reel Released | Fox News

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/10/29/watch-never-seen-star-wars-blooper-reel-released

3 tech gadgets you shouldn't buy during the holidays - Kim Komando

The right time to buy varies based on what you're buying:
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=15465&page=1

It's a dog's life

Freshly groomed, he prepares for a busy day:

Automatically share your blog posts to Google+

This is handy if you have readers who prefer Google+ to reading blogs:
https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1752748?hl=en
or
http://buzz.blogger.com/2013/09/automatically-share-your-blog-posts-to.html

Check out the The Cable Guide: Know Your Computer and TV Wires - Popular Mechanics

This is a start, but there are variations of many cables - USB for example has micro and mini connectors in addition to the regular connector at the B end.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/home-theater/4342672?src=email

Build Your Own Smoker From a 55-Gallon Drum - Popular Mechanics

A good weekend project - once you find all the parts:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/metalworking/build-your-own-smoker-from-a-55-gallon-drum?src=email

Secret fix every experienced tech knows - Kim's Columns – Reviews and Advice on All Things Digital - The Kim Komando Radio Show

Don't hit it with a hammer before you try rebooting:
http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=15466

Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks

http://lifehacker.com/top-10-clever-google-search-tricks-1450186165?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Great Books on Science and Innovation

Suggested reading from Bill Gates:
http://mobile.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Development/Great-Books-on-Science-and-Innovation?WT.mc_id=10_25_2013_ScienceBooks_fb&WT.tsrc=Facebook

Your Liver May Be 'Eating' Your Brain | LiveScience

Obviously a story that needs some independent research, but this is one more reason to get into shape:
http://m.livescience.com/40440-your-liver-may-be-eating-your-brain.html

Mozilla's Lightbeam tool will expose who is looking over your shoulder on the web - News - Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/mozillas-lightbeam-tool-will-expose-who-is-looking-over-your-shoulder-on-the-web-8902269.html

BBC News - 'Go home' vans

In addition to the USA, some other countries have an illegal immigration problem. Here is an interesting attempt to address this in England.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23669780

New Lighting Could Replace Fluorescents, CFLs, and LEDs As The Light Source Of The Future

We take lights for granted when they're working (unless the electric bill gets to high). We may soon have another lighting choice that is efficient and puts out the correct color for our eyes.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/new-kind-lighting-could-replace-fluorescents-cfls-and-leds-light-source-future?src=related&con=outbrain&obref=obinsite

How Dick Cheney Took His Heart Offline To Thwart Hackers

New technology brings new challenges (from Popular Science):

http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/how-dick-cheney-took-his-heart-offline-thwart-hackers?src=SOC&dom=fb

Spy apps being snuck onto more and more smartphones - Tips, Reviews and Advice on All Things Digital - The Kim Komando Radio Show

Forget the NSA - corporations or people you know may have begun spying on you:
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=15428

The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux | Ars Technica

Off the shelf hardware means maintainable & upgradable hardware.
Hopefully the software doesn't play any stupid tricks that make it reliant on soon to be outdated hardware, OS, or utilities.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/

8 Foods Even The Experts Won’t Eat

Some interesting thoughts on food, contaminants, and what is safe to eat:
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12214-8-foods-even-the-experts-won-t-eat.html

Reid’s place in Senate history: a nuclear black chapter?

Harry Reid favors filibusters and other parliamentary procedures - as long as his opponents don't use them:
http://www.redstate.com/2013/07/15/reids-place-in-senate-history-a-nuclear-black-chapter/

Open source farm machinery

Sometimes one person can have a positive impact on many lives. Reducing costs for farmers is a good thing:
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-03/tractor-apocalypse?src=SOC&dom=fb

A money-saving cell phone secret

Something to consider - message instead of texting
http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=15194

Facebook removes key privacy setting - Tips, Reviews and Advice on All Things Digital - The Kim Komando Radio Show

Anything you wouldn't want to share with EVERYBODY shouldn't be placed on social media or the Internet at all.
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=15386&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=notd&utm_content=2013-10-11-article_2-title

ICANN, W3C Call For End Of US Internet Ascendancy Following NSA Revelations

Actions have consequences:

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/11/icann-w3c-call-for-end-of-us-internet-ascendancy-following-nsa-revelations/

Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements

"Google, following in Facebook's footsteps, wants to sell users' endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares."

…

"If a user follows a bakery on Google Plus or gives an album four stars on the Google Play music service, for instance, that person's name, photo and endorsement could show up in ads for that bakery or album."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/technology/google-sets-plan-to-sell-users-endorsements.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Building a Hackintosh [OS X 10.8.5]

I'm reluctant to pay Apple's prices for computers, but now that their OS runs on common Intel hardware we can build one for less:
http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604

Guns International Classic Guns: High Standard .22 Pistols

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Articles.cfm?id=110

Is Building a PC Really Cheaper than Buying One?

I usually build my own desktop PCs, but building a laptop is more difficult.

http://lifehacker.com/is-building-a-pc-really-cheaper-than-buying-one-1443171781?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Some good posts from LifeHacker

Recover Tons of Wasted Disk Space with the New Windows Update Cleanup:

http://lifehacker.com/recover-tons-of-wasted-disk-space-with-the-new-windows-1442937625

 

Build a Wireless Charging System for Your Headphones:

http://www.doityourselfgadgets.com/2013/09/homemade-wireless-headphone-charging.html

 

How Do I Securely Erase My Phone Before I Sell It?

http://lifehacker.com/5808280/what-should-i-do-with-my-phone-before-i-sell-it

Where to find a locksmith

You can use this site to search for locksmiths by address, zip code, and other criteria:
Http://FindALocksmith.com

3D Printing in Fountain Hills

> http://m.fhtimes.com/mobile/multimedia/photos/schools/article_db040154-2ad9-11e3-92e3-0019bb30f31a.html

Interesting articles from today's tech news

All Is Fair in Love and Twitter - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/all-is-fair-in-love-and-twitter.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

Google brings Mobile Backend Starter, its one-click deployable cloud backend for Android, to iOS -

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/10/09/google-brings-mobile-backend-starter-its-one-click-deployable-cloud-backend-for-android-to-ios/

 

Microsoft's new iOS and Android apps bring the Windows desktop to phones and tablets -

http://www.citeworld.com/mobile/22531/microsoft-rdp-ios-android

 

The next three ideas combined might make for interesting new interfaces - a phone you can dial in your pocket, or blind people can use easily?

 

Samsung's Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display -

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4818572/samsung-galaxy-round-curved-oled-smartphone-official

 

Disney invents touchscreen that lets you feel textures -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/08/disney-invents-touchscreen-that-lets-you-feel-textures/

 

Hands-On: Tactus Technology Gives Flat Touchscreens The Middle Finger With Pop-Up Buttons -

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/13/this-is-the-future/

 

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The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army -

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-sockpuppet-investigation-largest-network-history-wiki-pr/

"He submitted all five user accounts for a sockpuppet investigation, which checks to see if a single person is using multiple accounts to promote an agenda. Wikipedia’s own definition describes a sockpuppet as “an online identity used for purposes of deception.” Using sockpuppets is a major sin on Wikipedia because it fundamentally undermines the encyclopedia’s credibility: The community ought to be self-governing, but if one user controls an army of automatons who parrot his or her opinion in every discussion, how can you trust any decision?"

 

Anonymous no more: Twitter engineer, UConn security analyst among 13 indicted for 'Operation Payback'

Not all the people named in the FBI indictment fit the hacker stereotype  -

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4817948/anonymous-no-more-twitter-engineer-uconn-security-analyst-among-13

 

Wearables will soon analyze your body chemistry to make you healthier -

http://www.citeworld.com/consumerization/22540/wearables-meet-computational-biology