Crab, SQL for the command line. Nifty but I see that only being useful for a small subset of IT people. Still, neat way of thinking of things. #>
Connect an Ice Maker to Your House with Leak-Free Fittings. I have two of these saddle valves in my current house I'll be replacing very soon. I've found them to be too fiddly and too prone to leaking at random times. The replacement t-valves are $10 a piece but that's an easy decision to have something not leak. Will just need to shut the water in the house off for the 20 minutes or so it'll take me to install both of these. #>
The Eye Doctor on Your Laptop Will See You Now. I was recently in the ER for a scratched cornea (always wear safety glasses kids!) and they gave me an "eye exam" by pulling up an eye chart on a mobile phone and having me read off it. #>
Command-Line OCR with Tesseract. Well that seems simple enough, I'd been wondering about tossing Tesseract onto a server and playing with it, now I know how simple it is. #>
How to stop Firefox from making automatic connections. In case you want some actual privacy from your browser. This is nice and something Google sure won't provide for Chrome... #>
Using IFTTT with Adafruit IO to Make an IoT Door Detector. The kid in me wishes I had something like this before to know if someone came into my room! #>
Two interesting things about disk drives: Diagram of Hard Disk Drive Manufacturer Consolidation and Disk Drive Prices (1955-2015). #>
Halloween doll. Hah, that turned out great. #>
Geoguessr, a game where you figure out "where you are" based on Google street view. Neat premise, totally frustrating when you get dropped into a generic suburb. #>
How secure is your hotel safe? Not very is the answer, unless you use something like the Milockie Hotel Safe Lock (which is $70 so you really want to be sure you are locking valuable things up...) #>
Console Improvements in the Windows 10 Technical Preview. Took them long enough to make a console that's actually worth using. #>
Crack and Cider. That's a pretty unique take on a homeless charity. You purchase an item from their store and they make sure it gets handed out to a homeless person. Their store mostly includes clothing, which is great since winter is coming. #>
Magnolia Trails set to expand to almost 50 miles! Whoah, I haven't ridden Magnolia in years, I'd be psyched to get back up there (outside of Nederland, Colorado). #>
Spaghetti Squash Sausage Lasagna Boats. Made a variation of this last night for dinner and it was excellent, I'll make this again for sure. #>
REI Shocks Retail World By Closing For Black Friday, Paying 12,000 Employees to 'Opt Outside'. That is excellent and should be applauded. #>
