A MarketPlace of Ideas – Page 41 – Useful Thoughts and Actions Taken

Fastenal Third Party Logistics 3PL

I was told by a person who should know that Fastenal Third Party Logistics ( 3PL ) is a much better deal when shipping large heavy items. They also flexible and allow for less than load shipping.

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Fastenal Third Party Logistics ( 3PL ) – Fastenal is a licensed common carrier that can provide Less-Than-Truckload service in specific lanes at extremely competitive rates. We have diverse assets and can provide a multitude of specialized services.

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 17, 2017 ago

Electronics

Using an ATX Computer Power Supply as a Lab Test Power Supply

ATX computer power supplies are cheap and if you are like me you can not go 10 steps in your house without tripping over one.

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Instructables: How to Power Up an ATX Power Supply Without a PC! – all you need to do is bridge 2 pins on the ATX connector together
Instrucables: Variable ATX Bench Powersupply – FabLab Edition – this unit has a plastic case fabricated with a LASER cutter. Excellent application thereof.

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 16, 2017 ago

Computing

Online OCR Optical Character Recognition Tools

The purpose of this page is to keep track of the best optical character recognition tools on the web. My first usage showed me that many of the online tools are not very good. My current favorite is: OCRconvert

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Google: online optical character recognition

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 16, 2017 ago

Adventures

The Case of Fobag the Alien and his Visit to Earth

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 16, 2017 ago

Computing

Search in over 10 Billion decrypted MD5 and SHA1 hashes

MD5 & SHA1 Hash Generator

The MD5 hash of drowssap is: B497DD1A701A33026F7211533620780D

Going the other direct with a hash is much more difficult. It is a brute force approach to find this by trial and error.

HashToolKit

When you take the above hash and plug it into this website you get back the correct answer.

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 14, 2017 ago

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson: Eye Contact Attraction and Dopamine

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 14, 2017 ago

BitCoin

Bitmain BM1385 ASIC for BitCoin Sha256 Hashing

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By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 13, 2017 ago

Computing

Windows 7 File Explorer Preview other file types as Text in Preview Pane

I want to preview .js, .php, and other file extensions as text in File Explorer on Windows 7.

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Google: windows 7 explorer how to set what to preview with
Windows 7 – Preview other file types as text in Preview Pane
PreviewConfig tool registers file types for the Preview Pane in Windows 7/Vista – this is a zipped up executable

By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 13, 2017 ago

Computing

Automating Repetitive Web Internet Tasks

I want to be able to automate certain tasks on the web. These are my notes on this line of inquiry.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 12, 2017 ago

Communication

Western Electric Telephone Products

If you have a pile of old Western Electric telephones do not junk them. Their price on ebay is high enough to merit selling them. The telephone in the image above is even more desirable because it has a metal dial instead of a plastic one.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, 8 yearsSeptember 11, 2017 ago