Senior Project: Lego PC

For the senior project in college I worked with a group of 3 other classmates to build a computer testbench, out of legos. Here are some pictures.

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Redneck Subwoofer Amp Cooler - YouTube

Some redneck engineering that I did, made a cooling device for a subwoofer amplifier that was overheating.

Earn money Online

You can now earn money online, by browsing the web. It's not much but I've earned 2 pennies in an hour. It's a program called Topline, click here to try it out. It replaces website ads with their own ads and they give you a share of the profit.

Mac OSX is Malware free. Think again.

How to reinstall OS X after malware infection | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews:

For a while Apple and Apple users have been bragging "Macs don't get viruses." Though OSX is more secure than Windows, it doesn't make it virus free. If a user is dumb enough to download and run a program without looking it up, they can still get a virus. If you look up a name of a program and removal instructions come up, don't install it.

The reason why malware started appearing for Macs so far is because more and more users are buying them so it's more profitable for hackers to start making viruses for it. The main reason why so many viruses hit Windows other than any other operating system, is because it's the most popular operating system, noting that it's the less secure plays a role to but not as much as the popularity of it.

Squidoo Lens about Arch Linux

I just started a new Squidoo Lens on Arch Linux for beginners. Check it out.
Arch Linux for Beginners

IPv6 and what it means to you

With the final IPv6 launch right around the corner(June 6th 2012/ETA scheduled date) many people are asking what it will mean to them, and why the industry is willing to do away with the legendary IPv4 system. But first let's look at a couple of downfalls in IPv4.

1. Lack of Assignable IP addresses - With the Internet growing larger almost daily, the amount of IP addresses that can be assigned are dwindling down. The industry demands a system that allows for more individual addresses. This is why NAT was developed, which is a pain to set up and maintain.
2. Unorganized geolocation tracking - Since IPv4 is a classful organization of addresses, it's hard to assign specific address strings to locations. Geolocation tracking could be a lot better from wi-fi hotspots, and IPv6 will help, a lot.

And now some upsides to IPv6:

1. The amount of available addresses - The amount of available addresses that IPv6 has with it's new 128bit addressing scheme, it's downright ridiculous. Just for perspective, you could assign every grain of sand an IP address. It's around 2^128 or 3.4 X 10^38(solving any one of those equations will give you approximately how many addresses can be assigned in IPv6)
2. Goodbye NAT - Network Address Translation(NAT) was developed in response of a fear that IPv4 would run out of addresses. It assigns a public IP to each private network, and relies on "port forwarding" or "port triggering" to forward packets to servers based on the port number assigned to the packet. Without the need to use NAT setting up servers will be a lot easier.
3. Built in security - IPv6 is set up to use IPSec encryption, which will help prevent packet interceptions and session hijacking. Some devices can be set to use a random address suffix, so you can make it harder for hackers to lock onto your devices.
4. Better geolocation - The new addressing scheme will work better when trying to find your own physical location from the internet. So planning your next stretch of your road trip on a Wi-Fi hotspot will work a lot better.
5. Configuration - IPv6 will avoid triangular routing so that entire subnets can move without renumbering.