Archive for tag: WiFi

The wonders of long distance WiFi adapters..

2 January, 2010 (21:25) | Gadgets, Idle | By: chuck

Successful holiday’s this year, actually managed to pick up a nice and powerful WiFi adapter with a wonderful antenna to wardrive (NOT piggyback) with. Only been out for one session so far, but still some of these access point names amused me.

belkin54g_not_yours (Weirdly not encrypted)
unknown_virus
donthackme
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And some disappointed me. Like honestly, >5 unencrypted linksys routers in [...]

Small handheld linux computer with WiFi

10 December, 2009 (15:02) | Gadgets, Linux | By: chuck

Yesterday I found myself stumbling around Amazon searching for Christmas gifts. Out of pure habit I checked the electronic gadgets section, and managed to find an interesting little device for around 50$ USD: The Zipit Z2.

It is marketed as a instant messaging device, but a quick Google search finds it capable of being flashed to [...]

WiFi detecting shirt

6 December, 2009 (01:19) | Gadgets | By: chuck

I’m a nerd. As such I find nerdy gadgets awesome, and this by far is one of the coolest ones in awhile. Meet the WiFi access point detecting shirt.

It’s a pretty simple device overall. It works by having a decal on the front that actually is powered by a few AAA batteries detect wireless g [...]