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    proximity alarm

    Jimmyg I'm still learning this little toy. First - yes it's reliable, I've tested in my home more then a few times and it works every time. Even though I say phone below, I've tested on my iPhone 5s and Galaxy Tab 4 tablet, 7 inch. If, for example, attached to your keys, you can set the...
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    proximity alarm

    Imagine you go to sleep and someone sneaks into your camp in the wee hours to grab your solar panel, your grill or maybe your pull vehicle if you in a trailer. But as soon as they start to walk away an alarm sounds. Or you can use this on your bag at the airport when you travel. This what I...
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    I can't sleep in the van!!!!!!

    I like ear plugs. They're small and easy to keep with you on your travels. Have you tried “white noise?” No drugs, no herbs, no preparation, and no pills. I have an app on my phone for noise. I use the white or brown noise but I can listen to a rain on a tarp, whales, the beach, a tropical...
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    One more reason to off grid

    We live in a stick and brick house. (“forgive me father for I have sinned ...” :P ) And where we live has deregulated electricity. The house we moved into, for the first three months we get a teaser rate from a renewable energy company. Now that the three month teaser is over, the rate will...
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    Keeping Cool

    I wonder if a doghouse A/C unit would work in a small space. This one is both A/C (2500 BTU) and Heat (2700 BTU). http://www.americas-pet-store.com/dog-house-air-conditioner-heater-climate-control-unit.html
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    Major con for box trucks, and step trucks

    pull the fuse for the ignition
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    Keeping Cool

    Belchfire, not sure if you need stealth, but read on this form from Bob about putting a vent hole with screen on the bottom floor of a van. Then a roof top vent with a fan. The idea was you drawl air from under the van, the coolest spot, and vent it out the top. The vent hole they where taking...
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    Keeping Cool

    Martin, just spent the last forty minutes looking at your $800 conversion page and clicking on all the links. Nice! But - now I have to take a whole lot of new notes to myself :~) ... thanks! Lots of good info.
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    Windows 10 info

    I ran Ubuntu 32bit operating system on an old Windows XP laptop unit it died. Then I went and purchased a brand new HP laptop at WalMart for $200. The first day I deleted Windows 8.1 and installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit operating system. I don't miss Windows one bit (or 64 bit :~) I can open...
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    FreedomPop rolls out unlimited Wi-Fi for $5 a month

    I had heard of FreedomPop before but had forgotten about the company. Thanks for bring it up, I've added it to my notes.
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    Do what you love

    Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love. — TEDxAsheville - Adam Baker  [size=medium][font=HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Really good TED Talk video: 
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    Shelter from Coroplast

    I'm not sure it has an advantage gypsychic, maybe trade-offs. A Coroplast shelter might hold up better in the wind if tied down the same as a tent and may offer better insulation. It's made like corrugated cardboard accept out of plastic, so it traps a tiny space of air between the two sides...
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    Shelter from Coroplast

    I know some of you have talked about having a backup shelter when a van goes in for repairs (if you can't stay in your van) and others have talked about shelters for a bicycle trailer. This is another "Coroplast" shelter. The difference is, it was made so it folds up...
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    Congressional War Disability

    Congressional War Over Social Security Disability http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2015/01/07/the-coming-congressional-war-over-social-security-disability/ or here...
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    Snowflake photography

    Wow, just your short post makes me want to respond to so much. Finding your photography on the web We used to use the website tineye.com that could locate the same photo out on the web. We would upload our photo, then it would search the web for the same photo. It was very useful when your...
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    Snowflake photography

    The first bug photo is as good as any pro-shooter. Many photographers like to use long lenses to shoot insects so not to scare them off, so even more impressive you are so close. You must be a very patient person and photographer. Yes, working as a photographer is still work. I always wanted to...
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    Snowflake photography

    Great job jimindenver. I was a professional photographer, chief photographer for a publishing company. I've done plenty of macro photography, on everything from 35mm to large format 4x5. Unless you've done it; I don't think most realize how frustrating it can be. I've had people ruin photos just...
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    Twinkie Hotel Improvements

    Yeah, it differently helps to have someone that knows what there doing behind the counter. I thought parts houses just hired people that knew how to run computers. I had a 1970s FJ40 Toyota Land cruiser that had a Chevy distributer in it. Trying to buy points, cap and rotor was always a...
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    401k – disability no penalty withdrawals

    It should also probably be noted here that even of you don't owe a penalty, you will owe taxes on the money you withdrawal from a tax deferred account. One way to look at it, if you didn't pay taxes on the money that was put into an account (weather it was you or an employer) you will owe taxes...
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