Unlock your car using a tennis ball??

I found this great video on the Crooked Brains blog which shows how to recover keys locked in a car using only a tennis ball!

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It seems to work by forcing air into the lock mechanism, which in turn releases the catch within. I have to say, this doesn’t work on all cars, and obviously won’t stop an alarm going off, but it is handy for incidents of accidental key loss!

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Bye pod? How to get back at iPod thieves

GadgetTrak have developed a great free service to help track down the thief if your iPod (or other USB storage device) is stolen!

The power of the people’s internet

In November 2006, the UK Government launched the “e-petitions” system, which allows people to create petitions online and submit them to Downing Street without having to deliver them in person.

I can hardly believe it!

After checking my site stats yesterday, I was so impressed to see a big increase in page views and visitors! On Thursday, there were over 11,000 hits on my site!

Unlocking Nokia 6630/6680/N-Series etc.

EDIT: Some BB5/N-series handsets can now be unlocked using free software. Read the full article here!

I’ve had many queries asking how to unlock these handsets, so after doing a bit of research I’ve decided to post what I know about it.

Kunoichi’s Riddle

After enjoying online riddle games such as Zest and Dracula’s Riddle, I have decided to create my own: The Memory Palace.

A very brief guide to password cracking

We all understand the need to protect our private documents, accounts and files with strong passwords. But what can you do if you forget your pass phrase and can’t decrypt the file? Or perhaps your friend needs your expertise to crack that password for them…

In this brief guide, I’ll explain the concepts of password cracking and point you in the direction of sites and downloads which may be of help in such situations.

Download free applications, games, music and more for your mobile phone

Mobango is the best site I have yet found for free mobile applications, games, music, videos, etc.

Forums Unleashed!

You can now participate in the new Urban Kunoichi Forums!

You can discuss anything here, from the latest blog developments to online riddles and GSM enhancements.
I thought it would be a good idea to introduce this, as I have had so many requests for information (particluarly regarding mobile phones) and believe that a forum community is a good way to handle this.

How to recognise a scam

It seems to me that in recent months, the number of scams around has increased dramatically. Emails promising lottery wins, letters encouraging you to participate in get rich quick schemes, and even unwanted calls. Sometimes it’s hard to recognise what is genuine from what is not…

Puzzlehacker online riddle

Puzzlehacker is a great online riddle for those of a “hacker mentality”.

If you are familiar with NotPr0n, Zest, Dracula’s Riddle or any other online riddles, you will be familiar with the format. But this one has a twist: it encourages you to learn hacking skills as you play…

Blog changes

As you’ve probably read in my previous post, I had some problems with my blog and had to make some adjustments to get everything working smoothly again.

Unfortunately, I’ve lost all comments posted before 10/02/07, and probably most of the trackbacks too. But the good news is that most of my posts are now back online, and everything seems to be running smoothly again!

In the next day or so, I will unveil a couple of new site features, which I’m sure will be quite interesting…

Useful blogging/web design tools

Here are some useful websites and tools I have come across while working on new projects. Perhaps they may be useful for you too!

Sincere apologies!

As some of you will have noticed, I’ve been offline for a couple of months now. My home computer met with an unfortunate demise, ten to make matters worse, there was a problem with my blog’s database (hence the strange messages these past few weeks).

But now, I’m back; I’ve fixed most of the problems, though unfortunately I’ve lost a great many posts in the process

Of course, there will be some regular updates in these coming weeks, and also some new site features, which I hope to unveil this weekend. Eventually, I hope to get all lost posts back online, though as I’ll have to upload by hand, this may well take some time!

To those of you who subscribe or visit my site for updates, I do sincerely apologise for being offline for so long! Thanks for staying with me!

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