Odds ‘n Sods:

Build Your Own Emergency Phone Charger with Common Household Objects.

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Gun bill giving sheriff right to inspect homes pulled by Washington lawmakers. (Thanks to B.B. for the link.)

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Reader Larry R. suggested CHIRP — a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio.

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Alex Jones reports: Gamechanger: Printable Gun Magazines. This technology is maturing much faster than I had anticipated. Visit Cody’s Wilson’s web site: DefCAD.org. “Download a magazine, today.” And after you do, please make a donation, via BitCoin or PayPal. The Powers That Be surely hate this concept, but they can’t stop the signal. OBTW, the only part of the magazine that can’t be printed is the spring. But those are just piano wire, and DefCAD could very easily create a 3D-printable spring-winding mandrel, for hand-forming mag springs!

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Successful hacker attack could cripple U.S. infrastructure, experts say. (Thanks to P.M. for the link.)And speaking of hackers, here is another link courtesy of P.M.: Major Chinese internet hacking base exposed