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Even after a year and a half of Do Space being open, I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to 3D printing. Sure, I can download a model from Thingiverse and send it to our industrial-level printers and get a good result. But ask me to send something to our enthusiast-level Taz 5 and it's going to be slow going. So I took a look for some "beginner tips" and came across this wonderful...

Are you a DIY vehicle person?  Through our resources page you have access to Chilton’s online repair manuals.  I remember trying to track these down at auto parts stores or the local library to figure out how to replace a water pump, replace my brakes, or figure out some wiring. This resource has a wide range of repair manuals from very old to late model cars and trucks.  Once you choose...

Continuing our discussion of privacy and security while online, here's a great tutorial from the folks at Lifehacker on how to set up an anonymous WiFi hot spot with the TOR browser and a Raspberry Pi. This one will take a little work to get up and running but here's a tease to get you started: If you’ve been thinking about trying out Tor to anonymize all your web browsing, you could...

The folks over at WordFence, a popular WordPress security plugin, have developed a great tool to see if your home router is currently vulnerable to the "misfortune cookie." Here's some of the details of the issue:  Half of the internet service providers we analyzed have routers with a very specific vulnerability. This vulnerability is known as the “misfortune cookie”. We will call it the MC...

Scratch is a simple coding platform to introduce anyone taking their first steps into the world of programming. Scratch helps its users to develop creative skills as they develop their programs and find solutions to problems they encounter. Scratch also helps users learn to think systematically the way that computers work. With any programing language there are pre-existing functions and the...

You may have been reading a lot lately about Virtual Private Netowrks (VPNs) and how you may want one to help enhance your security. There are a lot of choices out there; some good, some not - some free, some not. Well here's a simple free one that I can easily receommend: the one built right into the Opera browser.  Free, unlimited, no subscription requiredEnhanced online privacy should be...

GitHub. Until early last year I, like a lot of people, had heard of Github but wasn’t exactly sure what it was or what it was used for. Then, as I explored my Raspberry Pi and some modules on Codecademy.com I became increasingly aware of its presence and importance. To describe Github in the shortest terms it is a website – an online repository. In longer terms, it is a version control...

From the Pew Research Center: "Test your knowledge on cybersecurity topics and terms by taking our 10-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with a nationally representative group of 1,055 randomly selected adult internet users surveyed online between June 17 and June 27, 2016. The survey was conducted by the GfK Group using KnowledgePanel. "When you finish, you will be able to compare...

What started out in 2004 as a young man trying to help his cousin with math has grown into one of the most well-known and well-funded free online tutorial sites on the web. Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) initially started as a series of YouTube videos posted by Sal Khan to provide tutoring to an ever-growing number of family members looking for help. Today, Khan Academy has exp.anded to include...

It’s not uncommon for us to get questions from people who ask what 3D printing is for.  We often show our many examples of “trinkets” but there are practical applications for it as well.  Recently, I’d gone to vacuum out our laser cutter and noticed we didn’t have any attachments for getting into the smaller places.  That seemed like an excellent opportunity to quickly whip something...