Month: February 2011

  • FBI, Alligators and Gear [Link Roundup]

    Want to Know if the FBI Is Tracking You? Look for One of These Secret hollowed-out book tutorial – Boing Boing A 20th-Century Master Scam – New York Times How to Wrestle an Alligator | The Art of Manliness GORUCK — Military-Grade Gear Acrobats, Parkour and FreeRunning- About 3RUN Gator Machete Junior – Boing Boing…

  • Snakebite Management and First Aid

    BFE Labs is a blog I recently discovered which covers topics such as wilderness survival, weapons, evasion, survival gear, and other subjects that may be of interest to Lone Iguana readers. Their latest article goes through techniques for managing a venomous snakebite, and touches on snakebite prevention, tactics for first aid and field care, and…

  • TrueCrypt: Free Open-Source Encryption

    We’ve talked about the importance of encrypting your cell phone here on Lone Iguana before, but if you haven’t already done so, it’s also important to use some level of encryption for your personal computer. For example, a simple laptop theft can be turned into something much more devastating if the thief has access to…

  • Energizer Night Strike Flashlights

    Tech blog BoingBoing recently reviewed Energizer’s Night Strike LED flashlights. Each model incorporates a rugged, waterproof design and multi-colored LEDs, along with a host of other useful features specific to each model, making them the perfect tools for illuminating your covert nighttime operations. One of these will set you back eighty US dollars. Energizer’s rugged Night Strike LED flashlights,…

  • The Old Cell Phone Trick [A 24 Trick]

    You’re in a dark room with the enemy. You happen to have two cell phones. Take one, place it far away from you. Call it. Spot the enemy moving towards the cell phone/shooting at the cell phone. Kill the enemy. You’re welcome. Subscribe: RSS | Twitter | Email

  • DTMF Decoder [Ideas Come True]

    As you may, or may not have known, I have wanted an online DTMF decoder for a while. What is a DTMF decoder? It’s a tool that lets you take the audio of the beeps of a phone number being dialed, and turns it into an actual phone number. Awesome. Anyway, my dream has become…

  • Vacuums, Cars and Liars [Link Roundup]

    Bulletproof Custard: Liquid Armor That Can Stop Bullets NSA Denies It Will Spy on Civilian Networks Through the “Perfect Citizen” Program Colton Harris-Moore, “Barefoot Bandit,” arrested in the Bahamas after 2 years on the lam – Boing Boing Trio break out of Belgium prison in helicopter – CNN.com Alex Kotlowitz Dark Patterns: sneaky web tricks…

  • The Latest Episode of Random [Knives]

    The latest episode of Random with Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose featured some great tips on knives. Here’s the list of knives mentioned, but I encourage you to also watch the episode (begins at 17:18) for more information: Kershaw Leek knife The Grayman Warrior Boeker fixed blade (suggested by Yvon Chouinard) ESEE-5 Randall Tim also mentioned an Evasive…