Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Halloween Hacks




It was Halloween this week and the weather made it extra nice for trick or treaters. Why not setup some Wi-Fi monitoring to help keep watch for visitors.  It's not an exact science to me, but my thinking was open kismet and monitor for devices. Well that's what I expected, it's a bit more complicated than that in practice, and I'm trying to stick to having fun, so let's just talk about some mean tricks to play on trick or treaters.   

Trick #1: We had an abundance of candy this year so the kids got spoiled rotten, but what if next year we don't?  Well you can always leave a sign outside that says "Please take one, Happy Halloween!!!"  along with a big old empty bowl! Trick or treaters will be mad at whoever emptied the dish and more likely to intervene if they see someone taking more than one candy elsewhere. Win win for the parents out there I say.

Trick #2: We have this Halloween skull door knocker that plays an audio clip and lights up it's eyes when you pull the knocker, but more often than not it self activates when we opened the door.  Lot's of fun, much less evil than the last trick.

Trick #3: ... I'm out of tricks Halloween past now, this week has been busy. I got leftover candy for Halloween, maybe I should save it for next year? hehe that's too evil, I'd forget and eat it anyway

I'm already a day over my usual Monday deadline to post so lets end this mess of a post with some words of encouragement:
"Not every day will you be your best, but you can always try again tomorrow, for it's the ups and downs in life that make it all worthwhile."

I just made that up right now, but I think I owe a lot of it to stuff I've heard others say so it's not too random. Until next time, keep your chin up so you can always see what's ahead!

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