How to Make a Cheaper KeySmart USB Drive

How to Make a Cheaper KeySmart USB Drive

How to Make a Cheaper KeySmart USB Drive
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As I wrote in an earlier article, I really like the KeySmart key system, but being a trainer, I also have a need to carry a thumb drive of my presentations.  Luckily there is a Keysmart USB drive.

However, this solution is really expensive.  They have a huge markup on the flat USB drive and the adapter that allows it to fit senselessly into the KeySmart.

Their system uses a Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.  I really like these small drives.

How to Make a Cheaper KeySmart USB Drive
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They run about $15.00 on Amazon.  The adapter costs nearly $10.00.

I found that a simple rubber bushing from the hardware store costs less than $1.00.

I just took my USB to Lowes and compared the bushings until I found one that fit.  This is a simplie thing to do, and it makes work so much easier.

Build Your Own Earth Oven

Build Your Own Earth Oven
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If you want to Build Your Own Earth Oven you should own this book.  Building my own cob oven is something I have been planning to build for a long time.

I really want an earth oven.  I can almost taste the wood fired pizza as I sit here writing this.

The only reason I haven’t built one already is that I am not sure exactly where I want to put it.  Each time I go to the land the desire for an oven like this grows.  I see how useful it would be and I imagine a crispy oven fired pizza after a hard day of working.

I still have not decided on a spot, but the field narrows.  I think that where I am going to put it still has not been cleared and it is uneven and full of brush.

But don’t let my problems keep you from learning how to build your own earth oven.  These things are great and I have never heard of anyone being sorry they made one.

It does not cost a lot to build other than time and effort, and the book is very cost effective.

New York Biology Tea Tree Oil Review

 

New York Biology Tea Tree Oil
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New York Biology Tea Tree oil review and some uses for the essential oil. #NewYorkBiology

AsI said in the video, I think this is some pretty good oil.  The company has lots of essential oils available and the prices are a good deal.

I am using the oil as an antibacterial agent right now for a pretty persistent ear infection.  Tea Tree oil is a antibacterial, anti-fungal and antiviral agent.

I would recommend stocking some in your medicine chest.

I use this as an antibiotic, and it works pretty well for me.  Of course, I am not a doctor, so I am not qualified to give medical advice.  Please do your own research and use common sense.

Studies have said this even works for ear infections, but those studies also suggest that undiluted oil can cause hearing loss.

I need to say that I received this product free for review, but the placement on this site was not paid.

Bulletproof: The Making of an Invincible Mind

Bulletproof: The Making of an Invincible Mind
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Bulletproof: The Making of an Invincible Mind is vital to developing a warrior mindset.  It helps you learn how to become resilient in times of disaster so that you can do what you need to do in order to protect your family and survive.Keeping a resilient mind is probably the single most important factor in survival.

You can have all the fancy gear and still panic.

Training is useful, but I have seen trained people freeze or panic.  However, history is full of examples of untrained and unprepared people survive all manner of hardship by having a strong mind, but it is also full of lottery winners, If you want to increase your odds, then you need to train.

To me mindset is more important than expensive gear, which is why I have so many articles on it like Cooper’s Color Codes and WIN.

The longer I work in the correction field the more I see people with the proper attitude win against individuals that are stronger or meaner or tougher.  In my field we call it command presence, but its nothing more than proper attitude and confidence.

This book is a great one to get you thinking about the topic – I would start off with Grossman’s work On Combat and everything by Cooper, and then finish up with this one.

There are a lot of books on the subject, but make sure to pick ones that are written by those that have actually done what they are talking about.

Street E&E

Street E & E
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Street E&E isn’t the best book I have ever read, but taken as part of a systematic education it is useful.

I do think every prepper needs some understanding of escape and evasion, but I also think it is easy to go too far with it.In this book, the author tells you how to survive when you’re outflanked and outgunned. Rather than clashing head-on with every problem that comes along, you need to learn to apply hit-and-run tactics, utilize the environment and use your enemies’ weaknesses against them.

This is something that can be pretty useful. However, I still would not recommend buying Street E&E until you have mastered more essential skills. It is in interesting thing to think about, and there are some useful tidbits in the book, but there is an element of Mall Ninja in the idea. Especially for us typical blue collar citizens.

There is no doubt that Animal MacYoung knows his stuff, but I think that in this case, the book is a captivating book title more than a finished work.  There are probably much better sources of information for the same or similar money.

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