Category: Simple Knowledge

  • Self Defense Breakdown Guides

     

  • 40 Tourist Scams To Avoid

    My favorite: The Fake Takeaway Menu Scam artists will slide fake takeaway menus under your hotel door, in the hope that you order from them on an evening where you don’t feel like going out. You won’t receive any food though, just a frightening bank statement after they have used your card details to make…

  • Now Is A Good Time To Talk About Trauma Kits

    Now is a good time to talk about trauma kits. You should have one. (@pookleblinky) October 2, 2017 They’re right. And in this Twitter thread, they explain what you need: “First, you want a tourniquet. Soft-t is one of the best. Swat tourniquets are light, but less bombproof. Costs about $20. Take that shit out…

  • Planet Money’s Tips from Actual Spies

  • Survival Fishing With Your Bug-Out Bag

    Guest post written by Almo Gregor If you’ve been around the prepping and survival community for any length of time, you’ve heard of a bug-out bag. While each person’s idea of one has slight variations, the core components are the same. But as far as I’m concerned, they all have one flaw in common: food…

  • SLRs, Escapes and and Operations

    SLR lens-thieves steal pricey optics from around your neck – Boing Boing Police Device Used To Steal Your Cell Phone Data During Traffic Stop – Translogic How to escape from zip tie handcuffs – Boing Boing 6 Massive Secret Operations That Are Hidden All Around You | Cracked.com How to Properly Lock Your Bicycle With…

  • Grappling Hooks, Cons and Camouflage

    How to Make a Grappling Hook Gun With a Fire Extinguisher Sony’s Binoculars Can Record Full HD and 3-D Video, Perfect for Amateur Nature Films | Popular Science Improvised Weapons: Rethinking the Paradigm for Improvised Defense HOWTO track down a con-artist – Boing Boing How To Survive A Gunshot Wound | Outdoor Life Survival Unique…

  • The Best of James Bond’s Tricks [Roundup of 388 Bond Tricks and Tools]

    To wrap up our insanely long round up of James Bond tricks, here is the summarized edition. Best Of: Tools: In Goldfinger, Bond’s watch is a Rolex Submariner on a NATO issue two-tone green divers strap. In Diamond’s Are Forever, Bond uses his gun with a grapple hook attachment to climb up a building. Moneypenny’s camera in…

  • 48 Tricks and Tools of James Bond: Part 5 [How to Be Bond]

    To wrap up our insanely long round up of James Bond tricks, here is the summarized edition. Best Of: [Dr. No] While this is not explicitly said, we can assume that Bond uses a business card that features just his phone number. This might be done in order not to give too much away about…

  • 94 Tricks and Tools of James Bond: Part 4 [How to Be Bond]

    Previously, I explored the many tricks, tips and tools of Jason Bourne, and the tricks, tips and tools of James Bond (part 1, 2 and 3) . Now, let’s continue with exploring the tricks, tips and tools of James Bond, part 4. This article will delve into the tips, tricks and gadgets of James Bond’s…