每週一次，我們都會從HTG提示框中收集一些很棒的提示，並與大家分享；本週，我們將研究如何回收Android**在家中使用，透過發光的LED開關提高安全性，以及如何輕鬆加密Dropbox內容。

回收一部舊的安卓**，做家務

妮可在信中寫道：

While you might need a brand new phone to take advantage of cutting edge features, older phones are both cheap and more than powerful enough for around-the-house type tasks. I routinely pick up old Android phones either by asking friends for their old friends or buying cheap ones off eBay. One of the ways I’ve repurposed them is super awesome multimedia remotes for my XBMC boxes. If I wanted a commercial “super remote” I’d have to spend over $100 but using Wi-Fi I can use an Android phone (with a touch screen no less!) for as little as $30 off eBay. Just because a phone isn’t super powerful, super new, or your daily talker, doesn’t mean it needs to get scrapped out! Any of the useful apps you used before, at least the ones that didn’t require cellular service, will keep on working.

好吧，如果有讀者的電子郵件，讓我們感到內疚，沒有把老HTC英雄變成一個超級可怕的XBMC遙控器，這是肯定的。我們馬上去，妮可，我們發誓！

把電燈開關撥亮

馬克用一種相當聰明的方法來解決他辦公室電氣設計中的一個疏忽：

I work in a very, very old office. On top of working in a very old office, I work in a basement workshop frequently. For reas*** beyond me, no one has ever wired up the basement with a regular light switch at the top of the stairs. The only lights are operated by a pull chain down at the bottom. There is enough light on the stairs to get down, but once you’re down there it’s nearly pitch black. Huge pain to get to the pull cord, let me tell you! A few months ago I stumbled upon this extremely inventive solution on Instructables… a guy ripped apart a solar light and rigged it up to a pull chain on his bedroom light. When the lights are off the pull chain glows, when the lights are on it doesn’t (and it charges the battery in the solar module to boot!). I finally got around to installing it on that darn pullchain and it’s somewhat of an illumination miracle. I’m curious to try and work the design into other things. Maybe my fellow readers will come up with something.

在室內燈的拉鍊上增加一個太陽能花園燈無疑是解決這個問題的一種非傳統方法。我們喜歡！

使用SecretSync輕鬆加密Dropbox內容

弗蘭克寫了一篇關於Dropbox使用者的小貼士：

I love syncing files with Dropbox but I’m a bit paranoid. I’ve messed around with manually taking care of sensitive file encryption but it was a hassle. What I was really looking for was a simple way to partially encrypt my Dropbox folder so that the sensitive files were on-the-fly encrypted and the other stuff (like my MP3s) were just sitting there happy and accessible. A free account from SecretSync was just what I was looking for. You install it and it creates a folder in your Dropbox account that is synced across your computers and decrypted locally. Much easier than manually unpacking the encrypted container!

好小費，弗蘭克！另一個提供類似功能的優秀服務是前面提到的Boxcryptor。

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