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Thank Goodness Spring is here!  It has been pretty miserable working in the shop during this last winter, even with space heaters.   The bike is prepped and ready to go! There have been several projects going on in the LockLab lately. I’m continuing to upgrade the video and audio editing software to give the videos […]

Well guys, a new year brings some changes! New Microphone You might have noticed a difference in sound quality starting with video #997.  John, our head techie and webmaster, recommended that I stop using the camera’s microphone and get a high quality external model.  With him (and the other techies) chained in the basement, I […]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well!  This year our family had their traditional get together where we fought like cats and dogs enjoyed each other’s company and tried to keep uncle Ernie from drinking too much exchanged gifts.  Seriously, I hope you took time to enjoy the season and spend some time […]

I’m amazed at how much influence the Tribe has on the quality of lock pick kits and equipment hitting the marketplace!  Over the past year manufacturers have introduced new gear at an incredible rate.  More importantly, following our reviews (and YOUR hundreds of comments) of the “junk” we found on Amazon, the sellers disappeared (or […]

  FINALLY!! This week I installed an extended validation SSL certificate on the LockLab. This ensures that ALL of your data going back and forth to the servers (there are multiple) is secure and encrypted, but that’s not all.  I obtained the “Extended Validation” certificate which is the premier security certificate.  The vetting process is […]

I hope everyone is having a good summer & getting out to enjoy the good weather and summer vacations! Requests continue to FLOOD in for review items and wanting to know what is in the giveaway queue. So….here’s the list for the next couple of months. Reviews are every Saturday and all the other dates […]

First the GOOD news… 36% of the people visiting LockLab are first-time visitors, presumably new lock pickers.  The Tribe is growing LockSport! On May 8th I published the LockLab University’s “Lock Picking Course”, consisting of 12 modules and three more modules in the works.  This is the only online lock picking course and it was almost […]

600 Fan Funders! The 600th fan funder hit the LockLab two days ago!  Wow, I never thought we’d reach that number. We did TWO random drawings; one for fan funders #501-600, and a second for all 600 funders.  The winners and prizes are on the “You WON!” page. To give you an update, the average […]

What a WILD week!  The TRIBE really came through with some super suggestions to improve the website.  So many, in fact, that we started a “Website Improvements” page to keep track of the priority and status of each suggestion.  Some of the suggestions are great, but technically impossible, or at least require a lot of custom coding to […]