Friday, October 25, 2013

Your Liver May Be 'Eating' Your Brain | LiveScience

Obviously a story that needs some independent research, but this is one more reason to get into shape:
http://m.livescience.com/40440-your-liver-may-be-eating-your-brain.html

Monday, October 21, 2013

BBC News - 'Go home' vans

In addition to the USA, some other countries have an illegal immigration problem. Here is an interesting attempt to address this in England.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23669780

New Lighting Could Replace Fluorescents, CFLs, and LEDs As The Light Source Of The Future

We take lights for granted when they're working (unless the electric bill gets to high). We may soon have another lighting choice that is efficient and puts out the correct color for our eyes.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/new-kind-lighting-could-replace-fluorescents-cfls-and-leds-light-source-future?src=related&con=outbrain&obref=obinsite

How Dick Cheney Took His Heart Offline To Thwart Hackers

New technology brings new challenges (from Popular Science):

http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/how-dick-cheney-took-his-heart-offline-thwart-hackers?src=SOC&dom=fb

Friday, October 18, 2013

The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux | Ars Technica

Off the shelf hardware means maintainable & upgradable hardware.
Hopefully the software doesn't play any stupid tricks that make it reliant on soon to be outdated hardware, OS, or utilities.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Monday, October 14, 2013

Reid’s place in Senate history: a nuclear black chapter?

Harry Reid favors filibusters and other parliamentary procedures - as long as his opponents don't use them:
http://www.redstate.com/2013/07/15/reids-place-in-senate-history-a-nuclear-black-chapter/

Open source farm machinery

Sometimes one person can have a positive impact on many lives. Reducing costs for farmers is a good thing:
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-03/tractor-apocalypse?src=SOC&dom=fb

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Friday, October 11, 2013

Facebook removes key privacy setting - Tips, Reviews and Advice on All Things Digital - The Kim Komando Radio Show

Anything you wouldn't want to share with EVERYBODY shouldn't be placed on social media or the Internet at all.
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=15386&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=notd&utm_content=2013-10-11-article_2-title

ICANN, W3C Call For End Of US Internet Ascendancy Following NSA Revelations

Actions have consequences:

Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements


"Google, following in Facebook's footsteps, wants to sell users' endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares."

"If a user follows a bakery on Google Plus or gives an album four stars on the Google Play music service, for instance, that person's name, photo and endorsement could show up in ads for that bakery or album."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/technology/google-sets-plan-to-sell-users-endorsements.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Building a Hackintosh [OS X 10.8.5]

I'm reluctant to pay Apple's prices for computers, but now that their OS runs on common Intel hardware we can build one for less:
http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604

Guns International Classic Guns: High Standard .22 Pistols

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Articles.cfm?id=110

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Some good posts from LifeHacker


Recover Tons of Wasted Disk Space with the New Windows Update Cleanup:

http://lifehacker.com/recover-tons-of-wasted-disk-space-with-the-new-windows-1442937625

 

Build a Wireless Charging System for Your Headphones:

http://www.doityourselfgadgets.com/2013/09/homemade-wireless-headphone-charging.html

 

How Do I Securely Erase My Phone Before I Sell It?

http://lifehacker.com/5808280/what-should-i-do-with-my-phone-before-i-sell-it


Where to find a locksmith

You can use this site to search for locksmiths by address, zip code, and other criteria:
Http://FindALocksmith.com

3D Printing in Fountain Hills

> http://m.fhtimes.com/mobile/multimedia/photos/schools/article_db040154-2ad9-11e3-92e3-0019bb30f31a.html

Interesting articles from today's tech news

 
Google brings Mobile Backend Starter, its one-click deployable cloud backend for Android, to iOS -
 
Microsoft's new iOS and Android apps bring the Windows desktop to phones and tablets -
 
The next three ideas combined might make for interesting new interfaces - a phone you can dial in your pocket, or blind people can use easily?
 
Samsung's Galaxy Round is the first phone with a curved display -
 
Disney invents touchscreen that lets you feel textures -
 
Hands-On: Tactus Technology Gives Flat Touchscreens The Middle Finger With Pop-Up Buttons -
 
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The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army -
"He submitted all five user accounts for a sockpuppet investigation, which checks to see if a single person is using multiple accounts to promote an agenda. Wikipedia’s own definition describes a sockpuppet as “an online identity used for purposes of deception.” Using sockpuppets is a major sin on Wikipedia because it fundamentally undermines the encyclopedia’s credibility: The community ought to be self-governing, but if one user controls an army of automatons who parrot his or her opinion in every discussion, how can you trust any decision?"
 
Anonymous no more: Twitter engineer, UConn security analyst among 13 indicted for 'Operation Payback'
Not all the people named in the FBI indictment fit the hacker stereotype  -
 
Wearables will soon analyze your body chemistry to make you healthier -