Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Memory Alpha - The Star Trek Wiki

Shared by a friend - I never knew people had collected so much information about Star Trek:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Portal:Main

Monday, November 25, 2013

WD Black 2 Dual Drive - CNET Mobile

Hopefully this will either begin a trend or force down the prices of large SSDs:
http://m.cnet.com/reviews/wd-black-2-dual-drive/35832702

The best oatmeal cookies

Mum's oatmeal cookies:
Equal weights butter & sugar, twice as much weight Instant Oatmeal.
Melt butter, combine with sugar, then oats. Spread in a metal pan, bake until golden brown.
Cut while hot but leave in pan until cold!
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Easily catch intruders on your Wi-Fi - Komando.com

Useful information even if you're not concerned about uninvited users on your network:
http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=13772

Monday, November 18, 2013

Sousveillance Turns the Tables on the Surveillance State - Reason.com

24x7 surveillance is here in many places & many lives. New technology is giving citizens an opportunity to gather surveillance data themselves. It will be interesting to see what we do with it:
http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/18/sousveillance-turns-the-tables-on-the-su

First time pistol buyer's checklist

Many first time buyers won't have the knowledge displayed here, but if you're prepared to explain and/or demonstrate the terms, this is a good set of questions:
http://www.americanrifleman.org/mobile/blog.php?id=25941&cid=44

Mint Updates Mobile App with Spending Trend Data

Mint - a personal financial management tool worth a look:
http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_220/mint-updates-mobile-app-with-spending-trend-data-1063672-1.html
"...Trends, a feature that lets people view transaction data by category, merchant, account, date or tags. The Mint app update for iOS devices also includes a new design and lets people edit transactions ..."

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Ruger SR 1911 CMD 45 ACP

This looks like a well made variation of the 1911 Commander:
http://www.realguns.com/articles/480.htm

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Monday, November 4, 2013

sqrrl - securely explore your data

Started by a group of former NSA employees, they produce a big data product with excellent security features.
http://sqrrl.com/company/

Sunday, November 3, 2013