Collaborate Disseminate
On November 24th, 1971 — 53 years ago today — a mysterious man jumped out of an airplane clutching $200,000 in ransom money. (He’d extorted it from the airline by claiming he had a bomb, and it’s still “the only unsolved case of air piracy … Continue reading Is There New Evidence in the D.B. Cooper Case?
On November 24th, 1971 — 53 years ago today — a mysterious man jumped out of an airplane clutching $200,000 in ransom money. (He’d extorted it from the airline by claiming he had a bomb, and it’s still “the only unsolved case of air piracy … Continue reading Is There New Evidence in the D.B. Cooper Case?
A common part used to create a high voltage is a CRT flyback transformer, having been a ubiquitous junk pile component. So many attempts to use them rely on brute …read more Continue reading Flyback, Done Right
Back in the mid-1980s Mark Roth was in 5th grade when the game ChipWits “helped kindle his interest in coding,” according to an online biography. (“By middle school, he wrote his first Commodore 64 assembler and by high school he authored a 3D Graphics… Continue reading MacFORTH Code for 1984 Robot-Coding Game ‘ChipWits’ from 1984 is Now Open Source
Black Friday is this week – take advantage of tons of deals on top tech at Target right now. Continue reading The 15 best Black Friday Target deals 2024
The GitHub Secure Open Source Fund launched this week with an initial commitment of $1.25 million, reports TechCrunch, using “capital from contributors including American Express, 1Password, Shopify, Stripe, and GitHub’s own parent company Microsoft.”
… Continue reading GitHub Announces New Open Source Fund with Security Mentoring
America’s Justice Department “has ordered all consensual searches by drug enforcement agents conducted at the nation’s airports stopped,” reports Georgia’s local TV station Atlanta News First — after their series of investigations “uncovered how … Continue reading America’s DEA Ordered to Stop Searching Random Travellers at Airports – and Seizing Their Cash
Last time we checked in on [Inkbox], he had made a 16-bit CPU in Excel. Impressive, but not really practical. Presumably, his latest project isn’t any more practical, but we …read more Continue reading RISC CPU Lives in Excel
“Scientists have found what seems to be the oldest direct evidence of hot water flowing on Mars during its ancient past,” reports Space.com.
“The discovery could further indicate that the Red Planet, despite its arid and desolate appearance today, ma… Continue reading Mars Meteorite Reveals New Evidence That Hot Water Flowed on Ancient Mars
If you’re purchasing a new Kindle for yourself or a loved one this year, there are a few ways to bundle Black Friday savings for the perfect Kindle gift set. Here’s how. Continue reading Here’s how to get the ultimate Kindle bundle for $135 this Black Friday (plus more ways to mix and match deals)