I know that this is not goodbye
I just heard a name I didn't expect to ever hear again, because it had been almost 15 years since I last heard it. And in this case it wasn't good news. The post I know that this is not goodbye...
View ArticleMore Wikipedia adventures
The Wikipedia marked its 100,000th article this past week. It celebrated by getting Slashdotted. And when I checked this morning, its count stood at 101,999. The post More Wikipedia adventures appeared...
View ArticleVisiting the house where my ancestors grew up
I went to a family reunion this past weekend. You typically need rosters at my family's family reunions, because my grandmother had 13 brothers and sisters. I don't know why, but before I got into...
View ArticleI didn’t cause the depression
Various analysts are blaming the current depression on people like me. The reasoning goes like this: I have money in the bank, therefore, I should be out spending it, for the greater good, to stir the...
View ArticleA TRS-80 retrospective
This month is the 35th anniversary of the TRS-80, which was the best-selling computer in the world until 1982 when the VIC-20 overtook it. Did you miss it? I almost did. Veteran technology journalist...
View ArticleMy coworker’s car got stolen. His 10-year-old found it.
“I started my car this morning to let it warm up,” my coworker, Jon, told me on Tuesday. “And when I went back out to my car two minutes later, it was gone.” It took a few seconds for that The post My...
View ArticleStunt Hacking: Why Charlie Miller hacked a Jeep driving on I-64
St. Louis-based security researcher Charlie Miller and his collaborator Chris Valasek got themselves in the news this week by hacking a Jeep driven by Wired journalist Andy Greenberg on I-64. The...
View ArticleWhat you can learn about corporate networks from the Jeep hack
I’ve talked before about the infamous Jeep hack, but there’s more to learn from it than just that cars are vulnerable. The way Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek hacked the Jeep has implications for any...
View ArticlePros and cons of RightTrack or SnapShot devices
Insurance companies are starting to offer discounts if you plug one of their devices, often called a RightTrack or SnapShot, into your car’s ODB2 port. One of my college buddies asked me about them...
View ArticleTrue 1:48 O scale cars (as in autos)
Scale-oriented O scale enthusiasts often bemoan the lack of true 1:48 O scale cars (as in automobiles) to go with their O scale trains. Often they go so far as to call 1:48 scale autos non-existent....
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