The sound of dial-up explained. pic.twitter.com/MKT2CpHp3w— J̽eͫsͤsͫeͤ R̽eͭbͤeͣlͫ (@darkseid4nk) July 6, 2018
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Sound of Dial-Up Explained
Really cool.
Labels:
Technology,
Telephony
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Friday, June 29, 2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Nokia 8110
Nokia had some classic phones. They brought back the 3310 and now they are bringing back the 8110 - famous for its appearance in The Matrix.
Via The Verge
Via The Verge
Labels:
Mobile Phones,
Movies,
Technology
Friday, February 16, 2018
Falcon Heavy
I came across a good video of the Falcon Heavy launch (via Ace of Spades), so I'm posting it so I can find it again easily. (As a reminder, some number of my posts are created b/c I have CRS (Can't Remember Stuff) Syndrome.
The engineers are just showing off around the 30 min mark when the two boosters land.
The engineers are just showing off around the 30 min mark when the two boosters land.
Labels:
Space,
Technology
Friday, February 9, 2018
Home Network
I mentioned I was changing my network at home - getting my own cable modem (NETGEAR CM500-1AZNAS) and trying to decide what to do for wireless. I ended up ordering the ASUS RT-AC3200.
The specs look great and I'm optimistic that I can move it to a slightly more central location. The combination of the two changes should get me great coverage throughout the house. (And, if that's not perfect, I could look at the ASUS mesh networking - AiMesh.)
Also, I'm a fan the WRT software and like the ASUSWRT version as well. You can play around with an on-line demo of the software here.
Hopefully I can get everything moved to the new setup over the week-end. I already announced a scheduled network maintenance/outage for Sunday. Guess folks may have to read a book or something for a few minutes.
The specs look great and I'm optimistic that I can move it to a slightly more central location. The combination of the two changes should get me great coverage throughout the house. (And, if that's not perfect, I could look at the ASUS mesh networking - AiMesh.)
Also, I'm a fan the WRT software and like the ASUSWRT version as well. You can play around with an on-line demo of the software here.
Hopefully I can get everything moved to the new setup over the week-end. I already announced a scheduled network maintenance/outage for Sunday. Guess folks may have to read a book or something for a few minutes.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Funny IT Tweets
Ouch.
DevOps: "load-balanced, auto-scaled, multi-region redundant services for maximum availability"— Liam O 🦆 (@liamosaur) November 1, 2017
Also DevOps: "Slack is down, I can't do work"
“A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable.” - Leslie Lamport— Programming Wisdom (@CodeWisdom) December 3, 2017
Why can't we rate this app in the App Store?— Chad Whitaker (@chadwhitaker) November 10, 2017
- None of my friends are on it
- The notifications are annoying
- It's full of spam pic.twitter.com/D1KCkURCCs
shamelessly stolen from reddit... but so appropriate... @nixcraft pic.twitter.com/Y9t9sGcPyx— #Jed (@JedCavins) September 19, 2017
Labels:
Humor,
Technology
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Tomu - Tiny ARM Computer
Tomu: a tiny, open-source hardware computer that fits in a USB port! @xobs, my long-time collaborator and friend, has teamed up with @mithro to crowd fund this neat little idea on @crowd_supply: https://t.co/Th3HkzJcdD. Check it out & nab one of these handy things to hack on! pic.twitter.com/n3T84RIfZt— bunnie (@bunniestudios) January 9, 2018
Labels:
Technology,
USB
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Streaming Games
It still blows my mind what can be done today with virtualization and streaming... Nvidia's GeForce Now Windows App Transforms Your Cheap Laptop Into a Gaming PC.
Labels:
Technology
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Cryptocurrency Adoption
An interesting graph and even more interesting discussion...
Bitcoin compared to other historical adoption curves. One of my followers made this, I can't recall who (please let me know and I'll repost with h/t). $BTC pic.twitter.com/iod6CxMY8H— Parabolic Trav (@parabolictrav) December 18, 2017
Labels:
Cryptocurrency,
Future,
Investing,
Money,
Technology
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Cryptocurrency Summary
Cryptocurrencies in 4 words or less:
Name | Sym. | Description ----------------|-------|------------------------------------------ Bitcoin | BTC | Digital gold Ethereum | ETH | Programmable contracts and money Bitcoin Cash | BCH | Bitcoin clone Ripple | XRP | Enterprise payment settlement network Litecoin | LTC | Faster Bitcoin Dash | DASH | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone NEO | NEO | Chinese-market Ethereum NEM | XEM | Batteries-included digital assets Monero | XMR | Private digital cash Ethereum Classic| ETC | Ethereum clone IOTA | MIOTA | Internet-of-things payments Qtum | QTUM | Ethereum contracts on Bitcoin OmiseGO | OMG | Banking, remittance, and exchange Zcash | ZEC | Private digital cash BitConnect | BCC | Madoff-like investment fund Lisk | LSK | Decentralized applications in JavaScript Cardano | ADA | Layered currency and contracts Tether | USDT | Price = 1 USD Stellar Lumens | XLM | Digital IOUs EOS | EOS | Decentralized applications on WebAssembly Hshare | HSR | Blockchain switchboard Waves | WAVES | Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding Stratis | STRAT | Decentralized applications in C# Komodo | KMD | Decentralized ICOs Ark | ARK | Blockchain switchboard Electroneum | ETN | Monero clone Bytecoin | BCN | Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Steem | STEEM | Reddit with money voting Ardor | ARDR | Blockchain for spawning blockchains Binance Coin | BNB | Pay Binance exchange fees Augur | REP | Decentralized prediction market Populous | PPT | Invoice trading futures Decred | DCR | Bitcoin with alternative governance TenX | PAY | Cryptocurrency credit card MaidSafeCoin | MAID | Rent disk space BitcoinDark | BTCD | Zcoin close BitShares | BTS | Decentralized exchange Golem | GNT | Rent other people's computers PIVX | PIVX | Inflationary Dash clone Gas | GAS | Pay fees on Neo TRON | TRX | In-app-purchases Vertcoin | VTC | Bitcoin clone MonaCoin | MONA | Japanese Dogecoin Factom | FCT | Decentralized record keeping Basic Attention | BAT | Decentralized ad network SALT | SALT | Cryptocurrency-backed loans Kyber Network | KNC | Decentralized exchange Dogecoin | DOGE | Serious meme bitcoin clone DigixDAO | DGD | Organisation manages tokenized gold Veritaseum | VERI | Vaporware Walton | WTC | IoT Blockchain SingularDTV | SNGLS | Decentralized Netflix Bytom | BTM | Physical assets as tokens Byteball Bytes | GBYTE | Decentralized database and currency GameCredits | GAME | Video game currency Metaverse ETP | ETP | Chinese Ethereum plus identity GXShares | GXS | Decentralized Chinese Equifax Syscoin | SYS | Decentralized marketplace Siacoin | SC | Rent disk space Status | SNT | Decentralized application browser 0x | ZRX | Decentralized exchange Verge | XVG | Privacy Dogecoin Lykke | LKK | Digital asset exchange Civic | CVC | Identity and Authentication App Blocknet | BLOCK | Decentralized exchange Metal | MTL | Payments with rewards program Iconomi | ICN | Digital asset investment funds Aeternity | AE | Decentralized apps (prototype) DigiByte | DGB | Faster Bitcoin Bancor | BNT | Token Index Funds Ripio Credit | RCN | Co-signed Cryptocurrency Loans ATMChain | ATM | Advertising network Gnosis | GNO | Decentralized prediction market VeChain | VEN | Supply chain item IDs Pura | PURA | Cryptocurrency Particl | PART | Privacy marketplace and chat KuCoin Shares | KCS | Profit-sharing exchange fees Bitquence | BQX | Mint for cryptocurrency investments FunFair | FUN | Decentralized casino ChainLink | LINK | External data for contracts Power Ledger | POWR | Airbnb for electricity Nxt | NXT | Cryptocurrency and marketplace Monaco | MCO | Cryptocurrency credit card Cryptonex | CNX | Zerocoin clone MCAP | MCAP | Mining investment fund Storj | STORJ | Rent disk space ZenCash | ZEN | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone Nexus | NXS | Bitcoin clone Neblio | NEBL | Decentralized application platform Zeusshield | ZSC | Decentralized insurance Streamr DATAcoin| DATA | Real-time data marketplace ZCoin | XZC | Private digital cash NAV Coin | NAV | Bitcoin with private transactions AdEx | ADX | Advertising exchange Open Trading | OTN | Decentralized exchange SmartCash | SMART | Zcoin clone with rewards Bitdeal | BDL | Bitcoin clone Loopring | LRC | Decentralized exchange Edgeless | EDG | Decentralized casino FairCoin | FAIR | Bitcoin that rewards savers
Labels:
Cryptocurrency,
Money,
Technology
Asus Mesh
Pretty cool... Asus is extending the life of their older wireless routers by letting you turn them into mesh access points.
(You can pick up a refurb Asus 1900 for $48.)
(You can pick up a refurb Asus 1900 for $48.)
Labels:
Technology,
Wi-Fi,
Wireless
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Wireless - Truth
I am a Comcast customer, so I have installed their certificate that lets me easily connect to their hot spots that are almost ubiquitous. The downside is the marginal associations to a network that aren't actually usable.
Labels:
Technology,
Wi-Fi,
Wireless
Friday, June 2, 2017
Satellites
I learned about SatNOGS via the HamRadio 360 Hamvention Day 1 Review. SatNOGS is:
"a global management interface to facilitate multiple ground station operations remotely. An observer is able to take advantage of the full network of SatNOGS ground stations around the world. It's part of the SatNOGS project."And speaking of satellites, this is a cool visualization of stuff in space (via @InfoSec208).
Labels:
Ham Radio,
Satellites,
Space,
Technology
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Drones
Drones:
"Smartphones sales are cooling, tablets are sinking, and PCs are stagnant — but demand for drones just keeps on growing. As this chart from Statista shows, consumer drone sales in the US have increased sharply over the past few years, and are expected to keep growing."And you won't have to register them with the FAA anymore.
Labels:
Drones,
Laws and Rules,
Technology
Doom!
It's everywhere!
You can play "Doom" on a thermostat because of course you can https://t.co/tql3kdXQpX pic.twitter.com/P2Ob7fy1xD— Motherboard (@motherboard) May 23, 2017
Look, I'm not saying ATMs are trivial to hack, just that lots of them seem to run Doom okay. Infer what you will 😏 pic.twitter.com/PNPPj4L4Tp— covfefe||oɥɔsɐp (@da5ch0) March 6, 2017
Labels:
Games,
Humor,
IoT,
Technology
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Compaq
I enjoyed listening to the How I Built This story about Compaq. We ran a lot of Compaq hardware back in the day, but I really didn't understand the bigger picture of what was going on. I did like my 575 desktops!
Labels:
Computer,
Technology
Monday, May 22, 2017
Refurb Amazon Echo Dot - $38
You can get a refurb Amazon Echo Dot for $38.
But don't do it... it is a slippery slope. I've got voice control of my thermostats. I added two plugs to control a couple of outlets last week. Now, I'm looking for a deal on light switches.
But don't do it... it is a slippery slope. I've got voice control of my thermostats. I added two plugs to control a couple of outlets last week. Now, I'm looking for a deal on light switches.
Labels:
Amazon,
Echo,
IoT,
Technology,
Voice Control
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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