Category: Technology

  • 1st computer & 1st program

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    The first system I owned had a 333 Mhz CPU, 64 MB memory and ran on Windows 98. Then started to think.. when was the very first time I messed with a computer? Screen shot below was something done for laughs. It’s Word Perfect 6.0, which ran on MS-DOS and first used in 1993. MS-DOS…

  • 2020 Timeline of Crazy Events

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    A timeline of the major events that occurred during this year. Including scientific breakthroughs, Black Lives Matter and of course COVID-19.

  • This 1895 video was restored in 4K

    This 1895 video was restored in 4K

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    This 1895 video was restored in 4K and runs at 60 frames per second. It was taken at the La Ciotat train station by the Lumière Brothers. It’s considered one of the first motion pictures ever made. The 1st embed is the original while the 2nd has been restored. As a result the video plays…

  • Right to Repair

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    Right to Repair laws needs to become a reality. It’s becoming harder to repair devices and thus increase longevity. This practice not only fucks over people’s wallets, it’s taking a terrible toll on the environment. I’ll never forget a video posted by a friend where he had to take apart an entire laptop. This was…

  • Why I’m For Twitter’s 280 Character increase

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    On November 7th, 2017 Twitter announced they were increasing the character limit on tweets from 140 to 280 characters. The internet tends to be resistant to any kind of big changes so not surprisingly a lot of people complained. Personally,  I say that it is about time! Twitter has never been the best place in…

  • Site Owners – Support Net Neutrality (here’s how)

    Site Owners – Support Net Neutrality (here’s how)

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    On July 12th, 2017 there will be a massive show of support for Net Neutrality.   Sites from across the web will display a prominent alert on their homepage that shows the world what the web will look like without net neutrality. There are “spinning wheel of death”, “blocked”, and “upgrade” alert modals; plan to…

  • Percy Pilcher – 19th Century Aircraft

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    I was watching a very interesting documentary a few days ago. Most of us probably don’t have a clue as to who Percy Pilcher is but he was an aviation pioneer during the late 19th century. He built some of the world’s first hang gliders and made a bit of a name for himself at…

  • Supermoon – Space Probe Style!

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    Many people myself included went out to watch the supermoon. It’s dubbed this because not only of its larger size on the far horizon, but the moon is closer than it’s been since January 26th, 1948. Unfortunately I went outside a little too late, also I didn’t have the proper camera lens to get a good…

  • Differences between Virtual Machines and Docker containers

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    Virtual Private Servers (aka Virtual Machines or VMs) have been a great middle-of-the-road server option for hosting. You get the best of both worlds as far as performance and price is concerned. The picture below is an excellent visual showing the differences between the Virtual Machine (Hypervisor) and Docker container models. The nice thing about Docker is it…

  • Accessing The Outernet (Tutorial)

    Accessing The Outernet (Tutorial)

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    This is an excellent guide from rtl-sdr.com on all the hardware and software needed in gaining access to the Outernet. The cost is relatively inexpensive for about less than $100 and there are also guides on how to build your own patch antenna if you chose not to buy one. You also don’t necessarily have to…