How To Disable Autorun On CD-ROMs
One of the things that’s bugged me for a long time is the fact that Windows operating systems have this thing to them about autoplaying any CD-ROM that’s inserted.
Archive for the 'Misc' Category
Unclonable RFID Chip?
A tech company called Verayo has announced a new flavor of RFID chip, one that they say cannot be cloned. It uses a Challenge / Response technology called “Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF)”.
Cellular Life In The Sticks
I have always preferred the old-fashioned brick and mortar kind of shopping when it comes to buying things like computers, phones and so on, you know, the usual assortment of home and personal or business electronics that we’ve all come to depend on so much.
The Half-Life Of Spam
How long does spam take to decay into nothing?
Introducing Video Website Reviews
I’ve been doing website reviews in one form or another every now and then and this time I’ve decided to change it up a bit and try something new (well, new for me anyway.). I used CamStudio, a freeware utility I wrote about recently
Diebold Finally Admits It’s Machines Drop Votes
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In an article on Engadget there is news that’s going to be cause for all voters to wonder.
Diebold has finally come clean, admitting that their voting machines have a flaw in them that’s been there [...]
FTC Rule Change Will Reduce Prerecorded Telemarketing Messages
It’s not even Uncle Bubba talking about his new job making tv stands, It’s a telemarketer. Worse than that, it’s a prerecorded message with somebody reading a telemarketing script.
Cellphones In the Sticks
Contrary to what a lot of people will say, life out here in the sticks is actually pretty good. Everything is on a slower pace and there isn’t nearly as much traffic and pollution as you have in just about any larger city.
Homemade Fusion Reactors
There’s actually a small but growing group of people, amateur scientists, that are working on building fusion reactors. Quite a few of them have actually built working fusion reactors in their basements and attic labs.
Lego Version of Beijing 2008
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In the event that you didn’t get have your passport in order so that you could go to Beijing for the Olympics and also managed to not see any of the television and Internet based coverage that showed the Olympic facilities.
The Hong Kong Lego User Group built a model of it [...]
