“Back in the days of the Cold War, spies found ingenious and unusual ways to communicate with each other, hiding their communications in plain sight, whether encrypted or not. For instance, an intelligence agent (spy) might contact his case officer (handler) by placing an ad in the personals section of the local newspaper. This practice, [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Your next computer project?
Thought you might like to check out one of the projects you can do with those mini-ITX boards you can get at microcenter with processors on them from via in a small box reminiscent of a sun sparc ipx… they seem pretty cool with built in digital audio and tv i/o… all you need is [...]
Greater adventures of pork
When Tennessee law enforcement officials showed up at the home of Lester Siler, who they suspected of drug use, they asked Lester’s wife and son to leave. They didn’t know that Lester’s wife had turned on a tape recorder in the kitchen. When Lester exercised his constitutional right not to sign a consent to search [...]
Of tech and tricks
Right now I’m sitting at home and my cable internet is down. “Oh, how can that be?” You ask. I’m clearly online and posting stuff, and who the hell can do anything functional on dialup anymore? Well my friend, Verizon BroadBand Access Connect – available either as a stand alone feature via a special card, [...]
Inside Man – 2006
Directed by Spike Lee Writing credits (WGA) Russell Gewirtz (written by) Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller (more) Tagline: It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover. Plot Outline: A cop has to talk down a bank robber after the criminal’s perfect heist spirals into a hostage [...]
A Sixth sense?
I was reading through my most recent Make magazine and came across an article about people who are having magnets implanted into their fingertips. Apparently the way in which the nerves grow around the magnetic implants allows these people to be able to sense electrical fields. The article claimed that 100% of the people tested [...]
TMBG NSA Ringtone
MBG ringtone: “Call connected through the NSA” Brian sez, “They Might Be Giants is offering up a few ringtones for purchase. The first two are amusing, but the third in particular is great, and is titled ‘Call connected thru the NSA’, with lyrics as follows:” “Call connected through the NSA/Complete transmission through the NSA/Suspending your [...]
Baby steps in fishtank automation
Today I received a full X-10 home automation kit that I purchased off Ebay. For $37/shipped, not a bad deal. Four Appliance modules, Four Lamp modules, one Firecracker module, one transceiver, one controller, three light switches, and three keychain remotes. Using the Firecracker, Transceiver, and an Appliance module, I now have the rotating fan in [...]
The Hundred Acre Bing
Although not avid TV watchers normally, the wife and I have been watching the Sopranos every Sunday since the new season aired. Now that our daughter is reaching the age where cartoons, etc, interest her, we’ve also seen the Heffalump movie about 5 times. I’ve noticed some similarities between the characters.
Friday conversation
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