Battery Charges: Considering Li-Air Technology
Today started fairly typically. I dragged myself out of bed, drove to work, and opened my laptop. The laptop, mind you, had been charging all night, but for reasons I ...
Earl Grey Tea, Hot: 3D Printing and Food
I’ve never been quite clear on why a guy named Jean-Luc Picard, presumably a Frenchman, is such a quintessential Englishman. I suspect the character’s creators either neglected their research or set out to smash some stereotypes (or both). Fortunately, said ...
Lessons from Somebody Hacking the Hackers
Call it irony, poetic justice, karma, whatever you like. Nulled.io, a popular website for sharing hacking information, was hacked in the beginning of May. Unfortunately for any hacker wishing to ...
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starry: The Future of Internet Connectivity?
I have no use for horoscopes, but I suppose in this case one could argue that the future is in the stars. Starry, more specifically. Starry released its router, Starry Station, ...
Microsoft Cloud App Security Helps Security Teams Combat Shadow IT
"I’m heading to my appointment/home/golf game/kid’s music program/you name it. Let me know when you’ve finished that proposal and I’ll take a look before the meeting.” Ever heard something ...
The Cloud Computing Stack Explained ("as a Service")
The cloud computing stack consists of three segments of services which, although available independently, work hand-in-hand to deliver cost effective solutions
How to Cause a Black Hole (in the Internet) with BGP
During the analysis of Trump’s ability to shut down the Internet, I discovered this handy little thing called BGP (Border Gateway Protocol). Somehow, depending on the user (or manipulator, as ...
Musings on Security in the Cloud; How Do You Solve A Problem Like Cloud-ia
In true The Sound of Music style, I’ve decided to find out how exactly one does take a cloud and pin it down. As it turns out, there are ...
BYOD and Poisonous Amphibians (Yes, They’re Related)
Having spent the last few months of my life in a zoologist’s lab poking at poisonous amphibians, there is one thing I would do well ...
How Newly Developed 5D Discs Could Preserve Our History for Billions of Years
A fascinating article recently published on The Verge explored a new data format created by a group of scientists from University of Southampton in the UK. Using nanostructured glass, the 5D ...
