Sam Schoerning's Blog

December 17, 2014

Here are some brain inspired gift options for the last minute holiday shopper.

Brain Earrings
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Tags: gifts
June 5, 2014

Some history of CNY149 via the US Department of the Interior and Frederick Black.

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Tags: #TBT
June 4, 2014

Account Password Security: Basic Edition

By Isaac Velando.

The Short Version

Sharing credentials (username and passwords) between the numerous online accounts we have is a difficult dangerous habit to break. I propose the following steps as a...

Tags: security
March 16, 2014

Photo Credit: Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; CC-BY-SA-2.5

As the size of storage drives shrink, capacity increases -- dramatically. Here is a look at how data...

Tags: storage
October 15, 2013

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For nearly a decade, TrueCrypt has been one of the trusty tools in a security-minded user’s toolkit. There’s just one problem: no one knows who created the software. Worse still, no one has ever...

Tags: security, encryption
August 8, 2013

Frameless 29-inch AH-IPS display with a 2560 x 1080 resolution has on-screen space equivalent to two 17-...

Tags: hardware, display
April 9, 2013
Tags: windows
May 27, 2013

Interesting look at how easy it is to crack passwords you might have thought were secure.http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/

Tags: security
June 11, 2013

The Mountain Lion followup shifts away from the big cat naming, to a California-themed release: Mavericks, paying homage to the giant wave surfing spot.

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Tags: osx
April 30, 2013

From the LA Times:

It was 20 years ago today that the World Wide Web was opened to all, setting off one of the biggest transformations in technology and altering the way we communicate. To celebrate the occasion, the creator has brought the world's first website back to life...

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