A Time and Place for free

What the Duck – A Time and Place for Free.

Vulnerabillity in World Airline Network

This week Trivik Verma from ETH Zurich and a few colleges published a study of the vulnerability of the world airlines network, and the conclusion they got is unexpected: the core of the network is really robust, but the periphery of the network is formed by a network of airports connected to single hubs. Closing one of […]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Pelé – All-Time Greats

Just because I’m a fan of advertisement that is fun, and this one have two of the best football players ever – Pelé and Cristiano Rolando.

Apple vs Banana

Source: Savage Chickens – Apple vs. Banana

Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint spoofed

Another phone with fingerprint authentication, the same spoofed fingerprint to bypass it. After the Chaos Computer Club released their finding on how to bypass the fingerprint authentication of the iPhone 5S only 2 days after it was released, it was now the turn for Galaxy S5 to suffer similar faith only 4 days after it was released. […]

Your Bra May Be Killing You

According to medical anthropologists Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer, bras restrict the flow of lymphatic fluid, resulting in toxins being retained in the breasts with nowhere to go. Singer and Grismaijer say that using a bra for more than 12 hours dramatically increases the risk of breast cancer. A woman who wears a bra […]

the Codeless Code: Feedback

At breakfast the visiting novice monk sat next to one of the senior abbots. “Why are there so few women in this temple?” asked the novice monk. “Because very few girls apply for admittance anymore,” replied the abbot. “Why is that?” asked the novice monk. “Because it is widely known that most girls do not […]

the Codeless Code: Feedback

At breakfast the visiting novice monk sat next to one of the senior abbots. “Why are there so few women in this temple?” asked the novice monk. “Because very few girls apply for admittance anymore,” replied the abbot. “Why is that?” asked the novice monk. “Because it is widely known that most girls do not […]

Pyro Board – 2D Fire visualization board

Don’t try this at home. The old advise not to play with fire still applies. But this guys built a two dimensional sound board with 2500 small holes that demonstrates what happens when you get sound into a flammable gas.

Putin tells Snowden he doesn’t spy on Russians

Edward Snowden, the guy who told the world about the NSA mass surveillance pratices is now living in Russia, and decided to ask Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, about the existence of similar pratices in Russia. Putin told that Russia doesn’t have similar practices, that the country doesn’t even the financial capacity for a operation […]

Ninja Parade

Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again

Protected Intersections For Bicyclists on Vimeo

Protected Intersections For Bicyclists from Nick Falbo on Vimeo.

BC – Decorating Egg

  Just because Easter is coming… Source: BC.

Heartbleed Explanation

  Source: xkcd

Things I WOULD Wish Upon My Enemies

  Source: the Dog House Diaries

Want to promote your business?

We are a small & casual restaurant is downtown Vancouver and we are looking for silo musicians to play in our restaurant to promote their work and sell their CD. This is not a daily job, but only for special events which will eventually turn into a nightly event if we get positive response. More […]

CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ admits to faking Tesla car noise

Because a car that doesn’t make noise is not being pushed, CBS’ TV Show ’60 Minutes’ decided that they needed to add some extra noise in the footage of the car. Tesla is an electric car, so its noise is really low, doesn’t matter how hard you push it, whisper low, as USA Today puts […]

Copyright e DRM: Ebooks para o século XIX

Não há nada pior do que uma nova tecnologia com uma mentalidade de outros tempos agarrada a ela. É mais ou menos assim que começa o artigo da TechDirt Everything Old is Unavailable Again: How copyright Has Ebooks Operating in the 1800s. Nas últimas décadas as universidades criaram programas de empréstimo de livros que permitiam […]

Copyright e DRM: Ebooks para o século XIX

Não há nada pior do que uma nova tecnologia com uma mentalidade de outros tempos agarrada a ela. É mais ou menos assim que começa o artigo da TechDirt Everything Old is Unavailable Again: How copyright Has Ebooks Operating in the 1800s. Nas últimas décadas as universidades criaram programas de empréstimo de livros que permitiam […]

One to rule them all…

 

Breaking the law or not

“Every Time You Break the Law You Pay, and Every Time You Obey the Law You Pay.” It’s not only breaking the law or not that have a price. For most people mor important than breaking the law that have a price. It’s more about your own principles, your core believes than it is about […]

Breaking the law or not

“Every Time You Break the Law You Pay, and Every Time You Obey the Law You Pay.” It’s not only breaking the law or not that have a price. For most people mor important than breaking the law that have a price. It’s more about your own principles, your core believes than it is about […]

Breaking the law or not

“Every Time You Break the Law You Pay, and Every Time You Obey the Law You Pay.” It’s not only breaking the law or not that have a price. For most people mor important than breaking the law that have a price. It’s more about your own principles, your core believes than it is about […]

Gonna take a shower…

George W. Bush viola copyright?

De acordo com um artigo publicado pelo site online Tech Dirt, George W. Bush pode estar a infringir copyright de imagens. Apesar de conhecer a maioria (se não todos) dos lideres mundiais que pintou, o ex-presidente norte-americano baseou todos os seus quadros em imagens que encontrou no Google Images. Algumas dessas imagens estão protegidas por […]

George W. Bush viola copyright?

De acordo com um artigo publicado pelo site online Tech Dirt, George W. Bush pode estar a infringir copyright de imagens. Apesar de conhecer a maioria (se não todos) dos lideres mundiais que pintou, o ex-presidente norte-americano baseou todos os seus quadros em imagens que encontrou no Google Images. Algumas dessas imagens estão protegidas por […]

So Typical

Source: PHD Comics

The law

“Every Time You Break the Law You Pay, and Every Time You Obey the Law You Pay.” Quote from John Gardner. It’s an interesting one, that will most likely result in a longer post soon.

The law

“Every Time You Break the Law You Pay, and Every Time You Obey the Law You Pay.” Quote from John Gardner. It’s an interesting one, that will most likely result in a longer post soon.

Have you been to this meeting?

I have the feeling that when this post is published I’ll be in a meeting that have everything to go pretty much like this one. I truly hope that we manage to find a solution that works for everyone and that is way better that what we are going into this meeting with. As Seth […]
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