Responding to a knife with a firearm
LA Times Letters to the Editor: “Why do police officers keep shooting people armed with knives?” Oh this is a good one… To the editor: I read ...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
A tip for street photographers
I’ve been a photographer for over a year and a half. Hobbyist only. Not really doing anything professional yet. And I love shooting pictures of strangers,...
Blackmail variant – 2020-07-09
This one is a little different from the previous ones I’ve received, but still the same pattern. Interestingly this time they’re demanding Ethereum ...
A more intelligent radiator box
Last I left this series, I mentioned a next step was making the radiator box smarter. The current iteration of the radiator box now includes intelligent control...
Blackmail variant – 2020-06-26
Slightly different from previous e-mails I’ve received, but otherwise still more of the same. Hi! I’m a hacker who hacked your operating system a fe...
Blackmail variant – 2020-05-06 – Clever encoding
Another scam message came to my inbox today, and it used a rather clever encoding. It looks like plaintext, but it isn’t. It uses high-order 32-bit Unicod...
IKEA BESTÅ wall-mount (or free-stand) rack cabinet
Looking online there are plenty of options for a wall-mount 19″ rack. Open frame. Enclosed cabinet with doors and accessible sides. And there are plenty o...
Back to AMD
Mira started life back in late 2016 as my first foray back to Intel in… 17 years. Here’s a rough timeline: 1998: 486 DX2 (used Gateway machine) 1999...
Blackmail variant – 2020-03-08
This one came into my junk folder earlier today: Your password ιs [REDACTED]. Ι kηοw a lοt mοre thηgs abοuτ you τhαn thατ. How? Ι plαced a malwαre oη τhe pοrn w...
More stupid technology predictions
I really wish that writers would stop creating lists of “obsolete technology” that is based entirely on what they personally use. I first responded ...