Category Archives: Current Events

A (friendly) open letter to Radio Shack

Posted on 2011-05-21 by M. Eric Carr

Radio Shack is actively marketing to electronics hobbyists and DIYers once again. This is a Good Thing. Continue reading →

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Virtual Actual Reality

Posted on 2010-09-25 by M. Eric Carr

Is it live, or is it CGI? Hard to tell, sometimes… Continue reading →

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Malware blamed for plane crash

Posted on 2010-08-22 by M. Eric Carr

Flight-control computer problems cause a crash due to “malware”?!? Please tell me this doesn’t mean airplanes are running Windows… Continue reading →

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WUBI

Posted on 2010-06-06 by M. Eric Carr

A look at WUBI — the Windows-based UBuntu Installer. Continue reading →

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