Blackbeard's cannon salvaged from North Carolina shipwreck

Blackbeard's cannon salvaged from North Carolina shipwreck

Man I love pirates; every time I hear about stuff like in the news I'm forced to watch the Goonies.

'Tsunami' trojan hijacks Macs

'Tsunami' trojan hijacks Macs

A trojan is rewritten from a Linux-attacking trojan to a Mac-attacking trojan that hijacks a users computer to DDoS a target declared over IRC. On top of the DDoS effect it can also allow the users computer to be controlled in order for the person behind the trojan to siphon personal information from the infected user.


First Steve Jobs dies, and now malware? What are all the fanboys going to latch on to now that they can't claim their precious Macs aren't virusproof?

How to spot psychopaths: Speech patterns give them away

How to spot psychopaths: Speech patterns give them away

They talk about how psychopaths use uhs and ums as a way to make themselves look "more sane" and tend to talk more in the past tense than nonpsychopathic murderers do. Then they talk about using computer programs to analyze the data, and possibly start scanning social media websites; I think we all know where this is going.

If I disappear for a while, don't worry guys I'm being interrogated by the government.



No... but seriously, it seems to me like this has a chance to hit with a lot of false positives. For one, most people talk differently in person than on the computer/over the internet(less uhs and ums; usually, and some people adopt a whole new character for internet communication). For two, what are they planning on doing with these results?

Police: Freezer body may be woman missing since '83

Police: Freezer body may be woman missing since '83


How does this man keep a body in a freezer this long and nobody cares to check? It seems to me like "last person to see them alive" seems like a "good place to start the investigation" in my opinion. I wonder what the look on the families face was when they opened that freezer, or if any of them had any idea what the man was really like.

Anyway, I'll probably follow up on this in a few days or if/when they release more information on the ID of the person etc.

Historical sci-fi movie began as Internet comment

Historical sci-fi movie began as Internet comment

I love that the internet has come so far as to create niches for movies.

James Erwin, an author and former Jeopardy winner went from responding to an intriguing question to formulating a movie-verse around said question, and now a possible financier to back it. Madhouse Entertainment(known for TV series like Burn Notice and The Event, but also for films such as Country Strong) has now shown interest in helping Erwin develop this concept into something marketable.


After the not-so-success of "Shit my dad says" it'll be interesting to see how this turns out, but at the moment it really feels like I should start a sweet blog in hopes of it getting picked up by some production company or other.

Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire

Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire


Nanocables and nanotubes sound something right out of a science fiction novel. But it's starting to become a reality, these nanocables are about 1/6th of the weight of the normal energy conductive metal wiring that we use today, which may make you think "who cares? those little wires don't really weigh anything anyway" but guess what, airplanes care. Airplanes and vehicles care; even something that hardly weights anything, when in a high enough quantity can get pretty heavy and the lighter an airplane or other vehicle is the better it can do it's job. In the future this may be where we're heading, lighter and more efficient transportation.

The weight-loss is achieved by using the nanotubes instead of the traditional copper or other metals used in todays wiring, which can weight quite a bit with enough of it.

Jim Karol

Jim Karol “Psychic Madman” Performing at Canton

Part psychic, Part magician, Completely Entertaining

Annually he does a show at West Point for the troops, he’s been on television in the series “Phenomenon” where Criss Angel and Uri Geller searched for the “next great mentalist,” and he was in a skit in the movie Jackass Number Two where he threw cards at Wee-Mans behind while the other cast members zapped him with an electric chair.

Now he’s known for traveling the country and combining his unique style of magic and psychic abilities to put on a one of a kind entertainment act at colleges and universities.

SUNY Canton proudly presents Jim Karol’s “Psychic Madman” show on Wednesday, October 12^th in the Kingston theatre at 8pm running until approximately 10pm. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to come down and enjoy a unique and mystifying experience close to home.

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Shawn Burnett

Steve Jobs follow up

So now; a few days after the fact comes a post with a bit more than just a link with some additive.

From tinkering with computers in his garage with co-founder of Apple Steve “Woz” Wozniak, Jobs made a name for himself as a genius, a visionary, and an icon. From the Apple series of PC’s to the Mac’s to everyone’s favorite “iGadgets” (iPhone, Pad, Pod); jobs has won the world over with his inventiveness and eye for sleek design. For a long time now, Jobs has been nearly synonymous with the whole Apple brand. His face, his voice, his glasses, his goofy shirts, and those blue jeans; they’re all Steve Jobs. They’re also all Apple. Even the logo, originally designed by another co-founder of Apple, Ronald Wayne, we see through Steve Jobs. Now, without Steve Jobs as the Icon of Apple where will we go from here? Graphic design student Jonathan Mak Long gave a new life to Jobs in his redesign of the Apple Logo in tribute to his contributions but whether or not we’ll see the same Apple Inc. after the loss of Jobs, not only as the CEO but also as a mentor, has yet to be seen.

The world was taken aback by his death, others believe it’ll be a very long time before we see “the next” Steve Jobs, but not everyone has good things to say about Jobs. The Westboro Baptist Church plans on picketing his burial like we’ve seen them do in the past with soldiers that have died in the war. Everyone will have to deal with the loss in their own way, and like Apple Inc., time will only tell how things pan out with the loss of a visionary such as Jobs.

Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

I'll write a bit more in a bit, but this is a sad day for hipsters everywhere.

Successful rainwater harvesting systems should combine new technology with old social habits

Successful rainwater harvesting systems should combine new technology with old social habits

Touching on my 'beat' in Civil Engineering Technology I've found some pretty awesome new technologies.

Successful rainwater harvesting systems should combine new technology with old social habits

Now this technology isn't that useful to places like our own here in upstate NY, but in some of our drier climate states and even outside of the the U.S. this could be a huge help to keep towns and villages alive. In dry areas the ground isn't as spongy and absorbent as it is in other places so when it rains they often have flash floods, which are extremely dangerous and damaging. This new technology will allow for the rain to be harvested, and then slowly used to "recharge" the ground moisture in specific areas.

This technology will need participation from whole communities, which can sometimes be hard to get everyone to come together in that way so they're coming up with ideas like offering tax breaks and an "aquifer recharge credit" for helping out.