Author Archives: tomwsmf

No Starch Ebooks On HumbleBundle

No Starch Ebooks On HumbleBundleA great bundle of bits to help build a better tomorrow. Humble Book Bundle: Hacking presented by No Starch Press Pay what you want and support the Electronic Frontier Foundation! This was posted on Google+

Privacy vs SecurityState

Privacy vs SecurityStateNo srsly, we wont peek at the content….srsly this time…. New York Wants To Know: Have You Been Texting And Driving? A bill in New York would allow police to examine drivers’ phones to see if they were using the device at the time of an accident. But critics are worried about privacy […]

Down The Rabbit Hole We Go

Down The Rabbit Hole We GoThanks to +Dan H​ for getting me a first fix. This dovetails nicely with other things we are learning about / exploring like Cardboard and the oncoming flood of VRallthethings. Knowing where we have been helps on where we are going.  Les Diableries with Brian May @ 3DCS 2014 […]

Good News Bad News

Good News Bad NewsGood news…Exploding Kittens on Android.Bad news….The app drains battery juice like few others. A few rounds of play and your device is the hot potato. I have to wonder what code is reving the cpu/gpu well beyond what is needed. Bad port? Slightly bad news…this is not the same game as the […]

Google Does Podcasts….Again

Google Does Podcasts….AgainRemember when Google had Reader and Listen dealing with your podcasts feeds…and then they killed em dead? Well Google has reanimated its love for podcasts only this time folding the user end into Play and giving creators another listing service to pimp their feeds. Until it kills it again?Here then is my ShepADay […]