Today, we celebrate the birthday of a historic composer, Frederic Chopin. Chopin was born in 1810 in Poland, and later moved to France. He was the poet of the piano, writing pieces with greater emotional depth than ever seen before. Although he rarely performed in public, his pieces show his virtuosic talent as a composer and a performer. He died …
The couple who gatecrashed President Obama’s state dinner on Tuesday now want money to tell their story. First of all, I would not call the couple “crashers.” They did not ruin the party, but they did cause the Secret Service some embarrassment that they were able to sneak in, without invitation, past the security guards. In my opinion, no one …
This post first appeared on the Register under the title “Security firm chokes sprawling botnet.” It was written by Dan Goodin, and has been edited by Deathgleaner for use on this blog. A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world’s spam has been knocked out of commission thanks to researchers from security firm FireEye.
Right: An Orionid meteor photographed on Oct. 21, 2008, by amateur astronomer Rich Swanson of Sierra Vista, Arizona. I’m watching! Historically, the only meteor showers I’ve ever watched are the Perseids, around August 12, but every time, I miss them. This year, I woke up at 2AM that day, and looked up at the sky. Nothing but light pollution from …
I’m not sure why the word changed, but I love Echofon! The latest version of Twitterfox was 1.8.2, and then all of a sudden Twitterfox announced their “new” product, Echofon. Besides the name change, there are many interface changes to Echofon. One such change is the logo. Instead of the classic Twitter “t”, it is now a speech bubble outlined …